Congrats to Ron Fleming and Jeff Hartney on completing the Grandfather Mountain Marathon. This is one of the most challenging marathons in North Carolina. The heat combined with the mountain makes for a challenging race. Te race starts at 3,333 feet of elevation and finishes at 4,279. That is nearly 1,000 feet of net climbing.Jeff has been doing all ofhis training at the beach, so running up Grandfather mountain would not be an easy task. He still managed to post a solid 3:39:03 and finish 45th in the race. Ron had a fantastic race. After completing "The Bear" 5-mile race just two days before the marathon, Ron posted a 4:14:54. A strong performance at any marathon, but even more impressive at Grandfather Mountain.
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Nice Job guys!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to you both... Awesome!
ReplyDeleteOh ya! I feel the need...The need for SPEED!! Nice job.
ReplyDeleteBrian L
Actually, I intended that last post for Michael, Ursula, and Wayne, but I'm equally impressed at how fast you two climb mountains!
ReplyDeleteBrian L
"One of Americas' toughest marathons" is how the website promotes it and I believe it! The weather was perfect but the hills were relentless!
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