Cactus Rose 100 Race Video

The 2012 Cactus Rose 100 is now over.

I don't want to go into too much detail because I'm gonna start my actual race report, but I did put together a video I made. It consists of a pre and post race interview with myself.

Hopefully I'll have my actual race report done by this weekend! Thanks to everyone that made the 2012 Cactus Rose 100 possible.

_Jacob_

Cactus Rose 100 pre-race chat...

Well, I have committed to the Cactus Rose 100 miler this weekend and will be "running".

My training has be unbelievably subpar compared to what I'd like to do, but I've done the best I could with the time I had. With that said, I wanna throw a few possibilities out there for this weekend.

Since I've never seen the Cactus/Bandera course before it's honestly pretty hard for me to say but it sounds llike my kind of course.

Best case scenario: Sub 24
Impressed Goal: Sub 27:10:58
Super Happy: Sub 30
Satisfied: Sub 36

As always I'll be more than happy with a finish, but if I don't do anything stupid I believe sub 27:10 is possible. The weather is looking pretty good, albeit a bit chilly. The high today in Bandera was 84, but the high tomorrow and Saturday is gonna be in the high 50s. That's pretty cold to me.

With that said, I'm heading out tomorrow around lunch time. Will be back Sunday night late. Hopefully I'll have an update by Monday night.

See ya on the flipside.

_Jacob_

Whispering Pines 50K Race Report

The Whispering Pines 50K was the race that almost wasn't. I literally waited till the last minute to register, and didn't really train like I should for the race. I hadn't actually run on trails since July and had been strictly road running due to time constraints.

Regardless, I knew that I needed at least one longer run before I thought about registering for the Cactus Rose 100 so the Whispering Pines 50K fit perfectly into that schedule.

This race was meant to be nothing more than a training run and placing in the top three never crossed my mind. I was gonna go out there and run the "race" I had planned.

The course was three laps of 10.3 or so miles on some beautiful rolling trails in the piney woods of East Texas. There were tall Pine trees everywhere with the occasional rock or two with the rest being perfect   pine covered single track.

I drove out to Tyler the morning of and arrived early than planned. It allowed me about an hour to change and set up my chair near the finish/start area. Dave did the pre-race meeting while I finished up some last minute business, then I headed over to the start line to chat with friends for a few minutes before we were sent off.