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Sent: Thursday, December 18, 1997 3:43 PM
Subject: Long Run #5 Reminder
On my run today I saw about 30 big horn sheep — not too rare if you run up scar mountain behind MCI — now I remember why I like to play in the mountains:-)
Just like that, it is that time again! Sunday, December 21, at 8am, bring your rope and your ice axe because this week we are back on the Ute Indian Trail! If I get to the hardware store before Sunday I will bring a bunch of sheet metal screws and a drill. The screws worked well last week but I think I will add a few more to the middle of my shoes.
Sorry, no top excuse list this week:-( After last week’s list I thought for sure we would get some whoppers for this week. But NOOOO! Once the excusees found out that the excusers list the excusees names along with their excuses, the excusees stopped sending their excuses. Well a couple of people did send an excuse, but where is the fun of getting on someone’s case for not coming because they broke a leg?
I have started sending out our mailings with your addresses in the BCC field lest a spammer get a hold of a target group of runners ---> arrrrrghhhh, DIE SPAMMERS DIE! In the event you wish to send a message to the group please send it to me and I will post it here. No, this is not in response to the club lawyer’s “reply to all” last week, but that DID get me thinking how easy it would be for your e-mail addresses to fall into enemy hands. So consider this safe-e-mailing.
On that note, I think it would be neat if we started sharing links and other running information. Over the week the list topped 40 so there must be some interesting stuff out there amongst you! For example, Kevin Ash has found a “Peak Pass” which will allow unlimited trips up Pikes Peak for a one-time price of $50! I know I go up a lot more than (hold on... click, click, click, click, click (50 / 6 = 8.33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333...)) 8 times a year so this is a deal. Watch this spot next week for the details... Again, if you have any other neat stuff you want to share with the rest of us, send it my way.
Top 3 things that can waste valuable brain cells
3) Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable
2) A dime has 118 ridges around the edge
1) ‘Stewardesses’ is the longest word that is typed with only the left
hand.
Did you know?
Not only was Pikes Peak the first marathon to allow women in 1956*, it was the first North American 14er to be climbed by a women in 1858 by Julia A. Holmes.
* However, none showed in ’56 or ’57. The first female competitor, Arlene Pieper, ran in 1958. She was DQ’d when she stopped at the top because there was no “Ascent only” back then. The next year she won the RT in 9:16 thus becoming the first women officially finishing a US marathon.
The proceeding factoid was brought to you because the author of this e-mail felt so bad for posting such a lame top list.
Doug B asked me: If two people go out hard and speed up when it hurts, do they both win? Well that is easy — it depends on who went out harder and who hurt first!
WARNING! This is yet ANOTHER pitiful plug for the skyrunner site...
The site picked up the December 1997 Best of the Net from the Mining Company. The category was jogging/running, personal web sites, author names rhyming with rat, domain names containing run, cities containing the name of a color (they fudged a bit there to let me in because my city name did not contain a color name but they were impressed enough that both the city and the state contain the word Color) They even gave me a little logo as an award while of course asking for the obligatory link back to their site. HEY, I know what you are thinking but just what is the www without links right!? At any rate, they claim they had a 3-way tie for first so the judge... BLAH, BLAH, BLAH excuse me — got a tad bit excited there... If, in fact, you want the scoop just head over to running.miningco.com otherwise, sorry for the, well what shall we call it? SHAMELESS BRAGGING!!!!!! SO THERE, SUE ME! Well on second thought don’t sue me, I’m dealing with
a little incident involving some screws stuck in a runner’s heal right now...
WARNING OFF...
Go out hard, when it hurts speed up...
Matt Carpenter
www.skyrunner.com
The tagline is a joke but if you pull it off I promise you will win every race you enter!
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