tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79802523943444543932024-03-13T22:16:48.977-07:00Team ColoradoIt's the mountains that make the difference...Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268723254802329743noreply@blogger.comBlogger155125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980252394344454393.post-49244996806218312382016-08-25T23:08:00.000-07:002016-08-25T23:08:14.979-07:00PU: The Stank - 100 miles up and down Pikes Peak<br />
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your olfactory senses tells you it must be very stanky, right? Well, yes, that
is what should happen when you run up and down the 14,115-foot Pikes Peak four
times and accumulate 100 miles along with 31,200+ feet of elevation! That is
exactly what </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TeamColoradoRunners/?fref=ts"><span style="color: red;">Team Colorado</span></a><span style="color: #cccccc;">'s own Brandon “The Stank”
Stapanowich did this past weekend at the Pikes Peak Ascent & Marathon in
Manitou Springs, CO. This is not the first time he has accomplished it, either.
Back in 2013, he completed Pikes Ultra, aka </span><a href="http://www.pikespeaksports.us/profiles/blogs/pikes-ultra-pu-the-stank" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">PU: The Stank</span></a><span style="color: #cccccc;"> after battling
sub-zero temperatures and a few hours of sleep in the fetal position, hugging
the compostable toilet at Barr Camp at 4am, to stay warm. He’s done the
Inclinathon (13 times up and down the Manitou Incline, about a marathon in
length), the </span><a href="http://www.pikespeaksports.us/profiles/blogs/2014-ultrainclinathon" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">UltraInclinathon</span></a><span style="color: #cccccc;"> and even one of the very few who has completed </span><a href="http://www.pikespeaksports.us/profiles/blogs/nolan-s-14" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Nolan’s 14</span></a><span style="color: #cccccc;"> in under 60 hours.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">After coming off his new birthday adventure,
a self-supported, 485-mile Colorado Trail record from Durango to Denver (</span><a href="http://www.pikespeaksports.us/profiles/blogs/unpacking-the-colorado-trail-lessons-from-the-dude" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">DuDe</span></a><span style="color: #cccccc;">) in 9
days, 14 hours, 28 minutes just a month ago, Brandon was keeping
his next fantastical adventure quiet because he didn’t know how the body was
going to be feeling after such a long effort. “It
was something that I had a hard time committing to as I wasn’t sure if I’d be
recovered enough from finishing Colorado Trail a month ago.” Stealthily,
he jumped in the Pikes Peak Ascent on Saturday and said, “I went into it planning on just taking one lap at a time.
That way, if the weather turned or my body wasn’t feeling right, there was no
shame in stopping. The decision to go all in wasn’t made until around 9:00 pm
as I came down from my second trip.” </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">'I can feel it coming in the air toniiiight,
oh Lord!' We’re sure that song was going through his head.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Making my
way down to the Manitou Avenue roundabout, people were out enjoying their
Saturday night, and I had a decision to make. I could go home, sleep, and come
back in the morning for the marathon with a respectable 75 miles for the
weekend and no one would care. Or, with 10 hours before the marathon start, I
could complete my third lap in the darkness, maybe snag a couple winks of
sleep, and be ready for the final trip in the morning. Still, probably no one
would care, but I’d know that I’d chosen to do the hard thing.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Hard thing, indeed, because the thought of
100 miles with over 31,200+ feet of gain is not soft and most people barely
make it up once. I, The Prez, personally completed the Pikes Peak Marathon
& Ascent "Double" this past weekend. A big accomplishment, people
tell me. But Brandon has set his struggle-meter and mental-flux-capacitor to </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygE01sOhzz0" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Ludicrous Speed</span></a><span style="color: #cccccc;">. After starting the Ascent on Saturday morning, finishing, running back
down the mountain (while picked up trash, massaging cramping fellow-runner’s
calves and cheering them on), then up immediately after and back down again for
round two to complete the Double Roundtrip...then back up and down yet AGAIN
through the night for the Triple! Ice Cube would have been thoroughly impressed
with his weekend of messing around and getting a “triple double”. He wasn’t
done yet! He got about 40 winks of sleep (maybe an hour) in his car and
proceeded to complete the Pikes Peak Marathon start line on Sunday morning in
order to complete The Quad, totaling 100 miles in 30 hours 7 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Some people have asked
'why' and I still wonder the answer to that question. Then I wonder why do we
do anything. I guess I just enjoy imposing challenges on my mind and body and
the feeling of achievement when they work together to overcome a difficult
situation. When the adversity is self-imposed, it often teaches me lessons that
are applicable in other scenarios of my life where I feel like I have less
control. I think for this Pikes Peak Quad trip, the lessons have been about
choice and the experience of pain without suffering.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And if you think he’s just a wacky nut job
like Van Gogh was when he cut off his year…YES, he is!! "I like to think of these escapades are a form of
artistic expression. And like a poem or painting, the 'meaning' behind the best
pieces aren’t concrete, but are left to the interpretation of the viewer. And
like any artist, my hope is that it makes you feel something. Inspired,
hopeful, motivated to push limits and challenge assumptions."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">When he’s not running,
he works full time as a children’s physical therapist in
a program that serves special needs students in several schools in
Manitou Springs, Cripple Creek and Woodland Park. He’s also the founder
and developmental director of the </span><a href="http://www.achillespikespeak.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Pikes Peak chapter of Achilles International</span></a><span style="color: #cccccc;">,
an all-inclusive running/walking/biking/moving group based in Colorado Springs.
Brandon leads weekly group runs that pair dozens of disabled and able-bodied
athletes and advocates active lifestyles to promote personal achievement
and enhance self-esteem. </span></span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Brandon admits he gets
inspiration from a lot of people and places, but certainly his connection with
the Achilles group is a big part of it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">So, if you think something like
the Pikes Peak Ascent or Marathon, or even the double, are difficult, just
remember that smell, that smell that surrounds you—that’s Brandon and
the Pikes Ultra, aka PU: The Stank! </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268723254802329743noreply@blogger.com3Manitou Springs, CO 80829, USA38.8597127 -104.9171989000000238.8102517 -104.99787990000002 38.909173700000004 -104.83651790000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980252394344454393.post-18164251385258123932016-02-19T10:13:00.000-08:002016-08-26T08:57:14.875-07:00Team Colorado Welcomes Amanda "Smash'em" Basham --you better get out your helmets!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Name:</b> Amanda "Smash'em Basham</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Age:</b> 26 years young</span></span></div>
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USATF 50 Mile Trail Champion, 2015 Squamish 50 – 3<sup>rd</sup> female, 2015
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Top 2 at 2016 Gorge Waterfalls 100k (Get that golden ticket!) & 2016 Cayuga
Trails 50 Champion! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268723254802329743noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980252394344454393.post-38422725923347241242016-01-12T15:27:00.000-08:002016-01-12T15:27:19.091-08:00Western States Endurance Run Training with Jared "The Youngster" HazenSo your
name got pulled in the Western States lottery. Congrats! In six months you'll
get to toe the line at one of the most iconic footraces in the world. You'll start in Squaw Valley, encounter California's beautiful Sierra Nevada high country, rugged canyons, and
hopefully land yourself in Auburn. But, before you encounter all
that you'll need to get to the start line healthy and fit.<br />
<br />
Running 100 miles is
hard. Training for a hundred mile race is even harder! Maybe you have hired a
coach to help you prepare. If you haven't, I'm going to give you some training
advice that has helped me have successful runs from Squaw Valley to Auburn.<br />
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I've run Western States twice, in 2014 I finished 14th in 17 hours 29 minutes,
in 2015 I was 3rd in 15 hours 37 minutes. I wouldn't contribute either of those
finishes to luck. In 2014 I trained hard and learned a few important things on
my first go around. The next year I trained harder and was able to put my course knowledge
to work. You can see by the result above that hard work combined with some knowledge is very beneficial. The following advice is what has worked
for me. You may not follow it exactly, but I hope you can find some of it
helpful. So let's get to it!<o:p></o:p>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: right;">The Youngster placing 3rd at the 2015 Western States 100 photo: Bryon Powell/iRunFar.com </td></tr>
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talking about training, you need to first make sure you are well rested and healthy.
If you recently ran a big race, be sure to take a couple weeks of rest to get your energy
levels topped off, you're going to need it. If you're injured, now's the time to
do rehab and get healthy, not the time to be putting in miles. There's plenty of time yet, but
if you nurse an injury along from now until May, you will be sorry.<br />
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If you are ready
to start training, the next 6-8 weeks are a great time to just get out and put
in some miles. Maybe train for a distance you don't run often, say a 5k to half
marathon. You don't need to break the PR you set when you were in college. For now, I
would recommend you limit your hard workouts to 1 a week. Also, getting
out on your favorite trails is a great way to get your body ready for the training that is to
come. If you’re going this route, don't fall into the trap of every run being
an easy run. Add some climbing in there and don't be afraid to push it when
you're feeling good. This is also a good time to strengthen your hips,
and gluten, core (just ask the Prez). All of that will be important when you get into the heavy training.
The goal here is to prepare you body for the hard training to come, but don't
kill yourself now, you'll get to do that later! Start thinking of a tune up
race you want to run in late March or early April. 50 miles to 100k is the
perfect distance. Lake Sonoma is a great tune up if you don't mind the travel.
Also, registering early will help keep you motivated through the winter months.<br />
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">February is a good
time to start picking up the pace a bit. I would recommend running about 80% of
the volume you normally do in the final month leading up to a big race. Up your workouts to </span>2 a week and add in a long run every 2 to 3 weeks. I've found that doing fewer long
runs, but more volume on my other days is a good way to keep my legs under
me while making sure they're ready to go the distance. Try increasing your warm
ups before these workouts. You'll get in a few more miles and put a little
fatigue in your legs without ruining your workout. It's important to remember
that your body can only handle so many big, long efforts. Everyone is
different, but I would err on the side of caution when it comes to the
frequency you do long runs. My longest run before Lake Sonoma 50 was a 4 hr run
and the race took me 6 hrs 30 min. Going into the race I felt fresh and in good
shape. I wasn't in the best shape I had ever been, but I didn't need to be.
Western States was my goal race and it was still two months away.<br />
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Some of my
favorite types of workouts before a tune up race are shorter intervals with
short rest, and tempo runs. My favorite example would be Rob Krar's Man Maker
Workout (8x3 minutes with 1:30 jog rest in between on a 6-8% dirt road). Others
would be 1 minute hard, 1 minute easy, or 30-40 minute tempo runs. These can be
done on a sustained uphill, flat or rolling surface. Try doing some of your
workouts on the terrain you'll encounter during your tune up race, it's
important to be comfortable running fast on that terrain. Adding one downhill
workout every two weeks is also a good idea. Best start getting those quads
ready for Western States sooner rather than later! Examples would be 10-20 minutes
of hard running on a non-technical downhill or 3-4 x 5 minute intervals on the
same surface.<br />
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At this point in your training you should be feeling fit, but not
fatigued. A one week taper for your tune up race and a two week recovery
afterwards will be allow you to have a good race without sacrificing any
fitness and be adequately recovered for your final block of training.<br />
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Your final block of
training should be your hardest. You should have about 6-8 weeks to put in your
final training followed by about a two week taper. You'll want to pick up your
training where you left off before tapering for your tune up race. From here
you'll want to gradually build to your max volume for the last two weeks of
training. It's important to remember that you still have plenty of time. Be
cautious of ramping up your training too quick and getting burned out in the
middle of June. I like to transition to longer workouts with longer intervals
and more rest. Examples would be 3-4 x 15 minutes with 5 minutes rest or 4-6 x
10 minutes with 5 minutes rest running hard uphill or on a flat surface. Don't
worry so much about pace, just focus on working hard and make it hurt. </span><br />
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I like
to do a hard workout every other day, but the rest you take in between workouts is
up to you. I still like to include tempo runs in my training but I make them a
little bit longer. I usually would shoot for about 45 minutes of work in the
beginning of the training block and an hour of work towards the end on my
workout days. I also recommend doing a long warm up before these workouts.
Including downhill workouts into the cycle is also important. I make every third workout a
downhill day, usually looking for 30-45 minutes of hard downhill running. I
like to do long runs every two weeks and include back-to-back long runs, such as
6 hours on Saturday and 4 hours on Sunday. I did that combo about 3 weeks out
from Western States for my last long runs. </span><br />
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Right about the middle of this
training block is when you will probably begin to feel pretty tired. It's called
“the grind”. Everyone experiences it. Stay tough and put in the work. You're just
a few weeks away from a well-deserved taper. Hopefully, by now, you know what
kind of taper works best for you. I like to start mine two weeks out, by
cutting back my mileage to about 70% of max volume. One week out I cut it back
to 40% of max. I like to continue doing workouts until about 1 week before the
race. During these workouts I try to put in about 20-30 minutes of work while
keeping the intensity high. I prefer to go into a race 90% rested rather than
feeling like I'm sluggish and have lost fitness. I also like to take the day
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taper it’s a good time to start thinking about how you want to run the race.
I'll post another blog with helpful tips on how to race The Western States
Endurance Run along with some course insight. Until then good luck and happy
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Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268723254802329743noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980252394344454393.post-1643264249061990252015-11-14T10:45:00.000-08:002015-11-14T10:45:37.394-08:00A Tale of Two Toilets<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> One of my favorite hobbies when visiting a new town is to get one of those "Maps of the Stars". Unfortunately this was Indianapolis, so I had to settle for the next best thing. Finding the best temporary restrooms that the hub of the Midwest had to offer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My quest now focused, I had to set up a game-plan on where to find the most outstanding human waste receptacles. The desk clerk at the La-Quinta, Darren (I made this up, he looked like a Darren though), mentioned a half marathon was being held the following day. Holy porta-potty Christmas! I rushed down to the race expo and promptly signed up for the half marathon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The biggest fear I had was that I would not be able to review the porta-johns in their pristine near mint condition. Come on you can't review fairly review one at Day 4 of Bonnaroo. To get my first choice I snuck up to the starting line and waited for the gun. I hid amongst the lead group of runners for 6 miles passing 6 mile mark in approximately 29:50. There it was. Just as I had imagined. Nestled in a row of identicals. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My review follows.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>Porta-Potty #1</u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Location:</b> Pennsylvania & 21 st</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Condition:</b> 5, perfect logged service record, fully functioning spin lock</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Neighborhood:</b> 4.5 residential, admittedly a bit squeezed for space with approximately 15 others pressed together</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Technology:</b> 3.5, I reserve 4+ for ones that have a wind powered fan integrated into the windows</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Odor:</b> 4.5 , blue smelling</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Availability:</b> 3, the first two were occupied or permanently locked </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Recommend to others:</b> a great representative to Indianapolis</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Exiting the first stop I returned to running with a group of men who were running roughly 5:20 per mile, towards the next porta-john. Worried this group might delay my next review I allowed them run ahead of me starting from about the 8 mile mark. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>Porta-Potty #2</u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Location:</b> Meridian & 30th st</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Condition:</b> 4, definitely more utilitarian than style oriented</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Neighborhood:</b> 4, classic mixed-use industrial just outside downtown neighborhood ripe for gentrification, only 2 other porta-johns shared this space</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Technology:</b> 3, basic clean good representation of the minimalist urban design theme</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Odor:</b> 5*, the asterisk is for the fact that it was pretty windy at this point and clearly played a role in this category, but maybe that's what the race organizers had in mind</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Availability:</b> 5, first try, no knocking or aggressive door pulls during my review</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Recommend to others:</b> a must for the adventurous voider</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finding myself about 3 miles to the finish of the event, I couldn't justify not finishing the event. I ran the obligatory final three miles as the official time clock read 1:11:something. I can honestly say that Indianapolis was a surprisingly great review site. I would like to thank my sponsors Charmin and Indianapolis Metro Waste Systems for allowing me to pursue my goals, dreams and basic human needs. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-<b>Real Deal Neil McD</b></span>Square State Striders http://www.blogger.com/profile/16965768072358488883noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980252394344454393.post-58452222560912179652015-08-12T09:00:00.000-07:002015-08-12T09:00:19.228-07:00Michele "Bomb 'chele" Yates talks about Western States 100, Babies, Health and UltrarunningTeam Colorado's Michele "Bomb 'chele" Yates was ready for Western States 100 after the birth of her daughter, Maya, but unforeseen health issues that have spiraled out of control forced her to withdraw. We haven't heard from Michele in some time, so we reached out to see how she was doing.<br />
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<i>Bomb 'chele, it's been a while, we miss you! We are bummed to see you were forced to withdraw from WS100. How did you feel going into it? What were the circumstances that lead to the eventual withdrawal?</i><br />
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Oh man, I was soooo ready for Western States (or so I thought!). My climbing ability had significantly increased and I was super excited to test out my skills. Postpartum issues were pretty much no longer, and I felt strong. Although I felt these things, a few days before we left, I also felt like something was wrong. I have thyroid disease I inherited it from my dad (we found this out when I tanked at Rocky Raccoon 2014 before I got pregnant). I told myself 'whatever I needed to do to get on that starting line with a smile'. I figured it's too late to do anything about it now. Eventually, the extreme sleepiness I felt would take me out of the race. I was forced to have a "pacer" with me (in which I choose my hubby to run behind me, be quiet and make sure I didn't fall off a cliff :) I kept getting stopped at medical checks, so in order to speed up the process, I just kept my hubby with me. A day later when we returned to Colorado I saw my doc at Boulder Sports Medicine. Turns out my TPO anitbodies were in the 500's. They are supposed to be BELOW 9! Thus indicating a severe infection (my thyroid was destroying itself). A few other levels were off, too. I'm told that with levels that high, it typically means other autoimmune diseases are in play.<br />
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<i>What is the situation with your health now?</i><br />
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My health would take a turn for the worst this past month. I had days were I couldn't even pick up my baby. The fatigue, depression, and weakness were almost unbearable. I was told anytime I step on the starting line, I would only have a 50/50 chance at performing. There is no cure for this disease, you can only try to manage it, but we would also have to take it a day at a time to see if I may have another disease or possibly cancer, too. Well, about a week ago I stared feeling better. I was able to get out of bed, and I am able to run some. So hoping for the best and still working with doctors.<br />
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<i>We have seen a lot of athletes, particularly ultra runners, really suffer some detrimental health issues, even at the top of their careers (thinking of Geoff Roes, in particular). Do you think ultra running has something to do with this phenomenon? Running until your adrenal glands or kidneys give out or you become so dehydrated that your are negatively affecting your health is not exactly smart, right?</i><br />
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Yes, I think we push too hard sometimes or maybe just don't rest enough! I don't blame anyone--I love this sport and I think we all do and we have this uncontrollable passion when the trail are calling our names! My approach is to include cardio cross training and recovery days in my program so I know "this is the time I need to enjoy days off and this is the time I need to work hard." Although my adrenals were checked and they are working well for now! Yeah, it's just the infection and disease that needs to be managed.<br />
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Well, mine is inherited...however with the adrenal fatigue, etc., yes, I think structure in your training is a great idea. Build in recovery days and truly listen to your body. What is listening to your body? Do you have muscle tightness, soreness you don't normally? Yoga-roll out and ice bath. Are you sick- cold, sinus or respiratory infection? Don't work out!!! Rest!!! As I get older, I realize the importance of nutrition! Take care of yourself. What you put in is what you will get out!!!</div>
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<i>Do you think running long distances so far into your pregnancy or so soon after giving birth contributed to where you are now? </i></div>
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Nope, as far as the thyroid goes--yes it could have been birth that raised my levels so high but it doesn't have much to do with the sickness. Also, I feel as if I rested well in between and the hubby and I were <span style="text-align: center;">a good team for my running comeback and taking care of Maya.</span></div>
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I don't think I would do anything differently at all. I really felt like I executed well. The only thing I think I would have to change is my mentality a bit. When I raced Black Canyon (2.5 months post-partum) I took a hard fall because my core stability just wasnt there yet. I needed to recognize that I can't eat/drink and run over technical terrain at the same time and if I am able to have another baby, I would do everything the same but take note on that only try to fuel when the terrain allows or stop and take care of myself then continue running.</div>
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Overtraining, geesh, it's such a tricky thing for some elites because we want to push that redline but not redline! So I think, again, if you build in recovery days to your program (and I believe you should have some structure, I know some people like to just go run trails every day, but again, that is where you aren't taking note of how much mileage you are putting in, nor are you resting enough, most likely). Everyone gets caught up from time to time in this awesome sport, it's learning from those mistakes and/or listening to your body that will keep your running life long.<br />
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I'd like to do UTMB, I was offered to this year but passed it up because Maya is still young, next year for sure if given the opportunity.</div>
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<i>What are your thoughts on doping in ultra running? Do you think it is happening? There are "recreational drugs" going on (mainly Mary Jane: like in Half Baked: Jon Stewart Enhancement Smoker "Ever done an ultra? Ever done an ultra…ON WEED!?). Do you think that is the same thing?</i></div>
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I believe any race that is a national, world event or has prize money the runners should be tested! I do believe it's going on and I'm not sure about marajuana because I've never tried it but I know it's given to those who are in pain for medical purposes to ease the pain so if that is the case than I'd say it's cheating but again I'm not educated enough on that.<br />
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<i>Fair enough. Don't do drugs, kids!</i><br />
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<i>Thanks Michele! We hope for the best with your health and can't want to see you out there again, wrecking havoc on the trails! </i><br />
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Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268723254802329743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980252394344454393.post-40124642190398671072015-07-21T08:48:00.001-07:002015-07-21T08:50:47.713-07:00Andy "Flying Kick" Wacker 7 min late the the start of the Barr Trail Mountain Race…No Problem!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">With all the attention about Barr Trail Mountain Race recently, I figure I'd like to write why everyone should run next year. </span><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br data-reactid=".3t.$mid=11437452346464=2a4b388225113c08258.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$text1:0" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></span></span><span data-reactid=".3t.$mid=11437452346464=2a4b388225113c08258.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$text4:0" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><br />
<span data-reactid=".3t.$mid=11437452346464=2a4b388225113c08258.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$text4:0" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">1) Post Race - Free pulled pork (or veggie) from Front Range Barbecue, Pineapp-Ale Wheat beer from Manitou Brewing Co. N</span><span data-reactid=".3t.$mid=11437452346464=2a4b388225113c08258.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$text6:0" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">ot hungry? How about free massage to work out the kinks from the downhill. I was literally walked on by a masseuse!</span><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br data-reactid=".3t.$mid=11437452346464=2a4b388225113c08258.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$text7:0" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></span></span><span data-reactid=".3t.$mid=11437452346464=2a4b388225113c08258.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$text10:0" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><br />
<span data-reactid=".3t.$mid=11437452346464=2a4b388225113c08258.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$text10:0" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">2) Organization - Coming from someone who started 7 minutes late and still had flawless packet pickup, this is scary efficient. Plus a mustachioed race director in cheetah board shorts. (Go #TeamColorado)</span><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br data-reactid=".3t.$mid=11437452346464=2a4b388225113c08258.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$text11:0" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></span></span><span data-reactid=".3t.$mid=11437452346464=2a4b388225113c08258.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$text14:0" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><br />
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<span data-reactid=".3t.$mid=11437452346464=2a4b388225113c08258.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$text18:0" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">4) Charity - The aid stations are operated by local high school cross country and track teams that compete for funding. Hard to choose between Minions, Jurassic Park and kids in tee-shirt tuxedos handing you Gatorade! </span><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br data-reactid=".3t.$mid=11437452346464=2a4b388225113c08258.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$text19:0" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></span></span><span data-reactid=".3t.$mid=11437452346464=2a4b388225113c08258.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$text22:0" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><br /></span></span><br />
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Team Colorado makes history at the 55th Mt. Washington Road Race this past weekend with some impressive performances. This 7.6 mile course starts on the Mt. Washington Road in Pinkham Notch, NH and climbs over 4,500 ft to the summit at 6,288 ft, with an average grade of 12%, some extended 18% grades and a big slap in the face with the finishing 22% grade at the very end lovingly named the "Wall".<div>
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New to Team Colorado--but no newbie--Summer Intern #1 Andy "Flying Kick" Wacker finished 2nd in 1:00:59, Zach "Banana Boy" Miller loaded up on bananas and beets to take 3rd in 1:03:15, Peter "The Prez" Maksimow broke into the top 5 (finally) with his 5th place in 1:03:55, 3X winner and masters champion, Simon "Gute" Gutierrez, was close on The Prez's tail (yes, he has a tail) with his 6th place 1:04:02, and 2X winner, Sub-1 hour Club and our favorite nomad, Rickey "Heavenly" Gates rounded out the 5 Team Coloradans with his 7th place in 1:05:25. That's right, we took 5 of the top 7 spots! The men's combined time was 5:17:36, the 2nd fastest team time behind our own 2012 team course record time of 5:12:28. We celebrated the Men's Open Team Championship by drinking out of Wacker's silver bowl trophy! </div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uc_qzHJuZ9A/VYnvHu746-I/AAAAAAAAEGQ/PNN7i8esLtg/s1600/IMG_7827.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uc_qzHJuZ9A/VYnvHu746-I/AAAAAAAAEGQ/PNN7i8esLtg/s320/IMG_7827.JPG" width="320" /></a>The performance of the weekend has to go to the Team Colorado Ladies as they swept all the top spots and set a NEW WOMEN'S OPEN TEAM RECORD of 3:44:13. Kim "Queen of Uphill" Dobson reigns once again with her overall win in 1:11:39, Brandy "Mile-a-Minute" Erholtz followed in 2nd 1:15:34 (a past Mt. Washington Champ), Laura "Honey Bee" Haefeli completed the trifecta with her 3rd place finish in 1:17:00 (also, a Mt. W Champ, seeing the pattern here?), and Donna "Gar-Gute" Gutierrez holding the team together with her 52nd place, 1:40:33. </div>
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Huge congrats to the ladies for their New Team Record! Rewriting the record books one race at a time! They are also nurturing future Team Coloradans!</div>
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Congratulatory remarks also to 95 year old finisher, George Etzweiler, and new American Record holder, Joe Gray, clocking a 58:15 and all who were conquered the Hill, were on the other side of a camera lens or were there to support. This is what mountain running is all about! And then there was celebration and beer….</div>
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Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268723254802329743noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980252394344454393.post-79788577909930967572015-05-07T16:47:00.001-07:002015-05-08T13:59:30.894-07:00Team Colorado Welcomes Zach "Banana Boy" Miller<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c6mlREw1x6s/VUv0z5Y_b6I/AAAAAAAAEAM/XCQT2JGaGrA/s1600/10606285_10152485429018155_1166876959991607109_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; orphans: 2; text-align: center; widows: 2;"><img alt="" border="0" height="434" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c6mlREw1x6s/VUv0z5Y_b6I/AAAAAAAAEAM/XCQT2JGaGrA/s640/10606285_10152485429018155_1166876959991607109_n.jpg" title="Le Templiers Ultra photo: Gilhelm Prax" width="640" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><b>Name:</b> Zach "Banana Boy" Miller</span><br style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" /><br style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" /><span style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><b>Age: </b>26</span><br style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" /><br style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" /><span style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><b>Hometown: </b>Kenyan Born, Lancaster, PA Raised, and Colorado Trained {basically a Kenyan-PA-CO hybrid! They warned us about those.}</span><br style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" /><br style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" /><span style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><b>Current residence:</b> Manitou Springs, CO (Soon to be Barr Camp, Pikes Peak, CO) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">- Member of the 2014 USA Mountain Running Team</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">- Member of the 2014 USA Long Distance Mountain Running Team--Gold Medal</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">- Member of the 2014 USA 100k Road Ultra Team</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">- Top 10 Finisher (9th) at the 2014 100k Road World Championships</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">- Helped Team USA to win gold at the 2014 100k Road World Championships</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">- Auto Qualifier for 2015 team USA Ultra Trail Team</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">- Auto Qualifier for the 2015 team USA 100k Road Ultra Team</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">- 2014 Lake Sonoma 50 Mile Champion</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><b>Goals for 2015 and beyond: </b></span><span style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">Do my best. Lay it all out there. Run with heart. Be nice to aid station workers.</span><br style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" /><br style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" /><span style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><b>Favorite trails:</b> Cameron Cone, Section 16, Conestoga Trail (in PA).</span><br style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" /><br style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" /><span style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><b>Favorite workout:</b> Incline Stuff (Repeats, 3/1's, and 1 rep done all out). I also like long up/down tempos on rampart range road and intervals on the "dirt track" in Garden of the Gods.</span><br style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" /><br style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" /><span style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><b>Favorite races:</b> Conestoga Trail Run</span><br style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" /><br style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" /><span style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><b>Favorite beer:</b> Does Root Beer Count? {Why yes, yes it does! What brand would that be?}</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" /><span style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><b>Website/Blog: </b></span><a href="http://whereeastturnswest.blogspot.com/" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">whereeastturnswest.blogspot.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Life isn't about doing everything perfectly. It's about taking chances, trying new things, and enjoying the adventure of it all. To use the words of Theodore Roosevelt, it's about "…the man who is actually in the arena…":</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" /><span style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"> -Roosevelt</span><br />
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Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268723254802329743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980252394344454393.post-64068633913216783602015-04-30T09:39:00.000-07:002015-04-30T13:13:41.927-07:00Team Colorado Welcomes the Kilt Lifter himself Ryan "Highlander" Smith<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Name:</b> Ryan "Highlander" Smith</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b>Age: </b>35</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b>Hometown: </b>Harpenden, UK</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Travel to cool places and do more of the former. Break 2:30 in the marathon </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">(note: Ryan came very close as he placed 2nd in the New Jersey Marathon, 2:33:40, a few days ago. He blames all the </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">beautiful</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> gardens for slowing him down.)</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">.
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trails:</b></span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">A tough one to be
concise with but Harriman State Park, NY for sheer trail density, anything in
the Lake District, UK for quality pub proximity, anything in the Moab area for
sheer out-of-this-world feeling and literally anything in New Zealand because
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cask pulled ale where the bar tender had to exert some effort. My go-to local
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<b>Hometown:</b> Colorado Springs, CO</div>
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<b>Personal Bests: </b>Manitou Incline - <span style="color: red;"><b>20:07</b></span> (2010, Dang!), Indoor 3k - 9:22 (2010), XC 6k - 20:01 (2009), Pikes Peak Ascent - 2:33:42 (2014)</div>
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<b>Notable Achievements:</b> 2008 Colorado State XC 5A State Champion, 2009 NCAA XC All-American (5th place, 2nd ever best finish by a freshman behind Shalane Flanagan--2000), 2014 US Mountain Running Champion, 2014 Pikes Peak Ascent/WMRA World Long Distance Challenge Champion, 2014 World Mountain Running Bronze Medalist.</div>
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<b>Favorite trails:</b> Ute Valley, Greenland Open Space, and The Incline!</div>
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<b>Why Trail/Mountain/Ultra Running?: </b>I love the technicality of trails and the places they take you!</div>
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Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268723254802329743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980252394344454393.post-1358816369973881042015-04-06T14:42:00.000-07:002015-04-06T14:42:50.832-07:00Team Colorado Welcomes Sandi "The Riveter" Nypaver<br />
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<b>Current residence:</b> Mecca of Trail Running, CO</div>
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<b>Sponsors</b>: Hammer Nutrition, Ultimate Direction, UGo Bars, and Feetures!</div>
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<b>Personal Bests (or Worsts):</b> I thought it was a good idea to run 100 miles without ever having run an ultra or trail race before and my sister agreed to pace me, so I ran it and ended up winning.</div>
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<b>Notable Achievements:</b> I received the coveted Best Blood award while running Grindstone 100 in 2010. I still have a bump on my knee from a rock puncturing my skin.</div>
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<b>Favorite trails:</b> Bear Trail in Ouray Colorado, but all the trails in the San Juans are pretty spectacular. I love Bear Canyon Trail in Boulder as well, so maybe I just like trails with the name Bear.</div>
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<b>Favorite workout:</b> The Quad Builder: 5 x 1/2 mile hill repeats with some shorter repeats after.</div>
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<b>Favorite races:</b> I Believe Trail Races, Mountain Masochist, Promise Land, and most likely a race I have yet to run. </div>
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<b>Website/Blog:</b> <a href="http://sandinypaver.blogspot.com/">SandiNypaver.blogspot.com</a>, <a href="http://sagerunning.com/">SageRunning.com</a></div>
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<b>Why Trail/Mountain/Ultra Running?:</b> Who wouldn't want to risk getting eaten by mountain lions, falling off cliffs, getting lost, getting caught in storms, puking their guts out at a race, or cause hours of self-induced pain? I'm pretty sure that's the definition of a good time. In all serious though, I just love running and being outdoors. </div>
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SPRINGS, Colo. - One of the top mountain runs in the west, the Barr Trail
Mountain Race (BTMR), will merge with the Triple Crown of Running in 2015. The
agreement will provide long term financial stability and proven race operations
support for the BTMR, which is set to run for the 14<sup>th</sup> time on July
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--b2hc9EfqK4/VSHPDoGZTHI/AAAAAAAAD8w/RGriOCstfRA/s1600/l_tcr_c.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--b2hc9EfqK4/VSHPDoGZTHI/AAAAAAAAD8w/RGriOCstfRA/s1600/l_tcr_c.gif" /></a>“This is an obvious and natural fit between our two
organizations, as both have provided many years of challenging and iconic
mountain races,” said Ron Ilgen, president of Pikes Peak Marathon, Inc., which
oversees the Triple Crown. “The synergies gained from a race organization
perspective are many, but even more so for Pikes Peak runners.”</div>
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<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee;">Team Colorado, a nonprofit organization
of elite trail runners, inherited the management of the Barr Trail Mountain
Race in 2014. Under the new agreement, Team Colorado will continue to produce
the event, with team president Peter Maksimow serving as race director.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee;">“Team Colorado is giddy with
excitement with the merger of the Barr Trail Mountain Race and the Pikes Peak
Marathon and the Triple Crown family of races,” Maksimow said. “The fit is
perfect as these races share the same ideals, love of the sport, community and worldly
following.”</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #eeeeee;">The Barr Trail Mountain Race is capped
at 400 entries and online registration opened today. Check </span><a href="http://barrtrailmountainrace.com/"><span style="color: red;">barrtrailmountainrace.com</span></a><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #eeeeee;"> for more information. Information about the Triple Crown of
Running can be found at </span><a href="http://www.pikespeakmarathon.org/"><span style="color: red;">pikespeakmarathon.org</span></a></span><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee;">.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IvSPjvvl2b4/VSHO0N6AmWI/AAAAAAAAD8o/z2LgLjQBLQA/s1600/btmr-logo-300x75-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IvSPjvvl2b4/VSHO0N6AmWI/AAAAAAAAD8o/z2LgLjQBLQA/s1600/btmr-logo-300x75-1.png" /></a>The Barr Trail Mountain Race was started in 2000 by Matt
Carpenter, the 12-time winner of the Pikes Peak Marathon, and Nancy Hobbs, a
longtime race promoter who currently serves as the executive director of the
American Trail Running Association. The event gained popularity as a training
race for the Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon, and as a fundraiser for area
nonprofits, an objective that remains with the merger. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">“There are many similarities to the
BTMR and the Pikes Peak Marathon,” Ilgen said. “One of particular </span>importance is that we share the same
goal of giving back financially to organizations that support running.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">Runners will see an immediate benefit,
as the overall men’s and women’s winners in BTMR will earn a comp entry into
this year’s Pikes Peak races. And all who finish within the race’s 3-hour and
30-minute cutoff will qualify for entry into the 2016 Pikes Peak Ascent and
Marathon. Future plans call for the creation of a new race series that would
complement the Triple Crown, which currently includes the Garden of the Gods 10
Mile Run, the Summer Roundup Trail Run, and the Pikes Peak Ascent, or the
ascent portion of the Pikes Peak Marathon.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">Held on Barr Trail, one of the world’s
most famous mountain race courses, the 12.6-mile BTMR starts on Ruxton Ave. in
front of the Pikes Peak Cog Railway in Manitou Springs. From there, runners
begin a tough 3,360-feet ascent to Barr Camp where they make the turn and charge
back to Manitou Springs. Though the race is doable by any runner in reasonable
condition, it is famous for burning the legs and lungs of those willing to push
themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">“The first time I ran BTMR I couldn't
walk normally for a week. It doesn't matter who you are, the mountain will make
you hurt,” said Alex Nichols, 2013 BTMR winner.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">The Barr Trail Mountain Race annually
attracts some of the best trail runners in the country. Carpenter won multiple
times, and Brandy Erholtz, a former two-time Pikes Peak Ascent champion and women’s
overall record holder at BTMR (1:47:57), competes there nearly every year.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">“I love the BTMR,” she said. “It’s a
great excuse to train on Barr Trail for Pikes Peak. The aid stations are
awesome, and if you do well, there is prize money! Not to mention you are in downtown
Manitou Springs where you can get good grub, craft beer and soak in the river.
Fun for the entire family!”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">With more races and expanding
opportunities for runners coming online each year, managing running races and
maintaining participation numbers has become a challenge. Race organizers are
convinced the merger will make for a sustainable BTMR.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">“Now we can back up our pretty face
with the brawn and prestige of the Pikes Peak Marathon and make sure that the
legacy of the BTMR lives a long and healthy life,” Maksimow said. “We can't
think of a better big brother to adopt us.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">2014 BTMR winners: Joe Gray, Colorado
Springs, 1:29:43; Brandy Erholtz, Evergreen, 1:55:08<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Colorado Springs, 2010, 1:29:05; Brandy Erholtz, 2010, 1:47:57<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">It's been a secret for a while but Team Colorado is excited to announce that the one, the only, Max "Silver Mullet" King will be moving to Colorado and joining Team Colorado! Max recently joined Team Salomon and is best know for his muscly physique, OCR skills--such as swinging from trees--oh yeah, and 2014 Road 100K World Champion. He is packing up the family wagon train and leaving Bend, OR, which he will miss greatly, to search for gold in the mountains of CO. Plus, he has already won so much prize money in Colorado that he feels like he has to give back to the state that has given him so much.</span><br />
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<br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Max is sad to leave but says, <span style="color: red;"><i>"I'm really excited to be picking up the whole family including a 2 and 5yr old and moving them to the high altitude of Colorado. It's as much for me as it is to get the kids introduced to high altitude early and start their mountain running career. I'd like Micah to become the youngest Pikes Peak Marathon Champion ever and Hazel to be the youngest person to ever complete the famous marathon next year. I think she's almost ready but just missing that specific high altitude training."</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Max: I'm getting to that point in my life where I need to start thinking about the next step in my training evolution and I really believe that Peter "The Prez" Maksimow can help me get there. His ability to grow and maintain facial hair is astounding. It's going to be a necessary piece of my training going forward, just look at the rest of the ultrarunning world. Everyone has facial hair, a lot of it too!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TC: So, Max, this is a huge move for you! Why are you deciding to come to CO since you have had so much success in Bend? Is it the beer, are you coming to CO for the beer!?</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Max: Yes, I've outgrown the sup-par beer of Central Oregon and it no longer is having a positive training affect. The watery macro beer of Colorado will allow me to get serious in my training and not be too tempted to drink it in larger quantities. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Max: It has been a challenge to get to this level of running fitness, to say the least. I've recently begun a strict diet of a dozen eggs and a donut for three meals a day along with a CrossFit regimen that would make Stone Cold Steve Austin cry. I no longer believe that running produces fast times in races, it only leads to more injuries for me. </i></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Max: Yes, but after developing my CrossFit mentality I no longer feel like it's a legitimate record to go after in the summer. When I arrive in Colorado I'll wait until winter to attempt the record using snowshoes. Plus, tree line on Pikes Peak starts where Mt. Hood ends!</i></span><br />
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Worsts): </b>Personal worst: slipping on a slimy swamp
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50K race in the middle of nowhere Adirondacks. Personal best: Crossing the
finish line of my first 100 mile race at Western States last year & earning
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To run with curiosity, zeal and fearlessness.
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Brewery with the </span><a href="http://www.rockymountainrunners.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Rocky Mountain Runners</span></a><span style="color: #eeeeee;">, and a Negra Modelo on my deck on a hot
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Team Colorado's exclusive interview with the very ripe Michele Yates! Maybe past her due date now, actually!<br />
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How the time does fly! It seems like just yesterday that Michele "Bomb 'chele" Yates was crushing the most prominent ultra races and earning some people's yearly income in just a few races. Well, in the past 40 weeks she has been cultivating the next great ultra runner in her belly and we talked to her about it!<br />
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<b><i><span style="color: blue;">Team Colorado:</span></i> Hi Michele, we hear you are almost ready to take a load off! How soon!? Do you know the gender or do you and Wyatt want to be surprised?</b><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Michele:</span><span style="color: blue;"> </span></i>As of today, November 30th, no baby yet...but it seems as if I have entered the early labor stages this morning. I am 40 weeks this week so it makes sense :) It is a mini-me!!!.. We are having a girl and her name is to be Maya Jo. <br />
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<b><i><span style="color: blue;">Team Colorado:</span></i> Talking about women issues, there are a lot of stories of eating disorders in our sport and it's not just females, although, most of what we hear about tends to be female-related. Have you seen this in the sport? </b><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Michele:</span><span style="color: blue;"> </span></i>Does it exist in our sport, yes. But, it's something I can't be for sure about or judge on necessarily because I don't want to make assumptions about people. I will say that you won't make it too far or too long if you don't take care of yourself- ESPECIALLY in the ultra world. You can still be lean AND HEALTHY!!!<br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Michele:</span><span style="color: blue;"> </span></i>I was Ms. Figure Colorado 2008. It's not actually body building (but that sport is very political and not very structured in terms of what exactly they are looking for between a figure competitor and body builder-meaning sometimes they score high for those women who should clearly be in the body building category and other times they look for a softer appearance). For me, I didn't actually change too much at first and still found success. There was only a short period of time where I was adding in more calories and an extra set of my strength training in order to compete in that world. Soon after, I realized this was not nearly as gratifying as running and my heart was not there. It was fun while it lasted. :)<br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Michele:</span><span style="color: blue;"> </span></i>Yes I did, however, with the encouragement of my doctors and wisdom of my own body. There are certain warning signs (whether your running or not) that you need to be aware of in order not to hurt the fetus. YOU ALWAYS PUT THE FETUS FIRST AND AT ANY TIME IF YOU EVEN QUESTION THE SITUATION, THEN STOP. There is no shame in doing what YOU normally do while pregnant, but be aware that YOU WILL need to modify as you go. If you keep these things in mind, then both yourself and the baby should be fine. A few of the things you need to monitor, high body temperature, hydration, pain or discomfort in your abdomen..<br />
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<b><i><span style="color: blue;">Team Colorado:</span></i> As women are still not equally paid for the same work in our society, our sport is also not at the point it should be for gender equality. For example, only 4 women compared to 6 men make the US Mountain Running Team to compete at the World Mountain Running Championships. How ridiculous is that? Does this make you angry!? Do you want to kick someone in the nuts!?!? (Pun intended)</b><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Michele:</span><span style="color: blue;"> </span></i>I think in this modern world it is sad that we (as women) are not treated equally. How hard is it to make it 5 and 5? Why do sponsors feel men should get more or better sponsorships than women? Do they feel their social media following and promoting tactics are better? Is that proven? Maybe they know something I don't know...but perhaps these are questions for the companies and organizations not me :) I can't let it anger me because that doesn't do anyone any good and is not productive. I'd rather chick all the guys next year and see what the companies/organizations have to say!<br />
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<b><i><span style="color: blue;">Team Colorado:</span></i> A wise woman once said, "giving birth is like legal doping." What changes do you think your body will go through after birth? We are sure giving birth is extremely difficult on the body (but, then again, so is a 100 mile race), how will you plan your comeback?</b><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Michele:</span><span style="color: blue;"> </span></i>My come back... totally depends on how the birth goes. If it's a vaginal clean birth (no tearing), no c-section... then (although I'm not in a huge hurry), I plan to start with some cardio cross training (walking, recumbent bike, etc) after at least one week totally off. From there...after about a month, I plan to start including some running. Once I feel really, good...well I'll be hitting it hard again and trying to build up volume for my "test" race- Black Canyon 100k mid February with my "A" race being Indiana Trail 100. I have big hopes and lofty goals for the next few years, again it just depends on how my body responds to birth and the labor process. Your body does have extra hormones, blood vessels etc that are produced from labor, but the one thing I think that will top all of that for me is passion I have just to be bombing those downhills on the trail again!<br />
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<b><i><span style="color: blue;">Team Colorado:</span></i> Tell us about this crazy idea you have been involved in which includes racing 200 miles.</b><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Michele:</span><span style="color: blue;"> </span></i>Myself, Wyatt (my hubby), and Charles Johnston started a friendship at one of my previous races and got to talking about creating a 200 mile race. It has been a goal of mine to do (eventually), and Wyatt and Charles took the idea and ran with it. Wyatt and I spent the summer camping and hiking some awesome Colorado Trails in the Gunnison area. Although not without challenges, we finally were able to create our 200 mile course and get a verbal permit for 100 runners. You can check out more on our website <a href="http://www.colorado200.com/"><span style="color: yellow;">www.colorado200.com</span></a> we can promise you that you won't be disappointed! It was created "Michele Yates style"- so no trekking poles allowed, pacers only for safety, and nothing but new, technical, and various terrain trails along the way!<br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Michele:</span><span style="color: blue;"> </span></i>I will let you know when I do it :) But just like a hundo- nutrition/fuel will be of utmost importance. You won't have chance in hell if you don't address that early on and throughout no matter what shape you are in. The course has over 40,000 feet of elevation change so one can expect some running, sleeping, and hiking.<span style="color: red;"> </span><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: blue;">Team Colorado:</span></i> We know you love to dance, in closing dance us your best baby belly dance (don't worry, no one will see you)!</b><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Michele:</span><span style="color: blue;"> </span></i>I will be sure to include some baby belly shots!!!.. But as far as the dance goes, I promise I will do a belly victory dance when I achieve my goal of breaking the 100 mile World Record in the next few years ;)<br />
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The 2014 Pikes Peak Ascent doubled at the WMRA World Long
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Olympic-atmosphere feel full of colorful kits and comical communication
barriers. My race preparation consisted of spending the week in Detroit--don’t
ask, I’m trying to forget about that part of my training. Upon my return to Manitou Springs, my legs felt like pixy sticks from running along the river with a nice southern view of
Canada (yes, southern!) and my head felt like it had been punched by the very
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I arrived back in time for the pre-race press conference,
which was chocked full of foreign athletes, which race MC, Bart Yasso, taunted
in the nicest of ways and attempted to get all the English he could out of
them. It’s the American way: making people feel uncomfortable in the most
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Now, I didn’t have the weight on my shoulders that I
potentially could have had. I thought I had a good shot at being part of Team
USA after have some really good results in qualifying races but was eventually
not selected. I’m often the bridesmaid and not the bride, but at least I am in
the wedding party! Plus, I had Team Inov-8 and Team Colorado to represent, not to mention Team Manitou Brewing Company, which had the best post-race prizes for me no matter how I finished. It
was very encouraging to have some of the Team USA members make me feel like I was
part of the team with supportive comments, kind words and a good ol’ ‘merican
slap on the ass. Andy Wacker gives the best ass wacks, hence the name. And that Shannon Payne, yeah, her slaps hurt pretty bad! Again, hence the name.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The grandioseness of the weekend did not set in until I
began to see all the uniforms: South Africa, Wales (just one), Eritrea (it
looked like a 2:10 marathon uniform, and it was worn by four-time WMRA Long
Course runner up and 2012 & 2013 WMRA Grand Prix Champ, Azerya Teklay),
Ukraine, Italia (that’s how they spell it on their jersey), Norway, Slovenia,
Mexico, Australia, Germany, Japan (another solo), Romania (the Romantic
Romanian Runner Ionut Zinca) and many more. Even Kansas! I finally met fellow
Inov-8 teammate and obstacle racer-extraordinaire, Cody Moat—it’s difficult to
miss a bright red jersey with a foot as an 8 on it. I searched for another
Inov-8 team member, friend and all-around good guy, Scott Dunlap, but he was
somewhere gathering his strength for the Ascent/Marathon Double and knew that
he had to partake in our now-traditional celebratory beer on the Peak after the
race. Team Colorado was well represented with Stevie "Sunshine" Kremer, Brandy "Mile-A-Minute" Erholtz, Donna "Gar-Gute" Garcia, Amy "Chef l'équipe" Perez, Simon "Gute" Gutierrez, Sage "The Rage" Canaday, Neil "Big McD" McDonagh, and myself, Le Prez, as they say in France.<br />
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The start line looked intimidating with all the cleanly shaven legs (except for Team USA’s Zach Miller, you need to join the club, Zach!) and intense looks. My ego wouldn’t fit on the front line, so it was pushed back to the second row of the start line. It was, by far, the most competitive race the Pikes Peak Ascent has ever assembled, but I knew that the race was not won in the first mile so I had to run smart and know if I did I would deserve that beer at the top.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: right;">Zach: refusing to join the club. Wacker: doing his best chicken leg impression. photo: Eddie Metro</td></tr>
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The starting cannon detonated and either
gave you an additional shot of adrenaline or stopped your heart momentarily. I
did not fall down so I guess I received the former. There goes fellow Team
Coloradan and 3 X Ascent Champion, Simon “Gute” Gutierrez, to the front in his
patented lead-out sprint. Oh, what’s this!? The guy with the freshly shorn legs
and pretty hair, Andy Wacker, goes by Gute at an even faster cadence. It is
times like these that I wish auctioneers would commentate on races in the lead
vehicle. Now that would be entertainment!<o:p></o:p></div>
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The lead pack is three times the size it usually is during
the Ascent and I felt like I was in a swarm of bees that had just had their
hive kicked, buzzing and eager, almost angry. Apparently, I was eager, too,
because a 6-flat first mile on the road climb to the Barr Trailhead can lead to
the death sentence in this race. Oh well, can’t take that back now!<o:p></o:p></div>
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The next section, the Ws, is one of the toughest sections of
the race, in my opinion, with its long and steep switchbacks that appear as Ws
on an aerial map. It seemed I wasn’t moving fast enough because the entire
Italian contingent went by me in a matter of about 10 seconds, each one saying
“sorry” to me as they passed. They were so nice in their competitiveness. I
think the English translation would have been, “get out of my way you American
with a fairly decent mustache!” Next a Mexican went by me, then others that I
didn’t recognize because all I witnessed was their asses. That’s what happens
with steep grades, you get right on someone’s shoulder but really you are face
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: right;">Brandy talks as fast as she runs! photo: PikesPeakSports.us</td></tr>
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I had a short chat with the Scottish-Coloradan, Ryan Smith
(first UK finisher--Scotland is still part of the UK, you know!--living in Colorado has done him well.). He was thoroughly
impressed with how loud I was belching 2 miles into the race. We did a great
job of entertaining ourselves amid the misery of the climb…and it had just
begun. As the saying goes, misery loves company…and it does!<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">After the Ws did a good job of stringing out the field, I
found my self running with Thomas Cornthwaite of England. I only understood half
of what he said with his thick accent, but I appreciated every word as it took
my mind off the hard uphill grind. We fed off each other like a proper English
breakfast and pushed the pace when it began to slow. Every time I went by him
it was, “You look crackers!” or “Bloody Good, mate!” My encouragement was usually a
slap on the ass and some American words that he hopefully couldn’t understand…just
so we could be on the same page. It was working! We were gradually catching and
passing runners who had underestimated what wrath the mountain could impose.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zach Miller likes to chomp bananas! <br />
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We caught and passed an Italian, an American, some more
runners, then Gute just before Barr Camp. His race strategy was to go out hard
the first half and bank some time for the second half. This is where I told
myself the race was to begin, even though I had already had almost 70 minutes
of hard racing and jockeying for position, I had to convince myself this is
where it started. We acquired Gute in our train to the Peak and continued to
catch the carnage on the trail like Pac Man chomps up fruit. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The next couple of miles was like purgatory, it had to be
done to breach treeline and face the most difficult section of the course, A-Frame
to the summit (3 miles) aka the surface of the moon, where you are either
struggling or have already turned into a zombie. We spotted more runners up
ahead! As Thomas and I approached, he stated who the runner was (Emanuele Manzi
of Italy) and excitedly exclaimed “Maaaanzi, gooud runnah!” (That’s the best
New Castle accent I can hope to impart in written word). I knew the field was
world class and everyone we came in contact with now held an impressive resume,
so I seemed to be acquiring 1UPs with every person I passed. One more person
and I would have the ability to throw fireballs! Well, I already had so much
red on I looked like I was on fire: racecar red Inov-8 jersey and hat, razzel red
Swiftwick Aspire 4 socks and the new rad red, ectoplasm green and black
TrailRoc 245 (next season’s color, keep an eye out, you can’t miss them…they're bright!).<o:p></o:p><br />
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I came up on Ionut Zinca, the Romantic from Romania, who
placed 3<sup>rd</sup> at last year’s WMRA Long Course Challenge, and we
exchanged a few words before he accelerated off ahead at such a difficult point
in the race to do so. This explains why he was 3<sup>rd</sup> last year! I felt
good, I had trained for this and I was racing to plan. How many more pieces of
fruit could this Pac Man get? I looked down the switchbacks and saw friend and
recent training partner Marco Sturm of Germany running well and making up
ground. Gute was still right there, don’t ever count him out even though he is
almost 50. Where did Thomas go, he was just right with me!? Marco’s high
altitude prowess was due to his month of training and living on Pikes Peak
before the race. After seeing him up on the Peak every time I was up there we
got together for runs, found him Team Colorado housing in Manitou Springs and he even
defected to the Colorado! (Not really, but he is still staying in Manitou
Springs as of early September.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marco Sturm: elite mountain runner, cat sitter.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stevie "Sunshine" Kremer shows that mountain who's boss! photo: PikesPeakSports.us</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: right;">Neil, exorcizing the demons! photo: PikesPeakSports.us</td></tr>
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2 miles to go and close ahead I could see Zinca passing a pair
of runners. I followed suit and decided I needed to do the same. It was Amed
from Mexico and Mei from Italy. I had no idea what place I was in at this point.
I could have been anywhere from 7<sup>th</sup> to 15<sup>th</sup> from my rough
calculation, but the brain doesn’t really function properly at 13,000 ft. My
brain did know to run as hard as I could with as little oxygen as was
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1 mile to go. I couldn’t tell who the black singlet belonged to until I passed him, Stefan Hubert, Germany’s top runner.The front side of the German uniform is red, that's a sneaky trick! One foot in front
of the other, the senses are getting blurred now. Struggling runners. I am
struggling, but I am still passing them. How!?!? With a half mile to go, you
encounter the crippling rock scramble which is lovingly referred to as the 16 Golden Stairs. As the
name indicates, 16 tightly weaved switchbacks over boulders make 15 meters seem
like 800. For lack of better terms, a real kick in the balls! Zinca is slowing
to a crawl, am I really going to pass him!? I hear someone yell “10<sup>th</sup>
place!” Are they referring to me or someone else? Halfway through the stairs
Zinca willingly moves over and allows me to crawl by. BluhBluhBluup--1UP! I
needed that extra life!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Within a half mile of the finish, I am energized again by a red, white and blue-clad superhero
perched on a precipice, waving an American flag, mullet flowing in the breeze
and muscles rippling in the vacant-atmosphere sunlight. Could it be!? Captain
‘merica!? He vaguely resembled my Team Colorado teammate, Brandon Stapanowich. This
put a smile on my misery-stricken face for the first time in 2 hours and 20
minutes. I still couldn’t let up since Zinca was hot on my tail. I knew the
last two minutes of the race are among the most painful I would experience in
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Last turn! Don’t catch your toe on that boulder! Don’t fall
over! No “Sorry” was whispered from behind and I cross the line to a
congratulatory high-five from race director, Ron Ilgen, and all of a sudden the
world is audible again. I placed 9<sup>th</sup> overall in 2:21:11, a 5:28
personal record on the mountain, along with being 6<sup>th</sup> American and
behind only two Italians and one Eritrean. I was interviewed by the local
newspaper the previous week, The Colorado Springs Gazette, and was asked what I
thought my chances were of winning the race. “Top 20 would be amazing, top 10
would double amazing, winning would make me famous pretty quickly,” was my
response. Silly questions solicit silly answers. In previous years, my time
would have made me famous pretty quickly, but I was extremely happy with “double
amazing.” My “double amazing” time this year would have “made me famous pretty
quickly” in a few past years. Just to display how competitive the race was, 23
males broke 2:30 and 16 women broke 3:00, while only 3 men and 4 women broke those
respective barriers in 2013. Women’s winner, Allie McLaughlin, ran the 3<sup>rd</sup>
fastest women’s time in race history. 4<sup>th</sup> place finisher from last
year’s Ascent, David McKay, was 22<sup>nd</sup> this year…and that is even with
a faster time! Holy <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Schiße, as they
say in Germany! </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Holding hands with RD Ron Ilgen at the finish, and Nora, the First Lady quick to hold me up so I don't fall over.<br />photo: PikesPeakSports.us</td></tr>
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I would like to congratulate all of the participants--winners
as well as those whose goal was just to reach to finish in under the cutoff
time. To the US men’s and women’s team for both capturing the individual and
team gold medals (Individuals: Team Coloradan Sage Canaday and Colorado Springs native Allie
McLaughlin; Women's Team: Allie McLaughlin, Morgan Arritola, Shannon Payne, Stevie Kremer, Nuta Olaru; Men's Team: <span style="text-align: right;">Sage Canaday, Andy Wacker, Eric Blake, Joe Gray and Zach Miller</span>). Thanks to those on the US Team for making me feel like I was part
of the team, even thought I was not. After all, the slogan for Pikes Peak is
“America’s Mountain.” Alanis Morissette would say “isn't it ironic…don’t you
think?” I would say "it's coincidence" because, after all, it is in America.<br />
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The best part of the event, and reason why I love the sport
so much, is celebrating with the amazing people after the hard effort is over.
In this case, we had the Team World Pool Party at a little watering hole called
La Piscina (thanks Brandon, how do you always seem to miss your own party!?),
where 50+ people from all over the world turned it into the “Official
(Unofficial) Post Race Party.” Because, in the long run, becoming famous is not
all that important…but it definitely does help your popularity at the after
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Chest bump to Manitou Springs: <a href="http://www.koaa.com/videos/runners-race-to-the-top-of-pikes-peak/">http://www.koaa.com/videos/runners-race-to-the-top-of-pikes-peak/</a></div>
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<i><span style="color: blue;">Team Colorado: </span></i>First of all, congratulations on your victory at the World Long Course Challenge at the Pike Peak Ascent in a time of 2:10:03, not to mention your Uphill Challenge at OR, Speedgoat…so many others that we don't want to have you sit through the long list…and I'm sure you know them all, you were there!<br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yl930ciHSmI/U_pnk6QQP0I/AAAAAAAADnk/2oifffhOEE8/s1600/collapsing-giraffe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yl930ciHSmI/U_pnk6QQP0I/AAAAAAAADnk/2oifffhOEE8/s1600/collapsing-giraffe.jpg" height="200" width="195" /></a>The last time your ran the Pikes Peak Ascent you struggled badly the last few miles. You were described as looking like a one of those collapsing animal toys that springs back up when you release the buttons on either side. Did you feel that way? Maybe we should make a Team Colorado collapsing Sage Canaday doll!? This time you got your <a href="http://www.pikespeaksports.us/group/roadtrailrunning/forum/topics/canaday-makes-good-on-promise-to-himself-wins-pikes-peak-ascent" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow;">piece of Pikes Peak</span></a>. What was your nutrition plan for the race knowing what happened in 2012?</div>
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<i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: red;">Sage: </span></i>My nutrition plan was to fill my Ultimate Direction fanny pack full of gel and consume it in blobs. I was also looking to get in an Avery IPA near the top with about a mile to go, but no crewing was allowed out on the course. If I had that IPA in me I would've cracked 2:10 for sure!<br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C3T7034iCMk/U_pqpGBKt_I/AAAAAAAADns/jmTcSP7zG5U/s1600/10609495_10101789653392055_7507913028930838299_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C3T7034iCMk/U_pqpGBKt_I/AAAAAAAADns/jmTcSP7zG5U/s1600/10609495_10101789653392055_7507913028930838299_n.jpg" height="400" width="400" /></a><i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: blue;">Team Colorado: </span></i>You mentioned that this was the first time you had to pee in a cup (aka get drug tested). That's a bit of a surprise since you have done a lot of other races with larger prize purses. There is quite a lot of money in some of the larger ultra races, which is starting to attract athletes trying to get their piece of the pie. What is your take on drug testing in mountain, trail, ultra running?</div>
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<i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: red;">Sage: </span></i>The more testing the better. For me it was an honor as know I feel like I've finally made it in the sport (since I got tested). I think to really catch people they need to do out of season testing and always make it a surprise, though!<br />
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<i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: red;">Sage: </span></i>I don't have a high enough Vo2max to take it out hard like a lot of the guys so I was pretty forced to sit back and wait. I knew from some workouts that my strength this year was probably going to be the last 3 miles so I waited until then to make my move. It really wasn't a strong move as my motto in this section is "just don't walk," but at the time it felt intense. I got an extra boost of energy when I saw first and second place close together and I figured if I didn't give it everything I had to try catch up and win I'd regret it for the rest of my life. With about half a mile to go I put my head down and gave it everything I had...including a slow powerhike up the golden stairs (which was all I could muster).<br />
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<i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: blue;">Team Colorado: </span></i>If you could have any nickname, what would it be? "Rage" was a nickname in college, but you don't seem like an angry person. We also don't want to refer to you as a shrub or a philosopher, if you are not into that.</div>
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<i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: red;">Sage "The Rage": </span></i>You haven't seen the anger come out yet! Consider yourself lucky. The Rage gets going only after a six pack or two...<br />
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<i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: blue;">Team Colorado: </span></i>You have been racing, nay, dominating races this year. What is up next for you?</div>
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<i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: red;">Sage: </span></i>I'm going to do the Rut 50km SkyRunning World Series Ultra Final. Killian Jornet is supposed to come so it will be an intense race!<br />
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<i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: blue;">Team Colorado: </span></i>We know of this Kilian, he was in one of our blog posts once and was <a href="http://teamcolorado.blogspot.com/2013/10/ultra-race-of-champions-sufferfest.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow;">pretending to be Miley Cirus</span></a>. You know, if you take out your time from this year's Pikes Peak Ascent but you keep in the The Prez's time, he has run a faster time than you did back in 2012 (2:21:16). How do you feel about that? Does it make you angry? Are you feeling the "Rage" now?</div>
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<i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: red;">Sage: </span></i>I'm happy for The Prez. He put down a solid race!<br />
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<i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: blue;">Team Colorado: </span></i><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">We were just testing you to see if you turned green and got all muscly!</span></div>
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<i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: red;">Sage: </span></i>Nope, not yet.<br />
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<i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: blue;">Team Colorado: </span></i><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">On a very important topic, what beer did you have after your Pikes Peak Ascent victory?</span></div>
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<i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: blue;">Team Colorado: </span></i><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Ah, yes, lots of antioxidants in a good IPA. Tell us about your upcoming film, MUT Runner.</span></div>
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<i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: red;">Sage "The Rage": </span></i>MUT (Mountain-Ultra-Trail) Runner is a film project that I'm releasing at the end of next month. It's about a movement I see in the sport in terms of more competition, increased sponsorship opportunities, changes in training philosophy, the role of prize money and falling course records. I've interviewed a lot of top MUT Runners and gotten their take on things as well as included scenic footage from my travels around the world. It's going to be about 25-30 minutes long and will be available on DVD and digital download.<br />
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<i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: blue;">Team Colorado: </span></i><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">I know, I know, you've been itching to do it, so go ahead, plug your sponsors!</span></div>
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<i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: red;">Sage "The Rage": </span></i>Naw, but everyone should follow me on Twitter and Instagram: @SageCanaday. That way you can see all the shameless product plugs from my sponsors!<br />
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Worsts)</b>: Bests would probably be 3<sup>rd</sup> at Rocky Raccoon and 14<sup>th</sup>
at Western States. I felt like I ran a close to perfect race at Rocky Raccoon
and went about hour faster than expected. At Western I moved up all day and was
able to run a fast last 20 miles and felt the best I ever have at that
distance. Worst would have to be my first ultra, the Baker 50 miler. My
nutrition plan going in was lemonade and bananas. It got up to 85 degrees and
was super humid. I led the first 30 miles, then ran with my buddy who caught up
for 5 miles before I started puking everywhere and cramping. I got lost for a
couple miles, but managed to finish 2<sup>nd</sup> in 8:05. I then proceeded to
puke a few more times before somebody called and an ambulance (not cool).
Luckily I didn’t have to go to a hospital, but I was sick for about 2 weeks
after the race. And the time I dropped at the Quad Rock 50. It seems I haven’t
had much luck with the 50s. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I just want to get better, explore a lot, and be able to run until I die. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Cascade Canyon trail in Grand Teton National Park, Trail 666 in Colorado
Springs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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runs. The ones where you get lost, run out of food and water, and wonder if
you’ll ever be done running…those are the best ;)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Trail/Mountain/Ultra Running</b>? Because it’s a blast! My “training” is running on
sweet single track in the mountains every day for long periods of time. That
totally beats trying to sprint around a track really fast. And I’ve found that
running 100 miles is one of the hardest things I’ve done in my life. I don’t
know why but I like training for months at a time and then one day trying to
bring everything together and nail a hundred mile race, it’s pretty satisfying.</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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CO<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lakewood, CO<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hammer Nutrition<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "AR CENA"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>Personal Bests:</b> Running my first 50 miler this year (2014)! Getting to train and do
what I love is the accomplishment for me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Salida Marathon, 1<sup>st</sup> woman, 3:45; 2014 Cheyenne mountain 50k, 1<sup>st</sup>
woman, 4:27:29, CR; 2014 Bighorn 50 mile, 1<sup>st</sup> woman,
8:56:39, CR; 2014 Speedgoat 50k, 4<sup>th</sup> woman, 7:03. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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beyond:</b> Place top 5 in the Run the Rut 50k. Top 5 in the Moab trail marathon.
Next year I plan to run another 50-mile race (perhaps quad rock, or san juan
solstice). I want to plan a running trip to the pacific northwest, run rim 2
rim 2 rim and go to new Zealand or Iceland to run!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Morrison, beaver brooke trail, bear creek trail (into Ouray) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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min uphill repeats<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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marathon, Speedgoat 50k<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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hillygoat.wordpress.com<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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IPA, New Belgium Brewery<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Trail/Mountain/Ultra Running? :</b> Although this is only my second year of trail
running, it feels like a part of my soul. The mountains have always been a
source of inspiration. I spent most of my childhood camping in the mountains
near Fort Collins, CO where I grew up. It wasn’t until after college that I
started to trail run, I had the endurance (I played tennis in college) and I
discovered quickly that uphill was my favorite. Pretty soon I was logging long
hours on the trails, the short distances never seemed to be enough, I always
wanted to explore more trails. I decided to see how I was at the ultra/mountain
running. Turns out I’m hooked and my favorite part about it, is that every day
I can enjoy the mountains and trails, but there’s always more to explore!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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have a hard time smiling for cameras, instead I make silly faces. I love to be
outdoors and in the mountains, it’s where I feel most connected to myself and
the world. I giggle a lot too, so watch out, cuz it’s contagious. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268723254802329743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980252394344454393.post-84270072168137228562014-06-29T17:44:00.003-07:002014-06-29T22:41:12.907-07:00Loon Mountain Race & Cranmore Hill Climb interview with co-RD, Paul Kirsch #NoSafeWord<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last year we sat down with the 2013 Cranmore Hill Climb and 2014 Loon Mountain Trail Race co-RD, Paul Kirsch. We also followed up with him about this year's </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Loon Mountain Race, which serves as both the women's and the men's</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> US Mountain Running Championships, he insisted we do it while running up the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Upper Walking Boss. Loon Mountain Race takes place July 6th in Lincoln, NH. BE THERE!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>First of all, thanks for fixing it to make sure that our Team Colorado made the US Mountain Running Team back in 2013. Well, what I mean by that is creating the most difficult course you could imagine, not actually setting boobie traps or secret aid stations. You have put this race on in many different forms in the past, how did you come up with this course?</i></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I always look for the World Champs course profile and then try and mimic the profile. Some years that takes 4 or 5 potential course passes. This year, the first course myself and Paul Bazanchuk (or Pavel X2, as we like to call ourselves) measured fit the profile pretty perfectly. </span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>What did you think of having a guy with a golden mullet in the race (we won't use any names here--just a photo)?</i></span></div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AUuFaZDmRI4/U7CjrHDH8xI/AAAAAAAADhQ/hU7dS2HtLPE/s1600/IMG_1554.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AUuFaZDmRI4/U7CjrHDH8xI/AAAAAAAADhQ/hU7dS2HtLPE/s1600/IMG_1554.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The pre-mullet look, where he had flowing golden locks my wife referred to as "The Mountain Running Bobby Brady". I am guessing he turned it into a mullet because he knew I had a Tiki like Greg Brady had in Hawaii and he wanted to avoid the curse. I know, I didn't really answer your question.</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>People always ask, some complain, about why the National Mountain Running Champs is always in the northeast. Why are you hogging it, why can't we hold it in Colorado?</i></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's not really all of New England hogging it, it's just New Hampshire. It's closely tied to the First in the Nation Primary. It's written into the New Hampshire constitution that "Our Primary will be one week before every other state and we will always host the mountain championships". Thanks to our forefathers for connecting the two important parts of our democracy. A lot of people know about the state slogan, "Live Free or Die". A lot of people don't know that the runner up slogan was "My Life is Going Uphill". That gets lost in the history books.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Besides that, one of the goals of the championship is to have a course that closely resembles the World Championship course. Team USA's results have proven why that is important. We want the best people for the World course representing Team USA. That being said, we would love to have the mountain champs in other places. There is some potential to Bend putting in a bid for 2015. I hope that happens. I want this wonderful sport to get plenty of exposure across the country. If you know of race directors interested, tell them to contact me. I think sometimes people get intimidated at the thought of hosting a National Championship. I would love to help work with some other Race Directors to help support them hosting it as well. You will never find more appreciative runners than mountain runners.</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I recall one irate person saying that a race at Cranmore is not a "real" mountain race because it does not have a lot of elevation gain and loss, no tree line, no high altitude. What do you have to say to that, other than a two word response?</i></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mountain running to me is a pretty big tent. That makes even more sense since a mountain is typically a tall pointy triangle shape, just like a tent is. There are a lot of different types of mountain races, some are much longer distances, some are much shorter. Skyrunning races tend to be much longer (they also have a Vertical K) whereas the ones that the US Mountain Champs are meant to mirror are ones that meet the guidelines of the World Mountain Running Association, usually around 12K total in distance, with some specific vertical ascent/descent. But to me, running up and down steep mountains, no matter whether it's rock or grass or road, it's all mountain running. I think sometimes people associate final elevation with level of difficulty. You can have a pretty killer mountain race that starts at sea level. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It used to be 10 years ago that all trail, mountain and ultra running events were looked at as "not real running" like road races were. We've moved past that now with golden mulleted runners who can qualify for the Olympic trials and also excel in the mountains and trails so that mountain running is now "real running". So now, I guess we all get to debate which is the most "real mountain running". That's progress. For me, I just love all of the different mountain running events, short, long, rocky, whatever. I don't see the need to define one or the other as the real thing. They both are, in their own way.</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Planning an event like this has got to be time intensive. I heard you can't speak for a couple of days after the race because you have gone hoarse. You also have a full time job…and two kids...two dogs...and a wife. How is that possible?</i></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mountain running truly has changed my life. It's why I started running. It's how I go to my happy place every day. I do hope that I am playing some small part in helping support these athletes in their own quests.That helps keep me going on the short sleep nights. I also love the adrenaline rush of directing an event. I'm a much better race director than I am a racer so, you go with your strengths.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think it will continue to go uphill- except every other year when it will go up and downhill.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are going to see more people from "traditional running" and also from nordic sports give it a try. The success of the US Team and our athletes is opening up eyes. Look at the field at Cranmore this year- we had the usual suspects but we also had an Olympic Road Marathoner (Magda Boulet) and a recent college graduate who made the team in his first mountain race (Zach Ornelas). I think we are going to see a lot more of that. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have two answers to that. The first is, my favorite beer is the free beer. It's always the best one. My second answer is much like the comment about what is real mountain running. I have lots of favorite beers depending on the situation so not a specific favorite. If I need cheap, light and fast (much like you) it's PBR. Otherwise, I tend to like either very hoppy IPAs, which covers a lot of New England or a good chocolate stout. If I really had to pick one, it would be Anchor Steam. I know that isn't from New England, a hoppy IPA or a chocolate stout so I guess I've failed at this answer. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0070c0;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, it was the qualifier for one men’s team spot back in 2006 and then was the qualifier for the women’s team in 2012. This year’s uphill race actually has a decent amount of downhill and Loon has some spots so it was the perfect course for it. I was psyched to be able to host again. Some people host big New Year’s Parties, I seem to host mountain team qualifiers.</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0070c0;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started the race back in 2006, planning it with Dave Dunham and Richard Bolt. But Chris and acidotic RACING took it over in 2011 and I stayed on to help out.</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0070c0;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Technically, there is no other race called “The Loon Mountain Race” so I guess that is what makes it unique.</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0;">But in terms of the race, I have heard it described as the most like a European-style mountain race of any race in the US. It gets increasingly harder the further you go up the mountain. It is also the only race whose slogan (“no safeword”) provides some fairly offensive search results when you search it on Google or Bing, although technically no one not named Gates uses Bing, even William Frederick</span></b><span style="color: #0070c0;">.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0070c0;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes. Sort of. The women’s course will be the same as 2012 when it was last a qualifier. It will have little bit more at the very end. The men’s course has another 2 mile trail section that goes through the Nordic trails. It’s a cool addition, in my opinion. It has some mud, some single track, a few rocks and roots too. The World’s Course in Italy this year has some up and down variety on it, so this should be a good test for that course as well.</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0070c0;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He did not. One town over from Lincoln, is Woodstock, New Hampshire. That was named after Snoopy’s friend Woodstock. Most people don’t know that. This kind of ties the whole interview together as it is also the home of the Woodstock Inn and Brewery, which makes some amazing beer.</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0070c0;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The CRA was started by some forward thinking people in the world of college running. Steve Taylor, the coach at the University of Richmond, helped spearhead it. Their goal is really to give college students exposure to all of their post-collegiate running options, including trail and mountain running. Chris Dunn and I are honored that they picked Loon for the inaugural mountain champs.</span></span></b></div>
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Some media from the Cranmore Hill Climb 2013:<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZgwveRsxlc" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow;">Race video</span></a> by Rich Bolt (no relation to Usain Bolt)<br />
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<a href="http://www.usmrt.com/10th-nacac-mountain-running-championships-results" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow;">USMRT</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.coloradorunnermag.com/2013/07/28/2013-us-mountain-running-team-announced/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow;">Colorado Runner Magazine</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://endurancesportswire.com/gray-and-arritola-victorious-at-usa-mountain-running-championships/?utm_source=Endurance+Sportswire+Newsletter&utm_campaign=fbb0a82cfc-ESW+Tue.+7%2F23%2F13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1b649c18af-fbb0a82cfc-244431645" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow;">Endurance Sportswire</span></a><br />
<br />Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268723254802329743noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980252394344454393.post-83521281930235899592014-05-25T11:32:00.000-07:002014-05-25T11:32:03.819-07:00Team Colorado Welcomes Kerrie Bruxvoort<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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Broomfield, CO<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Honey Stinger, DryMax Socks, Bliz Eyewear<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Personal Bests (or
Worsts):</b> One of my favorite experiences was at Run Rabbit Run 50 in Steamboat
this past year. It was one of those races that felt easy and was truly
enjoyable from start to finish. That doesn’t happen very often! Also, my first
ultra ever was the Mesquite Canyon 50K in Arizona in 2012. I felt amazing that
day and managed a solid course record and third overall.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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this past year was the UROC 100k. I was having a wonderful day until about mile
40 when I got behind on calories and could no longer eat anything. It was a
100% suffer fest for about 25 miles. I was staggering around in the dark dizzy
and nauseated and talking to myself. It was rough!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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I know I have lots of room for improvement when it comes to speed, so I’d like
to work on that. I’ve been running a lot of longer, more technical races, so my
strength and endurance have increased, but my speed has taken a hit for sure. I
hope to improve my times over 2013 at Dirty 30, Speedgoat and TNF 50 San
Francisco. H.U.R.T 100 in Hawaii and Hardrock 100 are both on my list. My main
goal is to continue to enjoy and appreciate every experience and to hopefully
inspire my two daughters to be strong and follow their dreams!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Sanitas, Boulder Area Trails, Aspen Four Pass Loop, Mosquito Pass, Fish Creek
Falls in Steamboat, - anything steep, dirty and rocky!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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workout:</b> Mt. Sanitas repeats. Mt. Sanitas is easily accessible and I know I can
get a lot of great technical running done in a short amount of time. It’s a staple in my training regimen!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite races:</b> The
gnarlier the better. Anything with insane amounts of rocks, roots, altitude and
climbs. I love Zane Grey 50 in Arizona, Speedgoat 50K in Utah and the Dirty 30
here in Golden, CO. I’d really love to run some mountain races in Europe to
experience that whole different race scene.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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I will be starting a blog very soon! Until then you can follow me here and <a href="http://teamcolorado.blogspot.com/">teamcolorado.blogspot.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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most beers, but right now in my fridge I have: White Rascal (Avery), and Orabelle
by Great Divide. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Running?: </b> Mountain running brings joy,
freedom, balance and simplicity to my life. It’s a great time to be alone with
my thoughts and find inspiration from my surroundings. I love running ultra
trail races because the task is so primal and simple (one foot in front of the
other), yet so very humbling. Living and running in Colorado is truly a privilege.
And you can’t find a better group of people anywhere! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: white;">I have two daughters, 7
& 9 and a husband who love to come and support me at my races. I couldn’t
do it without them!</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: white;">I also have a great
group of friends to run and train with here in the Boulder area. I feel very
lucky!</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: white;">I’m a Girls on the Run
Coach- Love those crazy kids!</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: white;">I cracked the bone on
the side of my right ankle at mile 4 at Western States in 2014. It grew back a
bigger bump than before, now I have to cut the side of all my shoes!</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: white;">I love Pina Colada
Jelly Bellies</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: white;">I’m afraid of getting
devoured by a Mountain Lion</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: white;">I love coffee almost as
much as beer</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: white;">I have a love affair
with the stair climber at my gym</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: white;">I do cheesy workout
videos in my basement</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: white;">I try not to take
myself too seriously, especially when racing. It’s all about having fun and
enjoying the experience!</span></span></li>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Watch your back! </b> At the Stump Jump 50k in Chattanooga, TN it rained pretty hard all day making the roots and mossy rocks super slippery. At mile 2, I was crossing a wooden bridge and slipped sideways and got my leg caught under the crossed wood. I pulled it out, hobbled a bit and started running again. It was so damn slippery! I fell countless times. The most memorable fall happened as I was climbing a rocky, mossy ridge behind a group of guys and I lost control of my feet and lunged forward. To help break my fall, I reached out for the closest thing to grab, which happened to be the guy's ASS in front of me. With a good-sized hunk of his butt in my hands I continued forward and did a face plant on his ass as well. It was pretty embarrassing and I apologized profusely. He turned and said, "Thanks for the ass massage! Can I have another?". You gotta love ultra runners. It's such a great crowd! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Age:</b> 36<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Hometown:</b> Denver, Colorado<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Current residence:</b> Denver, Colorado<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Sponsors:</b> <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Runners Roost,
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7k: 27:03, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Snowmand Stampede 10
Miler: 1:05; </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Arizona Rock ‘n’ Roll
Half Marathon: 1:26; </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Colfax Marathon: 3:08; </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Bear Chase 50K: 4:35; </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Silver Rush 50M: 8:58; </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Leadville 100: 26:54</span><br />
<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">WORSTS</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">DNF’ing (we're making new words!) two 100
milers in a 5 week span was not my favorite time </span><br />
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Steamboat Half Marathon 2008; </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">1</span><sup style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">st</sup><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> Female, Steamboat
Marathon 2010, 2011; </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">1</span><sup style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">st</sup><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> Female,
Bear Chase 50k, 2011; </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">2</span><sup style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">nd</sup><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> Female,
Colfax Marathon 2011; </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">2</span><sup style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">nd</sup><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> Female,
Run Rabbit Run 100, 2013 (Tortoise division!); </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">3</span><sup style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">rd</sup><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> Female,
Leadville Marathon, 2010; </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">5</span><sup style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> Female
Silver Rush 50, 2013</span><br />
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baby!; </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Goal #2 – Return to my
former glory in some form; </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Goal #3 – Run a sub
1:25 Half Marathon, sub-3 marathon, Sub 25 Leadville 100, gain entry to
Hardrock 100 and UTMB, Finish Hardrock 100 and UTMB, Sub 8-hour 50 miler
(course TBD). I could go on forever! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite trails:</b> <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4-Pass Loop, Maroon
Bells, Aspen; </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Pawnee Buchanan Pass
Loop; </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Barr Trail (seriously!); </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Mesa Trail, Boulder; </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Ptarmigan Peak, Summit
County; </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Much of the; Leadville
100 course; </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Kepler Track, New
Zealand; </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Routeburn Track, New
Zealand</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">This past Saturday I attempted to
run the tough Quad Rock 50 miler. Going into the race my goal was to win and
set a new course record, preferably under 7:30, and walk away with $600 in my
pocket. Having never seen the course before I had no clue that chasing that
goal would almost certainly spell disaster. Nonetheless come race morning I
found myself running with the leaders the first 25 miles already sensing I may
have bitten off more than I could chew. The pace was fast from the start as we
tackled the course that boasts 11,000 feet of elevation gain. Ryan Burch, Paul Hamilton,
Jim Rebenack, and I were crushing our quads on the downhill (led by Ryan), and
hammering the uphill (led by Jim). Near the end of the first loop Jim had about
an 8 minute gap on me and I had about a 5 minute gap on Ryan and Paul who would
both drop at the 25 mile mark. With my pace well under the 9:00 minute miles I
needed to run to sneak under 7:30, I was trying to stay calm while I felt the
fatigue really setting in after heading out for my second 25 mile loop. Only
two miles later I got an update that Jim was only 7 minutes up, and I foolishly
started pushing hard to catch him on the big climb that was in front of me. This
was where I really started burying myself. In a short 3 miles I managed to get
to the top of the climb and catch Jim shortly after. As soon as I caught Jim he
really picked up the pace and we began another quad crushing decent. I was
going nearly all out trying to keep up and watched Jim catch his toe a few
times which led me to believe I still had the advantage. I was definitely tired
but I was still moving really fast 30 miles into the race. Just before the aid
station at mile 32 Jim caught his toe and went down hard. He said he was fine
so I left him and decided this was where I was going to break away. After a
quick transition through the aid station I started plugging my way up the next
big climb. This is where things started getting pretty difficult; I was working
really hard, but the pace on my Garmin was quickly slipping upwards. I looked
back and couldn’t see Jim down any of the switchbacks and knew I had at least a
few minutes on him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Near the top of the climb I took
another gel (I had been taking one every 30 minutes), and promptly threw it up
along with all the other ones in my belly. My stomach hadn’t been feeling great
but that really took me by surprise. The last time I threw up while running was
in my first ultra, about a year and a half ago, and that was for good reason. I
tried to stay positive and slogged my way to the next aid station less than a
mile away where I was able to drink some soda and begin a 3.5 mile decent to
the mile 40 aid station. Unfortunately, those 3.5 miles were my unravelling, I
vomited a few more times and was having some painful abdominal cramping.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was light headed and it was really hard to
focus on the trail. I knew I needed sugar, but there was no way I could stomach
another gel. It seemed it was all I could do to stay on my feet. About a mile
from the aid station, as I was hidden (not very well apparently) behind a tree
expelling more bile, this time out the other end of my body, Jim came running
past and asked if I was ok. I mumbled a quick yes with my shorts were around my
ankles. I was crushed when he passed me and just focused on getting to the next
aid station and trying to get my stomach settled down. Finally I shuffled my
way into the aid station hunched over and had a seat. Jim had come through a
couple minutes earlier, but I was only focused on myself at this point. I
sipped some water, but over the next hour my stomach never came around and the
thought of 10 more miles in my current state seemed nearly impossible. The aid
station workers were great and lifted my spirits, but I decided the best thing
to do was pull the plug, and live to run another day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It was one of the more embarrassing
moments of my life, and I felt pretty hollow the rest of the day. People drop
out of ultras all the time, but the fact that my race came to an end due to a
belly ache seemed pretty pathetic. A couple of days removed from the race I’ve
had a lot of time to ponder what happened. I’m not entirely sure why I had
stomach issues, but have narrowed it down to two likely things. One, I just
flat out ran too hard for my own good and my body decided it was going to put a
stop to it one way or another. Or two, I didn’t take in enough electrolytes; I
only had one S-Cap and maybe 6 potato chips. Of course it could have been a
combination of the two, or something else entirely. I’m no doctor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">But, I did learn some valuable
lessons. In ultra-running, it’s always better to be conservative than
aggressive, especially early in a difficult race. The past three ultras I have
run have all been successes. I won the Oil Creek 100 in October, was third at
the Rocky Raccoon 100 in February, and won the Cheyenne Mountain 50k, two weeks
ago. All of which I ran my own race, and stayed patient in the early miles. At
Quad Rock I thought I was too good for that. I thought I could break the course
record no problem, but I couldn’t have been more wrong. Also, I learned I really
need to take better care of myself during ultras. I’ve always kind of winged
it with electrolyte replacement. Just eating potato chips, and maybe taking an
S-Cap every once in a while and hope for the best. Until now it’s worked, but
now I’m looking for smarter ways to replace electrolytes. In the end my failure
at Quad Rock needed to happen. Looking forward to Western States I plan on
being patient and conservative in the first half of the race and hopefully
picking up carnage late. Much like I did at Rocky Raccoon where 3<sup>rd</sup>
place just fell into my lap due to DNFs and blow ups. Until then I’ll be training
hard and finding a solution to my electrolyte replacement problem. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brandon Stapanowich is the epitome of Boston Strong! During the 2005 Boston Marathon, he was having some "issues", you could say, but was so determined to cross the finish line that not even delirium and non-functioning muscles would keep him from that goal. </span></div>
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"Boston 2005 was my second marathon. In all the years since, I'm still not quite sure on the why's but I vividly recall the what's. Fatigue was certainly an issue for the final 6 miles after heartbreak hill, but just after making the left hand turn onto Boylston, my world turned upside down. A wave of sound from cheering spectators hit and I recall becoming euphorically overwhelmed. The next thing I knew, I was on my hands and knees. My legs didn't cramp and I didn't trip on anything. They had just collapsed. With thousands of people watching, I was incredibly embarrassed and a little angry, but when I tried to stand up, I simply couldn't! My watch read 3:07 and the finish line was just ahead. For a brief moment, I weighed the options of barrel rolling or crawling the rest of the way. Ultimately, I determined that crawling would be the most efficient means of a 3:10 finish. After a half an hour and intravenous fluids I was as good as new!"</div>
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"The Boston Marathon is like the hub of the running community. The incredible response from runners all over the nation after last year's tragic event proves even more how supportive, friendly, and tenacious runners are. For me, Boston is a very nostalgic race as it was the first big marathon I ran when I was a naive 19 year old. I was enamored by the experience and from that race grew my desire to compete in long distance races."</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">which puts me in the 2nd Wave wearing # 11831 I'm calling it my 'wrap-around#.' Hahaha, I was #38 back in 1999...."</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"I think this year will be a big 'ole love-fest party scene and I am completely looking forward to the experience!"</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Each of my races do have their own story, but one of my favorites is the year I went out way too fast for meself, and was just suffering by 15+ miles, thinking 'maybe when I see my brother at 17 I will just drop out..' ...then I come up on this guy on CRUTCHES (they allow handicapped participants to start early) and in that moment knew I could at least (SHOULD AT LEAST) finish....so I passed my brother by, and of course I am happier with that decision!!!!!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Fast forward to 2014. We have made the pilgrimage back to the place that holds a few bad memories, but has even greater memories of love and perseverance, both personally and collectively. On Saturday, Nora and many friends and fellow teammates cheered and ran alongside me in the B.A.A. 5k as I gave some of the fastest men and women in the world a run for their money (they won the money, I won the lady and a pretty quick 15:29). Although it's not the marathon, it's a step in the direction of Hopkington."</span></div>
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Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268723254802329743noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980252394344454393.post-1336762772845539682014-04-16T09:46:00.000-07:002014-04-16T09:46:27.392-07:00Inception: Greenland Trail Races<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
Last year, Team Colorado's Neil "Big McD" McDonagh and Peter "The Prez" Maksimow ran the Greenland Trail Races (25K and 50K, respectively) and both took course records. As we get closer to this year's race, we were able to get in the heads of these two during REM sleep to find out what their recollections were. We call it: Inception: Greenland Trail Races. Where you never really know who was dreaming what. You decide!<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Tahoma;"><u>May the 4th (be with you) 2013</u></span><br />
<span style="color: #99cc00; font-family: Tahoma;">I shook the sleep from my eyes an hour before dawn and stepped
outside of my house in Manitou Springs. </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">I always play “You Shook Me All Night
Long” by AC/DC at full volume on the cassette player before dawn of a big race,
Manitou Springs loves it! </span><span style="color: #99cc00; font-family: Tahoma;">The weather seemed refreshingly brisk, which I took as a
good omen for the Greenland race. </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">The weather looks nice, I muse to
myself, but, then again, it always looks nice and turns out to be a giant wind
tunnel at the Greenland Open Space, so I shouldn’t really concern myself with
how nice it looks until an hour INTO the race. </span><span style="color: #99cc00; font-family: Tahoma;">My training had been
relatively unprepared for the step up in distance. </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">I really
wish I could have trained more, this seems like an awful long way to race when
feeling like a wounded duck. </span><span style="color: #99cc00; font-family: Tahoma;">After a quick mid-week jaunt up to Larkspur for a course
preview, my gaps in fitness seemed inconsequential. </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Well, Roger
Bannister didn’t run 5 days prior to breaking 4 minutes in the mile for the
first time, so if I am doing the math correctly that means…uhhhh, three weeks
off before this race is a perfect amount of down time! </span><span style="color: #99cc00; font-family: Tahoma;">Team
Colorado decided to carpool for the race, meaning our chauffeur Nora, allowed a
few last minute zzz’s before hitting the trails. </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">On the ride to the race, the
seats were making me itchy, “what are these things made of, CACTUS!!??”, I wonder. </span><span style="color: #99cc00; font-family: Tahoma;">The rolling hills of Larkspur were teaming with all manner of
Lycra and hydration system festooned ultra competitors. </span><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Tahoma;">As I pull
the last couple of cacti needles out of my arse, I use all of my warm up time
to prepare my spandex and hydration gels packs of salt sticks, and even some
NoDoz in case I get sleepy a few miles in, so that I am well lubricated during
the race.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><span style="color: #99cc00; font-family: Tahoma;">Both races appeared ripe for fast times. </span><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Tahoma;">”Wow, this
is going to be so slow”, I tell the race director Derek Griffiths at the start
line.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><span style="color: #99cc00; font-family: Tahoma;">Even with numerous countdown reminders, the crack of the
starter’s pistol felt rushed. </span><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Tahoma;">Rush…I love that band and I think as I
am caught off-guard when the blerch of the starter’s weird magafone
horn-thingie goes off.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><span style="color: #99cc00; font-family: Tahoma;">Antsy to get in a good groove I made my way to the front
of the lead pack. </span><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Tahoma;">Pack mentality is how I run my races, stalk and attack in a
group…sounds cruel, doesn’t it?</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><span style="color: #99cc00; font-family: Tahoma;">Quickly finding myself gapping the
field, I offered some mental diversion therapy. </span><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Tahoma;">Whoa, there is I-25, I wonder
if they can see me flipping the bird from here!?</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><span style="color: #99cc00; font-family: Tahoma;">I looked off to the right and
saw some grassy hills. </span><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Tahoma;">All I see is blue and yellow-purple hills, I think I need
some calories.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><span style="color: #99cc00; font-family: Tahoma;">Over to the left was Interstate 25. </span><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Yeah,
definitely seeing the bird, I am getting some </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">attention</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"> from people
in cars now!</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><span style="color: #99cc00; font-family: Tahoma;">I focused in on a lone tree way off in the distance, but it
didn’t really seem to be moving any closer and it was depressing me, so I switched
to the ground ten feet in front of me. </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">I realize there is someone at my side
and he has been there the whole time, it wasn’t just the noise of the car horns
that have kept me company for half of the race.</span> </span><span style="color: #99cc00; font-family: Tahoma;">About a quarter of the way in to the race I felt a strange
gurgle in my stomach, unfortunately all too familiar to me. </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">All I can think of is
that line from the Shakespere “boil and bubble…toil and trouble”…it’s probably
not the direct quote but it paraphrasing…I’m in the middle of a race, what do
you expect!? <span style="color: #99cc00;">Being open prairie land, tree coverage
was quite the commodity. </span>It’s like I am getting vibes from some entity
on the course. <span style="color: #99cc00;">I looked left then right and deftly
hopped behind a thicket to make a quick biomass deposit. </span>Wow, this is
the first year there has not been gale force winds on this course…wait, what is
that wretched smell!? <span style="color: #99cc00;">Relieved, in more than one
sense, I was back on the course making up for lost time. </span>I lost some
time because I couldn’t brethe for about a minute there, I think something died!<span style="color: #99cc00;"> A zeroed in sense of directed drive pushed me through
the halfway point. </span>Am I only at the three-quarters point of this reace--this
is really going to take a long time? <span style="color: #99cc00;">Roughly
two-thirds of the way in to the race, again my innards expressed discontent. </span>Why
does this guy at the aid station keep heckeling me and calling me a “wanker”?<span style="color: #99cc00;"> A significantly less camouflaged leafless tree provided
the scantest of privacy for a second bowel evacuation. </span>You really have a
lot of time to think when you are in a race this long, maybe that is why I keep
asking myself so many questions? <span style="color: #99cc00;">Brow sweating from
stress more so than effort. </span>Am I halucinating, did I just see a Gnome?—I
definitely need some energy gels. <span style="color: #99cc00;">Frustration
capped as not five minutes passed before a final fully digested elimination
behind a hedge the size of a garden gnome. </span>OK…almost there…keep
moving…hips are tightening, buttocks <span style="color: #f3f3f3;">is </span></span><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "Lucida Grande";">involuntarily clenching…</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">but this guy is still at my side like flies were
on that gnome back there. </span><span style="color: #99cc00;">Convinced my internal root
cellar empty, I proceeded to bomb back down the course.</span> I wish a bomb
would fall on my head right now, that’s how much I hurt—but NORAD could intercept
it before it hit the ground, DANG IT!<span style="color: #99cc00;"> Amazed that I
had somehow held my lead throughout the ordeal, I figured surging over the last
quarter of the course only made sense. </span>I am definitely hallucinating now
because I was running with someone the whole race and now he has vanished
without a trace.<span style="color: #99cc00;"> I finished the race looking
peaked. </span>This is like a dream and there is the finishd line…but why won’t
my legs move…it’s like they are in wet concrete.<span style="color: #99cc00;"> I
washed my hands promptly after crossing the line. </span>I cross the finish
line to a cheering crowd and I bow to the roaring crowd. <span style="color: #99cc00;">I won the race. </span>I won the race…I thiink?<span style="color: #99cc00;"> I somehow set a course record.</span> I somehow set a…uh
oh, I think I just pooped myself as I bowed.</span></div>
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