Mogollon Monster 2016 Race Recap

Melia CouryRace Report

Ultra Running Family Mogollon Monster is a race for the (ultra) family. The ultra community finds its strong foundation from the hearts and soles (feet variety) of each runner, volunteer, radio personal, pacer and even those following the story from twitter posts, that never seem to come fast enough. It is not often anymore that we are able to find a race that embodies so much of what we love about the ‘classic’ races of yesteryear. These races have a few ingredients that create an undeniable attraction and Mogollon Monster is one of them with: ‘ultra-crazy’ people (those long time supporters, runners and volunteers), traditions and a course that is unlike anything in the world. ‘Ultra-Crazy’ …

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Javelina Jangover Race Recap 2016

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Get Jungover Last night was filled with crop tops, pizza, beer, the first of two trail parties this season and oh some night running. The Javelina Jangover Night Runs is the prequel to the much larger trail running party in the desert Javelina Jundred (coming to Fountain Hills, AZ this October 29th-30th). It was a perfect night to spend some time on the Pemberton Trail in McDowell Mountain Regional Park. The crop top game was strong in all of our race distances last night. Midriffs were displayed. This new trend has caught the running world by storm. Whether it’s the trendy style or has some breezy functional benefits we will be monitoring this trend as it unfolds at future …

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Javelina Jangover Night Run 2016 Race Preview

Melia CouryRace Preview

Javelina Jangover has always felt like the gateway race into our fall racing season. It sits on the edge of the scorching desert heat months and you definitely still want to be prepared for warm temperatures throughout the night. Javelina Jangover is held during a full moon and has changed dates each year to accommodate the lunar schedule. This race is held in the McDowell Mountain Regional Park. The trail for the 75K, 50K and 25K will be on the Pemberton Trail, same as the Javelina Jundred course. Jangover is our party in the desert before our even larger party in the desert, Javelina Jundred. Since it shares the Pemberton Trail loop it allows for …

Michael Versteeg

Michael Versteeg, Silverton Alpine Marathon, Male Champion 2016

Melia CouryPost-Race Interview

Michael Versteeg Melia Coury: Alright, I’m Melia Coury sitting here with Michael Versteeg, the Whiskey Man and you just won the Silverton Alpine Marathon. Michael Versteeg: Oh yeah, I did. Melia: Yeah, that happened today. Versteeg: Yep, it was fun. It’s been a long week but I’m glad I did it. M: Well you did run the Silverton 1000 this week. V: Well I didn’t run all 1000. M: True, but you did run 100. V: Yeah I ran 100 this week so that’s pretty good. M: So how was the legs and everything feeling during the marathon? V: Legs felt okay. Obviously it has been a big week up at 12 and a half …

Cari Kimball

Cari Kimball, Silverton Alpine Marathon, Female Champion 2016

Melia CouryPost-Race Interview

Cari Kimball Melia: I’m Melia Coury here with Cari Kimball and she won our Silverton Alpine Marathon today, congratulations. Cari: Thank you so much. M: So how was it for you out there? Did you have any struggling moments or were you just conquering the mountain the whole time? C: I don’t know if conquering would be the right word, but um, it was a really good day. The climbs are pretty steep and good but for the most part it is really runnable and the views are incredible. M: Did you have a favorite portion of the view? C: I would say that when you are up by Hurricane Pass. That portion when you …

Josh Simkins

Joshua Simkins, Silverton Alpine 50K, Male Champion 2016

Melia CouryPost-Race Interview

  Joshua Simkins Melia: I’m Melia Coury here with Joshua Simkins and you just won the Silverton Alpine 50K. How does that feel? Joshua: Good, I wasn’t sure what to expect today. Through the competition, altitude or weather but fantastic weather and felt pretty good about it. It was a good race, beautiful course. M: Was there a part on the course that just kind of took your breath away? (A part from the altitude) J: The whole thing it’s hard to choose one spot. Right along the river so beautiful. And then you get up high by one of the last aid stations and right before that one pass? M: California Pass? J: Yes, …

Abby Mitchell

Abby Mitchell, Silverton Alpine 50K, Female Champion 2016

Melia CouryPost-Race Interview

Abby Mitchell Melia: I’m Melia Coury here with Abby Mitchell and you just won our Silverton Alpine 50K today, congratulations. Abby: Thanks so much it was a really fun morning. M: So had you done a lot of 50Ks prior to this? A: I hadn’t. This was actually my second 50K and my third ultra overall. I did my first 50 miler last month and my first 50K in June. So it’s been a busy summer. M: Just packed ‘em right in. A: Yeah totally. M: What sparked your interest recently in getting into ultras? A: I actually recently moved from California to Bolder (Colorado) and so one of the reasons I wanted to move …

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Kendall Mountain Run 2016: Post-Race: Dakota Jones

Melia CouryPost-Race Interview

Dakota Jones Melia Coury: I’m standing here with Dakota Jones after he just won the Kendall Mountain Run 2016. What were your first thoughts? Dakota: I feel lucky to be able to run. I had a stress fracture in my foot for most of last year. I wasn’t able to compete as much. I feel really lucky to run really hard on that downhill and not have any pain. M: Nice. D: It’s always super fun up here in Silverton and this kind of low-key race is my favorite I love being out here with all of these people, but not too many. I just like to go for a hard run and hang out …

Daniel Hadis

Kendall Mountain Run 2016: Post-Race Interview: Daniel Hadis

Melia CouryPost-Race Interview

Daniel Hadis Melia Coury: I’m here with Daniel Hadis and he just placed second at the 2016 Kendall Mountain Run. Daniel and Thoru (Translator): Thank you M: And what is your name as well? [To translator] Thoru: Thoru M: Thank you Thoru, he is going to help us translate today. Can you tell us a bit about your experience? T: I’m a distance runner which a 10K, 5K run. Just coming here to train on the hill for my upcoming races. M: I love that Kendall (Mountain) is a hill. What was the hardest part? T: I was the first one up the hill so when we coming back and then that guy comes from …

Timmy Parr

Kendall Mountain Run 2016: Post-Race Interview: Timmy Parr

Melia CouryPost-Race Interview

Timmy Parr Melia Coury: I’m here with Timmy Parr who placed third at the 2016 Kendall Mountain Run. Congratulations. Timmy: Thank you. M: So I know in your pre-race interview you talked about how you like it when there is less oxygen. So what were the thoughts rolling through your head once you hit above tree line? T: Well at that point I was in third place and there were two individuals who had been gaining on me until that point. Thought, well this is great back up to some thin oxygen and thought well I’m gonna go and try to catch them. I pushed it and slowly, felt like I was slowly closing the …