WS 100 Participants and Observers: I am amazed how little interest there is in this site. After all this is the WS 100 discussion Site, or are there other WS...
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greg m soderlund
gsoderlund@...
Aug 24, 2000 6:16 am
Taking Carl Pegel's cue, I would like to address his request for consideration of a special 32 hour cutoff for the 60+ age group at WS. Although it is not my...
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Dale Keen
dalekeen@...
Aug 24, 2000 12:23 pm
You know it might not hurt to let the 60 and over start at 3 in the morning instead of 5 am. This would not make the race tougher for the race director at...
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Ziesing, Hunter S
hziesing@...
Aug 24, 2000 12:28 pm
3 AM start--great idea for you old farts. man this getting stuff is bumming me out. I barely made 30 hours at age 40. happy summers end ... ...
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thewashman@...
Aug 24, 2000 1:21 pm
Yeah, and how about an exemption for us slow 50 year olds too? Let's not be disciminatory. Later, Jeff Washburn...
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Andrew Holak
holaka@...
Aug 24, 2000 1:38 pm
I've just got to make a comment to those on this list over 60. You have my (and most other runners) utmost admiration for even starting 100 mile foot races...
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thewashman@...
Aug 24, 2000 1:49 pm
You know, what we really need is an exemption to the $195 entry fee. WOW! As much as I want to go to Western States every chance I get, I'm not sure I will...
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Falcontomc@...
Aug 24, 2000 2:36 pm
There many 60 and over runners who who have no trouble with or need more liberal cut-offs. Western States is the great race it is because of the difficulty,...
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Falcontomc@...
Aug 24, 2000 2:38 pm
Right on Jeff! Tom Crull...
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Carl Pegels
cpegels@...
Aug 24, 2000 2:46 pm
Fellow Chat Site Participants: It was good to see several responses to my attempt to reactivate this site. Although my comments were focussed on finishing...
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Jim Winne
ultrajim@...
Aug 24, 2000 7:02 pm
I should point out that I'm 53 and have never done WS, though I have seen it from various perspectives; aid station volunteer, pacer and safety patrol. It is a...
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Dale Keen
dalekeen@...
Aug 24, 2000 10:15 pm
There are alot of us that could get to mountainous races etc. Like you propose. Here in Texas we do have heat. I think the heat here is alot tougher than...
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jmcdon07@...
Aug 24, 2000 10:54 pm
The important thing to remember is that this is the race that set the standards for almost all the other 100 mile races. True, there are variations (Wasatch,...
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Lewis, Chuck
LewisCW@...
Aug 24, 2000 11:50 pm
Comments from some of us that didn't make it to the finish line???? Well okay, I didn't make it to the finish line...... But I did make it to Michigan...
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Bruce Hoff
hoff@...
Aug 25, 2000 12:06 am
I'm not 60+, but I find it often helps to try to look from someone else's perspective. Let's see . . . suppose the cut-off for Western States was twenty...
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Jim Winne
ultrajim@...
Aug 25, 2000 1:38 am
I realize many people don't have "hills" to train/race on but I'm not proposing that the standards for 100K or 100M be changed and these would still be valid...
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Carl Pegels
cpegels@...
Aug 25, 2000 2:22 pm
The discussion on loosening up the WS time limits, and tightening the qualifying standards is becoming interesting. I am in favor of tightening the...
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Stan Jensen
stanj@...
Aug 25, 2000 4:43 pm
... While it's good that you're trying to come up with alternatives, an "early start" at Western States would definitely make it harder on the RD, the...
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jmcdon07@...
Aug 25, 2000 5:27 pm
Hey, I've got it ... instead of a lottery let's just throw one great big happy "immunity challenge"... and while we're at it let's vote runners out of the race...
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Carl Pegels
cpegels@...
Aug 29, 2000 6:08 pm
I am somewhat disappointed that only a limited group of people participate in a chat session such as this one. Also when a topic of limited interest is...
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Ziesing, Hunter S
hziesing@...
Aug 29, 2000 7:00 pm
Carl, the reason for the lack of response is that there are only 48 members on the egroups chat group. I just checked the website--egroups.com Chances are that...
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Lewis, Chuck
LewisCW@...
Aug 29, 2000 7:57 pm
Carl.... As Hunter mentioned there's only a limited number of participants on this discussion board... My guess is that you're probably the only 60+ runner on...
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Ziesing, Hunter S
hziesing@...
Aug 29, 2000 8:02 pm
just got back from the east (7 weeks) back on the bike not sure if i do another ultra--remember i only trained 7 weeks for the WS100 and the result was a long...
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greg m soderlund
gsoderlund@...
Aug 30, 2000 4:09 am
Regarding Carl Pegel's recent posting -- Carl has displayed a very real and honorable desire to complete WS and I applaud him for that. I will pass along his...
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Jerry McDonald
jmcdon07@...
Aug 30, 2000 1:51 pm
I fell reasonably sure that the WS Board probably markets this race to runners and potential sponsors based on prestige more than the percentage of finishers....
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Carl Pegels
cpegels@...
Aug 30, 2000 2:39 pm
Thanks for your responses to my complaints about WS time limits. I especially like Greg Soderlund's response. Thanks to all of you. I hope that the chat site...
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nowlinm@...
Sep 1, 2000 9:18 pm
Greetings. I am 39. Like everyone else, I hope to be alive and running at age 60. I don't understand how extending the race two hours can be deemed...
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Dale Keen
dalekeen@...
Sep 2, 2000 10:17 am
I think that puts it into perspective! I am inclined to agree. Dale Keen ... _________________________________________________________________________ Get...
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Carl Pegels
cpegels@...
Nov 29, 2000 7:27 pm
Does anyone know when and where the lottery winners for next year's run are listed? I did not see them yet on the WS100 Web site. Thanks. Carl Pegels...
