28 August 2010

Run Across Idaho - Race Day Tracker

**Scott has finished his run from Montana to WA! See the Race Day Tracker stats below, and some race-day photos at twitter.com/scottmcmurtrey.**

I'm running across Idaho to help raise money for my March 2011 attempt to run across Chile.
RUN ACROSS IDAHO - COURSE MAPS
1. Overview of route

2. Close-up of route (with mile markers)


3. Interactive course map (zooming, full-screen, Google Earth, etc.)


RACE DAY TRACKER
Times will be posted as I pass through the following checkpoints:
Note: time is Pacific Standard Time

1. Montana - Start -- Time: 4:00am

2. Mullan (Mile 11.5) -- Time: 5:43am - Smiles

3. Osburn (Mile 22) -- Time: 7:35am - Going strong.

4. Smelterville (Mile 31) -- Time: 9:14am - down 2 pounds - Fingers swollen but he's doing great.

5. Surprise Scott sighting (Mile 33.5) -- Time: 9:56am - Looks tired but still smiling, a good sign.

6. Cataldo (Mile 40) -- Time: 11:04am - Long stop. Spirits dipped a little but still strong. Ate sandwich & a few chips. Fingers still swollen, not worse.

7. Black Rock (Mile 50.5) -- Time: 1:37pm - Left foot started hurting at mile 50. After a quick rub, he switched from Green Silence to Racers.

8. Medimont (Mile 56) -- Time: 3:01pm - Looking good and feeling motivated!

9. Harrison (Mile 66) -- Time: 5:55pm - Looking strong!

10. Chatcolet (Mile 73.5) -- Time: 8:11pm - Has stopped caring so much about time & pace; he's tired and wants to finish. His weight is good. He's regretting draining a blister.

11. Plummer (Mile 81) -- Time: 10:04pm - He is so tired.

12. John Wayne Trail/Agency Rd. (Mile 88) -- Time: 12:20am - He's not stopping for a break; wants to be done.

13. Washington - Finish! (Mile 93) -- Time: 1:50am


I'm going to give tweeting a try too (I'm tweetless so far). Follow me at twitter.com/scottmcmurtrey - hopefully I can tweet some photos while I'm on the trail.

29 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness. Wow! Have a wonderful time!!

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  2. Some great info from map-my-run!
    good luck!

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  3. GOOD LUCK, GOOD LUCK, GOOD LUCK, GOOD LUCK! Have a great time!

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  4. Can't wait!!! have a great time and be safe out there.

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  5. Good Luck on Saturday! Is that a dirt or pavement trail?

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  6. I'm gonna need a magnifying glass to find you on the map :-)

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  7. Thanks, everyone. It's going to be quite the adventure, I'm sure.

    The weather forecast looks good - highs around 70, lows in the 40's. So I don't think I'll have to deal with too much heat.

    @The Runner - the first 10 miles or so is on a gravel road, the next 73 miles is on pavement, and the final 10 miles is on a gravel path. I hope my knees are up for the challenge. :)

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  8. You're starting on my birthday which must mean you will do awesome! :) Wishing you lots of luck!

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  9. Good luck and have a great week end.

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  10. Check out this race for Sadie, tess is up for it :]
    http://www.maddog10k.co.uk/

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  11. Good luck! Can't wait to hear the whole report!

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  12. I'm going to try Twitter too--

    twitter.com/scottmcmurtrey

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  13. Special thanks to my sister Melanie, who will be in charge of posting the Race Day Tracker updates.

    Thanks, Mel!

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  14. We'll try to figure out Twitter later this afternoon. For now we are following the blog. Have fun! Janie and Dad

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  15. We love the Sadie picks on the site! Good luck! --Drew and Mandy

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  16. Thanks for the info,looking forward to your report.

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  17. Great run! Amazing run!!

    Dad

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  18. WOW, WOW and WOW!!!! Hopefully you are sleeping soundly right now. Congrats seems so small in light of this accomplishment. You rock!

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  19. You finished!! Good Job.

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  20. It was a day to remember. Report and photos coming soon.

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  21. Yay! You're so inspiring!

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  22. Fantastic! can't wait for the report.

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  23. Nicely done, dude! Now you hafta run Idaho from north to south.

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  24. Wow! What an amazing adventure! Great stuff, love it.

    Of course it is totally unreasonable to run across Idaho on your own, not even for a buckle. That's the core of ultra running. Reason does not come into it.

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