Marathon Maniacs

Marathons/Ultras completed by
Maniac 445, Ken Saveth

Seq Race Date City ST Finish
Time		 Distance Bib Overall
Place		 Sex
Place		 Age
Place		 Remarks
18 Mother Road 100 - Part 2 11/08/08 Elk City OK   100 mi         This was to be my first attempt at 100 miles. I was well prepared & fired up. The day started out great & the weather was perfect. I was an hour ahead of my scheduled "drop dead" pace (17.59 min/mile. At some point (maybe mile 30), I thought I felt a hot spot on my left foot. I should have listened. At the 1/2 way point (50 miles) I found that I had a huge blister on bottom of my left foot. It was practiclaly the entire ball of my foot (OUCH!). The ole' doc patched me up & I was back out. I wasn in for about 45 minutes & my body temperature dropped. I got back out & was shivering uncontrollably. BY now, I was right on schedule & could not afford any more breaks & I had to keep running. With my foot trash & the temperatures dropping, I decided to hang it up for another day. My only saving grace was that I bested my 50 mile time by an hour!
17 Fast Trax Ultra 06/14/08 Edmonton AB 7:13:12 50 km       12 This was a fabulous 10 km loop[ course winding between Goldbar PArk & Rundle Park in beautiful Edmonton, Alberta. The mornign of the race was a bit damp but the temperature was perfect - 15 C. As the day went on, the clouds left & the sun came out making for a perfect running day.
16 Run for the Ranch 12/30/07 Springfield MO 5:35:20 Marathon         This race started way too late (2:30 PM) & in the winter, it gets dark early. As it got dark, the traffic control got sparce & al lthat was left were street cones. Just prior to crossing an intersection, a truck plowed right through (3) cones without batting an eye. The marathon distance was 8 LOOPS!. As the distance goes up, I'm not sure that I can remember to count that high. I actually lost track & had to ask someone just ahead of me how may loops we had completed. It was chip timed (sort of), but the only time recorded was your final finishing time. There was no lap times. Although the race directors & volunteers were GREAT, I am not sure that I will do another multi-loop course in the winter that is an afternoon start.
15 Route 66 Marathon 11/18/07 Tulsa OK 5:37 Marathon         Great course & gerat weather. It was cool & misty & in the 50's early on & warmed up into the 60's bu the end of the race. This year's course was changed a bit to run through some of the beautiful stately homes around mid-town. Unfortunately this is where they added in all the hills. None-the-less, it was a great race.
14 Spirit of Survival 10/13/07 Lawton OK 5:18 Marathon         This was a great course, one of a few that go through a national wildlife reserve. PLENTY of hills as it was in the Wichita Mountain WIldlife Refuge. We saw bufffalo, long horn steer & someone spotted a huge tarantula.
13 Bartlett Park Ultra 08/11/07 Bartlett TN 8:43:24 50 km 44       IT WAS HOT! A record 103 F in the sun. Good thing that the 99.9% of the trail run was under tree cover. I orignally was in for the 50 miler but as the day wore on (& the heat rose), I cut down to the 40 miler & then finally to the 50 Km. I would rather be safe than sorry & live to run & race again - HEALTHY! It was a beautiful trail on nicely maintained mountain bike trails.
12 Free State 40 MIle Trail Ultra 04/28/07 Lawrrence KS 11:07:10 40.0 miles         This was an awesome run. It had rained the night before so there was plenty of M-U-D! Beautiful course, well staffed. I will run this one again.
11 Bataan Memorial Death March 03/26/07 White Sands Missle Range NM 6:00:00 Marathon 1812       This wa a totally AWESOME race. Fabulously scenic. It started off on dirt roads. then from miles 5 to 13 were uphill. Then into the mountains & back down hill. From mile 21 to 23 it was the "sand pit"; loose sand! Great finish. Several of the Bataan POWs were present along the course & at the finish.
10 Sunmart Endurance Trail Run 12/09/06 Huntsville TX 8:55:20 50.0 km         Same great course as always with plenty of support & loads of goodies. My left IT band went out after the 1st lap so I limped to the finish.
9 Heartland 50 10/14/06 Cassody KS 13:25:05 50.0 miles         Great 1st 50 miler. Lots & lots of rolling hills. Kansas ain't flat buddy!. Beautiful scenery with loads of cattle & some buffalo. GREAT support & aid stations.
8 Ouachita Trail Run 05/04/06 Little Rock AR 8:55:04 50.0 km         WOW! What a course. At mile 4, the 1 mile climb up Pinnacle Mtn. took me an hour! At times, I thought of the movie Deliverance when I was out in the woods alone. Great race though with great support & a nice hand made finsher's medal.
7 Little Rock Marathon 03/05/06 Little Rock AR   Marathon         Nice course. Hilly on the 2nd half.
6 Sunmart Endurance Trail Ron 12/09/05 Huntsville TX 7:20:09 50.0 km         Absolutely a fabulous couse & fabulous race. Beautiful, well groomed trails.
5 Olathe Matarhon 03/14/05 Olathe KS   Marathon         Nice course but lonely in spots. Running by the Garmin plant, I would have thought that they would have been out in support of the marathon.
4 Lakefront Marathon 10/04/04 Milwaulkee WI   Marathon         A point to point course well laid out. Tremendously windy the last 5 miles of the course along the lake.
3 Mardi Gras Marathon 02/16/03 New Orleans LA 5:51:11 Marathon         New Orleans is a beautiful city but I would not run this race again. There was no famous New Orleans jazz music anywhere along the course & they ran out of food & refreshments at the end of the race.
2 Dallas White Rock Marathon 12/09/01 Dallas TX 5:51:53 Marathon   2130/3949 2204   Nice course. Beautiful homes around White Rock Lake.
1 Suzuki Rock 'n' Roll Marathon 06/04/00 San Diego CA 6:02:59 Marathon   12892   939 Beautiful course for my 1st marathon. Running along Mission Bay was great.

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