Entries by Jason Dorgan

It's been over 5 weeks now that I stopped running every day. I can bike and run, but each is more effort than it used to be. There are no injuries just some deep seated fatigue. I am thinking about what my next runs will be, but am realistic it may not be until 2008. My mind thinks I could do a marathon or 50 miler, but my body is not ready yet. This morning may be a poor example, but a 55 minute run around our Arboretum was really tough in the 80F and humid weather. Happy to be back to 3 runs a week and a couple of bike rides. The tuesday night workout is one of the hardest since it is on the track. I haven't done speed work for a couple years and it shows in my leg turnover. But this is what I need to do to try and break the 3 hour barrier for the marathon. Maybe start with the Blue Ridge Relay in the Fall?

I am excited to be writing articles and seeing others in Silent Sports and the Capital Times. It is great to be able to keep supporting the trail and raising awareness of it. I gave my donations to date to the IAP&T Foundation Thursday. I am happy to say you allowed me to raise $15,000 so far for the trail. Special thanks to my Mom and Dad for their generousity and support.

I will be giving a talk in Janesville (7 p.m. at the Rock County JOBs Center, 1900 Center Avenue) on Thursday (6/21) at a Rock Trail Collition event. They are also using this meeting to build enthusiasm (and volunteers) for the Ice Age Trail Mobile Skills Crew project in Janesville for July 19 - 22. The MSC will be building a technically challenging trail through a steep limestone hillside overlooking the Rock River. This trail opens up the link going west out of Janesville. It will eventually connect to the Janesville Arboretum, another couple of miles, and somehow get to Magnolia Bluff county park and on to the Sugar River section of the IAT. I will post the presentation on the website too.

I will continue to try to get more pictures up on the website.

Hello,

I am finally coming around and the legs aren't twitching so much. So I can sleep and I have run (sorta) 3 times this past week.

I am also finishing an article for ultrarunning which hopefully you will enjoy when it comes out.

Maybe see some of you out at the Kettles this weekend for the Kettle 100 mile.

Jason.

Start in madison and end in Madison, Sleep in my own bed and putting in 0 miles, though did 35 on the bike last night.

It has been an incredible 4 days. Mentally I am relieved to be able to relax and not have to stay so focused on what I am doing every minute of the day. The body however continually reminds me of what I just finished. Continue reading "Postrun Days 1 through 4, The Aftermath"

Thirty (30) miles for an unofficial total of 1079 miles over 22 days and 6 hours. If I can still do math that comes out to just about 48 miles a day. The official count will have to be tallied over the next few days to account for some of the road changes we made during the run.

We finished at 12:34pm on top of Potowatomi SP. My dad pointed out that that meant we finished 1234567. Get it? It was a great day with family and friends and fellow runners. I got choked up throughout the day as more runners and watchers joined our convoy of cars. It is wonderful to know such great people....

Continue reading "Day 23"

We ended in Rio Creek at about 1049 miles.We are staying in Algoma. We will plan to start at 6:30am tomorrow, but if we wake up early and are ready to go, then we will start early. I can’t imagine how we ever made it through the past 3 weeks, but we did. It has been fun listening to all the stories from people following my adventure. I am glad to be able to give you a successful tale. You are all the best. Please get out when you can to enjoy the trails that I have been enjoying for the past 22 days. (Photo's inside)

Continue reading "Day 22, Unbelieveably only 30 miles left!!"

What a great day! 943 miles done, 136 miles to go. ADDENDUM: Photos added.

Timo writes: With another 49 miles behind him, today Jason had yet another good day on the Ice Age Trail.

The temp was 45 degrees when Jason started out from a point west of Slinger, WI. Robert saw him off at 6:29 a.m. Some roads to cover today, but mostly some of the best trails. The skies were sunny all day, and there was a pleasant cool wind from the east (the direction of nearby Lake Michigan). The high temperature was 61.

Continue reading "Day 20, it doesn't get much better"

I had a tough last 3 hours, but with another 50 miles down, there are only 185 miles to go! We ended at Hwy 60 outside of Hartford after going through Pike Lake SP.Tomorrow we start by going through Slinger and West Bend before heading into the Northern Kettle.We should end by Greenbush.We have a couple photos from Stuart to share also...

(Ed.) Jason is on the front page of the JS Online website with video! I suspect this photois as close as Jason will get to Forest Gump!

Continue reading "Day 19, another 50 miles down, YEAH!"

We finished 48 miles today for a total of 845 miles and ended at the trail head on Cty D just off of Cty C north of the Scuppernong trails. Just 5 days to go, oh man!

I am very tired, but still looking forward to Wednesday as it will bring a nice mixture of roads and trails. By starting off with mainly roads for the first 15 miles and ending with 33 miles of trails, the day was quite challenging.
Continue reading "Day 18, great day with lots of people"

Staying in Whitewater tonight after stopping in the middle of Bowers Lake Road to the NE of Milton.

Today was a great day. It never got too hot and Timo Yanacheck and Pat Heyn showed up later in the day to run the last 4-5 hours with me. Robert Wehner did a super job getting me to eat and drink over 4000 calories again.
Continue reading "Day 17, 52 miles today, 797 total miles"

I have been able to read some of the great comments you are all leaving and look forward to following up with each of you when the run is over. You are the best and the encouragement really is helpful.

Jason