[mountainmilers] Re: Ragnar prelim results
- From: Len McGee <len@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "mountainmilers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mountainmilers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 14:35:49 -0700
Congratulations everybody! Quite an accomplishment!
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 26, 2012, at 2:14 PM, Tom Hahn <tomhahn@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks everyone for the support emails, texts, etc. while we were doing the
> Ragnar Relay... We on "Smells Like Team Spirit" really appreciated our
> Mountain Miler buddies cheering us on, virtually (some from their waterbed,
> Cactus Jon??) Hopefully you had a chance to follow our escapades on Twitter,
> or if you'd like to look back through it all, including some photos along the
> way, it's here...
>
> http://www.twitter.com/mountainmilers
>
> We especially want to acknowledge and thank the heroes who volunteered for us
> doing the tough work at checkpoints, exchanges and corners, in the middle of
> the heat and the middle of the night... Thank you so much, Deb B, Lyndsie,
> and Deb K.,... and Steve O who volunteered, then ran a leg for us in a pinch!
> And for my team, sincere thanks to Karyn and Kam Hott for putting it (and
> keeping it...) all together... :-)
>
> Here are the (very) preliminary results...
>
> Smells Like Team Spirit - 29:31:20
> (Bob K, Kurt K, Jessica O, Kam, Ken, Tom (and Steve O))
>
> Hot Momma's - 32:35:34
> (ultra-team including Heidi, Cindy, Ursala, and Catherine Metz from
> MM and two others)
>
> Ernie Goes to Ragnar - 37:22:12
> (including 91-yr old Ernie, and the Fricke's, and John Alfonso, and
> others)
>
> 6 Hearts, 12 Soles - 29:11:14
> (Rob from MM was a late replacement runner for this ultra team)
>
> In addition, two other MM's were on two other teams...
>
> Mark Hellenthal was out for a "short little run" with one team (Mark, write
> in as to your team's result...). He should have just run the whole thing
> himself, as a "solo ultra"... your next challenge Mark?
>
> And Laura Chavez was on another team, we hear (write in, too, Laura and tell
> us about it...)
>
> Any others I may have missed, my apologies, and sincere congratulations.
> After having done this a couple of times now, I continue to be amazed at the
> level of endurance exhibited, and the sheer will I see on the faces of those
> running, along with a lot of smiles and laughter (and some of the best
> written jokes I've seen, painted on the vans!!). It is an experience not to
> be missed as a runner, to do at least once...
>
> Thanks everyone who participated, and supported us, and everyone who ran!!
>
> Tom
>
>
>
>> Hello everyone - This morning the Ragnar Del Sol Relay begins in Wickenburg.
>> There are Mountain Milers on three, possibly four or more teams, this
>> year...
>>
>> In addition to our 6-person ultra team, with me, Ken, Kam, Jessica O, Bob
>> Kec and Kurt Krupnick. "Smells Like Team Spirit"... there is also the Ernie
>> Goes To Ragnar 12-person team (Go Ernie!!)... there are the Hot Momma's, an
>> ultra-team with Heidi, Brooke et. al.... and Rob just joined a team as a
>> replacement runner, on a team the name of which I don't have handy.
>>
>> As last year, I'll be doing a live Twitter feed for the Smells Like... team
>> through the @MountainMilers account, if you want updates as we make our way.
>> And I'll try to do so for the other MM's teams as I'm able to get updates
>> from them (or they pass us at high speed... Heidi!)
>>
>> Here's the link to stop by to see the Twitter feed...
>>
>> http://www.Twitter.com/MountainMilers
>>
>> As last year, the feed is public, so you don't need to have a Twitter
>> account to see it and follow along...
>>
>> I'll be giving race and timing updates, but also various tidbits and
>> memorable comments (Karyn!) and a few photos along the way...
>>
>> See you in 200 miles!
>>
>> Tom
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