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Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 4:08 PM
Subject: Incline Club V6 - More Stories
Howdy ICers,
Once again the Incline Club will be staffing the 2 mile aid station halfway between Monument and Palmer Lake for the 2nd annual American Discovery Trail Marathon this coming Monday, September 2nd. PLEASE consider coming out and helping cheer and serve the runners!!! The first runners will be through our station just a little after 7:00am and we will need to be there by 6:30am to set up. PLEASE e-mail me and let me know if you can make it and I will send you back more detailed instructions.
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Thanks to all who came to the party! We had a huge turn-out (a new record of 89) and there was even a bear climbing around the trees above our heads! See the www posts at the end for a list of some of the award winners.
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Off season: Lots of people are asking what they should do for the off season. I say you do whatever it takes so that come November you are refreshed enough to feel good about the prospect of starting another season! This may mean no running for some and easy running for others. However I just do not recommend trying to keep up the level of training we have been doing straight through till November. Many have tried and most, including myself, have failed because come May the wheels start to fall off!
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Don’t forget that the TCR Awards ceremony is scheduled for tonight Thursday, August 29th, at 7:00 pm at the Red Lion Hotel (314 West Bijou).
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If you have not filled out your R report please head over to http://www.inclineclub.com/rreports.htm and do so.
Note: Leadville reports start at the bottom.
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PPA/M R reports batch #2 (in the order that they were received)
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The 51 IC Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon stories are archived here:
http://www.skyrunner.com/story/p_stories_02.htm
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Leadville 100 R reports batch #2
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Just too see the impact ICers are having over in Leadville I have compiled a list of those who were racing and pacing. So far the list is up to 28!!!
IC runners (past and present)
2 Paul DeWitt 18:07:02 CO M3
18 Rick Hessek 22:39:53 CO M3
24 David Peak 23:08:18 CO M3
36 Paul Smith 24:15:55 CO M4
52 John Genet 25:05:55 CO M4
54 Eric Gabe 25:33:41 CO M3
68 Neal Taylor 26:41:41 CO M3
94 Brett Pierce 27:49:40 CO M3
141 Stephen Mitchell 29:05:32 CO M4
185 Rick Pearcy 29:50:01 CO M4
188 Todd Burgess 29:55:52 CO M3
Starters
Carol Sauceda — 30 miles
Rick Crawford — 39 miles
Craig Hess — 50 miles
Margrit Trenker — 50 miles
David Wick — 76 miles
Keith Grimes — 85 miles
IC Pacers/Crew:
Connilee Walter (for Rick Hessek)
Fernando Aguilar (for Stephen Mitchell)
John Mills (for Neal Taylor)
John Sullivan (for Keith Grimes)
Kim Kitchen (for Rick Pearcy)
Laura Kelecy (for John Genet)
Neal Oseland (for Rick Hessek)
Paul Sullivan (for Keith Grimes)
Teresa Taylor (For Neal Taylor)
Todd Murray (For Rick Pearcy)
Tom Kelecy (for Rick Hessek, Neal Taylor)
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Keith Grimes
Race = Leadville Trail 100
Goal = Beat 22:08:xx and place in my age group.
Results = DNF — due to pacer Paul Sullivan
General = This was the first time in 5 Leadville starts that I could actually run the downhills without my quads locking up on me. However, somewhere along the way I must have forgot to drink enough fluid and paid for it at about mile 53 when my kidneys started shutting down. Up to this point I was feeling good and was well on my way to my best time ever. Coming out of the turn-around I found myself in 7th place, but not feeling quite right. A few miles later, I thought I pulled my back muscles and could not stand up straight without shooting pain in my lower back. I also became light headed. To make a long story short, the paramedics at the next aid station told me I had all the symptoms of my kidneys shutting down. I knew at this point my race was over, it was just a matter of walk/jogging to the finish or dropping...I felt bad for my pacers since they had come all the way up to the race to pace me. I finally dropped out late in the night around mile 85 while Paul Sullivan paced me. Paul had begged me to dr
op to take the heat off of him from his performance in last years PPM. If you are not familiar, Paul dropped out of the Pikes Peak Marathon at the midpoint of the race. He offered cash. He even offered me favors he had learned while he was in prison. I refused all, but decide to help him out anyway. You are welcome, PAUL SULLIVAN (2001 PPM quitter).
Right = Physically and mentally ready this year.
Wrong = Did not hydrate enough. I was 9 — 10 pounds down at mile 60. This was after sitting and drinking a lot of water. I may have been down as much as 12 pounds of fluid at the time my kidneys started to give me problems.
One other major thing done wrong: selection of pacer — Paul Sullivan (2001 PPM quitter!!). From now on, I will do a background check on all my pacers.
Other Stuff = I just wanted to thanks Connilee for her kind words:
“Yeah, I think you should consider another sport since you wimped out on Leadville this year. Maybe ballet dancing or underwater basket weaving.”
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Rick Pearcy reports:
Race = Leadville
Goal = Finish
Results = 29:50
General = I completed my first Leadville 100 with 10 minutes to spare. I just barely made the cutoff time at Winfield and then had to race cutoffs all the rest of the way back to Leadville. (In retrospect, that probably kept me motivated.) I was lucky that I had no health issues. I did not get sick, no cramps, no blisters, and no bad weather.
Right = Ran with the Incline Club. The long weekend runs mixed with the Thursday strength runs worked out great. But I also ran on the Leadville course four or five weekends over the summer. Knowing the course helped a bunch.
I picked a great crew and pacer. My wife, Kim, and my great friend Todd Murray, crewed for me the first 50 miles. They always had what I needed when I needed it. Todd paced me the last 50 miles from Winfield all the way to the finish. Without his assistance, I would not have finished the race.
My crew and pacer used two-way radios. Great way to keep current with our current location and needs.
My nutritional and fluid schedule worked great. I never got dehydrated or hungry (or sick). I used fluids only (no solid foods)for the entire race. Drank Sustained Energy every 15 minutes.
Wrong = Went out too conservatively (slow). A little more time in the bank would have allowed for a finish despite any “emergencies."
Should have enlisted more help for my crew/pacer. Being on a crew is a huge responsibility and a ton of work (and then endless waiting). More support for the crew could relieve the work load and allow them to sleep. *See details in “Any Other Stuff"
Other Stuff = My wife, Kim, got up with me on Saturday morning at 3:00AM to help get ready for the race. She was at every aid station with all my equipment/fluids throughout the day and all through the night. Right at dawn, after meeting us at the last aid station (Mayqueen) before the finish line, she drove back toward Leadville. She fell asleep and drove off the mountain road, down an embankment, knocking down trees, bouncing off boulders, before coming to rest on the vehicle’s side. She kicked out a bigger hole in the windshield and crawled out of the Pathfinder. She climbed back up to the road, flagged down a vehicle, and went to the ER in Leadville. From a hospital exam table Kim called my pacer on the 2-way radio to say that she “had a little car trouble” and would meet us at the finish line. Kim escaped without serious injury (Thank God- burns on her face from the air bags, an injured wrist, and a couple nights of dreams about driving through the trees.) The vehicle did not fare so well.
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Carol Sauceda reports:
Race = Leadville Trail 100 2002 Running Race
Goal = to finish in less than 30 hours (that’s the cuttoff)
Results = Completed~30 miles. Missed the Halfmoon cutoff.
General = This was my 3rd consecutive pass at the LT100. I know that I can successfully complete this run, but I have yet to prove it.
Right = Started training in October of 2001, with my training partner, Rick Crawford. Hooked up with the Incline Club runs as soon as they started for the new season. Put in back to back long tough runs, on Saturdays and Sundays — lots of mileage over the weekends. Did this every weekend, with good consistency. Ran with the IC’ers on Sunday, and often added distance/time to the prescribed course for that day, to achieve the targeted mileage.
Did lots of Mountain biking to build up strength in quads, and gluts. Ran very little during the week, so as to recover, and minimize the risk of injury.
Had a nice 3-week taper for LT100. This was time well spent, as my legs were trashed, and definitely needed the rest time. I also needed the downtime to recover from stress.
OTHER: Hydrated well, dressed warm for the start. Did stretches while waiting for the start of the race.
***Had an awesome training partner this year — Rick Crawford.
Wrong = I feel like I did everything right, so it’s taken me some time to figure out what went wrong. Here it is. I was simply still to stressed — emotionally, physically, mentally, and spiritually. I did not have enough time to reduce my stress/tension levels down to a level that could allow for additional stress from the race to be absorbed and managed well. Basically, my body said that’s enough and just shut down. This condition resulted in a severe case of diarrhea, which started 30 minutes into the run, and continued for 6 hours. I do not believe there is anything I could have done to avoid this circumstance, other than take a full month off before Leadville, and simply REST.
The net result from losing lots of time for each necessary pit stop, was that I missed the cutoff at Halfmoon Outbound by 15 minutes. Cliff would not let me continue no matter what I said or how I cried. My 2002 LT100 race ended there in severe disappointment and many tears.
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Other Stuff = I must return. It is my passionate pursuit to finish Leadville. And I know now with even greater confidence, that I can cross that finish line in under 30 hours. LIVE, RUN, and LEARN !
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Laura Kelecy reports:
Race = Leadville 100 Pacer
Goal = Help John Genet finish
Results = He finished!!!
General = As always, the Leadville Trail 100 is an adventure. This year was no exception. Tom & I camped out Friday night after the annual pasta feed hosted by the Mills’ and McDermott’s. We got up VERY early Saturday morning to watch and cheer on the runners as they made their way around Turquoise Lake the first time (about 5 a.m.). We could recognize some people and so we cheered for them and they were pretty surprised to hear their names coming from out of the dark! I helped John’s girlfriend, Pat, crew for John starting at about 9 a.m. (Twin Lakes outbound) Saturday. We had a great time. Rick Hessek, Keith Grimes, Neal Taylor, and John were running pretty close together so the crews could visit while waiting for their runner to come in. Rick was always good for a laugh coming into the aid stations. I guess you’ve all heard by now that Rick had some digestive problems during the race and one of the more memorable moments was when Connilee brought Rick into Treeline, she runs up to R
ick’s crew and says, “Okay, we really need some more of those packets of toilet paper!” I started pacing John at Treeline and dropped him off at May Queen. We ran/hiked from about 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. It was a beautiful night. John was amazingly very lucid the entire race. Always the gentleman, he would say, “Pardon me,” if he thought he was encroaching on my side of the trail, and he would stop and ask if I was all right when he heard me doing my usual slipping and tripping on the rocky downhill. I dropped him off at May Queen to finish up with 2 other pacers and headed to the finish line to watch him finish!!!
Right = Having people with experience crewing/pacing/running helped a lot! We had a wonderful weekend cheering on ALL the runners!
Wrong = Forgot to bring TP along with us. I thought we’d learn after Rick’s continual update on his condition!!! John, I hope you didn’t use poison ivy leaves!!!
Other Stuff = You can not force feed Gu to an ultra runner after 80 miles.
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John Genet reports:
Race = Leadville 100
Goal = 1) To finish 2) To finish in less than a day
Results = Finished — 25:05:55
General = Leadville is the most amazing race I have ever experienced. I haven’t added up all the hours that went into training and planning for this one race — probably not a great deal more than went into my first marathon. There is a major difference though — I never had any doubt I would finish that first marathon. With Leadville I had no idea. There are just too many things that can go wrong.
Now that I have finished my first 100 mile race, and now that the post-race soreness has subsided, I’m looking forward to the next one.
Right = Trained well, tapered well and just generally felt great on race day. I also had a race plan with best, middle and worst case scenarios. For the first 85 miles of the race I was consistently, and comfortably, ahead of my middle (25 hour) scenario. I fell off that pace during the last 10-15 miles of the race. See things done wrong.
Wrong = The further the race went along, the harder it was for me to take in sufficient fuel. I think this was the main reason for my slowing toward the end of the race. It may also be that I ran the first 50 miles a little fast but I’m pretty sure not eating enough was the greater problem. Preparation for the next race will include much more practice eating on the run.
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8/22/02 Thur: The 6th annual Incline Club awards party blew away the IC party record with 89 coming out for some food, some fun and to recognize those ICers who had incredible seasons. This year’s driven award winners were Andy Dimmen, Glen Ash, Jim Freim, Kees Guijt, Laura Mitchell, Sherry Alvares and Vicki Martin. In addition Anita Bower won the tough as nails award, Brenda Cowell won the heart award, Craig Burbank the trail clean-up award, Dave Sorenson the sacrifice award, Fred Wright the best fall award, Gordon Barnett the web award, Kelli Lusk the nut award, Larry Miller the Crazy award, Paul Sullivan the I want my star award, Randy Lindsey the best crash award, and Yvonne Carpenter the volunteer award. In all 25 pizzas were killed off along with enough junk food to feed a small army or at least a crazy running club! The club is now in off season mode — see you on the last Sunday in November!
8/17&18/02 Sat/Sun: What can we say? Once again the Incline Club cleaned up at the Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon. In all 7 ICers were in the top 10 with an amazing 17 more getting age-group or masters awards! ICers also took the overall M/F spots (and another cache of age-group awards) in the TCR series as well:-) In fact, because there were such low turn-outs at the awards ceremonies by non ICers there were times it looked more like the annual IC awards party! In all 63 ICers did the Ascent, 33 did the marathon and 4 did the double. On the same weekend 11 of the 17 ICers starting the Leadville Trail 100 finished!!! In all 28 ICers were at Leadville either running, pacing or crewing.
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