This...

...just crushes.  AGAIN.

First:  Skopie (Jim Skophammer) and Aaron Goldman
Then:  Alyssa Skye
And THEN:  Jürgen Ankenbrand
And NOW:  (my absolute WORST primal fear ever) A RUNNER BEING SHOT AND
KILLED by some (pardon the emotion, I'm only opinionating here) toadal
dipwad drunken assh*le MF'n HUNTER!!!!

Second Amendment...right to bear arms?  B*llsh*t!! ...it's time for another
Constitutional Convention.
[When the Bill of Rights was adopted in, like, 18th century America,
citizens really and truly needed guns...to survive!  Today, all THAT has
changed.  Guns are now only needed by our police and military--PERIOD.  Guns
are no longer needed on the streets, in the 'hood, or in the woods.  (I'd
suggest bow-and-arrow hunting ONLY.)  When WILL this country arise and
actually meet the challenges of the times?  When WILL we all finally join
the 21st century?  Excuse the rant, but I am just pissed.]

*We* are the running herd, and *they* are just killing us.

Rich Limacher
TheTroubadour@...

PS:  Some years ago, when I used to run the HUFF 50K in Indiana--the trail
really does go through woods which, along one stretch, actually borders a
shooting range--I, and another runner with me, were very nearly shot
ourselves by at least one or two stray bullets that cut through trees and
leaves not 10 feet above our heads!!!!  I  hollered out my feeble "protest"
and then later complained to the Race Director--and I'm not sure if he
thought I was joking--but the race, as far as I know, still continues past
that damned free-for-all shooting gallery to this very day.  How long do you
suppose it will be before one of "us" gets (accidentally, of course)
murdered during THAT event?


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ultra@...
[mailto:owner-ultra@...] On Behalf Of fred dummar
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 4:28 PM
To: UList; ultrarunning@yahoogroups.com
Subject: North Carolina Fat Ass 50k (Moved)

Ultra Folk,

Just a heads up that the NC Fat Ass 50K scheduled for tomorrow on the All
American Trail has been moved based on an apparent tragic accident.

The new location is Reservoir Park in Southern Pines, NC

Click attached link for park address:
http://www.etinternet.net/~runrbike/ncfa50k.htm

The All American Trail is closed every year from October until 1 January for
hunting season, the trail will remain closed based on initial reports that a
hunter shot and killed a runner this morning on the trail.

We normally celebrate the reopening of the trail on 2 January with the NC
Fat Ass 50k, but the trail is roped off with crime scene tape and not many
additional details on this tragedy are available.

Tragic, simply tragic.

Regards,
Doom

The Troubadour <thetroubadour@...> wrote:

>This...
>
>...just crushes.  AGAIN.
>
>First:  Skopie (Jim Skophammer) and Aaron Goldman
>Then:  Alyssa Skye
>And THEN:  Jürgen Ankenbrand
>And NOW:  (my absolute WORST primal fear ever) A RUNNER BEING SHOT AND
>KILLED by some (pardon the emotion, I'm only opinionating here) toadal
>dipwad drunken assh*le MF'n HUNTER!!!!
>
>Second Amendment...right to bear arms?  B*llsh*t!! ...it's time for another
>Constitutional Convention.
>[When the Bill of Rights was adopted in, like, 18th century America,
>citizens really and truly needed guns...to survive!  Today, all THAT has
>changed.  Guns are now only needed by our police and military--PERIOD.  Guns
>are no longer needed on the streets, in the 'hood, or in the woods.  (I'd
>suggest bow-and-arrow hunting ONLY.)  When WILL this country arise and
>actually meet the challenges of the times?  When WILL we all finally join
>the 21st century?  Excuse the rant, but I am just pissed.]
>
>*We* are the running herd, and *they* are just killing us.
>
>Rich Limacher
>TheTroubadour@...
>
>PS:  Some years ago, when I used to run the HUFF 50K in Indiana--the trail
>really does go through woods which, along one stretch, actually borders a
>shooting range--I, and another runner with me, were very nearly shot
>ourselves by at least one or two stray bullets that cut through trees and
>leaves not 10 feet above our heads!!!!  I  hollered out my feeble "protest"
>and then later complained to the Race Director--and I'm not sure if he
>thought I was joking--but the race, as far as I know, still continues past
>that damned free-for-all shooting gallery to this very day.  How long do you
>suppose it will be before one of "us" gets (accidentally, of course)
>murdered during THAT event?
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-ultra@...
>[mailto:owner-ultra@...] On Behalf Of fred dummar
>Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 4:28 PM
>To: UList; ultrarunning@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: North Carolina Fat Ass 50k (Moved)
>
>Ultra Folk,
>
>Just a heads up that the NC Fat Ass 50K scheduled for tomorrow on the All
>American Trail has been moved based on an apparent tragic accident.
>
>The new location is Reservoir Park in Southern Pines, NC
>
>Click attached link for park address:
>http://www.etinternet.net/~runrbike/ncfa50k.htm
>
>The All American Trail is closed every year from October until 1 January for
>hunting season, the trail will remain closed based on initial reports that a
>hunter shot and killed a runner this morning on the trail.
>
>We normally celebrate the reopening of the trail on 2 January with the NC
>Fat Ass 50k, but the trail is roped off with crime scene tape and not many
>additional details on this tragedy are available.
>
>Tragic, simply tragic.
>
>Regards,
>Doom
>

Unbelievable! I'll withhold comment until I learn more about it, but a
number of us also had concerns during the Wasatch 100 one year when
several hunters were shooting very close to the running trail. We called
out to them to let them know there were a lot of runners on the trail
that morning but they just yelled back at us -- no doubt unhappy that we
were invading "their" territory.  It was a really unpleasant situation in
an otherwise beautiful run.

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Hardrockers,

The latest Hardrock applicant list has been posted to the Hardrock web
site.  As if December 31, I have 383 applications.  If you find any
errors, please email me.

Charlie

[OMG!  I almost forgot.  It's Positivity Wednesday!  And I did so want to
pay tribute right after the holidays with a companion piece for the lifetime
companion of AUA's latest inductee to the Ultrarunning Hall of Fame:  Barney
Klecker's better half Janis, the still-standing American women's record
holder for fastest road 50K ever!  Check it out here...
http://www.americanultra.org/statistics/statframeset.htm
...by clicking on "Women's Records/Open" and see, after ALMOST 30 YEARS (!)
how they *still* have her name spelled wrong, as follows:
"DIST  TIME ... ATHLETE (CTZN ...) ...
50 km 3:13:51 ... US Record JANICE KLECKER."
Friends, it just goes to show ya:  ain't nobody payin' attention to these
totally "modified" Dos Equis commercials any more!  But I still hope y'all
are havin' a Happiness Wednesday anyway!  And now without further ado, Mrs.
Klecker is my own personal inductee to today's TMIWITW. ;-]



Since nineteen hundred and eighty-three, no woman in America has beaten her
in a 31+ mile footrace.

Her all-time record was set 27 years and three weeks ago last Friday.

Married to yet another still-current record-holder at the time--and to
further prove her point--she has been thoroughly kicking HIS butt ever
since.

A footrace she once dominated was held in the nefarious State of Illinois,
of all places, where former governors run the streets after being impeached
while awaiting trial, and former governors before that are forced to curtail
their racing aspirations to just daily jogs around the prison yard.

Her heretofore south suburban Chi-Town footrace was called "The Scenic
Ten"--for 10 miles which she won in 1994 in near-record-time of 56:01--and
even that race's literature has her name SPELLED WRONG!

She graciously met *the ghostwriter* of this very beer-parody series [not
the audio narrator that also hosts PBS's "Frontline"] just prior to that
race while standing in line at the porta-potties.  Will Lyman did not give
up his place in line for her, but *he* did.

She then proceeded to blow away the field and a few dozen streetside maple
trees besides.

Her reputation as a gracious, outstanding athlete is superseded only by her
reputation as an outstanding mother and citizen of Minnesota, where former
professional wrestlers are elected governor and now-current United States
Senators first got their starts in political incorrectness by playing
complete idiots on "Saturday Night Live."

Minnesota should have elected her instead--a long, long time ago.  Because
of that failing, Minnesota is still stuck with complete idiots in political
life.

Once her hubby dared her to beat him in a 50-yard dash to the fridge.  She
appeared to just let him go.  Several minutes later he returned
empty-handed, only to find she had that wonted bottle of Diet Dr. Pepper in
her hand.  She had been there and back already.

She is The Most Interesting Woman In The World.

"I don't always replenish my thirst during long runs with soda pop; but when
I don't, I prefer that my 'worser' half does. ;)  Stay married, my friends."




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    V




See (and hear) some originals:

http://dosequis.com/
[you'll need to click on 3 "thingies" to establish that you're over age 21
:-|]

Also here:

http://www.eatmedaily.com/2009/06/dos-equis-ad-campaign-the-most-interesting
-man-in-the-world-video
[if this link is broken, as it seemingly always is, you can copy-and-paste
it all into your browser]

And look at THESE!

http://purplejesus.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/dosequisman.jpg
http://www.acrosstheyears.com/cgi-bin/closeup.cgi?rid=198
[should Don Winkley be next? :-]


My mark:

XX
Rich Limacher
TheTroubadour@...
["your friendly neighborly 800-year-old lute plucker and ale sucker from
France"]

Yankee Folly of the Day:
I am making it my mission in life to get both the AUA and the now-defunct
Scenic Ten to learn how to spell my heroines' names correctly!

Hardrockers,

Below is the Silverton UNOFFICIAL snow report as of January 1, 2011.
After a very mild early December, two back-to-back storms dumped on
Silverton, raising the snow levels a lot. The climate models predict a
normal start to the San Juan Mountains' new year but warm and dry
conditions from about February thru May.

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

Also, for you weather geeks, the Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies
(http://snowstudies.org/index.html) provides snow and other conditions
in the Red Mountain area.

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

        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    91.4     122.7    143.4     160.1    166.2
          10-11   22.6    78.5

Past years'
averages =    35.4    55.5       89.7    120.3    144.6      157.2   163.6

Charlie Thorn
thorncha@...

[This, coming in the wake of recent tragedies involving runners and
ultrarunners, is bound to "set a few folks off."  But please, bear with me
as you would "Mr. Warmth"--Don Rickles--who loves to insult folks, then
invite them backstage after the show.  Call me "Mr. Cold Dead Hand." ;-]

Bud Light presents...


REAL MEN OF GENIUS

{Re-al men of geeeeeene-yuss}

Today we salute you, Mr. Defender of the 2nd Amendment--After a Runner Is
Killed in a Hunting Accident--For All The Wrong Reasons.

{Mis-ter Smiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiith goes-to-Wassssh-shing-ton and
filllllll-i-bussssss-ters for-a-month!}

After such a forest tragedy, someone philosophically raises the question
"maybe the 2nd Amendment itself needs amending--or repealing?" and right
away you see the ghost of Charlton Heston rising up out of the woodsy
morning mist with his bolt-action Springfield thrust upwards towards heaven
from his speaker's platform, where he loudly, deeply, and chillingly
intones: "OUT OF MY COLD DEAD HAND!!!"

{We'llllllllll leave you the rif-le and-just-uuuuuuse-it-to-chill-our-beer!}

Please.  Save the dramatics.  It *is* a legit question because times have
changed.  Americans are no longer fighting Redcoats, Cherokees, or jaguars
and wolves all over their backyard chicken coops.  Certainly not with
flintlocks, muzzle-loaders, or blunderbusses.  And for hunting?  What better
test of real skill than with a bow and a quiver of arrows?

{"Frommmm the deer stand, ri-co-chet-ing twice, glannnnn-cing
off-the-cap-stone, and noth-ing but eye-ball!"}

But no.  You argue, along with good old Moses, that it is your by-God
Constitutional-given gollamn RIGHT to bear arms--shotguns, rifles, M-16s,
AK-47s, 50-caliber machine guns, and armor-piercing weaponry of every
description--all because of that Founding Fathers' mandate for blowing the
brains out of a few wild turkeys, fleeing geese, and the occasional sick and
limping white-tailed deer.

{"I wannn-na kill-kill!--KILL!!!  I'm sit-tin' here on the Group-W bench,
an' I jus' wannnnn-na KILL!!!!!!!!!!!"}

The plain fact is, if there were no guns, that dead runner would still be
alive.  Ohhhh, save it, Mr. Self-Appointed Universal Spokesman for the
National Rifle Association.  No one's going to rip that freezing petrified
gunstock out from the death-grip of your stiff frozen carcass in January up
there in moose country.  We'll wait until spring.

{Jussssssssst like Jer-e-mi-ah Johnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn-son!}

But of course the REAL REASON why you argue how precious is Amendment
Second, is because its need was hinted at in the Declaration of Independence
where it talks about citizens being able to defend themselves against
tyranny, invasion from large armies of foreign mercenaries, and
government-incited domestic insurrections--not to mention the fact that the
Amendment itself better justifies our militia rather than your hunting down
marauding invaders from despotic kings.  "It's my last line of defense!" you
argue.  "What if we suddenly did have a military takeover, like they have
all the time in South America?"

{"The-Bri-tish-are-commmmm-ing!
The-Bri-tish-arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre-commmmmmmmmm-ing!"}

Well, in that case you might just as well lean back and crack open an
ice-cold Bud Light, O Paul Revere of the Light Brigade, because now we're
just dying to see how well you *can* defend the neighborhood--even WITH your
rec room safe full of barely legal firearms--against that very military coup
when it ROARS down your street driving M1A1/2 Abrams battle tanks, with
troop carriers firing shoulder-harnessed mini-warheads, jet aircraft
strafing your bedrooms, and the occasional ship-launched Tomahawk missile
zooming straight at your now-empty rifle-clip-carrying ass at five hundred
and fifty miles per hour.  Hey, duck!

{Misssssssssss-ter Deeee-fen-der-of-the-2nd-A-mend-ment--After a Run-ner Is
Killed in a Hun-ting Ac-ci-dent--For Allllllllll The Wrong Rea-sonnnsss!}

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



( O_O )



Yours troubly,

Rich Limacher
TheTroubadour@...
"that 800-year-old lute-plucking and ale-sucking song-and-dance man from
France"
(now on tab at http://www.runrace.net/)

Yankee Folly of the Day:
We don't suppose a bow and a quiver of arrows would make much difference
either against the onslaught of roaring tanks.

All,

Thanks to Christian Griffith, the list of 2011 Hardrock applicants is
now posted to our web site (http://hardrock100.com/index.php).  As of
January 8, we have 439 applications.

As usual, please report (off line) any errors or corrections.

Charlie
thorncha@...

Hi Hardrockers! And remember, in addition to filling the slots for this years
run we will also be selecting the artwork for the 2011 run at the selection
meeting. This piece of art will be used in promotional posters and finishers
certificates and prints. If you'd like to have a photo or original piece of
work considered for the 2011 Hardrock print, please submit your entry or a
link to your entry by Feb. 1st.
Happy Trails!!
Dale

On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:52:41 -0700
   Charles Thorn <thorncha@...> wrote:
> All,
>
> Thanks to Christian Griffith, the list of 2011 Hardrock applicants is
> now posted to our web site (http://hardrock100.com/index.php).  As of
> January 8, we have 439 applications.
>
> As usual, please report (off line) any errors or corrections.
>
> Charlie
> thorncha@...

[Happy Positivity/Happiness Wednesday, everyone!  Today we wish to continue
with the "better-half/worse-half" thread that was started on behalf of
running couples, each "half" of which is now, or was once, totally AWESOME.
Approximately one month ago, we gave "the treatment" to Deb Pero.  Today we
want to do the same for her "worser half" Steve (known to me as El Stevo ;)
who is also quite able to tell much more about himself right here:
http://perogoats.blogspot.com/
The sweet story of their matrimony (complete with mountaintop ceremony) can
be found there.
And here's a tad more:
http://www.runningahead.com/logs/d970d4b94fc64ece8da1b676a54ca4b3/profile
Thus, what a fitting TMIMITW El Stevo turns out to be!]



He's the "Hardrock Hard-Luck King of the Hill."  No matter how many times
he's "gotten it wrong" (i.e., what to eat) and ended up hurling his insides
out and DNF'ing the Run, he's always "been there" for his bride, who now
probably has a dozen finishes to his, what, one?

That's understated.  He's also laid considerable claim to fame with these
accomplishments:  a Fun Run finish at The Barkley (first time out!),
numerous sub-24-hour 100-mile finishes, many times "placing" at shorter
local races, and more than one sub-3-hour marathon.

Once, in 1969, he even beat NASA to the moon.

When Perpetuem, or Ensure, or Gerber's Baby Food is looking for a
field-tester, they all ring his phone.

Not quite like the Davy Crockett of "Remember The Alamo" fame--but still
close in age--he proposed on a mountaintop, got married on a mountaintop,
and THEN went to Tennessee.

Currently he has a homestead, remember, in "Los Alamos."

His other claim to fame is moving constantly across country.  All the way
across--from New England to New Mexico--and back, and forth, and back again,
AND able to collect meaningful employment at both places as easily as some
men collect stamps.

He accomplishes all these cross-country moves by packing everything he owns
in the back seat of a Volkswagen Jetta.  That warehouse full of trophies
he's won has long since been donated to charity.

A taller, fitter, more slender man the ladies will never ever find.  And,
after having not been able to not witness him in a locker room, this
narrator can attest that every lady on Planet Earth truly ought to be
insanely jealous of Deb's "reward."

He is The Most Interesting Man In The World.

"I don't always bathe in thermal hot springs at 7,870 feet; but when I do, I
prefer a good colorfast Speedo.  Stay 'hot,' my friends."




( 00 )
    V




See (and hear) some originals:

http://dosequis.com/

Also here:

http://www.eatmedaily.com/2009/06/dos-equis-ad-campaign-the-most-interesting
-man-in-the-world-video
[if this link is broken, as it seemingly always is, you can copy-and-paste
it all into your browser]

My mark:

XX
Rich Limacher
TheTroubadour@...
["that 800-year-old currently frozen solid lute plucker from France"]

Yankee Folly of the Day:
According to his blog, Steve runs to work (in NH) every day--even during
blizzards, Nor'Easters, and "The Weather Bomb"--but it's apparently only
about three-and-a-half miles one way.  That's one way.  The other way is to
stay home today!  New England's now getting more snow than Chi-Town *ever*
got!!

True that!!                                                 The Peros...none
finer...
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

-----Original Message-----
From: "The Troubadour" <thetroubadour@...>
Sender: hr100@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:53:47
To: Ultra List<ULTRA@...>
Reply-To: hr100@yahoogroups.com
Cc: <volstate@...>; Barkley List<barkley@...>;
<hr100@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [hr100] THE MOST INTERESTING MAN/WOMAN IN THE WORLD (issue 35)

[Happy Positivity/Happiness Wednesday, everyone!  Today we wish to continue
with the "better-half/worse-half" thread that was started on behalf of
running couples, each "half" of which is now, or was once, totally AWESOME.
Approximately one month ago, we gave "the treatment" to Deb Pero.  Today we
want to do the same for her "worser half" Steve (known to me as El Stevo ;)
who is also quite able to tell much more about himself right here:
http://perogoats.blogspot.com/
The sweet story of their matrimony (complete with mountaintop ceremony) can
be found there.
And here's a tad more:
http://www.runningahead.com/logs/d970d4b94fc64ece8da1b676a54ca4b3/profile
Thus, what a fitting TMIMITW El Stevo turns out to be!]



He's the "Hardrock Hard-Luck King of the Hill."  No matter how many times
he's "gotten it wrong" (i.e., what to eat) and ended up hurling his insides
out and DNF'ing the Run, he's always "been there" for his bride, who now
probably has a dozen finishes to his, what, one?

That's understated.  He's also laid considerable claim to fame with these
accomplishments:  a Fun Run finish at The Barkley (first time out!),
numerous sub-24-hour 100-mile finishes, many times "placing" at shorter
local races, and more than one sub-3-hour marathon.

Once, in 1969, he even beat NASA to the moon.

When Perpetuem, or Ensure, or Gerber's Baby Food is looking for a
field-tester, they all ring his phone.

Not quite like the Davy Crockett of "Remember The Alamo" fame--but still
close in age--he proposed on a mountaintop, got married on a mountaintop,
and THEN went to Tennessee.

Currently he has a homestead, remember, in "Los Alamos."

His other claim to fame is moving constantly across country.  All the way
across--from New England to New Mexico--and back, and forth, and back again,
AND able to collect meaningful employment at both places as easily as some
men collect stamps.

He accomplishes all these cross-country moves by packing everything he owns
in the back seat of a Volkswagen Jetta.  That warehouse full of trophies
he's won has long since been donated to charity.

A taller, fitter, more slender man the ladies will never ever find.  And,
after having not been able to not witness him in a locker room, this
narrator can attest that every lady on Planet Earth truly ought to be
insanely jealous of Deb's "reward."

He is The Most Interesting Man In The World.

"I don't always bathe in thermal hot springs at 7,870 feet; but when I do, I
prefer a good colorfast Speedo.  Stay 'hot,' my friends."




( 00 )
    V




See (and hear) some originals:

http://dosequis.com/

Also here:

http://www.eatmedaily.com/2009/06/dos-equis-ad-campaign-the-most-interesting
-man-in-the-world-video
[if this link is broken, as it seemingly always is, you can copy-and-paste
it all into your browser]

My mark:

XX
Rich Limacher
TheTroubadour@...
["that 800-year-old currently frozen solid lute plucker from France"]

Yankee Folly of the Day:
According to his blog, Steve runs to work (in NH) every day--even during
blizzards, Nor'Easters, and "The Weather Bomb"--but it's apparently only
about three-and-a-half miles one way.  That's one way.  The other way is to
stay home today!  New England's now getting more snow than Chi-Town *ever*
got!!




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

Thanks, Rich....I am humbled. Thanks also to all of you for your comments...

An update, I officially move to New Mexico tomorrow afternoon as I start the
drive out yet again in my "Golf"! ;-) So I will finally be back with Deb
after we being apart since June, with an occasional conjugal visit...

As Akabill says....Life is good and getting better all the time!

Steve Pero
Jemez Springs, NM, a suburb of Los Alamos ;-)
Moving from 350 feet to 8200 feet! Not much running in my immediate future
;-)


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

Couldn't have found a more suitable couple to focus on!
(No need to acknowledge...~J-J)

--- On Wed, 1/12/11, Steve Pero <ultrastevep@...> wrote:


From: Steve Pero <ultrastevep@...>
Subject: [hr100] Re: THE MOST INTERESTING MAN/WOMAN IN THE WORLD (issue 35)
To: TheTroubadour@...
Cc: "Ultra List" <ULTRA@...>, "Barkley List"
<barkley@...>, hr100@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2011, 3:46 PM


 



Thanks, Rich....I am humbled. Thanks also to all of you for your comments...

An update, I officially move to New Mexico tomorrow afternoon as I start the
drive out yet again in my "Golf"! ;-) So I will finally be back with Deb
after we being apart since June, with an occasional conjugal visit...

As Akabill says....Life is good and getting better all the time!

Steve Pero
Jemez Springs, NM, a suburb of Los Alamos ;-)
Moving from 350 feet to 8200 feet! Not much running in my immediate future
;-)

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Bud Light presents...


REAL MEN OF GENIUS

{Re-al men of geeeeeene-yuss}

Today we salute you, Mr.
Blogger-Twitter-Tweeter-Woofer-MySpacedOut-Facebooker While Still Running in
the Footrace Footracer.

{Mis-ter Whoa! Thissssssss Is A Mouuuuuuuuth-fulllllllllll!!}

You are truly something special.  Leave it to you to take that "one step
beyond" just talking on the telephone--in the middle of some national
forest--to actually receiving and sending MAIL from there.  And all the
while barely breaking stride, except when you can't see that miniscule
little plasma screen in the blazing sunlight, or you hit the wrong buttons,
or fat-finger several keys at once, or get the addresses wrong.  *Then*
you're stopping for twenty minutes at a clip.

{Sommmmmmme-times there's dropped connnnn-nec-tionsssssssssssss!}

Please.  Are there mailboxes bolted to those maple trees?  Does the US
Postal Service drive its little funky trucks down the trail and pick up
every thirty minutes?  Nah, make that every thirty seconds!  Is there
something wrong with the audio on your cell?  Do you sincerely NEED TO
browse the Internet while slogging through 50 miles of extreme muddy jungle?

{"Wel-commmmme to the jung-gle, we got fun and--video--gamessssssssssss!"}

And just who *are* these blog, Twit, or sweet Tweet "followers" whom you are
now Twittering that aren't, by the way, running right on your heels?  Do you
imagine countless thousands?  Do you actually tell yourself that there truly
*are* zillions of "peeps" "out there" who have no life but to sit there,
dial up, glom on, and watch YOURS?

{"I wonnnn-der how The Bark-leeeey Vir-gin is doooo-ing
now-that-ten-more-sec-onds-have-passsssed?"}

Puh-leeeeeease, Mr. Modern-day Postmaster Descendant of Ben Franklin, those
countless thousands of your presumed followers all have their own cell
phones, Facebook accounts, MySpace spaces, and the totally frittering
capability of sending "You've Got Mail!" to all of THEIR imagined countless
thousands of followers on Twitter.

{"Maaaaaaay-be I could save min-utesssssss by just sennnnnnd-ding a
cyber-post-card?"}

And the hapless results are:  everybody's mailing but nobody's reading.

{Nexxxxxxxt you'll-beeeee-Tweeeet-ting Sears cat-a-logggggs!}

So crack open an ice-cold Bud Light, O Faithful Lettercarrier We Forgot to
Leave a Christmas Present for, because now you actually, really and truly,
get to experience for your very own self precisely *why* the United States
Postal Service is going broke.  All those trailside tree-mounted mailboxes
are being stuffed-to-overflowing ONLY with unopened junk mail, and
advertisers are beginning to take the hint.  They're all dropping their
presorted prepaid mail accounts and pecking on their cell phones, too.

{Mis-ter
Bloggg-ger-Twittttt-ter-Tweeeeeee-ter-Woof-er-MySpacedOut-Facebooker-Whiiiii
iile-Still-Run-ning-in-the-Foot-race Foot-raaaaaaaacer!}

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



( O_O )



Yours troubly,

Rich Limacher
TheTroubadour@...
"that 800-year-old lute-plucking, ale-sucking, e-mailing song-and-dance man
from France"
(now on tab at http://www.runrace.net/)

Yankee Folly of the Day:
Please don't "unfriend" me because I'm (at least to *my* countless thousands
of totally imaginary lookers and gawkers) "booty-full."

Hardrockers,

The latest Hardrock applicant list has been posted to the Hardrock web
page.  As of January 18th, I have received 496 applications and I
expect to receive a few more before the end of January.

Please check to make sure your information is correct and notify me of
any errors.

Charlie

that's a pretty talented applicant's list! a quick scan of the mens applicants:
karl meltzer, joe grant, anton kupricka, dakota jones, jeff browning, andy jones
wilkins, hal koerner, chris rennaker, geoff roes, yassine dibboun, matt hart,
troy howard, and there's probably a bunch of folks who i didn't recognize their
names plus a ton of others just off this list of elites that are still quite
capable of a top 5.  too bad they can't all run! and boy wouldn't it be fun to
get kyle out of retirement for this one!!!

can't wait for lottery sunday!
james
  Rainshadow Running 2011 Race Schedule
www.rainshadowrunning.com


Feb 5 Orcas Island 50k/25k Eastsound, WA (SOLD OUT)
Feb 26 Snow Fun 35m/22m Carlton, WA
Mar 12 Gorge Waterfalls 50k Cascade Locks, OR
Apr 3 Yakima Skyline Rim 50k/25k Ellensburg, WA
May 22 Sun Mountain 50m/50k/25k/1k Winthrop, WA
Jun 12 Beacon Rock 50k/25k N. Bonneville, WA
Jun 25 Cle Elum Ridge 50k/25k Cle Elum, WA
Aug 13 Angels Staircase 50m/50k/25k Carlton, WA
Sept 18 North Cascades PCT 100k/50k Mazama, WA
Sept 25 Winthrop Road Marathon Winthrop, WA
Oct 8 Mt Spokane 50k/25k Spokane, WA
Nov 26 Christmas at the End of the Road 5k/1k Winthrop, WA
Dec 10 Deception Pass 50k/25k Oak Harbor, WA




________________________________
From: Charles Thorn <thorncha@...>
To: HR100List <hr100@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tue, January 18, 2011 6:26:08 AM
Subject: [hr100] Hardrock Applicant List Posted - 18JAN11


Hardrockers,

The latest Hardrock applicant list has been posted to the Hardrock web
page.  As of January 18th, I have received 496 applications and I
expect to receive a few more before the end of January.

Please check to make sure your information is correct and notify me of
any errors.

Charlie






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[Happy Positivity Wednesday to won and awl!  So, in keeping with the current
theme of Better/Worser Half running couples, today's offering is yet another
Worse.  He doesn't think I have the chutzpah to do this, but I do.  He is my
old (and getting older: check the pic!) buddy Mike Bur, now honeymooning in
Hawaii after finishing 100K of H.U.R.T., relatively UNhurt.  Perhaps TOO
unhurt!  And so we must hasten to add:  his reasons for DNF'ing might just
seem suspect once y'all get a load of next week's Better Half!  But for now,
here is the goodly peace-loving born-too-late-to-be-a-hippie Dr. Bur:
http://sports.webshots.com/photo/2418586000045119137ctJLwO
And here is something of his credentials:
http://www.athlinks.com/myresultsadv.aspx?rid=54699463
Not shown of course are his twenty zillion hours of volunteer work,
especially with the Virginia Happy Trails Running Club, for which he's
served at least two terms as president.  Good trick, huh?  Running a
Virginia club from Maryland?  But that's politics!  And for *that*, he
probably DOESN'T deserve to be today's TMIMITW, but what the hell?  He's a
newlywed!! ;]



He's been "The Saturday Mourning D.J." for the annual Massanutten Mountain
100-Mile Trail Run ever since anyone can remember.  His heaped rax of stax
of hot Jack's wax batter-splatters the platter by beginning spinning at 3
AM.  No one, but NO ONE, oversleeps.  The race always starts with a full
field of runners, most of whom are actually awake.

He has not been known to sing, however.  And for that reason alone, his
popularity at MMT has risen progressively beyond the stratosphere.

His running résumé speaks for itself.  And now, without further ado, we'd
like to introduce that résumé and bring it up to the podium.

He is a multi-time finisher of the Hardrock Hundred.  That all by itself
qualifies him for contemporary heroic stature, like Ulysses, like every high
school kid in America is loathe to have to read about.

But because he is such an inventor, innovator, gentleman and scholar, his
Hardrock exploits have bypassed the printed page and gone directly to
DVD--or Kindle--thereby redeeming himself all throughout America's high
schools.

He is known to welcome sudden houseguests from as far away as Pluto, or
Illinois.  And he expects them to be able to figure out how to get there, so
he gives everyone credit for impossible trailwise intelligence and simply
foregoes the providing of anything even as remotely cipherable as Official
Barkley Instructions.

He is also known far and wide as an accomplished motorcycle rider.  His
classic BMW now sits enshrined under his front porch.  Once he roared on its
back all the way to downtown Silver Spring, ran a blazingly fast 10K, and
then rode it back to where it now sits under the porch.

He also, by the way, had ridden it to Mars, thereby beating all the
speedhikers who were then duking it out to be first to get there.

In this fashion, he out-raced everyone simply by using available new
technology--in approximately the same fashion that Indiana Jones once pulled
out his pistol and shot those crazy Arabs who were threatening him with
sabers, scimitars, and bullwhips.

He still holds a legitimate claim as "the world's longest hold-out bachelor
EVER."  He managed to wed while still being The Most Interesting but not yet
The Most Admitted--to convalescent homes.

He is The Most Interesting Man In The World.

"I don't always get married at the last minute; but when I do, I prefer a
much Better Half.  Stay honeymooning, my friends."




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    V




See (and hear) some originals:

http://dosequis.com/

Also here:

http://tinyurl.com/DosEquisAd
[and my thanks to UltraJohn Price for supplying this in place of that former
long and always-broken hyperlink]

My mark:

XX
Rich Limacher
TheTroubadour@...
["that 800-year-old lute-plucking stale-ale-swilling song-and-dance seeming
swindler from France"]

Yankee Folly of the Day:
The H.U.R.T. is a one hundred MILE footrace.  There is no "hundred K
bailout."  There is no quitting there.  There is simply no excuse!  We
demand a re-run!!

Ingelhook Wineries present...


REAL WOMEN OF GENIUS

{Re-al gals of geeeeeene-yuss}

Today we'd like to raise our glass to you, Ms. Electronic Metronome
Carrier--on your HEAD, underneath your STOCKING CAP--Who's Supposedly Just
Trying To Improve Your Running Pace.

{Mizzzz oh-my-gaud-wherrrrrrrrrrrrrrre didd-ja getttttt that THINGGGGGGG?}

There is just something so "wrong" about running up from behind some body,
ticking LOUDLY and wanting to pass.  You *could* be thought of as a
terrorist.  You *could* be called 9-1-1 on.  You *do* sound like a
time-bomb.

{"Butttttttttttttt this doesssss help-meee-to-run-betttt-terrrrrrrr!"}

Seventy-two virgins await you in Valhalla?  Is THAT what they teach you at
al-Qaeda training camp?  But, but...what if YOU are the virgin?  Does Osama
Hoozits School teach what women all get rewarded with?  If your metronome
really is a bomb, do you take out the nearest men right along with you--and
then receive in heaven whatever male pieces you can scavenge later that are
still appended?

{Thisssssssssssssssss prob-babb-bly has noth-ing-to-doooooo-with-it!}

Of course we're kidding, but still we can't help wondering:  When *did* all
the sporting goods stores start selling music paraphernalia for
piano-playing?  And if 160-beats-per-minute is your target footplant rate,
what happens when, say, your heart skips a beat?

{"I left itttttttttttttttttttt...in San-Fran-sissss-co, high u-pon a
hillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll..."}

Does that thing work like a "pacemaker" and send a sharp zapping pulse deep
into your chest?  Will you be able to recover your pace if you dial-down the
metronome for, like--how about the next 50 years?  Would that be OK?
Please??  Maybe for that length of time you could just shut the stupid,
insanely LOUD and dubious device OFF?  So the rest of us running here can
actually think--and NOT be all driven completely crazy in the meantime?

{"Weeee might-as-well-be-runnnn-ing-on-a-tread-mill innnnn-side a
grand-fath-er's clock fac-tor-ryyyyyy!"}

So pull your cork out quickly from that White Zinfandel in your fridge when
you get home, O Running Personification of Our First Piano Teacher, because
really...we think you really, REEEEEALLY and truly do:  "march to the beat
of a different drummer."

{Mssss
Eee-lec-tron-ic-Met-ro-nome-Car-riiii-er--on-your-HEAD-un-der-neath-your-STO
C-KING-CAP--Who's Sup-pose-ed-lyyyyy Jus' Try-ying To Immm-prove Your
Runnnn-ning Pace!!}

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



( O_O )




Yours troubly,

Rich Limacher
TheTroubadour@...
(now on tab at http://www.runrace.net/)

Yankee Folly of the Day:
You think we're joking.  But really, isn't this just "one step up" from (or
"beyond") running with those stupid pacesetter watches that you can program
to "beep" every so often to, say, remind you to drink, or walk, or pick up
the pace, or pick your nose, or pee?

Hardrockers,

The Hardrock applicants, as of January 22, are now posted to the
Hardrock web site.  Please report to me any errors.

Thanks

Charlie

[Today's Positivity Wednesday serves up honor to yet another "Better Half"
of a currently flourishing ultrarunning couple:  The Burs (but, as his dad
at their wedding most emphatically expressed:  absolutely NO relation to
that traitorous old Aaron who "did in" that good ol' guy now pictured on
your ten-dollar bills, of which you may not have all that many come April
15th).  Oh, but this is a Positive Day, isn't it!
Laura Bur is a fairly recent convert to "the dark side" and, damn, she is
certainly now running really REALLY well!!
Here she is--all smiley and badly bruised ;-)--and well on her way to a 100K
finish at this year's HURT:
http://sports.webshots.com/photo/2041868760045119137ehOjHK
Even better evidence of Mike's good fortune is here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjcbur/sets/72157621505829510/
(Hardrock 2009).
Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnd she even has a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmVAe2qRyW4&feature=channel
(which was shot, she tells me, by her crew during one of those VHTRC Bull
Run Run 50-mile sojourns).
I'm also under the impression that these two lovebirds are STILL out there
in Hawaii...honeymooning!!]



She is the most accomplished trailrunning ultramarathoner ever to emigrate
from Lithuania.  She's even more famous than Borat.

She is singularly responsible for making the former president of the VHTRC
responsible.  Prior to her arrival in metro DC, he was wild, untamed,
footloose, reckless, and rode a motorcycle irresponsibly all the way to
downtown Silver Spring and back.  Once.

Her running accomplishments are approaching near-legendary.  Her very first
50-miler was close to an age-group record.  And that's no Bull.

She started out her sweet young life already in college.  She studied the
graphic arts, and now her work is featured prominently all over the
following focal-point of nearly every running "surfer" in cyberspace:
http://www.vhtrc.org/index.htm.

Her artistry is so popular, fast food chains throughout the world are
bidding for her talents to improve their images.  But if they're expecting
new images of "slow food," they've got the wrong gal.

She keeps even her cool-down pace under 6's.

Her flair for foreign languages is such that certain volunteers at the
annual Barkley Marathons have recently contracted with her to translate the
"Official Instructions" into English.

She often accompanies her husband to his disk jockey gigs.  He relies
heavily on her ability to differentiate between CDs versus DVDs and that
"heaped rax of stax of hot Jack's wax's batter-splatterings for his
beginning spinning platter."

Often has she been seen stepping back, throwing up her hands, and sighing.
The "early morning DJ for WOLD" ought never to be giving up his day job.

She is, of course, the very best thing that ever happened to one Michael J.
C. Bur and, for sure, THE MOST INTERESTING WOMAN IN THE WORLD.

"I don't always outrun my man; but when I do, I prefer he take his lumps and
clean the house.  Stay in love, my friends."




( 00 )
    V




See (and hear) some originals:

http://dosequis.com/

Also here:

http://tinyurl.com/DosEquisAd
[and thanks to UltraJohn Price for supplying this in place of that former
long and always-broken hyperlink]

My mark:

XX
Rich Limacher
TheTroubadour@...
["your friendly neighborly 800-year-old lute-plucking jealous-as-hell
song-and-dance man from France"]

Yankee Folly of the Day:
We now totally understand what also motivates Hugh Hefner.

I'd like to respond to a contact attempt from Jack Jewell, and I don't have his
correct email address. If anyone has his contact info. please forward him my
accurate email:
bouquetruns@....

Thanks and Happy New Year,
Elizabeth Bouquet

[Today we are indebted to our friend Toni Aurilio for suggesting the subject
matter.  Personally I (and perhaps many of you) have witnessed this very
thing in the past along various wooded trails--and in big city alleyways
during marathons--but never gave it much thought because men do it all the
time!]

Ingelhook Wineries present...


REAL WOMEN OF GENIUS

{Re-al gals of geeeeeene-yuss}

Today we propose a toast to you, Miss Let-It-All-Hang-Outer and
Generally-Standing-Pee-er Just One Foot Away from Every Other Runner on the
Path.

{Missssssssssss
piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
ssssssssssssss?}

You get a kick out of it, don't you?  Stepping quickly off to the side, but
without actually stepping more than 18 inches off to the side, turning your
sweet cheeks towards the line behind you, and just shoving your shorts'
crotch cloth aside and lettin' it *fly*--whether those shorts even have one
or not.

{"I hooooooooooope my week-lyyy tan-ning-bed sesssss-sions have e-rased all
the tan lines!"}

Skirts are easier, we know.  Also those semi-fashionable new threads called
"skorts."  Compression bike attire could delay you a tad, but you're not
worried about that.  Your whole purpose here with such minimal--but
necessary--time wasting is to give us a show.

{"I've au-diiiiiiiiiiiii-tioned in Ve-gas
for-rah-chor-us-girrrrrrrrrl-part!"}

But we're curious.  If there's snow on the ground, do you try to write your
name?  If there's some puddle, do you wish to change its color?  If you
happen to know there's more males following you than females, do you think
they really would like it better if you're standing or squatting?  And what,
really, IS your very best angle for achieving your very best trajectory?

{"Butt I waaaaaaaas-n't read-yyyyyyy for au-diiiiiiiiiii-tion-ing with
Wic-ked Pic-tures!!"}

AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR LEFT HAND?

{Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee shuddddddd-ddddddder to e-ven guess!}

So pull your hand--oops, we mean cork--quickly out from your White--or
possibly amber--Zinfandel currently stashed inside your backpack at the
finish line when you get there, O Grown-up Honeychild Who First Learned
about Peeing in the Pool, and be sure to offer swigs to the
four-hundred-and-at-least-fifty young men now--STILL--lined up behind you.
But may we suggest offering them the bottle...by using only your cold right
hand?

{Missssssss Let-It-Allllllll-Hang-Out-er and Gen-er-al-ly-Stand-ing-Pee-er
Jussss' One-Foot-A-way-from Ev-'ryyyyy Oth-errr Run-nerrr on-the-Path!}

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



( O_O )



Yours troubly,

Rich Limacher
TheTroubadour@...
(now on tab at http://www.runrace.net/)

Yankee Folly of the Day:
You think we're kidding?  Log onto this and be en-lightened (by several
ounces):
http://www.shewee.com/newstore/.

Hi Hardrockers,
        We are blown away by the number of you interested in running this years
Hardrock, it certainly will be an interesting lottery selection!!! The lottery
will start around 10 a.m. local time. You can follow the results on Twitter;
we will also post them as quickly as we can on our website Sunday afternoon.
        I'd also like to remind everyone that if you have a picture or photo
you would like considered for the 2011 Hardrock "official" print, please make
sure we have a copy of it or a link to it by next Sunday. We will be making
that decision as well.
Happy Trails,
Dale

Hardrockers,

We've just posted the current list of Hardrock 2011 applications to
the Hardrock web site.

Please let me know if you discover errors.

The lottery will be held on February 6th.  Applications received
before then will be considered.

Charlie

Attached is my submission for the 2011 Hardrock Hundred finishers print. I
know it’s the same as last years but it is specific to Hardrock so I have no
place else to put it. This is the creek crossing at the bottom of Arastra
Gulch.


Here is a proposal to go along with the submission. A giclee, signed and
numbered print on a high end vanilla colored archival printmaking paper with
torn edges mounted on a piece of brown foam core board enclosed in a clear
plastic resealable envelope.


Along with this would be included a handsome certificate which will be
filled out prior to the final ceremony with the finishers name, time and
place which will correspond to the print received. This certificate may be
given out in addition to the print or fastened to the back of the foam core
the print is mounted on and sealed in the clear plastic envelope.


Some benefits to doing it in this fashion are: the print is an actual piece
of artwork on very nice archival paper rather than just a poster. It would
not be necessary to use tubes which roll the paper, giving it a memory which
is hard to remove. The print and certificate are visible yet protected. The
print can be very attractively framed with or without the certificate. This
unique award presentation would enhance the entire Hardrock experience.


I have investigated pricing for this project and estimate the cost of this
to be not more than $1,200.00 for 140 prints. My labor to put all these
together of course will be free.


The use of this print is in no way contingent on the proposal. If you would
like to have this printed in the conventional poster format, that can be
done as well.


Jon MacManus


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Hi John,

Make sure you send this w/ attachment directly to Dale, as the list typically
strips off attachments.

Pat Homelvig
pat@...
303-906-6104



On Jan 31, 2011, at 6:45 PM, Jon MacManus wrote:

> Attached is my submission for the 2011 Hardrock Hundred finishers print. I
> know it‚s the same as last years but it is specific to Hardrock so I have no
> place else to put it. This is the creek crossing at the bottom of Arastra
> Gulch.
>
>
> Here is a proposal to go along with the submission. A giclee, signed and
> numbered print on a high end vanilla colored archival printmaking paper with
> torn edges mounted on a piece of brown foam core board enclosed in a clear
> plastic resealable envelope.
>
>
> Along with this would be included a handsome certificate which will be
> filled out prior to the final ceremony with the finishers name, time and
> place which will correspond to the print received. This certificate may be
> given out in addition to the print or fastened to the back of the foam core
> the print is mounted on and sealed in the clear plastic envelope.
>
>
> Some benefits to doing it in this fashion are: the print is an actual piece
> of artwork on very nice archival paper rather than just a poster. It would
> not be necessary to use tubes which roll the paper, giving it a memory which
> is hard to remove. The print and certificate are visible yet protected. The
> print can be very attractively framed with or without the certificate. This
> unique award presentation would enhance the entire Hardrock experience.
>
>
> I have investigated pricing for this project and estimate the cost of this
> to be not more than $1,200.00 for 140 prints. My labor to put all these
> together of course will be free.
>
>
> The use of this print is in no way contingent on the proposal. If you would
> like to have this printed in the conventional poster format, that can be
> done as well.
>
>
> Jon MacManus
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
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>

Good luck, Jon!!! Can't wait to see it!


On 1/31/2011 6:45 PM, Jon MacManus wrote:
> Attached is my submission for the 2011 Hardrock Hundred finishers print. I
> know it’s the same as last years but it is specific to Hardrock so I have no
> place else to put it. This is the creek crossing at the bottom of Arastra
> Gulch.
>
>
> Here is a proposal to go along with the submission. A giclee, signed and
> numbered print on a high end vanilla colored archival printmaking paper with
> torn edges mounted on a piece of brown foam core board enclosed in a clear
> plastic resealable envelope.
>
>
> Along with this would be included a handsome certificate which will be
> filled out prior to the final ceremony with the finishers name, time and
> place which will correspond to the print received. This certificate may be
> given out in addition to the print or fastened to the back of the foam core
> the print is mounted on and sealed in the clear plastic envelope.
>
>
> Some benefits to doing it in this fashion are: the print is an actual piece
> of artwork on very nice archival paper rather than just a poster. It would
> not be necessary to use tubes which roll the paper, giving it a memory which
> is hard to remove. The print and certificate are visible yet protected. The
> print can be very attractively framed with or without the certificate. This
> unique award presentation would enhance the entire Hardrock experience.
>
>
> I have investigated pricing for this project and estimate the cost of this
> to be not more than $1,200.00 for 140 prints. My labor to put all these
> together of course will be free.
>
>
> The use of this print is in no way contingent on the proposal. If you would
> like to have this printed in the conventional poster format, that can be
> done as well.
>
>
> Jon MacManus
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
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Thanks Deb! Cant wait to see yours. Hope your doing ok after your accident?

Jon


On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 7:33 PM, Deb's Gmail <mtnrunner02@...> wrote:

> Good luck, Jon!!! Can't wait to see it!
>
>
> On 1/31/2011 6:45 PM, Jon MacManus wrote:
> > Attached is my submission for the 2011 Hardrock Hundred finishers print.
> I
> > know it’s the same as last years but it is specific to Hardrock so I have
> no
> > place else to put it. This is the creek crossing at the bottom of Arastra
> > Gulch.
> >
> >
> > Here is a proposal to go along with the submission. A giclee, signed and
> > numbered print on a high end vanilla colored archival printmaking paper
> with
> > torn edges mounted on a piece of brown foam core board enclosed in a
> clear
> > plastic resealable envelope.
> >
> >
> > Along with this would be included a handsome certificate which will be
> > filled out prior to the final ceremony with the finishers name, time and
> > place which will correspond to the print received. This certificate may
> be
> > given out in addition to the print or fastened to the back of the foam
> core
> > the print is mounted on and sealed in the clear plastic envelope.
> >
> >
> > Some benefits to doing it in this fashion are: the print is an actual
> piece
> > of artwork on very nice archival paper rather than just a poster. It
> would
> > not be necessary to use tubes which roll the paper, giving it a memory
> which
> > is hard to remove. The print and certificate are visible yet protected.
> The
> > print can be very attractively framed with or without the certificate.
> This
> > unique award presentation would enhance the entire Hardrock experience.
> >
> >
> > I have investigated pricing for this project and estimate the cost of
> this
> > to be not more than $1,200.00 for 140 prints. My labor to put all these
> > together of course will be free.
> >
> >
> > The use of this print is in no way contingent on the proposal. If you
> would
> > like to have this printed in the conventional poster format, that can be
> > done as well.
> >
> >
> > Jon MacManus
> >
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Hi Jon - 
Did you mean to attach it ... or is it top secret? :)   I would love to see it.
Hope to see you in Silverton in July.
- Garett


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--- On Mon, 1/31/11, Jon MacManus <jonsart1@...> wrote:

From: Jon MacManus <jonsart1@...>
Subject: Re: [hr100] News on next weeks lottery drawing
To: hr100@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, January 31, 2011, 6:45 PM

Attached is my submission for the 2011 Hardrock Hundred finishers print. I
know it’s the same as last years but it is specific to Hardrock so I have no
place else to put it. This is the creek crossing at the bottom of Arastra
Gulch.


Here is a proposal to go along with the submission. A giclee, signed and
numbered print on a high end vanilla colored archival printmaking paper with
torn edges mounted on a piece of brown foam core board enclosed in a clear
plastic resealable envelope.


Along with this would be included a handsome certificate which will be
filled out prior to the final ceremony with the finishers name, time and
place which will correspond to the print received. This certificate may be
given out in addition to the print or fastened to the back of the foam core
the print is mounted on and sealed in the clear plastic envelope.


Some benefits to doing it in this fashion are: the print is an actual piece
of artwork on very nice archival paper rather than just a poster. It would
not be necessary to use tubes which roll the paper, giving it a memory which
is hard to remove. The print and certificate are visible yet protected. The
print can be very attractively framed with or without the certificate. This
unique award presentation would enhance the entire Hardrock experience.


I have investigated pricing for this project and estimate the cost of this
to be not more than $1,200.00 for 140 prints. My labor to put all these
together of course will be free.


The use of this print is in no way contingent on the proposal. If you would
like to have this printed in the conventional poster format, that can be
done as well.


Jon MacManus


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Garett,

I did attach but for some reason it doesn't show up on hr100@.... I
was supposed to send it to Dale but made a big mistake. I apologize for
doing it and if it doesn't get selected for the finishers print, I will feel
more foolish than I already do. But even if it doesn't get selected I think
I can arrange for you to see it and I think you will like it.

Jon

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 8:12 PM, Garett Graubins <graubins@...> wrote:

>
>
>
> Hi Jon -
> Did you mean to attach it ... or is it top secret? :)   I would love to see
> it.
> Hope to see you in Silverton in July.
> - Garett
>
> Garett Graubins // 303-728-4387
>
> "The best way out is always through."
>
> - Robert Frost
>
> --- On Mon, 1/31/11, Jon MacManus <jonsart1@...<jonsart1%40gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
> From: Jon MacManus <jonsart1@... <jonsart1%40gmail.com>>
> Subject: Re: [hr100] News on next weeks lottery drawing
> To: hr100@yahoogroups.com <hr100%40yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Monday, January 31, 2011, 6:45 PM
>
> Attached is my submission for the 2011 Hardrock Hundred finishers print. I
> know it’s the same as last years but it is specific to Hardrock so I have
> no
> place else to put it. This is the creek crossing at the bottom of Arastra
> Gulch.
>
> Here is a proposal to go along with the submission. A giclee, signed and
> numbered print on a high end vanilla colored archival printmaking paper
> with
> torn edges mounted on a piece of brown foam core board enclosed in a clear
> plastic resealable envelope.
>
> Along with this would be included a handsome certificate which will be
> filled out prior to the final ceremony with the finishers name, time and
> place which will correspond to the print received. This certificate may be
> given out in addition to the print or fastened to the back of the foam core
> the print is mounted on and sealed in the clear plastic envelope.
>
> Some benefits to doing it in this fashion are: the print is an actual piece
> of artwork on very nice archival paper rather than just a poster. It would
> not be necessary to use tubes which roll the paper, giving it a memory
> which
> is hard to remove. The print and certificate are visible yet protected. The
> print can be very attractively framed with or without the certificate. This
> unique award presentation would enhance the entire Hardrock experience.
>
> I have investigated pricing for this project and estimate the cost of this
> to be not more than $1,200.00 for 140 prints. My labor to put all these
> together of course will be free.
>
> The use of this print is in no way contingent on the proposal. If you would
> like to have this printed in the conventional poster format, that can be
> done as well.
>
> Jon MacManus
>
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