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Plugging Along:
The Arrowhead 135 starts Monday. According to the start list Lisa Smith-Batchen has signed up. She is one of the legends of women's ultra marathons. She might be the favorite to win it outright, if she has trained for the conditions. Last year's race saw a high temp of about 10 below zero. This year looks to be about 30 degrees warmer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Smith-Batchen
http://dreamchaserevents.com/lisasmithbatchen/bio.htm
http://www.arrowheadultra.com/index.php/race-inforegistration/2015-roster
Petervary is back to defend his bike title. Tom Puzak's story of trying to catch Petervary last year is, um, interesting.
http://gearjunkie.com/arrowhead-135-race-2014
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It was minus-25 degrees F. It was black, the dead middle of the night, stars whirling above.
Then, very fast things went bad. Puzak ran out of water. He did not know at the time, but racers were dropping out, dozens of DNFs, miles behind him on the trail. No racer ever dropped in front of Puzak, the attrition occurred behind him. Frost bite, exhaustion, hypothermia. No joke.
Puzak nearly became one of the stats with just a couple miles to the end. His water was gone, he could barely move.
But he had to pee.
He put some snow in a water bottle, unzipped and urinated inside. The slosh melted and made some liquid, then Puzak drank it. “It saved me,” he said.
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merigayle:
I thought she decided not to run? She just got back from Brazil a few days ago.
Plugging Along:
Yes, she ran the Brazil 175 a few weeks ago. On her facebook page she mentions also doing Arrowhead. She could be doubling. A strange and expensive double, but it has been tried before. Jarome Thurston tried (and failed) in 2009.
http://jaromsrunningpage.blogspot.com/2009/02/brazil-135-arrowhead-135-in-8-days.html
Lisa's comments.
http://m2.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=894463780563735&id=204965249513595
Arrowhead has posted the starting list and she has bib # 141.
http://www.arrowheadultra.com/index.php/results/2015-results
WOW. I hadn't noticed earlier, but Pam Reed is also on the roster. Bib 117.
Double WOW. And last year's Badwater winner Harvey Lewis. Bib 73.
merigayle:
I think every year Lisa registers and never runs. Not sure how she did at brazil, the results were confusing, but possibly about 100K? Pam reed? She will blow away! Lol
Plugging Along:
--- Quote from: merigayle on January 24, 2015, 07:51:29 PM ---I think every year Lisa registers and never runs. Not sure how she did at brazil, the results were confusing, but possibly about 100K? Pam reed? She will blow away! Lol
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A lot of the trail is among the trees so there is some shelter from the wind. Plus the sled weighs up to 40 pounds so i don't think the wind can get her off the ground. In fact the temps are forecast at 20 above (as opposed to last year's 20 below) and the wind peaking at 10mph. Should be a fast race, Lewis could take down Gingrich's record.
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