The Final Final Update!

Ben finished in 8 hours 49 minutes!! So I think that's about 11 minutes ahead of his goal time. Whoo hoo! Way to go Benj!

When asked if he had a final quote for the blog, his response was, "Yo, Jenelle. I did it." ;-)

One last photo for you:
Check out that bling around his neck! And look he's still standing...and has a smile on his face!
Congrats Ben!!

The Finish!

And Ben finished!!!!

I'm having some technical difficulties in receiving the final email from Ben. Just wanted to let you know, he did indeed finish. And I'll be back in a bit with the final final update! ;-)

Mile 46

Mile 45

Report from Andrew: Ben is at Mile 45 and ten minutes ahead of pace. Looking tired, but still doing well! Of the solo ultra-marathoners, it seems he's passing people, not slowing down. So that's a good thing! Look for a photo from Mile 46 coming up!

Mile 37

Just got a call from Ben. At 37 miles, he's 9 minutes ahead of his goal time! He's still feeling pretty good overall. Starting to get tired since this is further than he's ever run before. But he says he's still in good spirits! It continues to rain. :-)

Mile 35

Ben with Tom (dad) running along side him! All smiles!

Lunchtime update

Just got an update from Andrew on the sidelines. Ben was at 34.5 miles. 50k or around 32 miles is the longest he had run before. So he's just starting to enter new territory. It's now raining so the second half of the race is pretty wet. Ben seems in good spirits still and feeling well!

The first half of the course has some pretty big hills, but the second half seems to be more flat overall.

Andrew and Jenelle are cheering on Ben every 2-3 miles and Tom and Pat (Ben's parents) are cheering him on about every mile or so.

Hopefully, I'll get an update posted again just before he finishes and/or just after.

Had dinner here once 11 miles done

Early Morning Update

Hello, this is Holly (Ben's sister-in-law), reporting from the Run Ben Run Newsdesk here in Minnesota. ;-) Just chatted with him on the phone. He sounds in a great mood!

He's at mile 3 in exactly 30 minutes so he's right on pace for his goal. He reported that it's a little chilly, but no wind or rain or anything yet, so it's a beautiful day so far to run for nine hours!

Thanks for stopping by! Keep checking back as Ben will continue to post photos and I'll be back later this afternoon with more updates.

Ready to go