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Mother Road 100 Mile, November 11, 2006

I vowed I would never run an ultra in cold weather again. I also decided that people who ran more than one 100 miler were sick. Why would anyone want to repeatedly subject themselves to this? I was cold, my feet hurt, my legs hurt, my stomach was on the verge of rebellion, my fingers were numb. What was good about it? Don and I were on Route 66 in Oklahoma, running (and walking) on a road with no shoulder, hoping that pickup trucks and other traffic wouldn’t hit us.

Read the whole MR race report Life is a Highway by Gillian Robinson

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Posted by: “susannah rose” feetsdont_failmenow at yahoo.com
Mon Nov 20, 2006 7:51 am (PST)Hi all,

I was out hiking yesterday and ended up on a wonderful trail. My husband was with me and our conversation turned to the 100 miler I’ve wanted to put together. I wouldn’t go forward without his enthusiasm as the work load is too much to toss onto someone who isn’t willing, but he’s completely enthused. So, we’ve narrowed things down even further and I’m going to impose once more with a couple of questions so I can finalize dates and what not. (more…)

The Mother Road 100 was run between Oklahoma City and Tulsa on what seemed to be the “Road Kill Capital of the World”. I am one of those road atlas nerds and, when I heard that they were going to run 100 miles on old Route 66, I entered as soon as the application became available. There was no way that I was going to miss it, especially since it was only going to be a one-time affair. (more…)