SUCCESS!!! 100 MILES!!!

JORGE DID IT!!! 100 MILES IN 28 HOURS, 53 MINUTES!!!

He is tired, his back hurts a little and he is getting cleaned up because he fell and got a cut on his nose, but he made it!! He is feeling pretty good and is happy to have made his goal. And earlier than expected!

On behalf of his family, we couldn't be any prouder! HOORAY!!

98 miles!!

Jorge just called Margaret to let her know that he is two miles away from the finish. He said he thought it would take him about 40 minutes to finish those last two miles. He is doing well and is totally focused.

80 miles and the point of no return...

At 4:15AM Jorge completed the 4th lap. He got separated from the trail at some point and had to spend about 15 minutes walking back to it. He says it is very difficult at night. He is cold and got another jacket from Margaret and a bunch more Goo (this hi-energy food). He is still going strong and is focused on his goal and determined. This was a critical point - he had to make the decision whether to finish or not. If you are unable to complete the race in 30 hours they pull you from the track and do not allow you to finish and we knew from the beginning that he would be close to this cutoff. He, of course, decided to go ahead and is on track to complete the race sometime a between 11AM and noon CST today.

72 miles!!

Jorge just passed the 72-mile mark at 1:20AM CST. He is doing well, but is realizing that he needs to not goof around so much at the pit stops. That means, for those of us watching his progress... no more posing for photos! Only a few more hours until he sees Margaret again, and her job is to get him in and out of the pit-stop in 2-3 minutes. Otherwise, he sounds good and is still going at it!

66 Miles...

... and keeping hydrated. He's feeling good.

60-mile mark

Jorge passed the 60-mile mark a bit before 9:00PM. He took about a 10-15 minute pit stop to change some clothes, eat some food and pose for pictures. Apparently no sock change was required this time. The next time Margaret will see him will be at 4AM. Yikes! However, we should still be able to post some updates through the night since he is carrying his cell phone.


Here's a shot of the pit-stop camp at night:


Less than 10 miles to go before he officially runs his longest distance ever! Go, Jorge, Go!!

55 miles...

... and listening to Celia Cruz, who is apparently a great running partner!