Comments on: Oak Mountain 50K+ Race Report

By: Foothills and Face Plants | A Chattooga 50K Story | Run 100 Miles

Foothills and Face Plants | A Chattooga 50K Story | Run 100 Miles — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:18:42 +0000

[...] the first aid station, there is a boatload of downhill. Similar to the last six miles of Oak Mountain, but at Chattooga, you gotta come back up after ripping al that [...]

By: Allan

Allan — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:07:29 +0000

Dude,

I’m Allan….the guy you passed coming out of the North Trailhead toward Peavine falls at mile 21-22 or so. What ‘s up? Found your blog and was entertained. You’ve got a knack for writing. On to business…

How do you train for these races? I ran it in just over 7 hours (which is 10 minutes SLOWER than last year) even though I bumped up my road miles culminating with 3 marathons in a month. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO RUN SINCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am still sore. I will finally get out tomorrow for a few miles and see how it goes. I do trail run every Tuesday for at least 11 miles, but this still kicked my ass! I think I started too fast (as usual). Any tips or tricks? What’s your weekly mileage? How much of it is trails? I want to do better next year and maybe even try the Pine Mountain 40 miler. Any info would be nice. Thanks for your time! And thanks for talking to me on the road

By: Allan

Allan — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:59:32 +0000

It was nice to meet you too! I thought the shorts were okay! Maybe they were medium to normal height humans! One hell of a good time. See you next year.

By: Susan Donnelly

Susan Donnelly — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:32:12 +0000

Fun to read, as always. Had to laugh at the shorts (sorry).

By: David Ray

David Ray — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:48:32 +0000

Crowder’s Mountain? It’s not on any of my calendars. Didn’t know about it. Hmmm . . . my sister-in-law lives in Charlotte . . . Hmmmm . . .

By: Christian

Christian — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:47:28 +0000

@everyone – Thanks for the kind words.

@Sonia – I fixed your name in the blog.

@Keith – I used your name as opposed to “the big dude that talked CrossFit with me”

@David – dude, great pics. I wish I took the time to shoot photos along the course.

Hope to see lots of people at Crowder’s Mountain!

By: Sonia

Sonia — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:36:55 +0000

Great to meet you last weekend….I had some vaseline and glide at the North Trail Head aid station…I wish you’d seen it and maybe slowed down the chaffing…ouch!
I’ve got several pictures of you I’ll get out soon!
Sonia aka Sonya

By: David Chandler

David Chandler — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:15:30 +0000

Christian,

I came across your blog/website the other day while I was looking for a way to convince myself I should run instead of constantly trying to make time for cycling. I must say I am a convert. Since my wife and I had three babies arrive, at once, the only kind of exercise I get in is a run, it is really difficult to ride with three babies in tow. My solution was to buy a jogging stroller, triple wide, and start running again. I just wanted to say thanks for giving me a reason to put my training to good use. My babies get extra long naps these days, in a stroller, and my wife gets a break. I get to look forward to running a 50K in 12+ weeks.

By the way I don’t know the full distance at Oak Mountain, but I have ridden that mountain so many times I can do it in my sleep. Once upon a time I hiked Most of the trails in the park in one day, but that is a different story. Great view from Shackelford point.

Thanks for the great adventure,

David Chandler

By: David Ray

David Ray — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:38:30 +0000

Another great report! Good to see you in the morning and if you weren’t so fast, I’d have seen you at the end. My group was making the same wrong turn at the falls. I went over the bridge and came back thinking, nope, that’s not it.

As for the chafe, I saw body-glide at the aid stations. That might’ve helped. But, dude, make a list. And check it every time. I do not like chafing.

But I agree with your thoughts on the hills. Deceiving, they are.

Okay, now, what’s up *next* weekend?

By: Suze

Suze — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:11:54 +0000

Nice report, you freak. (Didn’t Pop ever tell you that bad knees run in the family? I’ll be speaking to the gods to request preservation of yours, since you use them so well.) The chafe brings a laufe.