Modesto's Jon Olsen is on a roll, having finished seventh at the world ultra-marathon championships in Italy April 22.
Now he goes for a win at the North Coast 24-Hour Endurance Run.
No, the event isn't on California's North Coast. It's in Cleveland, Ohio, on the north coast of the Lake Erie, May 5-6.
The winner is the runner who covers the most miles during the 24-hour time limit. The course is roughly a 1-mile loop.
There is no pacing, either, because the race is sanction by USA Track & Field, which doesn't allow pacing by non-registered runners.
From the looks of the website, it's doubtful they're going to have live runner tracking or live event updates. The question was even posed on the event's Facebook page without a reply.
After Cleveland, Olsen has the Western States 100-mile Endurance Run on his calendar, June 23-24, on his calendar.
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Showing posts with label ultra-marathon. Show all posts
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Sunday, April 29, 2012
Monday, April 2, 2012
Watch AR 50 finishers live this Saturday
Even if you can't be at the finish line up near Folsom Reservoir this Saturday, you can still watch runners finish this 50-mile endurance race, thanks to modern technology.
A camera set up at the finish line will stream continuous live video of runners coming across the line.
To access the feed, visit http://www.ustream.tv/channel/americanriver50. The show begins about 11:30 a.m., Saturday, April 7.
The ultra-marathon begins at 6 a.m. at the Guy West Bridge near Sac State and finishes up near Newcastle.
For more information, visit http://www.ar50mile.com/.
A camera set up at the finish line will stream continuous live video of runners coming across the line.
To access the feed, visit http://www.ustream.tv/channel/americanriver50. The show begins about 11:30 a.m., Saturday, April 7.
The ultra-marathon begins at 6 a.m. at the Guy West Bridge near Sac State and finishes up near Newcastle.
For more information, visit http://www.ar50mile.com/.
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Buena furtuna a Jon Olsen in Italy
Congratulazioni to Modesto's Jon Olsen for being named to the U.S. World Cup Team running in the IAU World 100K Championships, April 22, in Seregno, Italy.
For non-metric types, 100K is about 62 miles.
The announcement came less than a week after Olsen narrowly missed three-peating in the Modesto Marathon.
Olsen was more than 6 minutes behind the leader and eventual winner Clyde Behunin of Utah at the marathon turn-around.
Olsen made up time and was only 2 minutes behind just before the over-crossing with less than 2 miles to go.
He lost to the eventual winner by just 15 seconds, clocking a 2:33:01, a new PR for Olsen.
Behunin won with 2:32:46.
Olsen also plans to run Western States 100-mile Endurance Run June 23-24. The race starts in Squaw Valley, goes over the Sierra and ends in Auburn, Calif.
For non-metric types, 100K is about 62 miles.
The announcement came less than a week after Olsen narrowly missed three-peating in the Modesto Marathon.
Olsen was more than 6 minutes behind the leader and eventual winner Clyde Behunin of Utah at the marathon turn-around.
Olsen made up time and was only 2 minutes behind just before the over-crossing with less than 2 miles to go.
He lost to the eventual winner by just 15 seconds, clocking a 2:33:01, a new PR for Olsen.
Behunin won with 2:32:46.
Olsen also plans to run Western States 100-mile Endurance Run June 23-24. The race starts in Squaw Valley, goes over the Sierra and ends in Auburn, Calif.
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