Tag: KEYS100

The 9th annual KEYS100 will be held the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, May 21 and 22, 2016. The race is a point-to-point event beginning in Key Largo–Marathon, for the 50 mile race and Big Pine Key for the 50 Km race–and ending in Key West on the Atlantic Ocean at Higgs Beach. KEYS100 also promotes charitable fundraising for “The Cancer Foundation of the Florida Keys” in support of their educational work with prostate and other cancers, free screenings and direct support of cancer patients and their families in the Keys. Individual runners and teams are invited to earn a refund of their full race entry fee by raising funds for the “Foundation”. (Visit the “Registration” page for details.) 

The KEYS100 includes four distinct competitions: individual races of 100 miles, 50 miles and 50 kilometers, and our original Florida Keys six runner 100 mile team relay race. In the individual races, runners may compete with a support crew or without. Eleven (11) full aid stations serve all individual runners; these are located at approximately ten (10) mile intervals. Coolers with ice and water are positioned at approximately five (5) mile intervals. People competing without a crew in the 100-miler may place drop bags with personal gear at five (5) different support stations along the route, at two (2) stations for the 50 mile race and at one aid station (MM20) for the 50 kilometer race. Nearly 1,200 people competed in the 2015 KEYS100.         Read More in :  http://www.keys100.com/
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Seeking Ultra – Six Months From My First Jog to My First Ultramarathon – at 43 years old – a running story

I asked myself that question in January of 2013, and would never have imagined the answer. Six months later, I was in the mountains, in the cold, at midnight, in shorts, facing an adventure I’ll never forget. Why? Because no one told me it couldn’t be done.

I’m 43 years old. I’ve never exercised in my life. I couldn’t run a hundred paces last January without collapsing in anguish. Now a marathon is a training run for me. I’ve been known to run twenty or more miles on a whim, alone.

In this book, much of it written during those first six months as I was training, I capture what it was like to go from a middle-aged couch potato to running in my first ultra marathon. I talk about diet, training plans, pain, and overcoming mental and physical limitations. I found a new love and a new respect for myself and for human potential.
Seeking Ultra – Six Months From My First Jog to My First Ultramarathon – at 43 years old – a running story