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OFFICIAL FANS 2012 SITE (Read 401 times)

jjameson


    Please post updates and other trivia for FANS here!

     

    Those in the know please list those in contention and who to watch for......

     

    So, who do we need to pay attention to:  We already know about our very own DB who we will be following closely.

     

    Also:

     

    Carolyn Smith 12 hours

    Harvey Lewis

    Our own WG

    David James ?  not registered yet

     

     

    Please update with others!

     

    Does anyone know how often the FANS site will update?  Real time?

     

     


    Kalsarikännit

      I'm going to provide updates after the 12 hour mark, but I will be doing it in the gsp (rather than updating it in three different forums).

      I want to do it because I want to do it.  -Amelia Earhart

       

      jjameson


        what is gsp?

         

         


        Kalsarikännit

          The main forum. The Great Scary Place with all sorts of road runners, beginning runners, runners with questionable political affiliations, bad musical tastes, and people that put plastic bags on their feet when they run in the rain.

          I want to do it because I want to do it.  -Amelia Earhart

           

          HoosierDaddy


          GreyBeard

            The main forum. The Great Scary Place with all sorts of road runners, beginning runners, runners with questionable political affiliations, bad musical tastes, and people that put plastic bags on their feet when they run in the rain.

             

            still lost

            2020

            • Black Canyon 100k
            • RRR
            • Zane Grey 100k
            • High Lonesome 100
            • Wyoming Range 100 (?)
            • The Bear 100
            • Javelina Jundred (?)
            TeaOlive


            old woman w/hobby

              The main forum. The Great Scary Place with all sorts of road runners, beginning runners, runners with questionable political affiliations, bad musical tastes, and people that put plastic bags on their feet when they run in the rain.

               

              Smile

              steph  

               

               

              xor


                Here is a very weird bit of FANS stuff. Which no one will care about but which makes me super sad about the state of my own club.

                 

                So.... in the Maniacs, one can get credit for Fixed Duration races by hitting a certain minimum mileage.  Turns out that this is 26.2 miles for races declared "8 Hour" and shorter. And 31 miles for races with longer fixed durations.  Say what you want about whether folks should be trying for more than 31 miles if they sign up for a 24 hour race, or whether 8 Hours should be the dividing line. Etc etc.  That's the rule.

                 

                Last Winter, FANS sent me a note asking me if I thought they needed to set up an 8 Hour version of FANS.  Seems that a few Maniacs had been lobbying them to do this because they didn't think they could hit 26.2 in the existing 6 Hour race. And they absolutely didn't want to attempt 31 in the 12 Hour.  31 miles!  So they kept pestering FANS to set up a whole new race.

                 

                I told them no.  Please don't do it, at least not for that reason.

                 

                Yikes.

                 

                GOOD LUCK MIKE, JENNIFER, and others participating and/or crewing this weekend!!!

                 

                   

                   

                   

                  Please update with others!

                   

                   

                  I think we have Buzzie and Don S (Mr. Sullivan as DB puts it) also doing the 24 hour.

                  xor


                    I always thought gsp stood for 'gun shot poon'.

                     

                     

                    ok then

                     


                    Kalsarikännit

                      Turns out that this is 26.2 miles for races declared "8 Hour" and shorter.

                       

                      So you expect people to be able to run 26.2 road miles in under eight hours?  What, your club is for elite runners only?

                      I want to do it because I want to do it.  -Amelia Earhart

                       


                      Kalsarikännit

                        I will post updates here.  And of course I will include Buzzie and Don.

                        I want to do it because I want to do it.  -Amelia Earhart

                         

                        Buzzie


                        Bacon Party!

                          Mixing up my fuel and gathering gear this evening ...

                          (yes, this time I have a working light, batteries, and a toothpick; we'll see if I remember my clothes)

                          Liz

                          pace sera, sera

                          xor


                            A toothpick?

                             

                            Help a brother out.

                             

                            Buzzie


                            Bacon Party!

                              Chia seeds.

                              A woman at NC24 asked whether I needed anything. A toothpick? And, she had one ... it's now in my kit.  

                              Liz

                              pace sera, sera


                              Feeling the growl again

                                 

                                 

                                Last Winter, FANS sent me a note asking me if I thought they needed to set up an 8 Hour version of FANS.  Seems that a few Maniacs had been lobbying them to do this because they didn't think they could hit 26.2 in the existing 6 Hour race. And they absolutely didn't want to attempt 31 in the 12 Hour.  31 miles!  So they kept pestering FANS to set up a whole new race.

                                 

                                 

                                Lordy....

                                 

                                And thanks WG for doing the updates.  I'm looking forward to it.

                                "If you want to be a bad a$s, then do what a bad a$s does.  There's your pep talk for today.  Go Run." -- Slo_Hand

                                 

                                I am spaniel - Crusher of Treadmills

                                 

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