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Cornbelt Running Club 24 Hour Run 2000 Report: Jeff Riddle

 Cornbelt Running Club 24 Hour Run - Elridge, Iowa - 54+/- entrants

 Started out warm, humid, got hot, then hotter, high 80's and 95-100+ on
 the black rubber track, sun baking all day, some clouds late, round and
 round we went and went and went, never got bored, even close, just got hot
 and hot, many good runners there, most suffering thru the heat, got 200
 laps at 12:30 slowish 50 miles ever, not tired, no cramps, feet sore but
 okay, just hot, finished with 264 laps or 66.66 miles.  Not as much as I
 hoped, too fast at beginning with the heat and not acclimated to it.  Many
 people commented that was much harder than any trail race or hilly road
 ultra.

 Great race organization and so many volunteers and lap counters, very good
 job.  A local race with many local runners doing this as their only ultra.
 Very social race and many new friends were met.  I would like to go back,
 hopefully with normal temps and a better approach.

 Ed Roussaun was there trying to break the age 60-64 age group record for
 100K(62.14M).  He got so close but severe leg cramps stopped him cold for
 several hours.  He came back for more laps no record.  Tim Johnson was the
 leader as I left to drive home early, on pace for a total of 120 miles or
 so, not sure of exact total, a very good run for the heat, about 18+hours
 for 100 miles.  I think Bill Seldomridge was second at the time.  Maybe
 someone else on the list can give us final results.

 Most runners I knew at this race finished with less miles than normal, by
 15-20 miles.  Guess I'm trying to justify how I ran based on other peoples
 results too.  Never got real sleepy and was never tired.  My feet got very
 hot, 2 small blisters, one on the heel and one between big tos and 2nd
 toe, okay after changed to larger shoes.  My soles literally burned off
 parts of the soles, amazing!!  Ice water felt good when I stuck my feet in
 the cooler, a local TV camera was there to get a good shot of this,
 especially with my duct taped feet.  Amazing the ups and downs during a
 race this long on a track, definitely tougher event on a track than a road
 or trail, same surface the whole, even with direction change every 3
 hours.

 Stomach problems late in the night slowed me down alot, a bit sick, stayed
 up all night, rested alot, but just too fast too early for me.  Now, I'm
 not that tired, rested alot the week before, maybe too much, legs not sore
 and feet not too bad, considering.

 Am I ready for Mohican 100 in June, well at 1AM Sunday I thought not, then
 David Hughes (a friend of my brother said this is one tough race and had
 fewer laps than I, he agreed much tougher than any trail/road ultra) and
 he has finished several Trail 100's.

 I have one month to recover and get used to the heat, which should not be
 a problem now, I'm already entered, so no turning back.

 Later, Jeff
(Still living and learning about this 100mile/24hour events)