From: lazarus lake
To: ultra@listserv.dartmouth.edu;
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 9:46 PM
Subject: vol state update 5: it’s all downhill from here
the (The Last Annual Vol-State Race 2012) front end has turned into a desperate struggle.
whoever takes home the crown will have earned it the hard way.
1) paul lefelhocz 161. thru hampshire and running
2) dan fox 158. running
3) juli aistars 156. natches trace. running.
4) joshua holmes 151. struggling at times, but moving forward.
5) jay dobromowski 150. stopped at walmart in hohenwald to cobble together blister kit. lost 4 places doing it. back running.
6) thomas mikkelson 149. stopped for a rest break.
7) sulaiman sericki 142, entering hohenwald. he has a heel blister that looks like a crater. says he no longer feels it thru the pain in his knee. moving.
8) richard westbrook 130. on the way to hohenwald, moving.
there are several at various points in rest breaks at 125 (commodore hotel in linden):
9-12) charlie taylor, sal coll, psyche winberly, sherry meador
13) john price 124, in linden, not stopping
14) dusty hardman 124, in linden, stopping at 125
15) fred davis 115, crossing the tennessee river. moving.
16-18) holed up at the pine tree motel on the wrong side of the river: rita barnes, shannon burke, jan silverman
19) erika matheny and adam venn relay team 108 and taking a break
20) abi meadows 100 and dropped.
21-22) mike melton and diane taylor 92: gone to earth in lexington days inn.
23) marvin skagerberg: 90 and taking a break. briefly caught taylor and melton earlier today. gunning for them tomorrow.
24) oprah 89
besides the deluges (parts of the course are now under a flash flood watch)
the watchword of the day is pain.
everyone is hurting somewhere.
the constant moisture is destroying feet.
the constant running and walking is breaking bodies and crushing wills.
and there is still so far to go.
dont let all the people on evening breaks fool you.
the breaks are short. the days are long.
while you sleep the footwarriors fight on.
the score in the battle between the sexes:
women, 1 doused cellphone, two lost chargers. 1 drop.
men, all cellphone systems intact. full field intact.
just saying.
laz
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