At the races
A bunch of exciting results posted in the last couple of weeks. I finally had a chance to scan the posts and check up on some friends.
September brought the end of the Slams - both the Grand Slam and Rocky Mountain Slam have finished and after a long summer full of traveling and tough racing a few troopers have made it to the ultimate finish line of their respective series. Darcy Africa overcame an Achilles strain after Vermont and a horrible stomach at Wasatch to be the fastest person to finish the Grand Slam this year! Andy Knight, at 21, became the youngest Slammer. Since 1986, 198 people have finished the Grand Slam.
As the season started Karl Meltzer hadn't even considered the RMS, but mid season decided to throw in Leadville and in the end set a new record in the Rocky Mountain Slam. Ty Draney completed his first Slam in 2nd and Roch Horton finished the RMS for the 2nd time rounding out the top three. Rickie Redland (hosted Skurka and I in Salida) finished the RMS again, 1 of only 2 women this year. The Bear 100 (which is the final race in the RMS) was frigid this year, in fact 2 inches of snow accumulated on the runners as they waited to start and a total of 9 or 10 fell throughout the race. Way to tough it out!
After a rough running season and busy year opening a new running store for Hal Koerner, I was very excited to see his name at the top of the Angeles Crest 100 mile results - CONGRATS Hal! Craig Thornley (Where's Waldo RD) finished top ten, Stacey Bunton (also from Oregon) looks to have had an awesome race placing 2nd female followed closely by Sue Johnston and Stephanie Ehret - Way to go Girls!
Currently fellow NW ultrarunner Scott Jurek is competing in the Spartathalon 246 km race. There is a live feed link; at last check he was leading the race by 6 minutes. There is quite an international field of runners and the top 20 are within 1 hour of each other.
September brought the end of the Slams - both the Grand Slam and Rocky Mountain Slam have finished and after a long summer full of traveling and tough racing a few troopers have made it to the ultimate finish line of their respective series. Darcy Africa overcame an Achilles strain after Vermont and a horrible stomach at Wasatch to be the fastest person to finish the Grand Slam this year! Andy Knight, at 21, became the youngest Slammer. Since 1986, 198 people have finished the Grand Slam.
As the season started Karl Meltzer hadn't even considered the RMS, but mid season decided to throw in Leadville and in the end set a new record in the Rocky Mountain Slam. Ty Draney completed his first Slam in 2nd and Roch Horton finished the RMS for the 2nd time rounding out the top three. Rickie Redland (hosted Skurka and I in Salida) finished the RMS again, 1 of only 2 women this year. The Bear 100 (which is the final race in the RMS) was frigid this year, in fact 2 inches of snow accumulated on the runners as they waited to start and a total of 9 or 10 fell throughout the race. Way to tough it out!
After a rough running season and busy year opening a new running store for Hal Koerner, I was very excited to see his name at the top of the Angeles Crest 100 mile results - CONGRATS Hal! Craig Thornley (Where's Waldo RD) finished top ten, Stacey Bunton (also from Oregon) looks to have had an awesome race placing 2nd female followed closely by Sue Johnston and Stephanie Ehret - Way to go Girls!
Currently fellow NW ultrarunner Scott Jurek is competing in the Spartathalon 246 km race. There is a live feed link; at last check he was leading the race by 6 minutes. There is quite an international field of runners and the top 20 are within 1 hour of each other.
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3 Comments:
Jerker is the best! It was so much fun to watch the live web.
krissy- are you the krissy who is also krissy sybrowsky?
Great job with the blog, Krissy! I was hoping to see you out there at Wasatch, but it sounds like you had other plans. Maybe we'll bump into each other at Nine Trails. Maybe sooner? Drop me an email if/when you're bopping through the Bay Area (graubins@yahoo.com).
Holly says "Hello."
- Garett
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