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Jack Sayles
Sep 5, 20214 min read
Longing For The Long Run
I stopped running back mid-January of this year, 2021, after Lookout Mountain 50 Miler I began to develop a nagging hamstring pain that...
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Jack Sayles
Dec 28, 202010 min read
Lookout Mountain 50 Miler - The Covid Edition
Year to year course changes seem to be the norm for this race, this year was to be no different than the past six. Due to Covid the...
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Jack Sayles
Nov 14, 202010 min read
Natchez Trace 50 Miler 2020 Edition
To say I had high expectations for this race was an understatement. Then this year happened…
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Jack Sayles
Oct 11, 202022 min read
SCAR 3rd Time is the Charm
Or is it? And some times stories can best be told in little video snippets. September 18, 2020 was the day I had chosen to drive out to...
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Jack Sayles
Dec 31, 201912 min read
Lookout Mountain 50 Miler Again
I had the idea that I was going to treat this race like my previous to, power hike mostly and run the runny parts. My biggest concern was...
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Jack Sayles
Dec 31, 20196 min read
Run Amok 100 Miler
November 9th 2019 100 miles, one week after a 50 miler, 3 weeks after coming off of being injured for 12 weeks. What was I thinking...?
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Jack Sayles
Nov 30, 20195 min read
12 Weeks Off
Injuries can be a set back or a place to learn, reset and grow. 12 Weeks Off, my longest time away from running and training.
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Jack Sayles
Nov 27, 201910 min read
Natchez Trace 50 Miler
After 12 weeks off and 2 weeks to 'train' could I finish a 50 miler in time?
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Jack Sayles
Mar 31, 201913 min read
Music City Trail Ultra 2019
Redemption at the rough and rugged Music City Trail Ultra 2019. What a great day it turned out to be. The run up to the run. It’s been...
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Jack Sayles
Jan 28, 201913 min read
Black Toe 2019
I read this the morning after the race and thought with a rearranging of the letters of one word it made for a great summation of Black...
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Jack Sayles
Nov 25, 20188 min read
Sweeping the Fiery Gizzard Trail Marathon
The fifth running of the Fiery Gizzard Trail Marathon and 1/2 Marathon is complete, but getting to the end was quiet the adventure. While...
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Jack Sayles
Nov 12, 20182 min read
The Dirtbag Trail Run Club
I've been meaning to write this article for some time now. My wife got me into trail running years ago, but it has been this group that...
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Jack Sayles
Nov 11, 201812 min read
Pinhoti 100
What happened out there? The run up to Pinhoti 100 and what lead to a mid-packers failure on the course. First just toeing the start line...
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Jack Sayles
Sep 8, 20184 min read
The Pop
So I've been hoping to get out and do a little adventure run, a sort of redemption for not finishing SCAR this past July. I've also been...
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Jack Sayles
Aug 4, 20182 min read
I'm toast...
I came into today's run with the Dirtbag Trail Club in what I thought was good shape. Yes I was tired and stressed due to having to get...
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Jack Sayles
Jul 21, 201814 min read
SCAR 2
Smokies Challenge Adventure Run Northbound Ignorance is bliss until… So this run didn’t go as planned for many reasons thus I’m kicking...
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Jack Sayles
May 29, 201816 min read
Massanutten Mountain Trails 100 Toeing the line at Massanutten Mountain Trails 100
Gear: 1 - Old and falling a part UD vest that I have only used it a handful of times. It didn't hold up to what I put it through very...
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Jack Sayles
May 29, 20184 min read
My Road To 100 Miles
It all started about four years ago when Christy Beth opened her second Fleet Feet store in Nashville. I have some friends, Scott Bell...
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Jack Sayles
Oct 22, 201710 min read
CloudSplitter 100k
What a crazy start to the race and what a day. Expect the unexpected or the miss calculations. So Norton, VA is in southwestern Virginia...
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Jack Sayles
Aug 6, 20171 min read
Frozen Head State Park
One of my favorite places to train. The park has this mystical and surreal quality to it, most likely due to the events that have...
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