In Huntsville at Dizzy 50's, Rob Youngren took the 40 mile title in 6:35:21 and Dana Overton ran a very fast (if not course record) time of 4:37:27 to take the women's title in the 50km distance. 4 4:13:03 Tim Vinson 5 4:31:59 Brett Wilks 8 4:37:27 Dana Overton 14 5:04:39 Christy Scott 18 5:15:33 Eric Patterson 32 5:46:35 Linda Scavarda 62 7:09:08 Eric Fritz 69 7:23:47 Blake Thompson Official Results
Earlier in the day on Saturday, Blake Thompson and Eric Fritz also competed in the Krispy Kreme Challenge, which consists of a 2 mile run, a dozen donuts, and a 2 mile run back without puking. Not only did Blake win, but he defeated last year's champion, David Rawlings. Before the start of the race, Blake and Eric also completed a loop at Dizzy, then ran the Donut Run, before returning to Dizzy where they finished the 50km in under the time limit. This concoction was coined the "Dizzy Donut" by Rob Youngren in 2009. Also competing in the Donut Run were James Falcon, Brad Schroeder and Joey Butler, who vowed the words, "Never again."
On Sunday, the annual Jingle Bell Run, Kevin Betts and Candace Jacobs took overall honors in the 5km. After training his No Boundaries 5km group for this even, Josh Kennedy ran a 20:52 (10th OA and 2nd in his age group). Kathy Youngren, Katie Maehlmann and Lisa Rawlings also ran very well, placing in their age group on a very warm and windy day.