Rocky Raccoon 100 Field

Maybe I read it wrong, but if I signed up for a race months ago and there was nothing about the "no ipods" on the website or in the rulebook, and I trained like I could use it during the race, I would be pretty pissed. Especially if I was a first time racer at that distance. I imagine the RD is getting a good number of emails this morning.

It's a no-win situation for the RD.

Rocky Raccoon--while certainly a smoking fast course--is far more techy trail than Umstead. Umstead is basically a smooth gravel road. RR is rooty singletrack. It will be a battle between Gingerich and Krupicka, but what races has Zach run against competition that have been even remotely trail-like? Is he a trail 'tard? That will probably be the determining factor. Krupicka has shown that he's just as dangerous in flat ultras as he is in the mountains. Look at his 5:42 at the American River 50 (faster than Roes, 20min faster than Max King) and his previous 13:32 at Rocky. It will be interesting.

Zach set a CR at the Kettle Moraine 100 two or three years ago. It has rolling hills and some singletrack, but it is not gnarly by any stretch. He didn't have the competition, however, that he'll have at Rocky Raccoon.

Beard, chest hair, and no leg hair. What a puss.

Umstead has much more climbing than Rocky Raccoon. Also crushed gravel is much more taxing on the legs than soft trails. The slippage alone would be terrible.

Is everyone forgetting that Jurek ran 166 miles at a 24 hour race last year? He is every bit as good as Anton and Zach. Jurek will be there with them for sure. Jurek is the King of Pain!

Jurek just ran an 18:58 5K a couple of weeks ago.

Max King ran a 2:14 marathon last year but lost to Geoff Roes (a 2:48 marathon PR) by 15 minutes in an easy 50 mile. Check out and see how well Chris Lindstrom did against ultra runners at a short ultra in December at the NF 50 Championship race

http://www.sportstats.ca/display-results.php?lang=eng&racecode=47613

When will the letsrun idiots understand that huge leg speed doesnt not translate to elite ultrarunning. Bolt will never beat Geb in a marathon.

The training so so much different. Apples and Oranges.

Plus Jurek is a sub 2:40 marathoner so can probably run much faster than a 18:58. Maybe he was running with someone that day.

I am excited to see how this race plays out.

These guys are all slow. I could whoop all of them without breaking a sweat.

Dirty Thumb wrote:

These guys are all slow. I could whoop all of them without breaking a sweat.

Let's see it... there are plenty of ultra races you can jump in, most of these guys have their schedules posted on the internet, so go ahead and pick a race and jump in! Let us know which one so we can track the results!

Prediction:

Tony

Zach

Scott

Reasoning:

Tony has been training for trail hundreds for years (even though it is less of a trail than he normally runs), he has been back on the track recently, he's been logging 200mi weeks, he's NOT injured (at least that I know), had a great showing a Western States despite a fast first half, and he's run 13:32 here 4 years ago. He's got more experience and is as fit as he's ever been; as long as he runs his race well, no doubt in my mind he'll come out on top, hopefully breaking 13:00.

Zach has run in the 13s for a hundred on multiple occasions, he will literally kill himself out on the course, he runs every race as his last (tells himself he will retire after every race), and finally, and most importantly, he wears sick knee-long basketball shorts. Really rooting for him, he could very well break 13:00 as well.

Scott is the AR holder in 24-hours, has won Western so many times, time and again proven how great he is in 100+ mile races, even on flatter courses, such as when he won Spartathlon as the 2nd fastest person ever (only behind Yiannis Kouros), and he's also been training with the group in Boulder. He's a great runner, has been working on it for years, and could very well stay with the leaders the whole race.

Toe Nail Breath wrote:

I am excited to see how this race plays out.

Totally agree. I am going to go with Krupicka for the win, reasoning is he IS the course record holder. But this thing could bounce a lot of ways. Hope they all rock it. Womens race should be interesting too.

This is what is great about 100 miles on trails: YOU NEVER FRIGGIN KNOW WHAT IS GONNA HAPPEN.

You could say that about all races, and you would be totally right. But the uncertainty element in 100 miles is over the top.

Tony is NOT the course record holder. I think he is in the best shape though.

Check the facts dummy wrote:

Tony is NOT the course record holder. I think he is in the best shape though.

I am very sorry. I made a mistake. Cause I am only half human and half perfect.

Calling people names to make yourself feel cool is SOOOO freshmen year of high school.

Jen's record at RR is amazing. No woman is even close to that number.

There will be an attempt by one of the women to break the record.

I wonder if the top runners made it in okay with all the flight cancellations and bad weather.

As a side note, I was reading an article this morning on how hard it is going to be re-booking all these stranded passengers due the high occupancy rates of the planes that are already scheduled to take off/land. Basically there just aren't a lot of open seats out there.

Magil is the record holder, but she calls herself lil.

If this policy is being implemented for this year's race then Hal Koerner will be DQ'ed: