Comments on: Unofficial Meat Grinder 50K++

By: David Ray

David Ray — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:11:32 +0000

Ditto on the “Nice one!”. One thing I’ve learned from your reports is to never pass up water when I’ve got the chance.

By: Rick Spencer

Rick Spencer — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:54:37 +0000

Nice one! I ran from Springer Mt. to Dick’s Creek Gap with a 14 pound pack in 3 days 2 weeks ago. All but 2 miles of that was with a cracked rib & crushed lung. Ouch.
http://coachspencer.blogspot.com/2009/06/73-miles-of-appalachian-trail-in-3-days.html

Good luck at White River!

By: Jessica Grady

Jessica Grady — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:34:58 +0000

Great run and a great day. What a blessing to feel your grandmother with you when times get tough. Congrats on continuously upping the ante! Jessica

By: Christian

Christian — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:05:53 +0000

@Dan …I know I should …but no I don’t treat

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:01:56 +0000

Another great run report… Keep on writin’ and runnin’ I always get inspired to do the runs you write about.
Question…Do you have to purify the water outta the creeks up there? Thanks Dan

By: Christian

Christian — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:59:54 +0000

Rob …you must live right smack dab in the center of Mountain Mist – no wonder you slay it like the big dog.

If you gleamed that 7:40 from these comments, that’s how long it took me to complete a double-Coosa, not this 50K++ associated with this report. It took my about 9:40 for this Meat Grinder deal. –wasted a few minutes on top of Springer and chasing water, but that’s part of the experience.

My buddy Matt did it in 7:19, and he’s a waaaay sub-5 50Ker. Watch this kid Matt Kahrs – he’s blowin’ up the 50Ks and I can’t wait to see what he does at White River.

Thanks for writing – perhaps you can run me out on your 50K loop deal someday?! I’d love that.

By: Robert Youngren

Robert Youngren — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:31:25 +0000

Great job Christian! I too did an “unofficial” 50km of my own on June 20th. Right out of my back gate I’ve got a kick-ass course I call the Dismal 50km. It’s actually 8 repeats of a 4 mile out and back that includes some of the steepest trails in Monte Sano State Park. The verified total elevation gain is ~11,500 feet (pretty easy to verify as in one “loop” you have two big drops and two big climbs) over the 32 mile course. This day was 97 degrees F with heat index well into the 100’s. It took me 11h 35m to get through this sucker! The other thing with the Dismal 50km is that the trails are all very technical and steep making even the downhills difficult to “run.” So your 7:40 was either smoken’ fast or there really isn’t as much climb as you think; probably the lower end of your elevation change prediction. Really can’t trust a GPS w/o barometric calibration. Regardless, great job on a tough training run. These are the kind of runs I’m into as well, unfortunately I had to stay close to home…

By: ODog

ODog — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:37:22 +0000

Sounds like a good time was had by all.

I love that run. You can also make it a loop of sorts by incorporating the BMT between three forks and Springer.

Ya know you can get water our of those small creeks and springs.

Josh

By: DOOM

DOOM — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:18:08 +0000

Keep sharin’ the stoke. Heat was killer on Saturday!

By: ROCKMAN

ROCKMAN — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:57:43 +0000

NICE write-up. I’m happy to hear that Tony was puking. It’s good to cleanse the soul every now and again.

This weekend should be just as great. Bring your suntan lotion.