From cindy@Beach.Net Mon Jan 13 12:49:11 1997 From: Cindy Englander To: Stan Jensen Subject: Re: Avalon 50 report (XP) On Mon, 13 Jan 1997, Stan Jensen wrote: > Well, I agree with Joe Galope's terse recommendation: this is an ultra > that everyone should run at least once. I'd been thinking about it for > two years and I'm very glad I finally entered. I picked up list-er At the risk of being in the "department of the redundancy department"... this race (like Baldy Peaks) is on my "it's a given for next year's race calendar".. Magical, the spirit of G-d and grace cannot begin to describe Avalon, the views and the magesty of those buffalo! :) > T-shirt AND a great finisher's sweatshirt. Now I had my motivation to > finish! We lined up at 5:00 (yuck), in cool (40+) weather, with a > promising forecast of "no rain". About half the field used flashlights I'm sooooo glad the race wasnt Sunday ! :) :) > even saw one less than ten feet from the road who posed for a picture. > There is a long stretch from miles 39 to 44 where you run endlessly > along a winding dirt road that looks level, but I'm told is a gradual > hill, but once you reach Pump House (mile 44) and climb the hill, you Despite what i'd heard about this section, i actually liked it :) > know you have about a mile and a half of rolling paved road and then > "the hill". The last part of this course is a killer: about 2.5 miles > of fairly steep, constant downhill on pavement, with the good news My quads are still feelin' this killer:) > It was also a pleasure to finally meet list-ers Dave & Lane Cooper, > Matt Kavenaugh and Dave Emmons. I'd also like to congratulate "The Matt was great to run with for Middle Ranch-- (i'm still takin rolaids today, btw, matt) !... > Grasshopper" for her outstanding sub-9 on her first 50m! Sunday at 8am > we gathered for a group photo, got a copy of the results(!) and watched I'd like to thank YOU, stan, for your words of encouragement along the journey!!! Cant wait for the next 50! Happy trails, all Grasshopper Cindy Englander-Busarow cindy@beach.net WWW Hosting and Design Services DPC SYSTEMS - BeachNet http://www.beach.net (714) 443-4172 -- The greatest of all victories to be victorious over yourself -- PGP Fingerprint: FC F6 30 F5 6D 51 16 05 A8 72 24 19 E3 3E FA 1E