Articles by Chris Rodatz

Iron Horse

A day of unseasonably warm weather that started with temperatures in the mid-60s with 100% humidity and then turned to 85 degrees plu, in the afternoon contributed to the destruction of the entire field. Ninety-three run...

Iron Horse Endurance Run

Although Nebraska’s Adam Monke and Florida’s Sandra Garrett tore up the 100-mile course in 17:30:35 and 20:33:35 respectively, two thirds of the field did not finish or dropped to a shorter distance. It was a head scratc...

Hellcat

January 21 was a sunny winter day in North Florida. A perfect day for a race in the shadow of World War Two heroes. The Hellcat 50K is hosted by the Military Museum of North Florida, a 501-C3 non-profit, and is a fundrai...

Hellcat

The Hellcat 50k race is held annually to commemorate the F6F Hellcat Navy fighter of WWII fame. It is held on the old Navy air base in Green Cove Springs, Florida. The base is now an industrial park but the old runways a...

Iron Horse

What started as a pleasant day with temperatures in the low 40s turned into a freezing, rainy, muddy nightmare. One hundred and forty-four happy runners from 25 states and Canada, South Africa and Ecuador toed the lin...

Iron Horse Endurance Runs

Another successful Iron Horse race has been completed, with 320 burgers, 250 brats and nine cases of beer consumed by the end. One hundred forty eight runners toed the line at 7 a.m. on Feb 7. Temperatures were in the hi...