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Hatfield McCoy (Read 210 times)

Strings_n_88keys


meh

    posted: 5/9/2008 at 4:36 PM
    Anybody in for the Hatfield McCoy Marathon?
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    #2867

      posted: 5/10/2008 at 8:43 PM
      Never heard of it - where is that one?

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      Strings_n_88keys


      meh

        posted: 5/10/2008 at 9:54 PM
        modified: 5/10/2008 at 9:55 PM
        Quote from Run To Win on 5/10/2008 at 8:43 PM:
        Never heard of it - where is that one?
        The feud that the the festival celebrates is infamous around here. Map of location. It's about as far east as you can go in Kentucky, and splits race between KY and WV. Course Map.
        perfesserr


        Imminent Catastrophe

          posted: 5/11/2008 at 7:59 AM
          modified: 5/11/2008 at 8:05 AM
          I've done it twice, and really had a good time. It's not an easy race--the 3 H's (heat, hills, humidity), but it's a great value, really friendly and enthusiastic volunteers with aid stations every mile(!), and includes a pasta dinner with a somewhat corny but entertaining skit of the feud. You run as a Hatfield or a McCoy. The race director is David Hatfield (yes, that Hatfield). Here's my somewhat long 2007 RR: http://www.runningahead.com/forums/topic/92cae223afe94616822c0a641db4f34a MTA: If you plan to run this, book a hotel room ASAP, there are few rooms in the area. If you can't get one at the Sycamore Inn (pasta dinner location) get on the waiting list, it worked for me both times. Enjoy! One more thing--if you're a 50-stater it can count as either KY or WV.

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          Strings_n_88keys


          meh

            posted: 5/11/2008 at 8:54 AM
            I'm not a 50-stater yet, but I'm trying not to repeat marathon states just in case. Ky Derby Festival marathon is KY and IN, this would be my WVa.
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            #2867

              posted: 5/11/2008 at 4:00 PM
              I'll have to keep that in mind. Where's the dividing line between the two states, the rail road tracks?

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              Strings_n_88keys


              meh

                posted: 5/11/2008 at 8:38 PM
                Looks like inside (SW) of the tracks.
                perfesserr


                Imminent Catastrophe

                  posted: 5/12/2008 at 12:57 AM
                  It's the river.

                  "Able to function despite imminent catastrophe"

                   "To obtain the air that angels breathe you must come to Tahoe"--Mark Twain

                  "The most common question from potential entrants is 'I do not know if I can do this' to which I usually answer, 'that's the whole point'.--Paul Charteris, Tarawera Ultramarathon RD.

                   

                  √ Javelina Jundred Jalloween 2015

                  Cruel Jewel 50 mile May 2016

                  Western States 100 June 2016

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