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OUSer Bio:
Ryne Melcher

with JennLocation: Southeast Central Waterloo, Ontario
E-mail: rune@runeandjune.com
Website: http://runeandjune.com
Occupation: Scott Myers' Coach / Sperm Bank Donor
Height: 6'0" (6'3" with heels)
Weight: 163 lbs naked; 168 lbs clothed
Birthplace: Dearborn Heights MI
Date of birth: 01/29/1979
Years running: 14
Years running ultras: 10
Shoes I run in: Montrail Hardrock, Leona Divide & Melee
PRs: 400 meters = 50.8; 1 mile = 4:18; 5km = 15:14; 10km = 33:08; 21k = 1:10:05; 42k = 2:32:04; 50km = 3:14:45; 50 miles = 6:02:21; 100km = 7:54:14; Treadmill Mile = 5:00
Best Performances: 1998 JFK 6:18:35 (CDN record for JFK at the time).  2004 US 50k Championships Peachtree City, Georgia 3:34:33 (despite being the 3rd straight week racing an ultra)
Favourite running surface:
nasty technical trails, the Peaks of Southern Ontario, sewage runoff creeks.
Some ultras I have completed:  Damn Wakely Dam 33 miler, Hellgate 100k, Tussey Mountainback 50 miler, Groundhog Fall 50k, Ice Age 50k, HUFF 50k x 2, Kentucky Ultra Trail 50, JFK x 4, Peachtree City 50k, Withlachoochee 50k & 100k, Chuckanut Mountain 50k, Chicago Lakefront x 4, 100km de Vendee, 100k Winschoten, River Shimanto 100k, Promise Land 50k, Holiday Lake 50k++, Capon Valley 50, Buckeye Trail 50k, Buffalo 6-hr x 3
Ultras I would like to do: White River, Hardrock 100, Bighorn 100, Mt. Masochist
Typical training week: 1 long run of 25+ miles; 2 runs of 12-15 miles; 2-4 tempo runs of 7 miles; 1 speed or hill session
Injury history:  
* got some wicked bad disease from Jackson when he grabbed my ass in a race without washing his hands.  Probably my fault though for not wearing shorts. 
* the ever lasting scar of having Dom Repta beat me in a race.  My defense though is I did blow my knee out at the 4km mark
* Jim Garcia running over my foot with the getaway car to evade Japanese Police catching us for stealing race banners.  Mark Godale was the original suspected culprit but we were too drunk to say for sure.  After a 10 minute discussion at the HUFF this year it was agreed that it was in fact Jim.
* the Nuns beating on me in France for repeatedly banging the "Zone de Silence" sign into the door.  I still maintain the beating was a result of my poor french.
* Jenn passing my in Florida at the 25k mark when I thought I was flying

Favourite ultra foods: PBJ sandwiches, salt blocks, olives, earthworms with salt
Favourite ultra beverages: coke, mountain dew (from America not America Junior), Rolling Rock, Yuengling, Spotted Cow, Moose Drool
Things I like most about ultras: girls in spandex, sports bras; starting; climbing
Things I hate most about ultras:  girls in parks, sweatshirts; finishing; descending
What got me started doing ultras: the 1994 release of the movie Forrest Gump.  I figured if a damned shrimp fisherman could run those distance why can't I??!!
Ultra Heroes: Odino Soligo, Don McNelly, Wally Herman, Norm Frank, Barbara McLeod, Helen Klein.
Favourite ultra quote: "treadmills are for those who are afraid or can't run with others outdoors."

Jan  2005

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