In the Chattahoochie National Forest on Friday,
Rob Youngren completed a week long effort to set the fastest known time on the 335 mile Pinhoti National Recreation Trail. What began on Saturday, May 1 at 6:00 am atop Flagg Mountain in Alabama, culminated 6 days 8 hours and 48 minutes later at the Benton MacKaye Trailhead where Rob earned the distinction of being the fastest human ever to complete the trail. Rob proved his strength as be ran an average of 52 miles per day through tendonitis, plantar fasciitis, poison ivy, chigger bites and blazing heat into the low 90's. Rob began the epic adventure run with
Eric Charette, who made it 171 miles to the Alabama/Georgia state line in 4 days 5 hours 39 minutes and 12 seconds. This was the 2nd fastest time ever recorded for this Alabama Pinhoti, behind the time that Rob had set the day before. Crewing the duo along the way was fellow team mate
Josh Kennedy. Providing crew support and pacing duties along the way were team mates
David Riddle,
Kathy Youngren, Dink Taylor,
Blake Thompson,
Joey Butler,
Eric Fritz and DeWayne Satterfield
Details on the adventure can be found at
http://pinhotitrailadventurerun.blogspot.com
In Huntsville, the Music Moves Me 10km was run on Saturday. While full results are not available yet, it is known at Fleet Feet Racing took overall honors as
Jon Elmore ran a personal best time of 36:27. This is Jon's 3rd victory already this year with many more events to come.
Results should be posted when the are available on the Music Moves Me website
here within the next few days.