A word or two about Tom Bunk, Jason's companion and crew for a good chunk of this Ice Age Trail run. Besides the obvious - that Tom is a knowledgeable, caring, and unselfish individual - Tom's own accomplishments as an ultramarathoner and trailrunner qualify him to help see Jason through...
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First let me direct you to Tom Held at the Journal Sentinel who is also tracking Jason on his Blog,
Off the Couch.For another perspective, take a read and then bookmark it... Jason calls in reports to Tom also. Here is an
Audio update at the JS Online site.
So around 5pm yesterday (Sat) Jason called me (while he was running on the trail) to see how WE did in the Southern Illinios
80 mile River to River relay. 80 miles with 8 runners or 345 miles/Solo runner... It doesn't even compare! It was nice of him to check on us, but I was thinking, ...
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Jason left a phone message last evening. He says they are on target. In fact, they even went an extra mile today! They finished in just under 11 hours. While the first two days were primarily on trails, tomorrow will bring mostly road to traverse. Jason reported that at the time of his call (8:30PM), he and Tom had completed dinner, were washing clothes and relaxing. They planned to hit the hay soon. Tomorrow, Jason says, "we plan to get up and do it all over again".
Just ready to take off on Sunday, got about 5 hours of good sleep. stomach is rough, but getting better. going to start off and see if I can make it to Haugen tonight.
Later.
Hello everyone,
Many of you contacted me concerning my run of the Ice Age Trail and were interested in knowing how you could help. Others wanted me to contact then when I got close to where they are. Then many just wanted to know how to track my run over the 22 day period....
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