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About Me ... Stan Jensen

Technical Jazz

Home Base: Pacifica, California, USA
Start Date: October 16, 1952
Physical Composition: 5' 11", 160 pounds
How I Made a $: Systems Engineer @ Silicon Graphics (until 1997)
How I Spend My $: Volunteering @ The Marine Mammal Center (since 2000)
Book Smarts: B.A. Geography, University of California, Davis
E-Mail: StanJ@Run100s.com

Ultra Life
Started Running: 1968 as a member of the Ukiah High School cross-country team
Ran my First Ultra: April 1993 - American River 50 mile endurance run

Personal Records (PR's):
50 K (4:33) - Jed Smith (Sacramento, CA) 1995
50 M (9:11) - Avalon Benefit (Catalina, CA) 1999
100 K (10:13) - Ruth Anderson (San Francisco, CA) 1996
12 HR (66m) - BAUR Gran Prix (Los Altos, CA) 1994
100 M (21:24) - Old Dominion 100 (Woodstock, VA) 1999

Ultras Completed: 133 (in 56 places)
2010 - 0 (so far) 2009 - 1; 2008 - 1; 2007 - 1; 2006 - 4; 2005 - 3; 2004 - 2; 2003 - 3; 2002 - 4; 2001 - 2; 2000 - 11; 1999 - 21 (what a year!); 1998 - 18; 1997 - 19; 1996 - 17; 1995 - 11; 1994 - 9; 1993 - 6: American River 50m, Quicksilver 50k, Skyline 50k, Pony Express 50k, Mule Run 50k, Sierra Nevada 52.4m

Most Significant Ultra Achievements:
Finishing the Last Great Race (Old Dominion 100, Western States 100, Vermont 100, Leadville Trail 100, Wasatch Front 100, Angeles Crest 100) in 1999.

Current Ultra Activities:
Firetrails 50: A/S Captain
Grand Slam of Ultrarunning: Statistician, Webmaster
H.U.R.T. 100: Webcaster
Miwok 100k: A/S Captain, Webmaster
Ruth Anderson Ultras: Assistant RD, Webmaster
Skyline 50: A/S Captain
Western States 100: Manager

Schedule (within the last year):
09/06/09 - Run on the Sly - volunteer (24:20)
09/26/09 - Sierra Nevada - volunteer (27:50)
10/10/09 - Firetrails 50 - volunteer (17:45)
10/18/09 - Diablo 50k - volunteer (13:35)
11/08/09 - Fear & Loathing - (7:11)
11/28/09 - Quad Dipsea - volunteer (11:20)
12/05/09 - Western States lottery - volunteer (9:45)
01/16/10 - H.U.R.T. 100 - volunteer (76:30)
02/06/10 - Woodside 50k - volunteer (11:10)
03/05/10 - Coyote 2 Moon 100 - volunteer (55:25)
03/27/10 - Lake Sonoma 50 - volunteer (20:35)
04/10/10 - American River 50 - volunteer (25:45)
04/17/10 - Ruth Anderson - volunteer (14:55)
05/01/10 - Miwok 100k - volunteer (19:20)
05/08/10 - Quicksilver 50 - volunteer (15:50)
05/23/10 - Ohlone - volunteer (4:55)
06/26/10 - Western States 100 - volunteer (68:55)
07/03/10 - Pacifica 50k - volunteer (7:35)
08/01/10 - Skyline 50k - volunteer (11:40)
08/07/10 - Headlands Hundred - volunteer (41:25)
Schedule (for the next year or so):
09/04/10 - Woodside 50k - volunteer (__:__)
09/25/10 - Sierra Nevada - volunteer (__:__)
10/09/10 - Firetrails 50 - volunteer (__:__)
10/30/10 - Boggs Mountain 50k - volunteer (__:__)
11/27/10 - Quad Dipsea - volunteer (__:__)
01/15/11 - H.U.R.T. 100 - volunteer (__:__)
03/12/11 - Way Too Cool 50k - volunteer (__:__)
03/18/11 - Coyote 2 Moon 100 - volunteer (__:__)
04/02/11 - Lake Sonoma 50 - volunteer (__:__)
04/09/11 - American River 50 - volunteer (__:__)
04/23/11 - Ruth Anderson - volunteer (__:__)
05/07/11 - Miwok 100k - volunteer (__:__)
06/25/11 - Western States 100 - volunteer (__:__)

Not All That Interesting and Totally Ego Related Statistics:

Current car (as of 1/31/03): 2003 Jetta GL
Former car (retired on 2/6/03): 1992 Toyota MR-2 Turbo (red, of course) How fast can it go? (135 MPH!)
My license plate: the Pennsylvania version (c/o Laura Kulsik) the Virginia version (c/o Jim O'Neil)
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Civic duties: My blood donors club (since 1984) and the Marine Mammal Center, where I volunteer on Wednesdays and Thursdays (see what I do).
Family: My sister/crew and her SO (and my publicity agent).
Fantasies: My ideal vacation spot and what it's like to run there (the Kalalau Trail).
Refuge: Pacifica. My current house: from the street. My old house (in Moss Beach): from the street and from the air.

"http://www.Run100s.com/about_me.htm" (updated: 8/31/10) StanJ@Run100s.com