Name: "Bad" Ben Holmes
Date of birth: 02/22/1957
Place of birth: Great Falls MT
Current address: Lenexa KS
Email address: badbendrs@yahoo.com
Occupation: Maintenance Manager, Pharmaceutical Co.
Marital status: Married
Children: 2
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 185
Personal
Best feature (physical): Strong quads
Worst feature: Big flat feet
Educational background: B.S. Mathematics
Favorite author: Saul Bellow
Favorite book: Herzog
Favorite non-running magazine: Outside
Favorite movie: The Maltese Falcon
Favorite television show: Larry Sanders Show
Favorite music: Various - Eclectic tastes
Favorite musical performer: Alive: Carlos Santana, Arlo Guthrie
Dead: Muddy Waters, Kurt Cobain
Favorite artist: Van Gogh
Hobbies: Vertical caving, caving, wilderness hiking, travel.
Collections: Marathon medals, C.D.'s
Make of car you drive: Saturn SW2
Make of car you would like to drive: Honda Insight
Favorite spectator sport: Football
Favorite game: Trivial Pursuit
Favorite vacation destination: Paris, France
Favorite time of day: 2 PM
Favorite item of clothing you own: Patagonia zip - turtleneck
Most prized possession: French-press coffee maker
Personal philosophy: Do your best in everything you do.
Achievement of which you are most proud: Saving a friend's life, summer 2000.
Favorite subject in school: Biology
Least-liked subject: Linear Algebra
Least-liked household chore: Ironing
Pets: Big dog, parakeet
Pet peeve: Lazy people
Favorite nonrunning leisure activity: Drinking microbrewed beer.
Greatest fear: Dying in my sleep, not on a trail.
Happiest memory: Birth of my kids.
Secret ambition/fantasy: Own a home in Portland OR, North San Diego County, Telluride CO (all at once) and travel between them at will.
Personal strengths: Cool head in a crisis
Personal weaknesses: Allergy/Exercise induced asthma
Running
Years running: 11 yrs steady.
PRs:
Years running ultras: 1
Number of ultras finished: 5
Best ultra performance: 1999 Sunmart 50-miler, 9:07
Most memorable ultra performance: Minnesota Voyageur 50 mile
Typical training week: Mon 6-mile tempo, Tues rest, Wed 10-mile interval, Thurs x-training, Fri 8-miles slow, Sat 6 to 20-iles tempo, Sun 14-25-miles slow.
Injuries: Morton's Neuroma
Favorite ultra(s): Minnesota Voyageur, Quivering Quads.
Favorite running shoes: Trail: Montrail Vitesse, Street: Adidas Piedmont.
Favorite food/drinks during an ultra: Clip2 Drink, GU, Potatoes w/salt.
Favorite handler: M Schuup
Favorite place to run: Trails in evergreen wilderness.
Favorite type of running surface: Rocky and rooty trails.
Ultrarunning idol(s): Raul Flores, Mike Schuup.
Why do you run ultras? Because I can.
Short-term goal: Arkansas Traveller 100-miler.
Long-term goal: Leadville Trail 100
Favorite ultra quote(s): Carpe Viam!
Back to Members Page
Back to KUS Home