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Post by GUTS Admin on Aug 2, 2008 16:49:02 GMT -5
Hottest Male: Eric Schotz Hottest Female: Megan Larsen
Complete details in progress...
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slwrunner
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If you start to feel good during an ultra, don't worry you will get over it.
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Post by slwrunner on Aug 3, 2008 9:55:14 GMT -5
Hottest Male: Gary Griffin Hottest Female: Megan Larsen Complete details in progress... Maybe from a racing standpoint but I would say everyone was the Hottest Male and Female.....it was HOT yesterday!!
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Post by gitagoing on Aug 3, 2008 17:03:08 GMT -5
;D Here is Gitagoing Hot-To-Trot Report for 2008 ;D Mercy, Mercy, Mercy, Mercy, after three laps is what my body said!!! What in the Devil am I doing??? Training for Hell??? The plan was to do 4 or 5 loops an hour despite my out-of- shape for real racing conditions. Nils passed me on a loop and asked "How do you run in this heat??" I mention water and electrolytes, don't cramp and don't git sick. Nils mention "Patient then?" As I was Cramping and fairly surely SICK for running the Hot_To-_Trot, I said yes, have a gread run. The course was teriffic. Thank you Sarah and Friends for giving us a nice course to destroy ourselves on. We could not ask for better, soft trail, marked, heat, humidity, and an aid station with cheering fans - fan harder it's HOT. I only tripped on that little metal thingie ever loop all thou I knew it was there. Very suttle Sarah for keeping us on our toes or face. A disquise as a trail marker, very good!! Next year Sarah, you should give an award for how many times we fall at the same place, despite it being marked as a leaf. Part of running trails is to learn to observe the trail and be able to handle your foot falls and lifts late in a run. I'm dressing my wounds. This year's Hot-To-Trot was super. Lane and Jenifer were prepared and ran great all day. Tom Adair, Bill Keane, and Ken Brown(who is recovering from tree fall and is a Viet Vet). Yes we are a little older, but who would run run more than 26 miles in the heat, with a broken body and mind, because he love you and me. Ken Brown would. A great run like the Hot-To-Trot depends on Organization, Volunteers, a great race director and runners. Thanks Sarah. Thanks Guts. gitagoing
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Post by patrickd on Aug 3, 2008 18:26:40 GMT -5
Everyone,
Will have some more pics on my web site of the race soon. Hope they turn out. If they do and you like them, email me and I will email them to you.
By the way, all of the race participants were a real inspiration to the wife and me! Also, the Guts leadership really deserves MUCH congrats and thanks for all of the hard work they did in putting this race together!! I am really proud to be associated with such an EXCELLENT group of folks!!
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Post by robturner on Aug 4, 2008 8:23:18 GMT -5
Congratulations to the race participants - you were a big inspiration to me! I also enjoyed meeting Sarah and some of the other GUTS leaders, as well as the other volunteers who were involved with everything from scoring the laps, to hanging sponsor banners. Congrats to Ray for handling that seriously cranky neighbor and smoothing out her "mail box" issues too! I look forward to seeing everyone again not too far down the road. Cheers! Rob
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Post by jfloyd on Aug 4, 2008 14:09:53 GMT -5
Thank you Sarah and the whole GUTS team for putting on such a fantastic race!!! Sarah, as promised, it was HOT this year--I think it beat the last couple of years for sure!! What a great group of people to be around on a Saturday in August!!! It's one of my favorite races of the year!!
And yes,...I was OFFICIALLY the first person to fall on the metal whatever it was on the backside--I've run this race three years and I've even trained there on occasion and NEVER have I seen this thing!!!
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Post by rita on Aug 4, 2008 14:57:46 GMT -5
Good course, good friends, good food. What more can you ask for. Thanks and hope to see you next year.
Rita
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Post by GUTS Admin on Aug 4, 2008 15:11:34 GMT -5
And yes,...I was OFFICIALLY the first person to fall on the metal whatever it was on the backside--I've run this race three years and I've even trained there on occasion and NEVER have I seen this thing!!! Jill, I'll search out the metal thingamabob and work on its removal before next year! Thanks to all who ran and, especially, the volunteers!!
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Post by TheVogels on Aug 4, 2008 15:48:53 GMT -5
Yes, thank Sarah and all the volunteers that spent the day keeping us alive and happy! Couldn't do it with out all those who showed up to help! Thanks once again. Lane
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2008 16:01:45 GMT -5
I tripped over the steel thing a mu bob several times myself. It is a metal fencepost with extrusions for hanging chicken wire on except it is only 1-2 inches high. I plan to eradicate the monster if ok with the trippers, park people, etc. I know what to do as I figured it out after trip # 3. Dig around the beast about 8 inches deep, cut off with a hacksaw, refill hole, keep the metal for 2009 H2T raffle. Kman
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Post by GUTS Admin on Aug 4, 2008 19:37:19 GMT -5
I tripped over the steel thing a mu bob several times myself. It is a metal fencepost with extrusions for hanging chicken wire on except it is only 1-2 inches high. I plan to eradicate the monster if ok with the trippers, park people, etc. I know what to do as I figured it out after trip # 3. Dig around the beast about 8 inches deep, cut off with a hacksaw, refill hole, keep the metal for 2009 H2T raffle. Kman Y'all tell me where the thingamabob is and I'll rip it out with my bare hands! Anything for my runners! Ok, maybe I'll just spray it with orange paint ;D BTW, folks, give me a few days on the results. I'm pouring over the sheets, runner by runner, lap by lap, and will sort it all out soon!
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Post by NightOwl on Aug 4, 2008 20:33:52 GMT -5
Is that metal thing just after jumping off one of the wooden ramps? I tripped on it several times last year. As I recall, I saw several people hit the dirt at that spot. (Run and roll.) Sarah, didn't you mention ending H2T at a pool for next year??? (I was experiencing the heat at Bartlet Trail 50K in TN that day. Heat index was 133 degrees. But we did run in shade most of the time.)
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Post by patrickd on Aug 4, 2008 20:36:45 GMT -5
Hey Sarah,
Let me know if I can assist.
Pat ;D
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Post by mlarsen1 on Aug 4, 2008 21:52:03 GMT -5
Thanks so much for such a wonderful event!!! This was my first ultra experience and I have to say that I am addicted!! Thanks to all the volunteers for being so cheerful and helpful and to all the runners for all the encouraging words!! I can't wait til next year!! ~Megan
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Post by pigman22 on Aug 4, 2008 22:21:30 GMT -5
Well, the metal thing was about .4 miles down the long stretch I think. You definitely wont see it on your first try. It took me a few laps to see it actually, well, trip actually. If you try to pull that thing out with your bare hands, I will really want to see that. That stupid thing was not gonna come out, it seemed fairly deep in there. The spray paint was probably a better idea.
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Post by richcheese on Aug 5, 2008 7:10:48 GMT -5
It's about 6 inches to the right of the center of the trail. And approximately 20 to 50 feet after "Yellow Jacket Hill".
P.S. Well, it looks like a hill after 20 laps anyway...
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Post by Tighurt on Aug 6, 2008 20:34:12 GMT -5
As a new member of GUTS, I was thrilled to have a chance to run Hot to Trot last Saturday. What an amazing experience! Thanks to Sarah and everyone who put in so many hours in so much heat to make it so much fun.
Here is the race report from my journal. It is written for people who are not used to such things as 8-hour trail races, but I really wanted to share it with all of you. It was great getting to meet many of you!
-- Andrew Strickland
Hot to Trot 8-Hour Race Decatur, Georgia August 2, 2008
This was one of the most challenging races of my life. Eight hours of running near Atlanta on trails in the heat of summer is a recipe for disaster. It was a physical challenge but just as much a mental war and a battle with body chemistry. I had 4 goals - each building on the preceeding one.
Goal 1: Don't die. This is the race motto and a good one! In these conditions death is a real option.
Goal 2: Run at least 26.2 miles. I would love to count this as a marathon for my yearly count!
Goal 3: Run at least 50K. Since I want to run ultras regularly I need to prove that I can run the most common ultra distance in difficult conditions.
Goal 4: Run more than 34 miles. Eight years ago I ran 34 miles during a 24-hour race. That is the most I have ever run at one time.
The event started with the race director ordering us not to die. Good advice - I planned to follow it. The course meandered through the woods at Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve, a surprising natural environment nestled in the edge of a residential neighborhood near a mall. In the woods, you would never know how close civilization actually was. The course was 1.12 miles including narrow trail, boardwalk, wooden bridges, and a finishing stretch of slightly uphill asphalt. The course was basically flat though.
I ran the first three laps with Matt Jenkins (Marathon Maniac #857 and eye-candy for the volunteers at the recent Make It By Midnight Marathon.) What a great guy! We had some nice conversation until he got warmed up and outgrew my sedentary 10:30 miles. We managed to do some laps together later in the race too.
The humidity was unreal. I was drenched in sweat immediately. The heat kept building and building too. Luckily the course went right by my truck where I had set up my own private aid station with tons of dry clothes, extra shoes, ice, ibuprofen, fluids, etc. I changed shirts and hats often, changed my socks not enough, and wore a stylish collection of bandanas filled with ice around my neck.
The official aid station was superbly stocked: PB&J, salty snacks, boiled potatoes with salt (the greatest ultra fuel ever), fluids, electrolyte capsules - you name it. Steaz beverages even had a booth set up with their entire product line of organic energy drinks and green teas. During my walking laps I would take a bottle along with me. Most were quite yummy - and ice cold!
The aid station volunteers were phenomenal. To sit through that kind of heat for 8-hours and still be happy and encouraging to the runners is an amazing thing. They had no fewer than 4 people watching for you to count laps. I was impressed by how careful they were to make sure nobody got shortchanged, even when it was a little crowded early on.
I was able to get in 10 miles during the first 2 hours. Then I eased off and started walking the first lap of each hour. Ultimately I got to the point where I had to walk for longer segments due to the heat. We were all battling the elements in one way or another. The pain in my back got pretty strong for awhile then eased off. The pain in my quads just continued to grow. My feet started to hurt and then reverted to a blessed state of numbness. I stopped changing socks at this point - I didn't want to awaken the beast!
I finished my 24th lap and was told by the lap counters that I was over the marathon distance. I celebrated with a short dance in the aid area and then checked the distance chart. If I could manage 4 more laps, I would break 50K. I had 75 minutes left and an exhausted body but figured I could talk myself through 5 more miles.
It took quite a bit of talking. My mind stayed strong and I overrode several urges from my body to quit. I had to turn the running machine back on to make sure I finished in time. I started running the boardwalks and other easier parts of the trails. I really didn't want to fall at this point in the race. I stopped for little other than hydration. The other runners were awesome! They were so encouraging and fun to talk with. All the runners seemed to want everyone to get their goal. The only real competition seemed to be with ourselves. That to me is how racing should be.
I came across the line with my 28th and final lap with just under 7 minutes to spare. I enjoyed some of the great post-race refreshments (best hamburger I've had in years), painfully sat on the ground for the brief awards ceremony, and went back to the truck to assess the damage to my body. My heels had the largest blisters I have ever seen. I think my trail shoes have officially had it. Thankfully, other than some slight dehydration and the standard leg pain, those were my only injuries. What an amazing experience! I can't wait to run it again next year. Maybe I can take care of that 4th goal then!
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Post by patrickd on Aug 6, 2008 21:58:21 GMT -5
Nice review!!! This is why I love this group!! A bunch of folks as passionate about running as I am!!! ;D
BTW You need to send Sarah a link to your blog. It is really good!
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Post by davidray on Aug 6, 2008 22:13:23 GMT -5
Nice report from tighurt! I found his site with a quick search. Entertaining stuff!
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Post by Tighurt on Aug 6, 2008 22:40:55 GMT -5
Thanks! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. I didn't even think about putting a link to my little running site. It's now in my signature. I guess I should hurry up and actually get the Hot to Trot report up on my site now.
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