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Location:
Burlington, Ontario E-mail: jhewitt9@cogeco.ca Occupation: Race Director, Mississauga Marathon & Labour Day Oakville Half Height: 5' - 10" Weight: 170 Birthplace: Oakville, Ontario Date of birth: 03/13/1954 Years running: 31 Years running ultras: 8 PRs: 5k= 18:35 10k= 38:10 15K= 1:01:13, 10M= 1:06:44 1/2 Marathon= 1:27:12 30K= 2:13:43 Marathon= 3:11:05 (Toronto 2002), 50km=3:58 TUR 2002, 50M=7:54 100M=19:39 (Sulphur Springs 2001), Ironman Triathlon 10:37:35 (Penticton 2002) Shoes I run in: Anything but mostly Asics Cumulus, Nike Vomero, NB 1061 Favourite running surface: Packed Trail Some ultras I have completed: 12 – 100 Mile races including Sulphur, Haliburton, Mohican, Western States, Massanutten and Kettle Moraine. 12- 50 Miles races including JFK, Mount Hood and Sunmart Best Ultra performance: Ontario Ultra Series winner 2003 men under 50, Haliburton 100M 20:44:49, September 2000 Ultra achievements: Doing my first ultra in 96 at Haliburton 50k= 4:36. Ultra I would like to do but haven't yet: Leadville 100M Typical training week: I average 75 k per week year round mixed with liberal amounts of swimming and cycling. I will reduce these as an ultra approaches and increase mileage in the last 4 to 6 weeks to 100 to 120 k/week. This usually includes back to back long runs on the weekend and a mid week 10m with one track session per week. Injury history: Compartment syndrome in 1980 and 81, otherwise only the occasional blister or sore muscle. Favourite ultra foods: meat, peanut butter/jam sandwiches, potatoes, fig newtons Favourite ultra beverages: coca-cola, electrolyte replacement and water at every aid station Things I like most about ultras: the quiet Things I hate most about ultras: Watching Les Michalak pull away from me at the halfway mark. What got me started doing ultras: The ultra crowd in the Burlington runners club told me anybody could do an ultra. Ultra heroes: Monica Scholz and Les Michalak Ultra Quote: First there is a long hill, followed by an extremely long hill. (Don Kardong, Runners World) Dec 2007 |
