tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945746033706054617.post1425137761280549205..comments2024-03-11T23:18:35.329-07:00Comments on Running, my second job and passion...: Western States 2009: digging deepJean Pommierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12590228467214315945noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945746033706054617.post-48249407961985822982009-07-13T00:35:36.942-07:002009-07-13T00:35:36.942-07:00Enjoyed reading your report, Jean. Congratulations...Enjoyed reading your report, Jean. Congratulations on your race and finishing strong on a tough day. Seeing you running with your Son, Max, on Cal Street was one of the coolest things I have ever seen in a race. What a great memory for the both of you. <br /><br />Be Well<br /><br />Scottswolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07053076633562087330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945746033706054617.post-68062336625165012182009-07-02T14:37:08.400-07:002009-07-02T14:37:08.400-07:00Jean,
Congratulations on hanging tough on a super...Jean,<br /><br />Congratulations on hanging tough on a super-hot day! You have nothing but my admiration. Hope to (finally) see you on the trails soon!<br /><br />-DaveDave - Atlanta Trailshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13870521955679174148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945746033706054617.post-85361494722906732162009-07-02T07:11:01.272-07:002009-07-02T07:11:01.272-07:00Merci pour le partage de cette extraordinaire aven...Merci pour le partage de cette extraordinaire aventure.<br />J'ai noté ce que je n'ai pas compris<br />A mercredi<br />Bises<br />MamanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945746033706054617.post-3389918986966043112009-07-01T11:52:18.419-07:002009-07-01T11:52:18.419-07:00Jean,
Congratulations on a wonderful run over the ...Jean,<br />Congratulations on a wonderful run over the weekend. Against the deepest field our race has ever had, on one of the most challenging days we've had in a long while, you ran a race that you should always be proud of. In the words of our good friend Dan Moores, you truly honored all of the virtues that we associate with WS: courage, determination, care for your fellow competitors and your family and crew and volunteers. WS has no better honor than knowing its runners are people like you. And thanks for your previous post about you and your family's concern for Dan's well-being. I'm sure wherever Dan was on Saturday, he was smiling that you were smiling for him.<br />All the best wishes,<br />JohnJohn Trenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07855345630756002458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945746033706054617.post-44468146919041670722009-06-30T22:10:24.928-07:002009-06-30T22:10:24.928-07:00Congrats Jean! That is such an impressive finish o...Congrats Jean! That is such an impressive finish on what was an extremely tough day. Feel proud!Gretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01132576974564001603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945746033706054617.post-37039752629112012402009-06-30T18:09:48.280-07:002009-06-30T18:09:48.280-07:00Jean, congratulations on an excellent run under ve...Jean, congratulations on an excellent run under very trying conditions--VERY well done!<br /><br />Cheers,<br />DaveDave Combshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03055298035662959075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945746033706054617.post-73221819695969507132009-06-30T15:32:11.139-07:002009-06-30T15:32:11.139-07:00Felicitations pour finir dans le top 20 masculin e...Felicitations pour finir dans le top 20 masculin encore !<br />Quelle belle course.<br /><br />Erwan<br /><br />P.S. Je vois que Kaburaki est venu aussi. 2eme... pas mal.Erwanhttp://ameblo.jp/elbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945746033706054617.post-22248367518535486652009-06-30T15:15:49.111-07:002009-06-30T15:15:49.111-07:00Awesome man, read the live feed on Saturday and w...Awesome man, read the live feed on Saturday and was very impressed. Too bad Scott had some problems. Very impressive non the less, congrats.<br />Josepepesport2003https://www.blogger.com/profile/05244142924181240515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945746033706054617.post-42869808051594593962009-06-30T09:02:31.762-07:002009-06-30T09:02:31.762-07:00Congrats on a strong finish on a very tough day (a...Congrats on a strong finish on a very tough day (and night)! You always impress me not only with your speed on the trail, but with the amazing speed with which you manage to complete your reports. I'm hoping I can just find the motivation to START mine within the next week!Steve Ansellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107967737535707878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945746033706054617.post-25463949301508926752009-06-29T20:53:13.760-07:002009-06-29T20:53:13.760-07:00Jean,
The big payoff of pacing you is watching yo...Jean,<br /><br />The big payoff of pacing you is watching you hang tough through those physical and emotional lows. I can tell you for sure that it was something that I drew on in longer ultras. <br /><br />I am reading Bergland's The Athlete's Way (which I recommend). It talks about the immportance of the cerebellum to performing well: running instintictively with the reptilian brain. <br /><br />But (as someone who myself has very limited instinctive cerebellar talents) what I enjoy about running with you and watching you run is how _cerebral_ you are about it: analyzing all the factors with humor and then using your cerebrum to direct your body to perform. Its no accident you perform so well under adverse conditions. Thanks for letting me witness it.<br /><br />- Adam<br /><br />- AdamAdam Blumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00731871830259930932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945746033706054617.post-26726637020394205022009-06-29T18:07:43.729-07:002009-06-29T18:07:43.729-07:00Félicitations! One of the best parts of Saturday w...Félicitations! One of the best parts of Saturday was seeing you go through Foresthill and your son leave with you as your pacer-- what a great way to share an event! Seriously, great job-- it was a tough day out there.Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15918325255475723268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945746033706054617.post-31908091639265661532009-06-29T16:55:31.454-07:002009-06-29T16:55:31.454-07:00Congratulations on a great performance Jean! I...Congratulations on a great performance Jean! I'm glad to see you did so well on a tough day and finished in one piece. You are an inspiration!<br /><br />CynthiaDrs. Cynthia and Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16081685734249334402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945746033706054617.post-39949243806765659632009-06-29T13:09:06.506-07:002009-06-29T13:09:06.506-07:00Thank you (merci!) all for reading through this lo...Thank you (merci!) all for reading through this long report. There are so many other personal recounts, all sources of inspiration, that's what makes ultra so special.<br /><br />Jasper, I'm glad your focus and harder-than-ever training paid off, kudos to you!<br /><br />Steve, I used Cascadias 3, 4 and 5 in this run. I logged 498 miles so far in my pair of 3s and never encountered the issue you mention. 164 miles in the 4s and they still look brand new (except for the dust!). Anyway, I'll put you in touch with the folks working with Scott on this shoe.<br /><br />Jean.Jean Pommierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12590228467214315945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945746033706054617.post-63600566541555490402009-06-29T11:17:12.220-07:002009-06-29T11:17:12.220-07:00Jean
This is a huge performance.. again. I'm v...Jean<br />This is a huge performance.. again. I'm very impressed by all the effort, faith and courage. You are a great great sportsman. For sure you run with your open heart, how can you do that without it?. Take a long rest. You did not need to proof again that human can do extraordinary things. This race is amazing, crazy, but so rewarding when you finish as you did. Against congratulations, I know at our age there is no more national recognition from new papers or federal organization, as there are for sportsman between 16 to 30 years but there are a lot of them who are no more able to reach what you just achieved. You are inspiring.JBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00147585132386859260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945746033706054617.post-10094614675678833942009-06-29T10:39:45.807-07:002009-06-29T10:39:45.807-07:00Jean,
Congratulations on a strong finish on a tou...Jean,<br /><br />Congratulations on a strong finish on a tough day. I was just happy to survive at times out there. <br /><br />-JasperJasper Halekashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847345062954257085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945746033706054617.post-21962238104285682432009-06-29T09:57:01.915-07:002009-06-29T09:57:01.915-07:00Amazing season, results @ WS100, and blog. Jean y...Amazing season, results @ WS100, and blog. Jean you and your family are truly inspiring!Cupertino Running Againnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945746033706054617.post-92081003513494262222009-06-29T09:01:27.646-07:002009-06-29T09:01:27.646-07:00Way to hang tough, Jean. Wish I could say the same...Way to hang tough, Jean. Wish I could say the same. This was the first race in my entire life when I even heard the word "cutoffs" until they finally got me at Cal 2. Sure wish I was fast enough to stay 19 minutes in one aid station and still finish under 21 hours!<br /><br />My Cascadia 4's I was wearing for only the third time - one short test run, one "Steve's to the Sea" 46 miler from Cupertino to the Pacific, and 70.7 miles at Western States, and there's already a hole in the toe (in the mesh on top where my right toe hits the mesh)! Get the product improvement team on this, will you? ;-)Steve Pattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945746033706054617.post-6358581033528598162009-06-29T06:08:09.017-07:002009-06-29T06:08:09.017-07:00Jean, man, you are an inspiring dude. Mega miles b...Jean, man, you are an inspiring dude. Mega miles before this Western States run and all at a quick pace - and then to find time to write reports and post pictures - family and job too!! This was a heavy post though.... I hope your body bounces back smoothly from this weekend's efforts. - GusUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526221915561822620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945746033706054617.post-41124316227741769932009-06-29T05:23:05.939-07:002009-06-29T05:23:05.939-07:00gysadibJe viens de tout lire et je suis é-pa-tée !...gysadibJe viens de tout lire et je suis é-pa-tée ! Mais tu es complètement marteau ! Ah la la, heureusement que je ne suis ni Agnès ni ta mère ...<br />Affreusement désolée pour ton ami décédé ...<br />J'ai vu sur Youtube l'arrivée des 1ers, le troisième larron avait la frite, c'est délirant.<br />Bravo à toi et aux tiens et merci pour nous faire vibrer (presque tout Voiron te connait maintenant !)Mon père est très intéressé, il a fallu que je lui traduise tout l'historique de la course)<br />Gros becssylvie Legonnoreply@blogger.com