About

Location

Hutto, TX


Birthday:

September 24


How many years have you been running?

21 months


What is your goal race for the year?

Heartland 100


What is your greatest running accomplishment?

Qualifying for Boston and finishing 100k with no training


What is your "ultimate dream" running goal?

Finish Badwater


My Blogs

Run and Dinner with Caballo

Posted by Thomas Orf on November 4, 2009 at 8:15pm
Caballo Blanco has been here in Austin at least for the past 3 days. On Monday, he was going to be out running and people could come run with him. There was about 18 people and we ran about 5 miles. Afterwards, we went and had dinner with Caballo at one of Austin's iconic mexican places, Chuys. I got to sit next to Caballo during dinner and it was great. I heard lots of good stories. It was really an awesome night. I felt like I was with a rockstar.Caballo was totally down to earth and was…
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My First 100 Completion Summary

Posted by Thomas Orf on October 18, 2009 at 6:36pm
Let me first say that the race was difficult, even with all the training. It was much harder than I anticipated. I figured since I had done the training, and did it to the "T", then the 100 miles wouldn't be that difficult, but was I ever wrong. I didn't really train for my first attempt, so I chalked up all the pain and agony I went through to my lack of training. Now that I was trained, I certainly didn't expect to go through any hard times, and for the most part, things would be failry easy,…
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100 Mile... Ready or not, here I come!

Posted by Thomas Orf on October 7, 2009 at 9:02pm
I have my 2nd 100 mile attempt this Saturday. I failed my first attempt, only making it to mile 76. Two things are different now, than before. I now have Eric, and his training. I'm getting excited.Eric, I hope I can do you and your training the proper justice it deserves by bringing home a finishers buckle. Thanks again for all you've done for me.My marathon coach and friend, Shaughn, rented me a GPS device from, www.myathletegps.com, for me that I will be wearing, and it allows anyone to be…
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$500.00 - What have you found during a run???

Posted by Thomas Orf on September 20, 2009 at 12:57pm
I knew this title would get everyone's attention. This title is what I found on a run yesterday morning.I had already run 11 miles, and I met up with our little running group at 6:00am and I was going to run 14 miles with a girl who's training for a marathon. We were running in the emergency lane along a highway, and between mile 8 and mile 9, I looked down and saw a roll of something. I leaned over and picked it up. I thought it was some play money. It was rolled up with a rubberband securing…
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Training Done!!! Taper, Here I Come!!! Eric, I need A Race Strategy

Posted by Thomas Orf on September 20, 2009 at 12:30pm
First let me say, the that I don't consider the couple taper weeks as training, which is why I named the blog what it is. I realize the taper weeks are just as important, but they are so much easier and when you get to them, the running is so much less and so insignificant to the months that you've been through.I have just completed Erics 24 week 100 mile training plan. To end the training, I had a 20 miler on Friday, then a 30 miler on Saturday. The next two weeks are my taper and I have no…
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My Long Running Weekend

Posted by Thomas Orf on September 6, 2009 at 6:38pm
This is a report of my weekend of running. I don't share this in any way to brag about myself. I'm only sharing it so it can be proof that Eric knows what he's doing, and that it might encourage someone else to do something more than they ever thought was possible.Last year, I was just a person who had only been running for a year after smoking for 17 years. I finished a marathon and felt like I wanted more. I then found out there's people out there called ultrarunners. An ultrarunner is…
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Week 14 of the 100 Mile Plan Completed

Posted by Thomas Orf on August 17, 2009 at 8:17pm
Eric, I'm still hanging in there and no major problems. Week 12, 13, and 14 has been tough in terms of mental toughness and really feeling exhausted. It feels like my body is being weighted down, but I know this is just to prepare the body to be able to deal with the last 30 miles of the race. Actually, looking at the plan, I've broken everything down and realized I only have 3 more tough weekends. There's a 35 miler this weekend, then a 50, then a 20 miler followed by a 30 miler. Once I can…
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The walking power in a run!

Posted by Thomas Orf on July 19, 2009 at 8:11pm
Per Eric's plan, I did a 30 mile run last week. I was to stay in z1 - z3 and I walked a few times when I felt I needed it. I ended up doing the run in 5:21 minutes, a 10:42 average pace. This weekend, I had a 35 mile run, and per Eric's plan, the protocol was to run 40 minutes and walk 20 minutes every hour until I hit 35 miles. I ended up doing this in 6:25 minutes, a 10:59 average pace, and that was incorporating in 88 minutes of walking. Just like Eric said, I was able to run the 40 minutes…
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Thanks Eric and 100 Mile Plan Update

Posted by Thomas Orf on June 29, 2009 at 6:22pm
I just wanted to thank you Eric, for all the work, knowledge, and advice you share with all of us runners. It's obvious that you put in a lot of work in all of this, including your training, websites, and answering our questions, and I hope you know you're efforts are appreciated more than you know.I'm on week 8 of your 24 week 100 mile plan, and I'm loving it. Things are going great and I feel the plan is working very well. I'm seeing very noticable improvements right now with being able to…
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Long Run Hill Workout (100 Mile Plan)

Posted by Thomas Orf on June 17, 2009 at 8:19pm
I'm a little confused on how to do the hill workout mentioned on week 8 of your 100 mile plan. It says, MS1: 4 X 8 min. hill climbs in high zone 4 with 2-3 min. RI.Am I supposed to have a hill tall enough where I can run for 8 minutes up it, or do I go up and down a hill and do this for 8 minutes?I also want to add that I thoroughly am enjoying your 100 mile plan. It's structured in a great way and all the workouts I feel have a very specific purpose, and no wasted time. I feel everything I'm…
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