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Ultra-Marathon Stories
Personal Experience Articles written by Reston Runners based upon their experiences at the JFK 50.
This section now includes stories from 1999 through 2007!!

If you have a story to contribute, please send a short email to:  Reston Runner JFK Program Coordinators  telling us that you have an article ready to submit.  If you have a "Title" selected, please include that in your email as well.  We will send you a link that you can use to input your article text and get it posted IMMEDIATELY.  It's really very simple.

Year Index
All years  2007  2006  2005  2004  2003  2002  2001  2000  1999  1969 
JFK 50 Mile; Articles Sorted by Date of Original Posting First
Anna Bradford 2007: The Gift
Profit 2007: First-time crew experience
Massie 2007: Benefits of an Awesome Pacer & Crew
Profit 2007: Hobbly
McKay 2007: Persistence FINALLY Pays!
Montgomery 2007: Flashbacks and Thoughts from my First JFK 50 Mile
Nagle 2007_Nine and Counting
Conver_2007: There is no EASY PART to this race
Martin 2007: For Future First Timers
Marquis J 2007: Get Your Runner to the Finish_A JFK50 Crew Perspective
Lopez 2006: Insanity Strikes Twice
Tufts 2006, Multitasking the JFK 50 Miler
C Crawford 2006: Start Slow then Back Off
J. Lewis 2006: The Red Badge of Courage - JFK 50 Mile Race
Gray 2006: The JFK 50 Miler - The Ultimate Ultramarathon
Bike Crew to the Rescue Nusbaum 2006
Klaff 2005: My First Date with the JFK 50
Massie 2005: Reflections of a first time JFK Finisher
Eldridge 2005: My Story from the 2005 JFK 50 mile
Lopez 2005: Fifty at Sixty!
Jim Bradford 2005: JFK Haiku for You
Moore 2005: The third time was NOT a charm
TOP TEN REASONS TO CREW FOR JFK, by Patty Joyce
Dettmar 2005: Lessons Learned at the JFK 50
Jon Norris 2005: Ich Bin Ein Ultrarunner!
Forkas 2005: JFK 50 Observations
Westcott: Thoughts From the JFK 2005
Jim Bradford 2005: JFK Haiku for You
Nick Karim's Pain to Smiles JFK Experience
Moore 2005: The third time was NOT a charm
Ashworth 2005: Help, I think I am addicted to Pepsi and M&Ms!
Pullen 2004: Nancy Celebrates Her First 50-miler
Zanath 2004: A Great Choice for a First Ultra
Anna Bradford 2003: Reston Runners at the JFK50
Freedman 2003: The Magic of the JFK50
Botto 2003: A Texan's Triumph at the JFK50
Hunt 2003: Success at the JFK50
Bradford 2003: Reston Runners Rock at the JFK50 Ultramarathon
Hays 2003: How I came to Like the 5am start at the JFK50
Anna Bradford 2002: The Reason
Weisel-Jones 2002: I Can't Believe We Did It
Nagle 2002: JFK50 Recollections
Mildenberger 2002: Thoughts from a JFK First Timer
Malander 2002: This is what I wish I had said...
Willis 2002: My Experience in the 2002 JFK
Anna Bradford 2002: Leap of Faith
Brubaker 2002: The Reason, Part 2
Ford Jones 2002: In the Dark About 50 Miles
Ashworth 2001: My Day with JFK
Mort 2001: Giving in to Peer Pressure
Willis 2001: My First Ultra - the JFK 50
Penafiel 2001: Reflections on the 2001 JFK 50
Van Antwerp 2001: The Event Was More Than a Ditty
Nagle 2001: I Think I'm Finally Starting to Learn Something About This Event
Turrentine 2001: Most Memorable JFK50 Experiences
VanAntwerp 2000: Why do a 50 mile run two weeks after a long triathlon?
Koss 2000: A First-Timer Reflects on the JFK 50
Evans 2000: JFK 2000 Memories
Cochran 2000: My Thoughts on the 2000 Anna Bradford JFK50
A. Bradford 2000: Reflections on the JFK50 2000
Farouk 2000: My Thanks to All
Nagle 2000: My Year 2000 JFK50 Recollections
Nagle 1999: My Second Consecutive Attempt and Finish
Hunt 1999: JFK 50 Mile Ultra-Marathon - After Thoughts