STUMP JUMP 2010 RACE REPORT

This year I brought great fitness to this race. However, I believe I left my race mojo in California at the BullDog 50k just one month prior. My goal was to go 5hr to 5:15hr on this rocky and technical course. However, that didn't happen as you will be able to compare last years and this year split times.

So I intended to be a little more aggressive this year ( faster) , wear a different trail shoe (lighter) and set a personal PR for myself.(better than 5:27)

The first 10 miles to Indian Rock house, I paced off Randy Whorton, who knows this race well. He ran a 5:15 last year. However, I passed him and was up 3-5 minutes until mile 18. I was hurting (feet wise) and had to be very careful on the trail, slowing me down a lot. From mile 20-31 I was passed by at least 12-14 people as I dragged myself to the finish line in a disappointing 5:39. Randy ended up with a 5:24 , as I dropped from top 15 to 38 or so place.

2009 split time verses 2010 split time

suck creek-( 1:01) ( 57 min) mile 5.5
Indian rock- (1:47 ) (1:40) mile 10
Indian rock #2-(3:30) (3:15) mile 20
suck creek #2-(4:30) ( 4:15) mile 26
Finish-( 5:27) ( 5:39) mile 31

As you can see in 2009 it took me less than 1 hr to cover the last part of the race (5 miles), this year
1 hr and 19 min. So there was my race, the last 5 miles, to exhausted to go any faster (probably fuel) and my feet too beat up that I didn't want to run another step!! Not to mention how I felt mentally as I knew the PR wasn't going to happen. These things happen in endurance races, you learn and move forward. Already planning next years race.