#835  sue  

Sunday, September 14, 2008 03:59 PM Host: cache-dtc-ab10.proxy.aol.com

TriCat - you really ran so well Enjoy your victory!!! Please give Scott a hug....he was as speedy as always!!!

#834  TriCat  

Sunday, September 14, 2008 03:53 PM Host: d38-60-53.commercial1.cgocable.net

sue thanks for following us.

What a tough day, rained most of the day, and was very hilly. I'm very happy with my time,, I expected to be closer to 8hrs, so 7h 32 is awesome!!

Full report later, too tired to think right now.

#833  sue  

Sunday, September 14, 2008 03:22 PM Host: cache-dtc-ab10.proxy.aol.com

and Cathy and Josef are in!!!

way to go, Canadians!!!

TriCat killed the run

#832  sue  

Sunday, September 14, 2008 03:19 PM Host: cache-dtc-ab10.proxy.aol.com

Mizz did it she is amazing!!!

#831  sue  

Sunday, September 14, 2008 11:48 AM Host: cache-dtc-ab10.proxy.aol.com

Scott 33/259 in his AG with a 1:46 run

#830  sue  

Sunday, September 14, 2008 11:32 AM Host: cache-dtc-ab10.proxy.aol.com

The Canadians are all running

Scott swam in 40, biked 2:52
Cathy 52 and 3:50
Josef, once again, rocked the swim in 38 and biked 3:33

run, friends, run

I hope Mizz isn't mizzerable in the mud

#829  JennyLou   Subject: Best wishes Racers

Sunday, September 14, 2008 10:26 AM Host: VDSL-130-13-222-84.PHNX.QWEST.NET

Hope everyone has a great race today! Enjoy yourselves out there...despite the rain...

Jesse and Chris.. I ate my first dark chocolate last night.. wow! What a treat! Thank you for the introduction to some delicious dark chocolate..Yum Yum!

I'm off to buy a new bike helmet today. Got my sweet bike back yesterday..she had little damage.. just a lil fix of the derailer and truing the wheel. I'm hoping to ride Tues.

Smiles,
JennyLou

#828  sue  

Sunday, September 14, 2008 04:01 AM Host: cache-dtc-ab10.proxy.aol.com

have a great race youz guyz!!

#827  TriCat  

Sunday, September 14, 2008 04:00 AM Host: d38-60-53.commercial1.cgocable.net

Thanks for all the good wishes guys, its raining out right now, but pretty warm. Hopefully the rain slows/lets up by the time we are on the bike. Almost time to go put the rest of my stuff in transition.

Mizz I hope the weather clears up for you as well. Have a good run, enjoy it, the Ultra community is great.

#826  flyboy   Subject: Mizz's ultra

Saturday, September 13, 2008 11:06 PM IP: 204.250.19.48

Mizzou,

Crossing my fingers for better weather for you tomorrow. Have the best run you can considering the conditions. Good luck even though I know that you don't need it. Finish with a smile on your face and it is all good.

#825  runnergirl  

Saturday, September 13, 2008 07:15 PM Host: 75-30-123-6.lightspeed.arlhil.sbcglobal.net

I say RB gets power back Wed. at 8:27pm

#824  runnergirl  

Saturday, September 13, 2008 07:14 PM Host: 75-30-123-6.lightspeed.arlhil.sbcglobal.net

Glad to hear everyone is safe. RB hope you get power back soon!!

Josef, sorry to hear about your grandma, its hard to lose someone who has been around all of your life, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

Tricat, josef, scott, good luck with your race. hope the weather turns for you guys.

Go get em Mizz!!!! Who know's maybe tomorrow will turn out to be a beautiful day!!!

#823  bt  

Saturday, September 13, 2008 06:36 PM Host: cpe-67-9-154-34.austin.res.rr.com

Have fun, Mizz!!! :)

#822  Mizz  

Saturday, September 13, 2008 06:23 PM IP: 66.159.26.6

I'm in...I say Ruth gets power on Friday at 5:45pm

AM in my hotel..Ike has moved into Oklahoma...it is nasty. It is pouring...I have h eard terms like toad strangler and gully washer..I'm sure you get the picture. It is supposed to rain all night and into tomorrow. We are supposed to ahve sustained winds of 22-24 mph and gusts up to 40 mph...waht a great day to run my first Ultra I'll check in with somebody tomorrow if I survive

off to check my gear...

#821  BOFF   Subject: Scarey

Saturday, September 13, 2008 05:18 PM Host: cache-dtc-ae08.proxy.aol.com

Did a 1:30 (for me that should be about 5K) swim in our local lake followed by a 75 Mile bike. I feel remarkably well. OK a little cramp in my adductor while watching PSU kick Syracuses Bootay.

The question is - was there another 35 miles of riding and 26 miles of running left in the old body - I think there is already. We will see tomorrow when I do the 2 hour run on the Appalachian trail with my trail rat peeps.

got a heck of a sunburn on a gray, not so hot (82) humid (60%) day

TTFN

#820  pam  

Saturday, September 13, 2008 04:14 PM Host: 67-41-145-132.hlrn.qwest.net

hi everyone.

BT, DAB and RB - I'm glad you guys are safe.

Good luck TriCat, Scott, and Josef - I'm amazed at ho much everyone races...

Train safe

#819  bt  

Saturday, September 13, 2008 04:03 PM Host: cpe-67-9-154-34.austin.res.rr.com

We got a little breeze today. Other than that, NOTHING. Just got back in from a little bike ride.

#818  flyboy   Subject: Weather and racing

Saturday, September 13, 2008 03:52 PM IP: 204.250.19.48

Glad to hear that bt, dab, and RB are doing OK so far. Keep safe you guys and gals. Thoughts and prayers to all who are in the storms path.

TriCat, Scott, and Josef,

Good luck to you all tomorrow, I'll keep my fingers crossed for good racing weather in your part of the world. Have fun you guys and gal, I'm looking forward to some good race reports next week.

Windjunkee,

Cheer loudly for us while you're out on voly duty. Like someone else said, bacon makes everything better. But can you BBQ it? I'm not that good on a BBQ, that is for sure.

#817  bt  

Saturday, September 13, 2008 02:26 PM Host: cpe-67-9-154-34.austin.res.rr.com

Yay for the Canadian racers!

Let's hope you have good weather, good race announcers, plenty of bike support, and Canadian merchandise!

#816  sue  

Saturday, September 13, 2008 02:22 PM Host: cache-mtc-ab10.proxy.aol.com

best of luck Canadians

#815  Tribabe  

Saturday, September 13, 2008 01:54 PM IP: 82.211.64.91

Good luck to all the Canadian racers tomorrow....

Glad you are safe, Dab.

Keeping our fingers crossed for the rest of the Texans.

Take care out there everyone.

#814  TriCat  

Saturday, September 13, 2008 01:34 PM Host: d38-60-53.commercial1.cgocable.net

WJ, have fun at the ultra, I hear those runners really like bacon on course, make sure have some of that on the BBQ.

Put me down for an entry in the RB Power pool, I'm thinking Tuesday at 2pm.

Bikes are racked, have to pack up all my crap to layout in transition in the morning. They're calling for rain tonight and all day tomorrow Lets hope that changes.

#813  windjunkee  

Saturday, September 13, 2008 01:08 PM Host: pool-98-112-235-66.lsanca.fios.verizon.net

I'm in -- I'll pick monday at 11:00 cdt.

NOW I'm off to the mountains for the race.

Dab, I'm really glad you weathered the storm. I was thinking about you pal.

RB and KB, hope everything turns out as well for you. Hope you had an icechest packed with your favorite beverages

Currently 135 runners on the course for the AC100. 33 runners did not answer the starting gun at 5 am this morning. My aid station opens at 5:30 pm but I need to get up there to help mark the course and start the barbeque.

#812  sue   Subject: Charity Pool
Suzi465@aol.com

Saturday, September 13, 2008 12:04 PM Host: cache-mtc-ab10.proxy.aol.com

When Will RB Get Power?

$5.00 to play. Pick the date and time you think Ruth will get power back after Ike. "Get power back" is defined as steady power source for more than 12 hours. Ruth will be the judge of when that occurs. She's a lawyer, we can trust her.

Winner gets 25% of the pot. 75% of the pot goes to a storm related charity of RB's choosing.

Betting closes at midnight Sunday EST(gotta keep it open that long since Mizz and WJ are at ultras this weekend and the Canadians are racing out of town).

If she gets power back before midnight tomorrow, RB will tell us which charity she would have chosen and those of us with a soul will just send our $5.00 there.

#811  sue  

Saturday, September 13, 2008 11:25 AM Host: cache-dtc-ab10.proxy.aol.com

dab - got power?

#810  dab  

Saturday, September 13, 2008 10:18 AM Host: c-98-201-8-193.hsd1.tx.comcast.net

morning y'all,

survived the carnage intact. seems the worst of ike hit the coast and just east of us. rb is alot closer to all that than i, so hopefully she's ok.
all is well in dabby-land. no visible damage except the shade cloth over the patio is in tatters; i expected that...

everything is fine here.. more later.
dab

#809  bt  

Saturday, September 13, 2008 07:47 AM Host: cpe-67-9-154-34.austin.res.rr.com

thanks, sue, for the update

#808  sue  

Saturday, September 13, 2008 07:30 AM Host: cache-dtc-ab10.proxy.aol.com

RB is good so far. Lost power before 4am EST.

#807  pam  

Saturday, September 13, 2008 07:17 AM Host: 67-41-145-132.hlrn.qwest.net

Morning...

Off to swim.

I'll catch up on posts when I get back..so much reading to do.

Hope everyone is doing great.

#806  bt  

Saturday, September 13, 2008 07:08 AM Host: cpe-67-9-154-34.austin.res.rr.com

don't worry about me...we're barely getting a strong breeze and shouldn't get much wind or rain since the storm is taking a more northerly path. The people on the coast need lots of prayers.

#805  josef  

Saturday, September 13, 2008 05:23 AM Host: CPE00062508da07-CM001a666bbc9a.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com

Good morning



Mizz, RB, Flyboy,everyone, Thankyou


Lets turn our thoughts and prayers to the people in harms way from IKE. RB, KB, Hope you guys are safe as the eye rips through Houston. please check in when you can to let us know your ok. Same for BT, Dab, and everyone else out there in it's path. Stay safe.


Everyone have a good day.

#804  dab  

Friday, September 12, 2008 08:03 PM Host: c-98-201-8-193.hsd1.tx.comcast.net

greetings comrades,

checking in from katy, TX......

got the house as secured as possible. just waiting for the carnage. expecting WINDY stuff, even worse than IMAZ 05...

just knocked down a T-bone and baked potato. YUM.

mizz, all is well here at the moment. thanks for asking... checked in with RB earlier, she sounded hunkered in......

back later, hopefully we don't lose power, but it's expected...

ciao..

#803  Mizz  

Friday, September 12, 2008 06:48 PM IP: 69.27.147.129

RB - be careful dear.

TriCat - good luck and have fun.

Josef...my sympathies to you and your family at this difficult time.

dab - where are you??? Would you check in please...worried here.

#802  TriCat  

Friday, September 12, 2008 05:27 PM Host: d38-60-53.commercial1.cgocable.net

Hi All,

Stay safe in Texas and any where else affected by Ike. I just saw some footage on the news and it looks aweful.

we're all checked in and up in Muskoka. Josef we got our room just after you left. It over looks transition, with a wrap around balcony. wish I didn't have to race so I could sit out there with beers to watch the race. Will after to wait until after the race for the

#801  RB  

Friday, September 12, 2008 04:30 PM Host: ppp-68-89-186-214.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net

Galveston is looking bad as the storm is starting to move ashore.

I'm near downtown Houston, about 40 miles away ... it's been overcast and a little windy, but no rain or high wind yet. Getting a few big gusts just in the last few minutes. It should start picking up in the next hour or so.

#800  flyboy   Subject: Condolonces and weather

Friday, September 12, 2008 04:07 PM IP: 204.250.19.48

Josef,

I'm sorry to hear of the loss of your grandmother. My sympathies and condolonces go out to you and your family my friend.

bt, RB, KB, and Dabber,

Take care you guys and gals, the weather coverage here looks pretty brutal down your way. Stay safe, warm, and dry. You're all welcome to come out to So. Cal for a few days if you'd like to anytime, but especially now with that storm looming. KB, I have a quiver of surfboards and the water temps have been in the low to mid 70's out here.

#799  bt  

Friday, September 12, 2008 03:35 PM Host: cpe-67-9-154-34.austin.res.rr.com

RB--how's it looking over there?

#798  RB  

Friday, September 12, 2008 02:12 PM Host: ppp-68-89-186-214.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net

josef -- sorry for the loss of your grandma.

#797  josef  

Friday, September 12, 2008 01:06 PM Host: CPE00062508da07-CM001a666bbc9a.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com

Well I'm back from Muskoka! I checked into the hotel, then went straight to the race directors assistant,(Janet Fraser ) asked if I could get my race kit this morning,( race kit pick up is at 2pm ) as I have to go back to Toronto for my Grandmas showing tonight and funural tomorrow morning. Janet was very abliging and had me sign my waiver and put my wristband on and gave me my race kit, and when I get back tomorrow to call her on her cell so I can get my race chip and swim cap.

I met up with Tricat and Scott from the Goldrush page not long after at the hotel counter, but they couldn't check in yet because they didn't ask for early checking in like I did! but they did manage to get there parking pass. The counter person said they weren't allowd to take there bike up to there room when they check in, being in the main resort building. WTF I said! that's crazy! so with a car load of bikes and luggage I invited them over to my room to store there bikes for the time being. I also asked if they could check my bike for me as I don't think I'll be back in time to do it, and gave them my spare key to my room. Then we went for a swim. The water is freezing!!! I went in without my wetsuit as usual, they opted to use theirs. after the swim we went back to my room to change then they went to take there luggage to the front office to store untill they could check in, and I came home. Now I'm getting ready to go to Toronto. Fun...fun..fun...


Ruben, YOu still doing that floor?

Have a great day.

#796  Ruben  

Friday, September 12, 2008 12:08 PM Host: adsl-69-224-181-174.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net

Hope all are doing weell. Have been off the computer for a long time do to floor remodeling at home. Just found out yesterday via e-mail that there were a few spots for IMC...after the fact of course. Very tempting!!!

Very strange that those folks did not sign up.


To all in IKE's path stay safe, we are thinking of you.

#795  tribabe  

Friday, September 12, 2008 04:00 AM IP: 82.211.64.91

Stay safe all of you in Ike's path.......hopefully it may miss you all?

Entered IM MOO for 2009.....it seemed a fun race...now only 10 weeks until IMAZ.

Got very cold here, like it ever got warm........autumn is here......

#794  flyboy   Subject: AUS on Sunday

Thursday, September 11, 2008 11:35 PM IP: 204.250.19.48

bt,

I did some looking at satellite pictures and the models which seem to indicate the AUS should be fine on Sunday. It looks like IAH is going to get pounded pretty hard around 2 AM on Saturday but then the storm should turn North and East ending up in South Eastern Missouri by Sunday around noon. I hope that model holds.

Mizz,

It looks like you and Rusty the Randy farmer might be needing to button things up too. Take care of those cattle (Sorry Buzz) and be safe.

#793  Mizz  

Thursday, September 11, 2008 09:25 PM IP: 69.27.147.129

TriCat - I was really on the fence...had vowed to take a year off IM. I got a call from a friend that said a guy we know in Springfield got in...guess they thought I was trying too feel a bit bad now

#792  flyboy   Subject: AUS weather on Sunday

Thursday, September 11, 2008 07:27 PM IP: 204.250.19.48

bt,

I'll do some looking around and see what I can come up with. If all else fails you can request a diversion to your least favorite airport of LAX to say hi. It doesn't look like we're planning on any weather here this weekend.

#791  flyboy   Subject: Remembering 9/11/01

Thursday, September 11, 2008 07:25 PM IP: 204.250.19.48

I'm going to get up on my soap box for a minute here, so please bear with me.

I just would like to ask each of you to take a few moments to remember all those who lost their lives 7 years ago today to the worst terrorist attack in the history of the United States.

God Bless the USA, land of the free and home of the brave.

#790  bt  

Thursday, September 11, 2008 04:52 PM Host: cpe-67-9-154-34.austin.res.rr.com

Fly, do you have any intel on how affected AUS is going to be? I have to fly out for work, and I'm thinking (short of power outages) that AUS/ABIA will be functional on Sunday? prepared for delays, of course.

#789  flyboy   Subject: Hurricanes and IMC's

Thursday, September 11, 2008 04:16 PM IP: 204.250.19.48

bt, KB, RB, Dab, et al,

Please be careful with that weather heading your way. Those Hurry Up and Cames can really ruin your whole day. Good luck and keep in touch everyone, we're thinking of you.

Scott,

Congratulations on your IMC entry. Best of luck to you and TriCat in the next 11 months leading up to race day. Have a blast guys.

Windjunkee,

Sorry man, I have to work on Saturday night. What ultra are you voly'ng for? Cheer loudly and often for me please.

#788  TriCat  

Thursday, September 11, 2008 04:00 PM Host: d141-220-155.home.cgocable.net

RB and all those in the path of ike, take necessary precautions and be safe.

Mizz too bad I was hoping you would sign up so I'd have some Goldrush company. Scott got in today so now we are both racing

I can vouch for Lousiville being a great location. Scott said it was a good course, some climbing it keep it challenging but nothing outrageous. The host hotel (the Galt house) was very reasonably priced, with HUGE rooms.

#787  Mizz  

Thursday, September 11, 2008 02:56 PM Host: adsl-65-66-94-201.dsl.wchtks.swbell.net

RB - if you need to u se your generator, make sure you check the oil too...they tened to burn lots of gas and quite a bit of oil. Keep safe..check in from time to time

#786  RB  

Thursday, September 11, 2008 02:13 PM Host: ppp-64-219-77-60.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net

Thanks, guys.

We're battening down the hatches here. Just got back from Home Depot. What a scene! I got in and out unscathed, with what I needed, so a successful trip.

The number of people standing in line to buy a generator was crazy!