Winterspite

The Lake Sonoma 50 has the nickname “Relentless” because the hills never stop. The only thing more relentless than the hills this time out was the mud.

Background & Training:

I signed up for the Lake Sonoma 50 Mile on a bit of a whim. My wife had been out in Sonoma last fall, shortly after I ran the Sugg Farm 40 Mile Ultra, for a girls’ trip to wine country and had been telling me about an ultra that had happened (or was happening) while she was there (the Lake Sonoma 100k). She said I could use her trip as an excuse to do a guys’ trip somewhere, but I said I’d rather go out to California and spend a weekend running around in the woods.

So with that, I signed up for my second ever ult

My wife just picked up the 22 Touring and as we were driving it home, she was complaining about a loud humming / static noise she could hear over the radio. As we dug into it, it was the fan for the ventilated seats.

Is it supposed to be that loud? We test drove a Tahoe that had them and it was pretty much silent, so wasn't sure what the expectation was.

Race information

• What? Tuna Run 200
• When? October 20-21, 2017
• How far? 203.67 miles
• Where? North Carolina
• Website: Tuna Run 200

Goals

Goal	Description
A	Win
B	Set New Course Record (faster than 23 hours and 50 minutes )

Background

So the Tuna Run is a local relay race that goes from Raleigh to Atlantic Beach in North Carolina. A bunch of folks from my local run club have done it in previous years, so I've known about it existing for a while. I did the DC Ragnar Relay back in 2012, so I'm familiar with how this style of relay race works, and I had a great time, but hadn't necessarily

Race information

• What? Citius Mag presents the Sir Walter Denim Mile
• When? August 4, 2017
• How far? 1 mile
• Where? Raleigh, NC
• Website: http://sirwaltermiler.com/2017-race-day-2/
• Strava activity: https://www.strava.com/activities/1117587003

Goals

Goal	Description
A	Sub 5:30

Overview

For those of you not familiar, Citius Mag came up with the Denim Mile (or the Blue Jean Mile) back in March as the next great gimmick in running. Beer miles are fun, but they aren't for

So what are the thoughts on how to best vote for what ARTC stands for in the new world?

Straw poll and simple majority rule based on comment with the most upvotes? Runoff elections so we get the best name? Anyone know of a website to do runoff, or should we make u/blood_bender code one up?

Maybe 48-72 hours to submit ideas and another to vote? Thoughts?

Race information

• What? Tar Heel Ten Miler
• When? April 22, 2017
• How far? 10 miles
• Where? Chapel Hill, NC
• Website: http://tarheel10miler.com/
• Strava activity: Race Link

Goals

Goal	Description	Completed?
A	64:59 (Arbitrary Fast Time)	No
B	67:45 (Beat u/chickensedan)	No
C	70:00 (Arbitrary Realistic Time)	Yes
D	82:20 (Beat PR)	Yes

Notes

I was going to just squeak this into the rundown tomorrow, but talking with u/herumph, I think that there are some valuable lessons worth highlighting in here. As such, if this can

Race information

• What? Florence Forth
• When? March 4, 2017
• How far? 10k
• Where? Durham, NC
• Website: https://florenceforth.org/
• Strava activity: Race Link

Goals

No point with spoilers, you've all seen it on Strava already.

Goal	Description	Completed?
A-Plus Super Goal	39:30	Yes
A	39:59	Yes
B	41:00	Yes
C	42:00	Yes

Preface

Following best practices, I wrote the Training portion of this race report a few days ago. That's the mindset that I had a few days before the race. Be amused.

Race information

• What? Outer Banks Marathon
• When? November 13, 2016
• How far? 26.2 miles
• Website? http://www.outerbanksmarathon.com/

Goals

Goal	Description	Completed?
A	3:25:00	???
B	3:33:35 (1 hour PR)	???
C	3:45:00	???

Background

So my wife volunteered me to run the Outer Banks Marathon back in April because I hadn't been to OBX before and we'd get a hotel discount if I signed up for the marathon. I'd only recently started running for 2016. My total annual mileage in 2015 was 65 miles. I'd star