Just a quicky howdy 'cause this gal is ty-red. Kate did fantastic, finishing the 100 miles on 28:40:04. She ran a phenomenal race, coming in 4th out of 8 females, and 22nd overall. Lots of DNFs in the 50 miler and probably 6 or 7 (maybe more?) in the 100 miler. It's an extremely challenging course, and I guarantee most of those people had no idea what they were getting into. Russ turned out to be the best pacer Kate could've asked for. He ran the last 40 miles with her, and they had a blast together. As far as the crewing side, it was a very educational, fun, and rewarding experience. I will do a full report later, but suffice to say, I would do it again in a heartbeat. However, it is now 4:35 p.m., and since 5:15 yesterday morning, I've had maybe 1.5 hours of sleep, and that was around 4:30 this a.m. And the night before was not a good night's sleep, nor the night before that. I don't think we can say we're even running on fumes. Like I said, I'll post a report later, and I got some great pictures. Will catch up on everyone's posts from the last two days later.

Morning all.... Carol, congrats on becoming a distant relative of the Clampetts. Nice..... Congrats to Leslie's friend Kate on a super race. Can't wait to read reports from both Leslie and Kate. Leslie, be sure to give us a link of her report when she rests and finally gets one done. Kelly, hope the left hammy gets to feeling better during these next few weeks. Congrats on a mileage PR for the week! Nice hot run you had there Jim. 10 miles in 86 degrees ain't for sissies. YOUR NOT FAT! Have a great week everyone......Jewels

Good Morning Everybody! Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend - enjoying the Olympics & such! Our people are doing well! Good to see the host country getting some gold too! Ahhh, Georgetown.....Oh Where to begin!? this didn't go as well as I'd hoped..... number of finishers: 2039 number of females: 1118 number of males: 921 average time: 2:07:30 bib number: 1895 age: 45 gender: F location: LITTLETON, CO overall place: 1895 out of 2039 division place: 93 out of 107 gender place: 1016 out of 1117 time: 2:46:52.1 pace: 12:44 guntime: 2:49:23.1 Garmin mostly agreed, but measured the course a little long - not that it mattered so much today As you know, the weekend "stay @ the mtn house for better altitude acclimation" got a little modified...even more foibles appeared as we went along.....Sarah, the teammate who was traveling w/me got a huge work project dumped on her about Tues...so even though Friday was a scheduled day off for her, Friday am, she'd text'd that she still had some work to do before she could go, so we backed off departure another 2+ hrs... we'd decided that we didn't necessarily need to go straight to the house, just get up in elevation as soon as possible - Thurs night would have been best...just not really possible...& I'm thinking to time out the logistics of the morning drive in, so taking a big swing around to go up the pass we'll need to traverse in the am (DS had informed me of some road construction that I may need to allow time for - I did!...) & since she's fairly new to CO, we thought that it would be good to do some sightseeing & meet up w/DS & GD in Breckenridge & wander, shop, do lunch etc, before hitting the house for an early turn in.... then the delay.... & then DS called while enrt advising another route modification - fatality accident has my main road closed....two alternate passes later - it just takes alot of time driving around up there...lunch around 3pm! (I had one beer ) a little wandering around Breck...Got an "Old Guys Rule" mug for Doug...Got to the house around 8:30pm! Immediately getting calls about heavy heavy rain/flooding in Denver!...had to make calls to have someone check Sarah's house - she left all her windows open! etc ...ended up being a very restless night, very little sleep!...Up & out by 4:30 am for the 90 min drive to Idaho Springs ( my foot is feeling pretty good at this point) Drats if we didn't get behind a slow driver on the pass!! cost 10-15 mins!! So, we come skidding in @ 6:15 to pick up my packet which was supposed to be picked up btwn 5:15-6:15..& get to the buses! Just chaos!...looked like all 2,000 people waited till 6:15 to catch the buses!! & then wait in line for the port-a-potties... The start gun was almost 10 mins late...people getting fidgety w/the delayed start....They sorta had time line-ups - faster people up front, walkers in the back - except that there were several "packs" of people running together...We had I think 82 TNT people in purple..looked like about that many fuchsia colored Denver Marathoners running together, a couple other training groups were mentioned... 64ish degrees, moderate humidity (patchy fog in lower areas) & crystal clear skies (direct sunlight!) @ the start...The route was a loop around in Georgetown (beautiful little Victorian mining town), then down the frontage road (along I-70) which stays along Clear Creek to Idaho Springs...mostly asphalt & some forest service type road....& mostly out in the open sunshine! gradual 1,000' elevation descent...much gentler than the 1st half (Slacker)... If you can tune out the interstate, it's a pretty scenic race along the river! With all that pent up energy @ the start - lots of folks started out pretty fast! Too fast for me! Dern it! ~ will I never learn!? I was starting to stabilize myself by about mile 2, when I landed hard on a big rock under the ball of my left foot (problem child) something kinda "crunched" w/i a few feet, I took my first walk break....until the burning sensation abated...then pushed on...not real bad at this point - not that good either...couple more miles feeling rubbing on the inside base of the big toes- stopped to relace my shoes...tried another adjustment still further down....both feet hurt like crazy!! watched a coupla people stopping to remove their inserts...I thought about it, but didn't..wasn't sure if I took my shoes off that I'd be able to get them back on!....by mile 9 my mantra was "no whining! just keep moving! Just finish" managed an almost 50/50 run walk in...took in plenty of fluids, but didn't really pay attention to anything else....just get done & get these shoes off!!.... sorta noticed that everybody was crossing the road frequently as it wound around curves to stay in the shade more than working w/the curves....Had one man @ mile 12 ask me which foot I was limping on...I said "BOth!" he shared that he was having trouble as he'd not trained for this distance....he was just a little behind me @ the finish line...The post race activities were held in the center field of the MS athletic fields..ankle deep cool green grass ...I found out that I was only about 5 mins behind my starting group! but 21 mins slower than my Ft. Collins HM....& amazingly, once I took the shoes off, w/in 5-10 mins, I felt pretty good!~ like, if I could just get some different feet, I could run a few more miles!! Weird huh!? & then everybody that I talked to were talking about how hot it was??...that's when I noticed that I was sweat soaked clear through!! I also noticed that my bib # was also my placement #!?? prophetic? I'll have to watch that next time!! I have a few pics that I haven't loaded yet....It really was a beautiful morning! Some of my team had an Excellent day!! http://s232.photobucket.com/albums/ee119/mtnchk1/?action=view¤t=4fe1a870.pbw Sunday: I went along w/Doug & Mairead for a few easy miles on the trail - took out the inserts & still had irritation! ....We went out easy for 4.5 where Mairead & I broke off & did a little creek exploration while Doug went about another 8- 9 more, faster paced .....I'm going shopping for different shoes today!!!

Great RR Cindy! Sounds like at least a 1/2 marathon just getting to the starting line. You did a superb job persevering, and what a beautiful setting! I wonder if some of the foot issues could be due to the downhill?

Once you find a pair that work stay with them. I've lost count of how many pairs of Brooks Adrenaline I have gone through so far in road and trail shoes. On my third pair of Montrail Hardrocks. Makes shopping that much easier-"Brooks Adrenaline, size 8 please" and out the door I go-unless like last week when I had to get the last Brooks running skirt in purpleish with pink stripe-it was in my size! (I did well! I didn't get the Horny Toad shorts I was trying on before!) Kelly

Wow Cindy what a day and weekend, with all that happened you did great to finish. Hopefully your shoe issues are solved. Leslie sounds like crewing allowed u to put away some info for your next race! Kelly sounds like u know what you're doing with that hamstrng, hope it hangs in there for your big race. Carol, I don't think the corvette lust ever goes away, My dad told the chevy dealer when he was 86 he would buy one if Jim and Lynda would let him, like we ever had any control over that . I do wish he would have got to drive one while he could still enjoy it. I drove one belonging to some friends of ours from TX, while we had it out the sirens went off in town, think we gave them a scare thinking it was us. Good job on the runs, you're even crosstraining when u run with doggies duties. A shout out to Jewels and Joe hope you're having a great week. Hope Arla sticks her head in here, thought I saw a recent post from her in the 4m's. No run til wednesday for me.

Mornin' Folks - Good to see everyone still out there gettin it done. Hot, sticky miles? It was sticky this a.m. here, but nothing - not even close - to what a few of you go through. Look at this way - maybe you're burning more calories. Arla - You've been incommunicado for awhile. Where are ya, chicker-oo? Did 1.5 hours of strength/core, then 1/2 an hour of stationary bike. Boy, did it feel good to get some exercise in after 5 days of none. Well, I've been gone from work for two days, so I have a butt-load to do. Later!