Pikes’ (and the US’s) first woman marathoner, Arlene Pieper was recently located and will be in attendance at festivities this weekend.
6 miles in the AM, easy. AHR = 146.
Pikes’ (and the US’s) first woman marathoner, Arlene Pieper was recently located and will be in attendance at festivities this weekend.
6 miles in the AM, easy. AHR = 146.
That's awesome. I generally don't care about these special starters like what BB10K does, but this one is pretty cool.
ReplyDeleteAlso saw this:
ReplyDeletePRESS RELEASE
Barefoot Ascent of Pikes Peak
Michael Sandrock, founder of One World Running shoe project, will be
racing Saturday's Pikes Peak Ascent "barefoot," as a fundraiser for
the project, which collects and distributes new and used shoes in
developing nations and in the U.S. Sandrock is collecting pledges for
each mile of the ascent. Money is being raised for shipping 10,000
pairs of "gently used," donated shoes going to Haiti, to people
suffering from last year's devastating hurricanes. Sandrock, a 2:24:30 marathoner, will be running part of the ascent barefoot, using the Vibram five fingers for sole protection. Runners can drop off their shoes, of any kind, at the pre-race expo. Sandrock, author of "Running with the Legends," will be speaking about the history of women's marathoning at the expo Friday night.
I was talking about World Guy on my run this AM and someone mentioned a guy that pushed a peanut with his nose up Pikes one time? Ever heard of that?
ReplyDeleteFrom: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikes_Peak
ReplyDelete...In 1929 Bill Williams of Rio Hondo, Texas, pushed a peanut to the summit with his nose over the course of three weeks.
That barefoot press release leaves him with a lot of, er, wiggle room. Which part will he be going barefoot, which part with the five fingers and which part with regular shoes? (I'll stick to my 790's for the entire trip up)
ReplyDeleteBesides, its been done before, without the five fingers for protection: http://www.skyrunner.com/story/2004a3.htm
That is nuts. In Boulder I occasionally see a guy who runs the trails there barefoot, typically up to Green Mtn. His feet look like hamburger. With dirt.
ReplyDeletePushed a peanut up the mountain with his nose!! You've got to be kidding.
ReplyDeleteComplete and utter insanity. Although, no more absurd than trying to run up the darn thing as fast as possible, I guess.
Must have been inspired by Camus' Sisyphus who was condemned to pushing a rock up a mountain for all eternity.
Another great photo; I just put this as my background. I like the green light. Have a great race.
ReplyDeleteIt is nutty (sorry). You have to consider the era; that's when all those goofy endurance things were taking place. Flag pole sitting, marathon dancing, the first running race across the US (cc pyle's amazing race). Of course that's what people will be saying about ultrarunning in 50 years, "those crazy people ran for 24 and more hours??!!"
ReplyDeleteYes it's Thursday! Awesome photo!
ReplyDeleteGood Luck this weekend. I know you been thinking about this one for a while. Go get that PR!