I seem to be unable to respond to posts on the HR100 group, although I can post new messages. So here are some comments on several recent threads: Marcy - the...
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Michael Popov
michael.popov
Jul 21, 2011 3:24 pm
First of all, thank you for all your hard work at the race organization and execution. Despite the challenging conditions, I enjoyed every bit of it, and think...
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Deb's Gmail
mtnrunner02
Jul 21, 2011 3:37 pm
ha! Well, this post is certain to gain you lots of friends on this list!! Everybody's got opinions, and usually these opinions or proposals on how to change...
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Jean-Jacques d
jjda36618
Jul 21, 2011 6:14 pm
Horse crap to Popov and the rest of the "youth elitist movement:". Since when has Hardrock's goal been to "ensure that everyone who enters, finishes"? Jones...
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Steve Kral
bvstablemail
Jul 21, 2011 7:58 pm
For those who are wondering if the comments below are a joke, I can assure you they aren't. A couple of years ago I was on a shuttle to the start of the...
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Steve Pero
ultrastevep
Jul 21, 2011 8:25 pm
Guess I might as well throw my 2 cents in, as I do have an opinion. This last email just raised the hackles on my back... I am 2 for 8 at Hardrock...one of the...
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lalaith_2000@...
lalaith_2000
Jul 21, 2011 9:02 pm
As a relatively new ultra runner I have learned so much from the wisdom of the Pero's and have heard of the magic of Hardrock spoken so eloquently through...
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Steve Kral
bvstablemail
Jul 21, 2011 9:06 pm
Fair enough Steve. Jean-Jacques has many fine attributes. I know--I was out in the sun with him pounding Rodger's tent stakes until our hands went numb. I...
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Steve Kral
bvstablemail
Jul 21, 2011 9:11 pm
So....somewhere near the back of the pack in this year's Hardrock 100 Mile Or Less Run, a woman strolls into an aid station early on and asks one of the...
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Fred Ecks
fredecks
Jul 21, 2011 9:19 pm
Hey, I have a quick request, could anyone with suggestions for the Hardrock board of the directors please contact them directly? I've enjoyed participating in...
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ken gordon
kgordon18
Jul 21, 2011 9:41 pm
  Another  2 cents.  I don't understand the 5 time automatic finisher entry.  With a race as amazing and hard to get into as this why would you let such...
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Klondike4@...
jeffo279
Jul 21, 2011 10:17 pm
What a great title - and Ill bet you think this makes a point about someone else. jeff wilbur ... From: Steve Kral <bvstablemail@...> To: hr100...
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Ward, Kenneth (Corval...
aysocorvallis
Jul 21, 2011 11:17 pm
I totally agree with you Blake, particularly the last sentence, no way the Board can or should make such determinations. Thanks for taking suggestions under...
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Olga Varlamova
olgaruns
Jul 22, 2011 12:31 am
If I heard this story just the way you tell it...I'd may be ask a question. Lucky for me, I heard it from the other end. Hopefully, I'll get to test a mascara...
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Lisa Stockton Howell
stocktonsrun
Jul 22, 2011 12:38 am
Wow! I joined this group to follow my brother who finished Hardrock last year and was a DNF this year. I was super excited for him and hated to be so far away...
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Jack Jewell
jackljewell
Jul 22, 2011 1:16 am
"No whining" Thanks to the founders, board, organizers, staff, volunteers, and everyone who make Hardrock such a high-quality event that its entries are so...
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james varner
jvarner1313
Jul 22, 2011 1:27 am
right on jack! but really is it too much to ask for me, all my friends, all the hardrock legends, all the hardrockers actually (legend or not), all the past ...
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Matt Mahoney
matmahoney
Jul 22, 2011 2:22 am
Perhaps I misunderstand. If Hardrock is a "run" and not a "race", then why is there a clock at the finish line? And why do they publish a list of finishers and...
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Julian Jamison
rootpi
Jul 22, 2011 4:40 am
Perhaps fruitless to reply, but here goes... Matt, for the record, I have absolutely no problem with the organizers taking 5-10 spots and handing them out to...
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Matt Mahoney
matmahoney
Jul 22, 2011 2:36 pm
... I am aware of the entry procedure. How would the results be different if the first 10 finishers put their name in a jar and we decide who gets the trophy...
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Christian Griffith
surftrip
Jul 22, 2011 4:51 pm
Regardless of what decisions ever get mad, and who happy and who isn't, it out to make the Hardrock RD and board feel good that so many people are so...
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Stevan Pattillo
spat87544
Jul 22, 2011 7:26 pm
The object of Hardrock is to finish. Steve-o Stevan Pattillo Research Technician MST-7 Los Alamos National Laboratory 505-665-7423 "You can make time, but you...
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The Troubadour
mickjogger2006
Jul 22, 2011 10:42 pm
Bud Light presents... REAL MEN OF GENIUS {Re-al men of geeeeeene-yuss!} Today we salute you, Mr. Really, Really BAD "Bad Joke Friday" Listserv Poster. ...
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Jean-Jacques d
jjda36618
Jul 24, 2011 5:01 pm
Missed you this year, Andy! Finally got to checking out the new "down under" mag. Found it to be a super project: beautifully presented; great pics and...
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Blake Wood
blakepwood
Jul 25, 2011 5:12 pm
These two photo collections are available on the web now: Tanner Johnson's photos from the descent into Cunningham are at...
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Charles Thorn
thorncha@...
Jul 25, 2011 9:09 pm
All, I know that may Hardrockers are interested in our history. Below is a copy of a fine article by David Swanson that appeared in the July 21, 2011 ...
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james varner
jvarner1313
Jul 25, 2011 10:21 pm
thanks for sharing charlie! it's good to finally read a detailed history of the race and having run that race once myself i can attest that is one heck of a ...
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Blake Wood
blakepwood
Jul 26, 2011 1:07 pm
And more of Tanner's excellent photos - these of the Mineral Creek Crossing at mile ~99:...
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The Troubadour
mickjogger2006
Jul 27, 2011 8:25 pm
[Happiness Wednesday, all! Welcome to the Positivity Pleasure Dome--the, uh, abs-sole-glute-lee midweek over-the-hump-day whomp. Or, paraphrasing the...
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Charles Thorn
thorncha@...
Jul 28, 2011 3:55 pm
If you started the 2011 Hardrock but did not receive the runners' survey questionnaire, please contact me off line (thorncha@...) and I'll send you a...
