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Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 3:06 PM Subject: Incline Club V4 LR #14 Hi all, Yvonne and I are still in catch-up mode but we want to say we are so grateful to all of you that turned out for the wedding run! Looking over the many pictures the one common theme we see is laughing and smiles:-) Our main goal was to have a fun day and it turned into more than we could have ever hoped for! I am sure the memories are going to last Yvonne and I a lifetime. In the short-term I have already caught myself humming the bride song and Chariots of Fire on several occasions. Even the Gazette called the kazoo effort “presentable":-) You all helped make a perfect day for us — we have lots of thank you’s to get out and we are working on it. Post Wedding Contest: Be the first to identify what was put in the sheets of our bed at the reception and win a T-shirt! Translation: You will have to own up to your dastardly deed to win but everyone else should have fun trying to guess the object(s);-) #### Sunday, February 27, 8 a.m. meet in the COG parking lot. Up to Barr Camp and out Elk Park to clearing and back. 3-3.5 hours. Newbies turn back at Barr Camp. If the snow is still deep on Elk Park we won’t go there but instead we will head down Longs Ranch Road and back via the Ute Indian Trail to add on some time. #### Tom K writes: I am still reveling in my newfound “trail feet” and enjoying the security of the sheet metal screws on my shoes on ice and hard snow. And Laura now too shares in this wonderful, effective safeguard against the effects of sudden impulsive bursts of horizontal momentum that inevitably translate into and abrupt vertical gravitational acceleration. I am in a quandary though as to the laws of physics at work when I see Neal T running on icy/snowpacked trails, up like a gazelle, down like a mountain goat, but always staying on his feet. It’s as if he has “ice magnets” embedded in the soles of his feet. On the occasions I’ve run with Neal on hazardous trail conditions, me with my ice screws, he with his ice magnets, and watched him pull away at a rapid rate of run down the trail, it is simply incredible! Amazing! But what now really causes me wonderment, is what I observed this past Sunday during the “Wedding Run.” Neal T, Teresa T, Laur aL, Rick H and I left the Cog Rail parking lot early in order to make the wedding on time, and had just completed the Waldo loop, over ice, snow, rocks, etc., and as we were pulling in to the wedding site, the virtually bone dry, ice-free, snow sparse Waldo overlook, Neal T stops and, inexplicably, falls over onto a cactus. Hmmmmm... could it be that Neal’s ice magnets became ineffective without ice underneath, and a slight gust of wind tipped him over? An inquiring Incliner wants to know what caused Neal T to recline... #### www post: 2/20/2000 The “Wedding Run” was a success:-) Yvonne and I were touched by the turnout for our marriage! 96 people and 9 dogs made it to the ceremony. 59 of the people and 7 dogs got “*”s for running or hiking to the ceremony. Those who came to the club run for the first time but did not run got a “W” for Wedding. 76 kazoos made Chariots of Fire, Here Comes the Bride and Rocky reverberate off the walls of Waldo and Williams Canyon! Apologies to those that did not get a kazoo - 76 trombones may have led the big parade but it was not enough for the big “I DO!” Dan V won the Best Man race and Annemarie W took the Bridesmaid honors. Enough bird seed was thrown to keep the Waldo Canyon bird population fed until summer. Thanks to video analysis of the wedding ceremony the grassy knoll snowball thrower has been narrowed down to two suspects:-) The reception later in the evening saw 18 large pizzas, a huge cake, tons of ice cream, drinks and chips disappear without a trace. Glen A ran the pool table off of a break becoming the first person to do so on my table! Like the last Incline Club party he went undefeated! However this time no one was silly enough to put any money on the table against him;-) #### The wedding run list. If you came to the wedding please check that your name is on the list. Also check on spouses, kids and dogs. As it stands right now we have 96 people and 9 dogs on the list. In general anyone who had been to a club workout this year and came to the wedding got a “*.” Newbies for the year got a “*” if they ran. Everyone else got a “W” for wedding. Regulars who got the “*” Adolf S Annemarie W Bob M Bob Mi Bob N Brenda C Carl B Carol S Cooper (K9) Craig H Dan V Dorian R Doug L Gary H Glen A Harley (K9) Jammie M Jasmine (K9) Joe C John G John M Kees G Keith G Keith L Kelly M Kevin B Kevin C Larry M Laura L Linda R Louise E Lynn H Marty T Matt C Mike L Mike S Nancy H Neal T Paul D Paul S Rick H Robert R Sam (K9) Sid R Squeeza (K9) Steve B Teresa T Thula (K9) Tim H Timothy E Todd B Tom K Tony E Val S Valerie P Victor L Woody (K9) Yvonne F 58 (51 and 7 dogs) Newbies for the year that got a “*” Cindy O David ? John O Judy D Keith S Peg R Roger T Tim A 66 (59 — the new club record — and 7 dogs ) Newbies who got the “W” Bev Z Bijan P Bobbi B Bonnie M Brandon C Deb A Denise V Eck Z Emily M Harald F Jambu Jay B Jeff T Jeri M Jerilee B Jim A John P Kia F Ladd M Larry T Lars T Lauren C Liz S Lori C Luanne R Margie A Marty C Mark A Miles F Nancy Roger A Sid S Sparky (K9) Suellen M 100 Susan M Tom H Willow (K9) Yvonne’s Dad Yvonne’s Mom 105 (96 and 9 dogs) #### Go out hard, when it hurts speed up... Matt Carpenter www.skyrunner.com
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