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Gary Tyler Dawkins Laurel Highlands Ultra Race Report


Disclaimer: This is long, likely filled with grammar problems and misinformation due to brain function being low after so much contact with ferns and mountain laurel.

Well I decided to do the Laurel Highlands Ultra on kind of a whim. Sarah Woerner and Mark Mason were the original two who then convinced Dreama Campbell to join them. Then Sal Coll and I with a week and a half to go decided to join in on the “fun”. Carl Woerner was going to do the 50k version at the race but ultimate… Continue

Added by Gary Tyler Dawkins on June 14, 2010 at 7:30pm — 1 Comment

Sheridan Ames Silver State 50M/50K-Reno, NV

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Added by Sheridan Ames on June 11, 2010 at 12:05pm — No Comments

Rachel T. Race Team Member, Chad Wamack, and his AT Birthday Run in the Smoky Mountains

Several years ago Jamie Dial told me about his first solo attempt at running the Appalachian Trail throughout the Great Smoky Mountain NP, 72 miles. My first thought was--ridiculous! The concept was so intimidating but at the same time it fired me up. Over half of the run is above 5,000 feet and reaches more than 6,000 feet 6 times, pretty good for east coast standards. To cover that much ground over that kind of terrain, 18,000 feet of climbing over the 72 miles, had to be an epic adventur
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Added by Rachel T. on May 27, 2010 at 11:33am — 1 Comment

Sheridan Ames Pilot Mountain Payback Marathon and 1/2

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Added by Sheridan Ames on May 26, 2010 at 12:51pm — No Comments

Nicholas Selbo Rock/Creek Scenic City Trail Marathon

Saturday, May 22nd was a great day for a race. The skies were clear and the starting temperature was in the upper 60's low 70's. There was quite a crowd at the start also. I heard the announcer say that this year had twice as many runners as the previous year.

I had no idea what to expect as I've never run the trails and hadn't competed against any of these guys before. All I know was that Matt Sims had run a 3:11 on it before, and I wanted to beat that time. I actually wanted to r
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Added by Nicholas Selbo on May 24, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Rachel T. Race Fee Discount Ending Soon for Rock/Creek Stage Race

The race fee for the Chattanooga Mountains Stage Race will only be this low for a limited time.
Register a month in advance, before 5/18/10, and enjoy a discounted race fee + tee shirt with registration.

After 5/18/10, the race fee with change. See guide below to see what those changes will be!

Before 5/18/10
All Stages Race Fee= $80
All Stages Race Fee (if you don't want a tee shirt with registration)= $68

Two Stages Rac… Continue

Added by Rachel T. on May 11, 2010 at 6:21pm — No Comments

Nicholas Selbo Trail Shoe Comparison

Thought I'd offer up my thoughts a some trail shoes I've been testing over the past month or so. I have between 50 and 300 miles on each pair. They below are my opinions. They are:

1. Montrail - Mountain Masochist
2. Brooks - Cascadia 5
3. Northface - Single Track
4. Salomon - XT Wings

Montrail Mountain Masochist - RATING: 4.5 of 5.

This shoe has a well
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Added by Nicholas Selbo on April 30, 2010 at 8:59pm — No Comments

Dreama Campbell Sweet H20 50K Race Report

WOW! That was one hard course, extra long and the weather was way warmer than what we are used to running so far this year!!! I drove down Friday with Carl and Sarah and then we met up with Mark, Wendy and her mother for dinner at Carrabba's for a pre-race meal. We all left there completely stuffed and went back to the hotel for a good night's sleep. Race morning we all got up and prepared ourselves a small breakfast in our room. Then we jetted over to the race start. It was cool out (at lea… Continue

Added by Dreama Campbell on April 8, 2010 at 10:29pm — No Comments

Rachel T. Race Team Member, Sam Linhoss, Paced Hard for a 4th Men's Overall Finish at the River Gorge 10.2 Mile

_MG_0044With near perfect running weather; the Rock/Creek River Gorge 10.2 was another great race in the Wilderness Trail Association-Rock/… Continue

Added by Rachel T. on April 1, 2010 at 3:41pm — No Comments

Rachel T. Race Team member, Deb Jones, Dominates for First Women's Overall at the River Gorge 6.5 Mile Race

The Rock Creek River Gorge 6.5 mile race was at its best this past Saturday. A crisp sunny morning was made even nicer by the fact that the course had dried out a good bit from the rain we got on Thursday. This was vastly different from last year’s rain, wind, and s… Continue

Added by Rachel T. on April 1, 2010 at 3:07pm — No Comments

Rachel T. Rock/Creek Race Team Member, Randy Whorton, finishes Men's 3rd Masters Finisher for the River Gorge 10.2 Mile Trail Race

IMG_2552The year has not started with the big runs and running adventures that I had hoped. I succumbed to the lung crud that seemed to be so popular and my wife is suffering through decompression therapy for an old injury and has not run a step in… Continue

Added by Rachel T. on March 31, 2010 at 12:46pm — No Comments

Nicholas Selbo Rock/Creek River Gorge Race 10.2

The morning started out pretty brisk at 37 degrees, but the skies were blue and the sun was rising. The cold didn't seen to deter anyone. In fact, parking extended quite a ways down the Prentice Cooper Access road as turnout pushed almost to 400 runners. The trails were beautiful this morning - clean and clear.

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Added by Nicholas Selbo on March 27, 2010 at 9:45pm — 1 Comment

Rachel T. Race Team Member, Owen Bradley, Places in Mercedes Marathon and pushed hard at Black Warrior 50k

Rock/Creek Race Team Member, Owen Bradley, competes close to home at the Mercedes Marathon and places 8th overall with a time of 2:24:51. Unfortunately, due to a the pavement running, Owen suffered extreme IT-Band soreness which led to his drop out at mile 12 at the Black Warrior 50k.

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Added by Rachel T. on March 22, 2010 at 3:37pm — No Comments

Rachel T. Race Team Members Sal Coll Runs Black Warrior 50k & Dreama Campbell joins him for Land Between the Lakes 50 Mile Run

Race Team members Sal Coll and Dreama Campbell run strong two months in a row. Sal Coll, completing the Black Warrior and finishing 17th overall at Land Between the Lakes with a time of 6:45:43. Fellow Race Team Member Dreama Campbell placed 5th Female Overall with a time of 7:01


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Added by Rachel T. on March 22, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Rachel T. Rock/Creek Race Team Member, Nick Selbo, Runs to Support Haiti and then Places in the Gateway 5k

I ran the Frozen 5k Run for Haiti back in February 6, 2010 at Shackelford Ridge Park in Signal Mtn., TN. I arrived 15 minutes before the gun to find they were still goin
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Added by Rachel T. on March 22, 2010 at 12:41pm — No Comments

Rachel T. Robin Meagher, New to the Rock/Creek Race Team, Finishes 1st and 3rd in Georgia Races

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I highly recommend running Red Top Rumble in Cartersville, GA, which was held on Februa… Continue

Added by Rachel T. on March 22, 2010 at 11:16am — No Comments

Sal Coll Long Training runs

I Have been going out on long runs on Saturdays for some time now and I usally try to run for 3 to 4 hours, I was just wondering if anybody is doing the same and would like to run together, I'm really flexible on time and location, I do like to run Raccon Mnt, and Signal. Maybe we could get a group together and strat training for the Stage Race.We could run Sat and Sunday with Dreama's group, great training for the stage race. Continue

Added by Sal Coll on March 19, 2010 at 1:54pm — No Comments

Rachel T. R/C Race Team Member, John Brower, Finishes 24th place out of 217 at Rocky Raccoon 100 mi

Rock/Creek Race Team Member John Brower finishes 24th place out of 217 registered participants in this year's Rocky Raccoon 100 mi & 50Mi Endurance Trail Run in Huntsville State Park- Huntsville, TX on February 6, 2010. Below is John's race day recap on the gear and mental aspects he endured to achieve his finishing time of 19:12:35. Great work John! ~ R/C
"Come what m
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Added by Rachel T. on March 18, 2010 at 10:51am — No Comments

Rachel T. Rock/Creek Race Team Member, Dan Miller, Competes at US National Snowshoe Championship

USSA National Championships
March 6th, 2010 Syracuse NY

Under normal race conditions, the call for almost three feet of snow and miserably cold weather would be terrifying. Snowshoe racing is a little bit different. Although fresh “pow” sounds great for skiing, it leads to some pretty difficult days on the snowshoe course. Needless top say we were both exci
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Added by Rachel T. on March 18, 2010 at 9:57am — No Comments

Rachel T. Rock/Creek Race Team Member, Kathy Johns, recalls her trip from Purgatory to Heaven at Black Mountain Marathon in North Carolina

Purgatory? More like Heaven….

...I tend to run in the land of purgatory. And by purgatory, I am referring to the middle. Consistently I run and finish in the middle. And because I run with such a gifted group of people, they usually write the race reports and I keep the thoughts to myself. Not this time.

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Added by Rachel T. on March 16, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments

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