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As for the finishers there were just a couple of close calls:
Cory Johnson, 42 from Utah, had only 31 minutes to spare at WS, but went sub-24 at Vermont and had about 90 minutes to play with at Leadville and WF.
Mark Wieneke, 55 from California (our nation's most populous state and 3rd largest in land mass) never gave himself too much breathing room, but he prevailed. WS, 60 minutes under; Leadville, 20 minutes under the cut-off; WF 59 minutes to spare.
Lastly Wisconsin's (home of the Grilled Cheese would you like cheese on That? Biggie Cheese Fries, and my favorite the Cheddar Shake, it's a dance) Phil Rosenstein, 37, prevailed after relatively close calls at both Leadville, 44 minutes, and WF, 45 minutes to spare.
No one finished all races in less than 24 hours, but several completed the first 3 in less than 24. I think those going into the last race were focused solely on finishing. The best cumulative time was turned in by Hiroki Ishikawa, 32 of Japan. He ran three amazing times, and had a solid effort at WF. His times were, WS 18:14; VT 16:56; LV 22:41; WF 29:29.
Two ladies finished the Slam, both ran very well and very steady. Neither was in danger (time wise) of DNFing. The women's title went to Ronda Sundermeier, 40 or Oregon. Her cumulative time was right around 97 hours (I hope to be around 100), with times of: WS 23:14; VT 21:36, LV 24:16, and WF 27:57.
There you have it! Looks tough doesn't it? Should anyone want to waste a few hours you can look up these stats and other fascinating (for ultra geeks, like me!) stats at http://www.run100s.com/
5 comments:
Andy,
If anyone can do it, it's you!
You, or Hervé Villechaize, a fine runner in his day.
I tried to borrow money from Herve' one day. He was a little short.
Voodoo, alchemy and shoe repair. Ah, the big three. I remember the Sir Francis Drake sailed the Golden Hind around the world. I remember the pythagorean theorum (a squared plus b squared equals c squared). And I remember AndyMan's freshman class at Auburn when a lad calling himself Bucephalus listed those self-same items as his interests. Never being one to reinvent the wheel, I, too claim those hobbies- those self-same hobbies- as my own. Sadly, my attempts to turn base metals into gold haven't panned out. Tried voodoo. Got stuck. And shoes are beneath me.
Dave,
I don't care who are, that's funny.
Chase, sadly, Herve' is no more :( He committed suicide in the early 90's. The rumor that he jumped off of a stool is not true, it was actually a gunshot (or rather the bullet) that did him in. Herve's in a different plane now.
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