Letters

What a great run and thanks for putting that together! It was an adventure
running/sliding through those first ten miles of ice and snow... but
we just considered that as part of an especially "character-building"
experience. Ha!

I have to say that those sweet, dear volunteers out on the path were VERY much
appreciated. I certainly made a point of letting them know how
wonderful they were, but feel free to tell them again! They were just
so AMAZING! It was a nice surprise to have the support.

Linda Barton and I finished together at 7:34:05. Both our Yaktrax
snapped apart at about mile 6... we've decided to shadowbox frame
them. Me? I'm ordering a pair of Kaht oolas for next year! We had so
much fun.

Thanks again. That was a beautiful, challenging run!

Sue Gallup

Hi Ken,

I had a really great time despite having nearly zero base miles!!
But, it is fun to just sleep after a hard effort.
Thank you so much for putting this together. This was definitely a
highlight for my running...to be able to complete the CT.

My time 6:23.
Francie Hankins

Hi Ken,

Yes I did manage to finish! It wasn't quite solitary though, my oldest daughter
joined me on her bicycle and rode 6 of the last 7 miles with me. And the
volunteers were wonderful, please pass along my thanks to all of them. Anyway my
time was 9:33:45, not only a same day finish but a daylight one as well. Had a
great time and if the March 9th you'er talking about is 2009 I hope to be there,
if you're talking about next weekend I might find it hard to make that one.

Dean Bays

Hi Ken,

Congratulations on a well done event. Steve took these photos (see attached) and he got everyone but Dean and Max as we had to close up at before 2:00.  I hope we are around to help next year as we had lots of fun.  Good idea having it a week later and reversing the course.  Of course, next year, we won't have as much snow. I hope!

 

Karen

Hi Ken, with a couple "off trail" excursions, I finished in 7:56:38. Thanks to you and all the great volunteers!

Mary Ann Clute

Hi Ken,

What a great run!  The weather and company could be no better.

I finished with Tim Englund in 6:33.

Thanks so much for everything.

Lisa Bliss

HI Ken!! Good Sunday Morning!
     Thanks again for all of your hard work and amazing volunteers! The race was fantastic! I wanted to email you my time. I finished at the mile 0 "Idaho Rock" at exactly 5 hours 47 mins and 54 seconds from the start. Hope the rest of your race went well after we talked. Look forward to hearing how everyone else fared, hopefully there were no serious injuries or accidents with any racers or complications. Talk to you soon, Thanks again- Ali

Ken,

Thanks for putting together the run.  It gave me a chance to me some other crazies like me. I hope to see everyone again next year.

 

My time was 6:37.

Brandon 

Hi Ken,

 

My time was 7:54:35.

 

Thanks so much for organizing this run.    I am new to this area and am looking forward to seeing you and the other Spokane ultra runners in the future.

 

I was a little cranky the first 10 miles with all the ice, but hooked up with Maryann and Amber and had a great day.   

The volunteers were awesome.     I'll be out there area in 2009.

 

Judy Carluccio

Hi Ken,

 

it was good running with you today. Not sure how many miles I ended up running with some backtracking and wrong turns (my bad) , but I finished in 6:35

 

Good job and great run!

David Bliss

Ken

Thanks so much for putting this on. The course was great and the
volunteers were fantastic. I did manage to get lost a couple of times
and figure I must have done a full 37 miles as a result. Actually, I
never saw the finish line because I didn't know to turn and go under
the freeway. I was a ways past Cabelas when I saw a Kootenia county
sheriff car and figured I must have made it to Idaho. Anyway, I
enjoyed the day and plan to be back next year.

My time was 8:53:29 to the Sheriff car. :)

Max Welker

Sorry about that, but something was wrong with my computer and I was unable to get on the internet until just now.
My time was 6:56:43. 
 
I wore my Garmin, and clocked 36.08 miles.  I stayed on the Centennial Trail the whole way, in accordance with the trail map.  East of downtown before the Kardong bridge (22 mile mark I think) where the trail forks, I veered on the northern path next to the river.  The trail is actually marked with an arrow to go that way.  It was interesting to note that I was almost always within .03 of the mile at each milepost.  Sometimes just under, and then in the valley it started creeping just over the exact mark. 
 
Thank you so very much for putting on this fun run.  No doubt you ordered the fantastic weather just for us too. 
 
Gunhild