Brian Arbogast, 65, passed away tonight, August 9, 2010 after a multi-year battle with brain tumors. I’ll update this post with details on where to make donations, etc. as decisions are made. Be strong, Meghan. Aug 10 update: If you want to send flowers to Meghan and her family you may do so at: 1633 …
I received an unsolicited email today from an online registration company. The email started off with: I wanted to follow up with you because I can get you setup with a far better event registration format than you are currently using and can help you attract more participants to your event. Apparently they know about …
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I really enjoy race directing. I think as much as running Western States. Maybe as much as training for Western States. More than losing a $1000 bet. Definitely more than lying (or was that laying?) on a cot at mile 93 at Western States. I’m in my ninth year co-race directing Where’s Waldo 100km (maybe …
How hard can riding 100 miles with upwards of 15,000 feet of climbing and descending on a mountain bike be? I had volunteered at the Cascade Cream Puff a couple of years, and, while I had little experience on a mountain bike and didn’t even own one, I thought it looked like fun. Real fun. …
What an incredible race last weekend at the 2010 WS 100 miler. There were lots of pre-race predictions about how the big four (Killian Jornet, Anton Krupicka, Geoff Roes, Hal Koerner) would fare. I predicted on AJW’s blog that only one of those four would finish and I expected it to be the experienced two-time …
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