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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 or JensenS@tmmc.org

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: 131 (in 55 places)
2008 - 0 (so far) 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:
American River 50: Board member, Webmaster, Web hosting
Grand Slam of Ultrarunning: Statistician, Webmaster
Hardrock 100: Web hosting
Headlands 100: A/S Captain
H.U.R.T. 100: Web mirror site
Miwok 100k: A/S Captain, Webmaster
Run on the Sly: Webmaster, Web hosting
Ruth Anderson Ultras: Assistant RD, Webmaster
Way Too Cool: Webmaster, Web hosting
Western States 100: Manager

Schedule (within the last year):
05/05/07 - Miwok 100k - volunteer (24:05)
05/12/07 - Quicksilver 50 volunteer (15:55)
05/20/07 - Ohlone Wilderness 50k - volunteer (8:55)
06/23/07 - Western States 100 - volunteer (74:30)
06/30/07 - Pacifica 50k - volunteer (6:40)
08/05/07 - Skyline 50k - volunteer (11:00)
08/11/07 - Headlands Hundred - volunteer (41:45)
09/02/07 - Run on the Sly - volunteer (28:05)
10/13/07 - Firetrails 50 - volunteer (17:55)
10/27/07 - Hunter S. Thompson - volunteer (4:50)
11/24/07 - Quad Dipsea - volunteer (11:55)
12/01/07 - Western States lottery - volunteer (11:40)
12/15/07 - Muir Beach 50k (7:56)
12/22/07 - Rodeo Beach 50k - volunteer (6:20)
01/19/08 - H.U.R.T. 100 - volunteer (56:30)
03/08/08 - Way Too Cool - volunteer (30:15)
03/21/08 - Coyote 2 Moon 100 - volunteer (62:35)
04/05/08 - American River 50 - volunteer (30:20)
04/12/08 - Lake Sonoma 50 - volunteer (16:05)
04/19/08 - Ruth Anderson - volunteer (14:15)
05/03/08 - Miwok 100k - volunteer (19:55)
Schedule (for the next year or so):
05/10/08 - Quicksilver 50 volunteer (__:__)
05/18/08 - Ohlone Wilderness 50k - volunteer (_:__)
06/28/08 - Western States 100 - volunteer (__:__)
08/03/08 - Skyline 50k - volunteer (__:__)
08/09/08 - Headlands Hundred - volunteer (__:__)
08/31/08 - Run on the Sly - volunteer (__:__)
10/11/08 - Firetrails 50 - volunteer (__:__)
11/22/08 - JFK 50 (__:__)
11/29/08 - Quad Dipsea - volunteer (__:__)
03/13/09 - Coyote 2 Moon 100 - volunteer (__:__)
04/10/09 - Coyote 2 Moon 100 - volunteer (__:__)
06/27/09 - 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.


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