Hi Hardrockers,
         Planning for the 2010 Hardrock is well under way!! If you are
interested in having a pierce of art considered for use as the "official" 2010
Finishers and promotional print, we would like to see what you've got! We
encourage anyone who has a photograph or original composition to submit your
work for consideration. We will select the work the same weekend we select our
ebntry field, which is tentatively scheduled for Sunday, Feb 7, 2010. If you
have any questions, please be sure to let me know.

Dale Garland
Run Director, Hardrock Hundred Endurance Run

The entry application for the 2010 Hardrock Hundred is now available at
http://www.run100s.com/HR

- Blake

Hey Hardrockers,
I am going to be in the Durango area on Saturday November 21st and
looking for someone who wants to get out for a mountain adventure.
Run/hike/snowshoe/tele . . . I am up for almost anything.  Let me know
if you can come out and play!
Cherio,
Megan Finnesy
2010 Hardrocker!
Cunningham Aid Station Captain

Bud Light presents...


REAL MEN OF GENIUS

{Real men of geeeeeene-yuss}

Today we salute you, Mr. Non-Sexual Co-Ed Room Sharer/Travel Companion.

{Mis-ter "I'llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll only be
neeeeeeeeeeding floor-space!"}

Sure, the "call" went out for someone to help share expenses, and you
gallantly volunteered.  Except, of course, that the call went out from a
woman, a naive young runner who'd never been to that race nor journeyed to
that part of the country before.  So you right away fire back an email
saying you're practically a native son.

{"I grewwwwwwww up on those same
traiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiils!"}

Motel 6?  Super 8?  You've spent time in them all, you say.  You *know* all
the proprietors-from-India.  "We'll ask for the second-floor corner room,"
you say.  "It has a fold-out sofa-bed already in it."  Except, of course,
for the fact that Covert, Colorado, has NO Motel 6 OR Super 8 and really
isn't much more than a campground itself.

{"We'llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll find a playce!  Doan-choooo wor-ry!"}

So despite all predictions to the contrary, Miss Goody Two-Shoes accepts
your offer and meets you at the airport.  You pick her up in your rented SUV
and there you are!  Night before raceday and the only possible room is three
towns distant on the second floor of Mrs. Haversham's Antique Store/Bed &
Breakfast.  And breakfast, by the way, will be served two hours after your
ultramarathon has already started.

{But theeeeeere's NO SO-FA BEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!}

Thank Ja for GPS, or you wouldn't even have ever found THAT.  And what
"that" is, is one little room with one queen-size bed and a
half-bath-with-shower with a door that won't close.  But that's not the half
of it.  Miss Goody says she'll sleep in her running clothes and then offers
your butt one-half of the bed!

{"But IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII al-ways sleeeeeeeeeeeeeep
inn-the-buff!"}

So crack open an ice-cold Bud Light, O Don Juan of the San Juans, which by
now is warming up nicely inside your gym bag.  And as you lie there, facing
New Jersey, completely dressed in full sweats with socks on, go ahead and
try to get some sleep--while you dream up just how in the hell you're going
to explain all this to the wife.

{Mis-ter Non-Sex-you-all Co-Ed Room Share-her/Trav-el Com-pang-yunn!}

Bud Light beer:  we don't care where it's made; we just dig their
commercials.



( O_O  )



Yours troubly,

Rich Limacher
TheTroubadour@...

Yankee Folly of the Day:
How did "Bad Joke Friday" suddenly morph into National Football League
bookie-betting, spread-sheeting, and odds-making?  [Which statement itself
will have no meaning whatsoever to everyone not on this list!]  Sorry.  Just
couldn't resist.

Did you have to talk about me in front of everyone?

JeffO

On Nov 13, 2009, at 12:05 PM, "The Troubadour" <thetroubadour@...>
wrote:

Bud Light presents...

REAL MEN OF GENIUS

{Real men of geeeeeene-yuss}

Today we salute you, Mr. Non-Sexual Co-Ed Room Sharer/Travel Companion.

{Mis-ter "I'llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll only be
neeeeeeeeeeding floor-space!"}

Sure, the "call" went out for someone to help share expenses, and you
gallantly volunteered. Except, of course, that the call went out from a
woman, a naive young runner who'd never been to that race nor journeyed to
that part of the country before. So you right away fire back an email
saying you're practically a native son.

{"I grewwwwwwww up on those same
traiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiils!"}

Motel 6? Super 8? You've spent time in them all, you say. You *know* all
the proprietors-from-India. "We'll ask for the second-floor corner room,"
you say. "It has a fold-out sofa-bed already in it."  Except, of course,
for the fact that Covert, Colorado, has NO Motel 6 OR Super 8 and really
isn't much more than a campground itself.

{"We'llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll find a playce! Doan-choooo wor-ry!"}

So despite all predictions to the contrary, Miss Goody Two-Shoes accepts
your offer and meets you at the airport. You pick her up in your rented SUV
and there you are! Night before raceday and the only possible room is three
towns distant on the second floor of Mrs. Haversham's Antique Store/Bed &
Breakfast. And breakfast, by the way, will be served two hours after your
ultramarathon has already started.

{But theeeeeere's NO SO-FA BEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!}

Thank Ja for GPS, or you wouldn't even have ever found THAT. And what
"that" is, is one little room with one queen-size bed and a
half-bath-with-shower with a door that won't close. But that's not the half
of it. Miss Goody says she'll sleep in her running clothes and then offers
your butt one-half of the bed!

{"But IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII al-ways sleeeeeeeeeeeeeep
inn-the-buff!"}

So crack open an ice-cold Bud Light, O Don Juan of the San Juans, which by
now is warming up nicely inside your gym bag. And as you lie there, facing
New Jersey, completely dressed in full sweats with socks on, go ahead and
try to get some sleep--while you dream up just how in the hell you're going
to explain all this to the wife.

{Mis-ter Non-Sex-you-all Co-Ed Room Share-her/Trav-el Com-pang-yunn!}

Bud Light beer: we don't care where it's made; we just dig their
commercials.

( O_O )

Yours troubly,

Rich Limacher
TheTroubadour@...

Yankee Folly of the Day:
How did "Bad Joke Friday" suddenly morph into National Football League
bookie-betting, spread-sheeting, and odds-making? [Which statement itself
will have no meaning whatsoever to everyone not on this list!] Sorry. Just
couldn't resist.







[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Hope you enjoy the pictures. One you should consider for the print and the other
shows the spirit of Hardrock. I will let you make the decision as to which is
which.

Kris Quandt

--- On Sun, 11/8/09, Dale Garland <hardrock100@...> wrote:

From: Dale Garland <hardrock100@...>
Subject: [hr100] 2010 Finishers Print
To: hr100@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, November 8, 2009, 8:33 PM







 









       Hi Hardrockers,

         Planning for the 2010 Hardrock is well under way!! If you are

interested in having a pierce of art considered for use as the "official" 2010

Finishers and promotional print, we would like to see what you've got! We

encourage anyone who has a photograph or original composition to submit your

work for consideration. We will select the work the same weekend we select our

ebntry field, which is tentatively scheduled for Sunday, Feb 7, 2010. If you

have any questions, please be sure to let me know.



Dale Garland

Run Director, Hardrock Hundred Endurance Run

























[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

A little HR100 training in November.  Grant Swamp Pass looks a lot
different in the day light!  I had no idea it was so spectacular!
Thought you all might enjoy the pics.
Megan Finnesy
2010 Hardrocker


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

No pics!

See below (wayyyyy below) for something even less appropriate!
[And to think I'd just sent this to "the other list" only a few hours before
;-]

-Rich
(as follows...)

________________________________

From: On Behalf Of Megan Baker
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 11:36 PM
To: hr100@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [hr100] Grant Swamp Pass in November

A little HR100 training in November. Grant Swamp Pass looks a lot
different in the day light! I had no idea it was so spectacular!
Thought you all might enjoy the pics.
Megan Finnesy
2010 Hardrocker

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

________________________________


-----Original Message-----
From: The Troubadour
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 6:58 PM
To: 'Paige'
Cc: 'UList'
Subject: RE: Downhill running

Effing that or non-effing that, THIS, minus the weird music and fog, is
Hardrock!
Possibly the lower elevations of Grant-Swamp Pass.
[Can I get an "amen" here, my Hardrockin' bros & sisses?]

Or, yeah, the "fog" at Hardrock could be "cloud."

Yours troubly,

Rich Limacher
TheTroubadour@...
(also not a fan of lima beans, but at Barkley?
I can eat cans of pork 'n' refried concrete)

Yankee Folly of the Day:
That very last dweeb in the vid?  That was me, but falling--not running.  I
was mostly "fell" shivering, shaking, and crawling.


-----Original Message-----
From: On Behalf Of Paige
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 9:10 AM

Eff.  That.
No way.
That holds even less allure than, say, eating lima beans.
Kudos to those dudes, though!

Paige
Chicago, IL

On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 1:13 PM, John M. wrote:

> Fellrunning, fell-running, or fell running ... wow.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OsL6brYV-I&feature=fvw

Bummer, I attached them, but they did not send??? Anyone know why?
Megan


The Troubadour wrote:
>
> No pics!
>
> See below (wayyyyy below) for something even less appropriate!
> [And to think I'd just sent this to "the other list" only a few hours
> before
> ;-]
>
> -Rich
> (as follows...)
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: On Behalf Of Megan Baker
> Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 11:36 PM
> To: hr100@yahoogroups.com <mailto:hr100%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [hr100] Grant Swamp Pass in November
>
> A little HR100 training in November. Grant Swamp Pass looks a lot
> different in the day light! I had no idea it was so spectacular!
> Thought you all might enjoy the pics.
> Megan Finnesy
> 2010 Hardrocker
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
> ________________________________
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Troubadour
> Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 6:58 PM
> To: 'Paige'
> Cc: 'UList'
> Subject: RE: Downhill running
>
> Effing that or non-effing that, THIS, minus the weird music and fog, is
> Hardrock!
> Possibly the lower elevations of Grant-Swamp Pass.
> [Can I get an "amen" here, my Hardrockin' bros & sisses?]
>
> Or, yeah, the "fog" at Hardrock could be "cloud."
>
> Yours troubly,
>
> Rich Limacher
> TheTroubadour@... <mailto:TheTroubadour%40sbcglobal.net>
> (also not a fan of lima beans, but at Barkley?
> I can eat cans of pork 'n' refried concrete)
>
> Yankee Folly of the Day:
> That very last dweeb in the vid? That was me, but falling--not running. I
> was mostly "fell" shivering, shaking, and crawling.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: On Behalf Of Paige
> Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 9:10 AM
>
> Eff. That.
> No way.
> That holds even less allure than, say, eating lima beans.
> Kudos to those dudes, though!
>
> Paige
> Chicago, IL
>
> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 1:13 PM, John M. wrote:
>
> > Fellrunning, fell-running, or fell running ... wow.
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OsL6brYV-I&feature=fvw
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OsL6brYV-I&feature=fvw>
>
>

Isn't it because of the yahoo group thing? It always includes a message that
"non-text portions of this message have been removed".
Nice fell running vid though.
Andy

--- On Wed, 25/11/09, Megan Baker <meganf99@...> wrote:

From: Megan Baker <meganf99@...>
Subject: Re: [hr100] Grant Swamp Pass in November
To: hr100@yahoogroups.com
Received: Wednesday, 25 November, 2009, 12:19 AM

Bummer, I attached them, but they did not send??? Anyone know why?
Megan


The Troubadour wrote:
>
> No pics!
>
> See below (wayyyyy below) for something even less appropriate!
> [And to think I'd just sent this to "the other list" only a few hours
> before
> ;-]
>
> -Rich
> (as follows...)
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: On Behalf Of Megan Baker
> Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 11:36 PM
> To: hr100@yahoogroups.com <mailto:hr100%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [hr100] Grant Swamp Pass in November
>
> A little HR100 training in November. Grant Swamp Pass looks a lot
> different in the day light! I had no idea it was so spectacular!
> Thought you all might enjoy the pics.
> Megan Finnesy
> 2010 Hardrocker
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
> ________________________________
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Troubadour
> Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 6:58 PM
> To: 'Paige'
> Cc: 'UList'
> Subject: RE: Downhill running
>
> Effing that or non-effing that, THIS, minus the weird music and fog, is
> Hardrock!
> Possibly the lower elevations of Grant-Swamp Pass.
> [Can I get an "amen" here, my Hardrockin' bros & sisses?]
>
> Or, yeah, the "fog" at Hardrock could be "cloud."
>
> Yours troubly,
>
> Rich Limacher
> TheTroubadour@... <mailto:TheTroubadour%40sbcglobal.net>
> (also not a fan of lima beans, but at Barkley?
> I can eat cans of pork 'n' refried concrete)
>
> Yankee Folly of the Day:
> That very last dweeb in the vid? That was me, but falling--not running. I
> was mostly "fell" shivering, shaking, and crawling.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: On Behalf Of Paige
> Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 9:10 AM
>
> Eff. That.
> No way.
> That holds even less allure than, say, eating lima beans.
> Kudos to those dudes, though!
>
> Paige
> Chicago, IL
>
> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 1:13 PM, John M. wrote:
>
> > Fellrunning, fell-running, or fell running ... wow.
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OsL6brYV-I&feature=fvw
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OsL6brYV-I&feature=fvw>
>
>




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[Back by popular non-demand after a brief non-vacation.  Thanks for this
idea is owed to our friend Nancy Shura-Dervin.]

Bud Light presents...


REAL MEN OF GENIUS

{Real men of geeeeeene-yuss}

Today we salute you, Mr. Self-Appointed for the Listserv Non-Doctor of
Medicine.

{Mis-ter "That same innn-jurrrr-reeee has hap-pened to meeeeeeeee!"}

We'll just have to buck up and face it.  THE six most-dreaded words that
begin any post ever to be posted to the listserv in general to which we all
subscribe are:  "I am not a doctor, but..."

{Whoa! Whuh-da-ya gon-na preeeee-scribe for us NOW?}

Back pain?  Knees?  Joints?  Foot/Ankle?  Plantar Fasciitis, ITB band,
fever, strep, pneumonia, hip ouches, ticker arrhythmias, poop, pee, and puke
problems are all running rampant---all of which means: no running.  And
THAT, of course, absolutely guarantees a universal need and public outcry
for your services.

{"WhaatAmIGonnaDO this weeeak-ened?  I gotta ULTRA coming up!"}

Please.  And yet these frantically solicited services are always free of
charge.  If it's Friday and their race starts tomorrow, you say "taper."  If
their bones are giving them wracking pain, you suggest the foam roller.  And
if their foot hurts like the business end of a semi-tractor-trailer is
parked on it, you prescribe going barefoot.

{What a-bout Viiiiii-brammmmmmmmm five fing-ers?}

Pancreatic cancer?  They need more electrolytes.  Leukemia?  Take another
Ess-cap.  Hyponatremia?  They gotta drink more Gatorade.  Rhabdomyolysis?
Guzzle Ensure, if not more solid food like kidney beans.   Early onset of
Alzheimer's?  Just decrease mileage and keep a running journal.  You
helpfully prescribe writing down the details of every run before they forget
them.

{"Howwww do we reeeeeeeee-mem-ber our daze off?"}

And of course we shouldn't leave out "the heartbreak of psoriasis," for
which, unfortunately, you ought not prescribe any cure at all because you
have a financial interest in Proctor and Gamble.  They're your boss.  This
is work time.

{"But I onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn-ly 'Do It' durrrrrrrrrrrr-ring lunch!"}

So crack open an ice-cold Bud Light, O Marcus Welby, M.D., because there
also might not be any free online cure for paranoia--which can sometimes run
rampant among runners who're married.  But still you can be helpful.  You
suggest keeping silent, which, now that we think about it, might not be a
bad prescription for you either.

{Mis-ter Self-Appoint-ed for the List-serv Non-Doc-tor of Med-i-cine!}

Bud Light beer:  we don't care where it's made; we just dig their
commercials.



( O_O  )



Yours troubly,

Rich Limacher
TheTroubadour@...

Yankee Folly of the Day:
Tiger Woods' one-hundred-and-sixty-four-whole-and-entire-dollars fine.  And
thanks to Blake Wood (no relation, we think ;-) for pointing that out.  Ahh,
now watch and see how much he'll have to pay Elin!

Winter has arrived with full force in SW Colorado. I don't have a report from
Silverton yet but Durango Mountain Resort got 3 feet last night and is
expecting up to 2 more by this weekend! It's time to break out the powder
pants!!
Dale G.

We've only gotten maybe a foot in the Boulder foothills, but DUDE, it's
1 degree out!  This Hardrock training with a -16 windchill is a wee bit
nippy!  :-O

  - Fred


On Tue, 2009-12-08 at 20:35 -0700, Dale Garland wrote:
>
> Winter has arrived with full force in SW Colorado. I don't have a
> report from
> Silverton yet but Durango Mountain Resort got 3 feet last night and
> is
> expecting up to 2 more by this weekend! It's time to break out the
> powder
> pants!!
> Dale G.

It'll be 80 here tomorrow. No mountains, but beach running suits me better than
snowshoeing.

Chris
Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Ecks <fredx@...>
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:48:06
To: <hr100@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [hr100] Let it snow !!

We've only gotten maybe a foot in the Boulder foothills, but DUDE, it's
1 degree out!  This Hardrock training with a -16 windchill is a wee bit
nippy!  :-O

  - Fred


On Tue, 2009-12-08 at 20:35 -0700, Dale Garland wrote:
>
> Winter has arrived with full force in SW Colorado. I don't have a
> report from
> Silverton yet but Durango Mountain Resort got 3 feet last night and
> is
> expecting up to 2 more by this weekend! It's time to break out the
> powder
> pants!!
> Dale G.






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Keep in Touch,
LMac

--- On Tue, 12/8/09, steve kral <stevekral@...> wrote:


From: steve kral <stevekral@...>
Subject: Gnarly...
To: "steve kral" <stevekral@...>
Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 6:53 AM




Don't think I have circulated this, but a bit of a video
on Sean White's private half pipe last year up in Velocity
Basin above Silverton....
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1Zoh2JC_XA



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Lois, now THAT was cool....what an athlete!

Thanks and see you in June, hopefully ;-)

Steve

http://perogoats.blogspot.com/


On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Lois MacKenzie <skunkears@...> wrote:

>
>
>
>
> Keep in Touch,
> LMac
>
> --- On Tue, 12/8/09, steve kral
<stevekral@...<stevekral%40hotmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
> From: steve kral <stevekral@... <stevekral%40hotmail.com>>
> Subject: Gnarly...
> To: "steve kral" <stevekral@... <stevekral%40hotmail.com>>
> Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 6:53 AM
>
> Don't think I have circulated this, but a bit of a video
> on Sean White's private half pipe last year up in Velocity
> Basin above Silverton....
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1Zoh2JC_XA
>
> Browse profiles for Free! View photos of singles in your area.
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>


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Good Morning Hardrockers!
         If you would like a ceramic mug with the names and times of all the
finishers from 2009 we have some extras. The price is $11 plus $5 for shipping
and handling. These are black mugs with white writing. Let me know and I'll
get one (or two!) right out to you.
Dale

All,

I've gotten a few emails from folks who note that the Hardrock home page is
not up.

Well, yes and no.

We have had TWO home pages. Our Primary one and the one you should go to to
get the 2010 entry form is:

http://www.run100s.com/HR/

That one is working fine and should be used as your primary Hardrock web
site.

Thanks

Charlie Thorn


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Greeting Hardrockers,
       On behlaf of all of us at Hardrock I'd like to wish you all a very happy
holiday season. We hope that it will be filled with much laughter and
enjoyment and that it finds you with those you care most about!
Dale

(oops.  Dale just reminded me... I meant to include all you fine folks in on
this, too)

[Hey, THIS ain't happenin' tomorrow.  So gotta be today, if at all this
week.  Merry Christmas, allah yous gah-roovy fit 'n' fab little (or big)
Listers and Listerveens!]

Bud Light presents...


REAL MEN OF GENIUS

{Real men of geeeeeene-yuss}

Today we salute you, Mr. Santa Claus Hat-Wearing Running Race Runner.

{Mis-ter "Is my cute red-and-white cap with the puff-ball reeeally fool-ing
you today?"}

Come on.  You have to be kidding us.  You honestly expect us, the hardcore
ground-pounders totally focused on the next 30 feet in front of us, to be
distracted---and somehow therefore "merry" and cheerful---just 'cuz YOUR
fascist bald noggin' has some stupid whacky hat on it?

{"Ho-ho-ho! Mer-rrrrrrr-ry Chris-muss ev-er-y bod-yyyyyy!"}

You're pretending you're from the North Pole?  You're secretly wishing all
the little boys and girls will meet you at the aid stations and want to
climb up on your lap?  Hey, pal.  We're all ADULTS here.  We've known your
ass ain't real since about the second grade.  You should show up dressed
like a Chippendale instead.

{Puh-leeeeeeeeeeeeease don't take your cos-tume off!!}

Besides, you're too skinny.  And weigh... too... slow.  The pillows stuffed
inside your goofy red-and-white totally sissified velvet jacket don't fool
anybody.  And besides, this is single-track trail.  You are in my way!  So
MOVE IT, pops.  Take those stupid "jingle bells" tied to your Asics into the
mud on the side and LET ME PASS!

{"Why are all these run-ners hav-ing such bad at-ti-tudes?"}

"Merry Xmas," you say?  We'll give you "X."  I've got a shot here at an
age-group trophy, and your pathetic demeanor and costume are slowing the
whole pack down.  Take your "good cheer" to the tavern.  You belong out here
in this mega-importance footrace like motor oil belongs in eggnog.

{"Heyyyyyyyyyy watch those el-bows, budddddd-dy!"}

So crack open an environmentally-chilled outdoors can of Bud Light when you
f-i-n-a-l-l-y get to the finish line, O Jolly Old Saint Nick, because you
deserve some kind of sixth-place prize in the costume contest at least.  And
we applaud your efforts like we would otherwise clap for a television
commercial.  But mostly?  We just thank the Kid in the Crèche that it ain't
Easter.

{Mis-ter Santa Claus Hat-with-the-puff-ball-Wearing Running Race Runner!}

Bud Light beer:  we don't care where it's made; we just dig their
commercials.



( O_O  )



Yours troubly,

Rich Limacher
TheTroubadour@...

Yankee Folly of the Day:
Even as a kid I was afraid of sitting on some fake Santa's lap.  I somehow
knew better than ask such a chump for a play workbench, with all those
colored little pegs which are supposed to be pounded inside all those round
little holes.  Your Memories May Vary, of course.
;-)

This one reminded me of the Awards Ceremony....

Keep in Touch,
LMac






 












 

 
 

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Dale, I think you know I want one of these, but I thought it best to send you
an official message to that effect (finally).
I'll put the check in the mail along with my 2010 entry check.

Chris





-----Original Message-----
From: Dale Garland <hardrock100@...>
To: hr100@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, Dec 19, 2009 9:29 am
Subject: [hr100] 2009  mugs





Good Morning Hardrockers!
         If you would like a ceramic mug with the names and times of all the
finishers from 2009 we have some extras. The price is $11 plus $5 for shipping
and handling. These are black mugs with white writing. Let me know and I'll
get one (or two!) right out to you.
Dale









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Check out the latest post on the HR Facebook page!  You will love it!
Megan Finnesy

Ingelhook Wineries present...


REAL WOMEN OF GENIUS

{Real gals of geeeeeene-yuss}

Today we raise our glass to you, Miss Northern Climes Happy-New-Year
Athletic Event Bikini Wearer.

{Miss "do yoooou think I should keep my m-m-mit-tens on?"}

Is this Miami?  Hawaii?  San Diego?  Not hardly.  This is 12-degrees
Fahrenheit and you are wearing your bathing suit.

{"Bbbbbbbutt my fah-fah-fah-frieeends will k-e-e-e-p m-m-m-m-me-me-me
warm!"}

Stroke of midnight?  That's the starting gun for the local First Race of The
New Year 5K.  You and all your running-tights-wearing, stocking-capped,
parka'd, gloved, ear-muffed, totally covered in Gore-Tex little group of
incredibly-growing friends are there in the park with ALL eyes on YOU.
Especially now after you've removed your warm-up sweats and are pretending
not to freeze.

{"Weeeeee duh-duh-duh-d-d-d-dooooooooooooo this ev'ry year!"}

Maybe you belong to the Polar Bear Club?  Or, that "other" one we now learn
has just formed in Chicago, chIlly-noise.  So, there's not one, but TWO
group swims scheduled for this very morning on North Avenue Beach.  And,
sure, the public is also invited for this annual gleeful half-naked frolic
IN the warm and balmy waters of beautiful Lake Michigan.

{YOOOOOOOOOOU have-to-be-K-K-KID-DING YOU!}

Do you worry that maybe your tan lines are showing?  Don't.  Most weekday
editions of the next-day's papers are still printed in black and white.  So
unless your particular butt merits front-page exposure in the Sunday
Sun-Times, you probably shouldn't worry too much if what you wore all summer
for those triathlons was a one-piece tank, which today is likely to leave
vast areas of white space along the most awe-inspiring parts of your body.

{"M-m-m-may-beee I'll wuh-wuh-wuh--win a m-m-m-m-mod-el-ing
c-c-c-c-c-c-con-tract?"}

So pop the cork quickly out of your thoroughly-chilled bottle of White
Zinfandel, O Miss Pamela Anderson wannabe, because your own XXX-Mas present
to yourself LAST year was a couple of strategically-placed "surgical
enhancements," and they certainly do seem to have some totally undeniable
but *bare*ly understandable NEED to be put on public display on this, the
coldest day of the year.

{Miss Northern C-C-Climes Hap-py-py-py-New-Year Ath-let-ick E-vent Bi-ki-ni
Wear-er!}


White Zinfandel yuppie wine:  we don't drink it ourselves; we'd rather
guzzle beer.



( O_O  )




Yours troubly,

Rich Limacher
TheTroubadour@...

Yankee Folly of the Day:
This isn't all that easy to do early in the morning on a hangover...

Happy New Year!  I hope your New Year Celebrations were full of
adventure and many miles on the trails!

I just wanted to give you all a heads up that the 2nd Annual Golden Gate
Dirty Thirty will be on Saturday June 5th, 2010.
A 50K with approx. 9,000 ft. of climbing/descending, a 12 miler with 3,700ft of
climbing / descending and a 7 miler with 1700 ft of climbing/descending on a
single loop course for each race with 95% single track trails through pine
forests, aspen groves, grassy meadows, and rocky ridges with panoramic views of
the Continental Divide. 
The website will be updated and registration will be open by Feb. 1st.
www.goldengatedirtythirty.org
There will be a few changes in 2010, but the courses will remain the
same.  Race times will change to:
50K will start at 6:00 am, the 12 mile will start at 9:00 am and the 7
mile will start at 10:00 am.  This will bring runners into the post race
festivities around the same time so everyone can enjoy the Marimba band
and food.
There will probably be a cap on the number of runners allowed this year
and I am almost certain it will fill up.  These details are being worked
out with the park officials.
I hope to see you all out there!

Happy Trails,
 
Megan Finnesy, RD
Golden Gate
Dirty Thirty
303-332-4849


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[We are grateful to Lora Mantelman for suggesting this idea. Thanks!]

Bud Light presents...


REAL MEN OF GENIUS

{Real men of geeeeeene-yuss}

Today we salute you, Mr. Public Listserv Displayer of Apparently Private
Affection.

{Mis-ter "I haaaave se-cret code names for EVVVV'RYbunny on this list!"}

"Happy Birthday, Sparkie?"  "Congratulations on your first 100, Poopkins?"
These deep-seeded primordial urges you have---to shout out publicly what
maybe even your "Poopkins" doesn't understand---this is supposed to be
relevant to the rest of us?

{'Boop-sey-and-I once had cof-feeeeeeeee to-ge-heh-ther!!'}

So you are, what now, trolling for a feedback?  Hoping against hope that
"Little Shoozie" will remember your ass?  And that she'll be so
hyper-cosmically overwhelmed with emotion in finding that you even thought
of her today, that she'll sit down immediately inside her cubicle and zap
you back such a passionate reply that words like hers wouldn't have been
seen on this Earth since Juliet died in that Shakespeare play?

{"Romeo!  Ro-me-o!  Where-the-hell-are-yooooooou, Ro-me-o!"}

Dude, get real.  Almost EVERYBODY on Earth has thought of "Sweet Punkie"
today, because her birthdate (along with a dozen others' and using their
full names) has been publicly broadcast over this very listserv that you,
your own frumpy self, now subscribe to.  Of course, apparently nobody but
you knows the "secret" private cutesy little nickname for one of the top
female ultrarunners on the planet.

{"Thaaaaaaat's what we call her in our runnnnnn-nnnning club!"}

Almost EVERYbuddy else has already sent her a private email "Happy Birthday"
message.  But you, in your wisdom, have decided that what we all must need
on this particular day is to globally understand that your own truly wizened
self is sitting there in YOUR cubicle trying to brag to us that you're
trying to find a girlfriend.

{"I'm goooooing on break in a-noth-er twennnnnn-ty min-utes!"}

So crack open an ice-cold Bud Light from the brown paper bag inside your
office refrigerator, O Great White Hunter and Pecker, because the real
reason you're having to troll in the first place is because every other
actual buddy of "Little Snoozy" already has her private email address.

{Mis-ter Pub-lic List-serv Dis-play-er of Ap-par-ent-ly Pri-vate
Af-fec-tion!}

Bud Light beer:  we don't care where it's made; we just dig their
commercials.



( O_O  )



Yours troubly,

Rich Limacher
TheTroubadour@...

Yankee Folly of the Day:
Check this out, all ye who doubt the importance of correct spelling:

http://www.sphere.com/2010/01/08/a-nagging-issue-for-u-s-terror-fight-misspe
llings/19308109/?icid=main|main|dl1|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sphere.com%2F2010
%2F01%2F08%2Fa-nagging-issue-for-u-s-terror-fight-misspellings%2F19308109%2F
Cat Stevens should've stayed in the monastery.

Hi Hardrockers,
        Only 25 days until that event which defines everyones calendar (oh
yeah, there's a football game on that date too!). I want to remind all of you
that we are still accepting submissions for consideration as the official
print of the 2010 Hardrock. Your artwork will be displayed as the finishers
print, promotional print as well as on business and community thank yous and
even Hardrock t shirts. If you have an original piece of artwork or a
photograph you would like considered please send me a copy of it. The deadline
will be Wed. 2/3/2010.
Thanks,
Dale G.

Charlie -

Hope this finds you well.  Just to avoid any confusion -- I just sent in my app
for 2010 and in it I included a check($16) for the 2009 mug that was sent to me.
I will send the entry fee check if I get in or if/when I get off the wait list.

Best,
Mike Bur
Kensington, MD

cc: Dale

Hardrockers,

Below is my first Silverton UNOFFICIAL snow report for the season.  Snowfall
across the San Juans has been around 90% of normal this winter but a strong
storm is in progress.

The SNOTEL web site provides a lot of snow water content and other data for
Colorado and other western states.
http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/snotel/snoareas.html

        Unofficial Seasonal Snowfall in Inches
        Silverton, CO, Elevation 9320
          Year    Dec1    Jan1    Feb1    Mar1    Apr1     May1    Jun1
          91-92   51.75   66.25   76.25   91.25   124.75  131.25   131.25
          92-93   39.5     64       140      228      249       265
272.5
          93-94   22       34        44.5    80         89        128.5
  130.5
          94-95   71       85.5     115     147       207.5     224
  242.5
          95-96   21       34        77       105.5    121       133      133
          96-97   48.5    78        132.5   153      160       178       179
          97-98   30       49        71.5     84.5    125        144.5    150
          98-99   46.1    62        89.6     102.4   114.2     159      190.4
          99-00   3.0     18.1      42.5     83.2     152.4     165.5   165.5
          00-01   32.8    51.5     79.4     114.0   137.3     169.3    184.6
          01-02   20.4    42.5     48.2     66.4      72.5      75.7     75.7
          02-03   46.7    65.2     86.4     110.6    128.6     138.9   142.7
          03-04   31       60       95.9     140.9    154.6     183.2   185.6
          04-05   34.7    45.3    114.9    153.6    177.6     194.7   196.2
          05-06   17.7    30.6    41.6      65.5     114.4     missing
missing
          06-07   51.9    71.5    84.9     107.5    123.1      147.8   162.4
          07-08   17.7    78.2    166.9    209.3    221        232.8    246
          08-09   28.8    86.9    106.3    120.8    132.7     155       155
          09-10   NA      50.2

Past years'
averages =    34.1    55.8       89.6    120.2    144.7      166.2   173.1

  Charlie Thorn
thorncha@...


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[Again thanks and credit is due to Lora Mantelman for issuing this
"challenge" to which the author now responds.]

Bud Light presents...


REAL MEN OF GENIUS

{Real men of geeeeeene-yuss!}

Today we salute you, Mr. Whacked-Out Writer of Real Men/Women of Genius.

{Mis-ter What-in-the-hell-are-you-DO-ING-ta-king-up-all-this-space?}

So, you are qualified to do this... HOW?  To sit and pontificate over all
sorts of human running behavior you couldn't possibly ever understand.
Because you yourself, when you do run at all, run like a duck?  A
hippopotamus?  Wildebeest?

{"Whoa! You're blow-w-w-w-w-w-wing my cov-er!"}

You should be ashamed of yourself.  Picking on men twice as fast and half
your size.  And women, too.  One-third your size and three times as fast.
So what if they wear pink-and-orange day-glo buffs to match their socks to
match their "skirts" that match their jogbra that pick up the colors from
their scrunchie?  They are leaving *your* fascist ass in the dust, Dude!

{"Butttttttttttt izzint sommmmm-a dys stuff funnnnnnny?"}

Trying to make us laugh on a Friday, usually before major competitions that
generally get started at 0600 the very next day.  What are you thinking?
These champions need their rest!  And *you're* poking fun at them?
Puh-leeease.  Do us all a favor and crawl back up inside your antiquated
Windows XP and pull down your shades and draw the curtains.  You are
obviously suffering from sunstroke.

{"I jusssssssssssss hadda CO-LON-OS-CO-PEEEY!!!"}

Calling attention to myths and foibles.  Publicly embarrassing your friends
on a listserv.  Pretending like as if every other dufus out there thinks
just as goofy as you do.  And all of it?  All of it is nothing more than
stupid, silly, waste-my-time, utter and complete and altogether total:
nonsense.

{And WHYYYY do ya god-da sennnnnnd us fiffffff-teen fric-king cop-ies?}

So crack open an ice-cold Bud Light, O Dali Lama of Daytime Time-Wasting,
because you just have to know that somewhere "out there" there is some
certain "someone" who is NOT amused.  And that certain someone... is... me.

{Mis-ter Whacked-Out Wri-ter of Re-al Men/Wo-men of Geeeeene-yuss!}

Bud Light beer:  we don't care where it's made; we just dig their
commercials.



( O_O  )



Yours troubly,

Rich Limacher
TheTroubadour@...

Yankee Folly of the Day:
It *could* possibly be time to start broadening the scope here to include
the REAL Real Dumbshits of Genius.  Here's an initial list:  Tiger Woods,
practically every CEO on Wall Street, not to forget America's automotive and
insurance industries, half the tax-dodgers in the Obama Administration, and,
of course, this late entry:  John Edwards.