40 miles

Jorge came through finishing the second lap (40 mile mark) at 3:30PM CST. He is still feeling good, wanted a change of socks, and Margaret is going back around 9PM to swap out his Garmin GPS watch with one that is fully charged. He was wearing a hat with a visor, but put on a Gator knit hat. He swapped out a leaky water bottle, but is eating well and everything seems to be on track.

2nd lap - update #2

Jorge just called to report that at 2:25PM CST, he is at the 4th aid station on the second lap. He said he feels good and is making good progress.

2nd lap update

Jorge is continuting to run loops around the park! As of 12:08PM CST, he was at the 2nd aid station - Dam Road, on the second lap. He sounds energized and good!

At 10:30AM Jorge completed his first 20 mile lap. He is feeling good and the weather is great. It's 40 degrees and sunny there.

At 7:30AM, Jorge was at the second aid station for the first lap.

A map of the course can be found here: http://www.tejastrails.com/maps/map_RR_course_2009.pdf

And here are the aid stations with their distances: http://www.tejastrails.com/docs/Rocky_Aid.html

2/5/10 Huntsville Evening

Thanks for all the emails. I did a couple of more walks on the course with Margaret and Vito. Went to pick up my race information. I will be wearing bib # 188. I turned in one of my drop bags with gear and food, that one is going to the Dam Road. I have the other drop bag almost done. That one will be at the start/finish. Margaret will have more stuff in the truck. Vito (the dog) cannot be near the aid stations so Margaret will have to give the the stuff not to close to the stations or leave Vito in the car. We had a pasta dinner that we defrosted in the microwave. It was great. I have been drinking gatorade all day. Thanks again for all the encouragement.

2/4/10 Huntsville

We got to Huntsville, TX yesterday. We have a nice room with fridge and microwave. We went yesterday to the state park and walked part of the course. They have already marked parts of it. It is a bit of clay and sand but a good trail. Will have to watch out for tree roots on the trail specially at night. Met the race director and a few of the workers yesterday. They are expecting close to 700 runner between the 100 milers and the 50 milers. Vito likes the trails. Today in the morning we went back for a one hour walk on a different part of the trail. We will try to locate the Storm Shelter in Huntsville where we will pick up the race packet tomorrow. I am trying to keep hydrated keep eating low fiber carbohydrates.