results from SP 50!

 

Overall
Place	#	Name	Sex	Age	From	Finish Time
1st	3	Allen Belshaw	M	39	CO	08:01:36
2nd	310	Karl Meltzer	M	37	UT	08:08:13
3rd	1	Kevin Shilling	M	38	UT	08:26:13
4th	9	Richard McDonald	M	30	UT	08:30:15
5th	216	Erik Storheim	M	33	UT	08:40:25
6th	209	Todd Schmidtke	M	41	UT	08:52:55
7th	2	Leland Barker	M	48	UT	08:59:10
8th	333	Rick Hessek	M	40	CO	09:08:47
9th	7	Darcy Africa	F	31	CO	09:10:33
10th	222	Brian Beckstead	M	24	UT	09:19:57
11th	15	Daniel Schmidt	M	48	CO	09:21:58
12th	6	Matt Clay	M	28	UT	09:38:10
13th	21	Shane Martin	M	39	UT	09:41:00
14th	227	Chris Latvaaho	M	35	AZ	09:44:00
15th	10	Curtis Anderson	M	43	CO	09:48:20
16th	11	David Hunt	M	46	UT	09:52:06
17th	200	Bob Africa	M	33	CO	10:09:41
18th	8	James Nelson	M	45	UT	10:13:51
19th	317	Bryan VanMeveren	M	41	CO	10:15:10
20th	14	Justin Snow	M	32	CO	10:18:10
21st	74	Kirk Dyches	M	40	UT	10:18:28
22nd	197	Michael W. Allen	M	48	AL	10:22:06
23rd	33	Nancy Hendrickson	F	43	UT	10:25:31
24th	213	Dan Barnett	M	43	UT	10:29:32
25th	61	Birgitta Johnsson	F	30	UT	10:36:49
26th	246	Peter Lindgren	M	36	UT	10:44:50
27th	5	Scott Jaime	M	36	CO	10:48:24
28th	25	Courtney Scaife	F	37	UT	10:48:42
29th	44	Susan Anderson-Ayers	F	40	UT	10:48:49
30th	30	Cory T Johnson	M	41	UT	10:51:30
30th	23	Tom Remkes	M	43	UT	10:51:30
30th	16	Lorie Hutchison	F	42	UT	10:51:30
33rd	233	David Larsen	M	35	UT	10:55:19
34th	48	Joe Martel	M	47	UT	10:56:32
35th	26	Ernie Floyd	M	51	UT	10:58:16
36th	53	Jon Eager	M	44	UT	11:02:59
37th	242	Ric Hatch	M	51	AZ	11:09:58
38th	208	Christian Johnson	M	34	UT	11:12:57
39th	399	Mike James	M	35	CO	11:12:58
40th	260	Mark Cosmas	M	38	AZ	11:13:29
41st	67	Jason Berry	M	32	UT	11:19:16
42nd	50	Julie Arter	F	45	AZ	11:24:58
43rd	20	David Hayes	M	38	UT	11:42:51
44th	267	Dave Martin	M	49	UT	11:44:46
45th	284	Keith Blom	M	49	CA	11:46:15
46th	235	Brian Hamos	M	42	UT	11:46:42
47th	72	Mathew Mouritsen	M	41	UT	11:48:12
48th	196	Olga Varlamova	F	36	OR	11:50:55
49th	258	Glen Boline	M	53	UT	11:52:52
50th	98	Rodger Smith	M	35	UT	11:53:37
50th	97	Daren Anderson	M	37	UT	11:53:37
52nd	231	Marie Perinet	F	38	CO	11:54:39
53rd	337	Scott Wall	M	35	UT	11:58:59
54th	42	Lyle Nay	M	44	UT	12:03:17
55th	92	Leo O'Connor	M	37	UT	12:03:57
56th	60	David Crockett	M	47	UT	12:06:40
57th	250	Clinton Thompson	M	29	VA	12:08:15
58th	232	Arne Hultquist	M	47	UT	12:09:27
59th	85	Jim Dearing	M	36	UT	12:10:34
60th	316	Jason Holmberg	M	35	UT	12:12:56
61st	43	Daniel Hendriksen	M	52	UT	12:13:32
62nd	240	Todd Salzer	M	31	CO	12:14:44
63rd	237	David Nielsen	M	34	UT	12:15:14
64th	66	Jeff Gerke	M	39	UT	12:15:46
65th	57	Kirk McCarville	M	52	AZ	12:17:21
66th	268	Mike Fitzsimmons	M	36	UT	12:17:42
67th	39	Leon Deitlaf	M	47	UT	12:20:17
68th	96	Dennis Aslett	M	57	ID	12:21:40
69th	49	Carter Williams	M	48	UT	12:22:07
70th	336	Ramsay Wall	F	33	UT	12:22:12
71st	71	Roger Adams	M	45	UT	12:22:50
72nd	32	Bob Henderson	M	59	UT	12:25:17
73rd	223	Richard Stum	M	52	UT	12:28:02
74th	114	Andrew Wittwer	M	35	UT	12:32:23
75th	88	Brent Rutledge	M	49	UT	12:34:31
76th	193	David Toone	M	48	UT	12:34:48
77th	334	Philip Wiley	M	44	CO	12:36:48
78th	274	Heidi Bennett	F	29	UT	12:41:58
79th	298	Kim Struthers	M	36	UT	12:44:01
80th	273	Marci Lamoreaux	F	38	UT	12:46:05
81st	187	Arthur Myshrall	M	46	UT	12:49:41
82nd	264	Doug White	M	49	UT	12:50:01
83rd	76	Kirk Denning	M	41	UT	12:51:21
84th	64	Brian Harward	M	32	UT	12:53:08
85th	176	Lyle Eaton	M	42	CO	12:54:27
86th	201	Olaf Questeriet	M	38	UT	12:56:04
87th	330	Willard Peck	M	62	UT	12:59:44
88th	214	David Fike	M	40	UT	13:00:02
89th	303	Mike Perkins	M	30	UT	13:07:46
90th	91	Lisa R. Smith-Batchen	F	44	ID	13:09:04
91st	212	Chris Pope	M	26	UT	13:09:11
92nd	266	Christopher Dechet	M	39	UT	13:19:28
93rd	345	Dan Wolfe	M	54	UT	13:21:16
94th	163	Matthew Watts	M	49	CO	13:22:34
95th	312	Jill Bohney	F	41	UT	13:23:19
96th	62	Adam Rogers	M	35	UT	13:27:29
97th	224	Beverly Rogers	F	45	AZ	13:28:12
98th	167	Anita Marie Fromm	F	35	CA	13:29:06
99th	262	Leland Holdener	M	43	UT	13:31:37
100th	69	Niels Bigler	M	39	UT	13:31:59
101st	107	Paul Hart	M	57	UT	13:34:09
102nd	83	Dale Perry	M	49	CO	13:34:56
103rd	184	John Horn	M	22	UT	13:35:53
104th	63	Kevin Dickerson	M	42	UT	13:36:08
104th	276	Denise Baker	F	38	UT	13:36:08
106th	65	Eve Davies	F	39	UT	13:37:11
107th	34	Rick Reimer	M	57	CO	13:37:13
108th	178	Melissa Dahlen	F	36	CO	13:37:40
109th	105	Colleen Ford	F	44	UT	13:38:05
110th	75	Wynn Shooter	M	35	UT	13:39:24
111th	80	Christian Knight	M	25	UT	13:45:21
112th	158	Gary E. Wood	M	66	UT	13:45:26
113th	263	Michael Schlier	M	49	UT	13:46:12
114th	265	Patrick Cartwright	M	48	UT	13:47:40
115th	116	Gina Ovard	F	40	UT	13:48:29
115th	115	Cheri Farnsworth	F	35	UT	13:48:29
117th	134	Bob Lyle	M	52	CO	13:48:45
118th	243	Jeffrie Parker	M	57	UT	13:54:00
119th	119	George Sunderland	M	50	UT	13:54:06
120th	307	William Long	M	49	UT	13:55:00
121st	81	Abbie Hawkes	F	22	UT	13:55:02
121st	82	Claude Spencer	M	59	MI	13:55:02
123rd	270	Greg Moellmer	M	26	UT	14:00:38
123rd	106	John Moellmer	M	61	UT	14:00:38
125th	93	Dick Kirkwood	M	66	UT	14:04:07
126th	204	Rick Gates	M	49	UT	14:05:46
127th	146	James Bawden	M	53	UT	14:07:49
128th	332	Ray Daurelle	M	49	UT	14:08:09
129th	234	Grizz Randall	M	61	UT	14:14:40
130th	157	Ron Remkes	M	49	UT	14:15:50
131st	202	Brian Caplin	M	38	UT	14:16:09
132nd	324	John Nichols	M	35	GA	14:16:10
133rd	194	Kevin Higgins	M	39	AZ	14:19:10
134th	177	Kevin Bruen	M	33	UT	14:21:24
135th	104	Dallan Manscill	M	28	UT	14:24:39
136th	124	Johnparley L. Lewis	M	54	UT	14:25:53
137th	54	Fred Denys	M	60	UT	14:26:40
138th	255	Jed Millar	M	25	UT	14:27:11
138th	101	Shaun Christian	M	33	UT	14:27:11
140th	183	Herbert Ley	M	48	UT	14:27:12
140th	100	Jessica Sanderson	F	35	UT	14:27:12
140th	99	Marc Sanderson	M	35	UT	14:27:12
140th	131	Marcee Christian	F	33	UT	14:27:12
144th	228	Deborah Wagner	F	55	UT	14:27:59
145th	90	James McGregor	M	63	UT	14:28:15
146th	129	Scott Nelson	M	42	UT	14:29:30
147th	342	Brian Rush	M	48	UT	14:29:31
148th	269	Doug Carrell	M	46	UT	14:29:32
149th	275	Alex Bennett	M	34	UT	14:29:45
150th	189	Jed Jorgenson	M	31	UT	14:32:51
151st	306	Casey Bulkley	M	31	UT	14:34:10
151st	84	Jason Bulkley	M	33	UT	14:34:10
153rd	150	Gary Gibbs	M	44	UT	14:34:20
154th	206	Thomas J. Shreeve, Jr.	M	41	UT	14:38:36
154th	127	Elizabeth LaMora	F	32	UT	14:38:36
156th	165	Tom Ford	M	65	AZ	14:42:55
157th	226	Marti Kovener	M	42	MD	14:46:55
158th	289	Scott Putman	M	37	UT	14:54:45
158th	256	Tim Masterson	M	31	UT	14:54:45
158th	186	Phillip Mendoza	M	48	UT	14:54:45
161st	137	Karen Helfrich	F	39	UT	14:57:05
162nd	253	Suzanne Sanders	F	48	UT	15:00:42
163rd	149	Tom Thurston	M	54	UT	15:05:25
164th	103	Carolyn Luckett	F	39	UT	15:06:36
165th	285	Dan McCurry	M	51	UT	15:08:02
166th	400	Chris Anderson	M	47	UT	15:16:54
167th	109	Dorrell Henderson	M	58	UT	15:18:45
168th	102	Troy Marsh	M	41	UT	15:20:50
169th	128	Scott McPherson	M	43	MO	15:20:58
170th	169	Celeste Collman	F	52	UT	15:23:41
171st	338	Logan Peterson	M	42	UT	15:23:51
172nd	314	Mindy Niitsuma	F	46	UT	15:29:01
173rd	294	Julie Nelson	F	45	UT	15:30:53
174th	108	Reyn Gallacher	M	43	UT	15:31:00
175th	136	David Richards	M	36	UT	15:31:45
175th	135	Andrea Richards	F	36	UT	15:31:45
177th	17	Kevin Pinder	M	35	UT	15:34:25
178th	175	Ellen Ives	F	52	UT	15:36:47
179th	295	Andrew Nelson	M	16	UT	15:45:55
180th	181	Dean Dyatt	M	44	UT	15:47:46
181st	188	Kennard Sorensen	M	56	UT	15:52:25
182nd	245	Randy Nielsen	M	52	UT	15:59:06
183rd	271	Rick Metcalf	M	51	UT	15:59:08
184th	205	Leigh Corbin	F	44	CA	16:09:08
185th	299	Alejandro Flores	M	50	MX	16:14:16
186th	168	Wendy Holdaway	F	50	MX	16:16:15
187th	174	Craig Manscill	M	53	UT	16:20:51
188th	261	Laura Burley	F	27	MT	16:22:40
189th	259	Paul Schmidt	M	40	UT	16:23:00
190th	251	Deanna McLaughlin	F	50	UT	16:24:28
191st	173	Larry Emery	M	56	UT	16:24:59
192nd	162	Grant Holdaway	M	75	UT	16:26:22
192nd	278	Marc Collman	M	49	UT	16:26:22
192nd	328	Doug Anderson	M	44	UT	16:26:22
195th	153	Karin Rowley	F	60	UT	16:28:01
196th	230	Twilla Squire	F	37	UT	16:29:45
197th	78	Marilyn Graham	F	45	UT	16:58:40
198th	79	Ron Graham	M	53	UT	16:58:41
199th	154	Jodi Martin Fessler	F	47	WY	17:10:30
200th	195	Lisa Vaupel	M	33	NM	17:14:25
201st	143	Victor Mason	M	56	UT	17:17:49
202nd	172	Joe Larsen	M	56	UT	17:26:22
203rd	305	Julie Crapo	F	26	UT	17:51:10

 

 

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Ray Zahab and team wins Gobi March!

 Hey Lisa!
Just a quick note as I have just arrived back at
hotel. Kevin, Charlie and I have won the Gobi March
Team event as Team Chunghwa/Mago !

We also placed consistently in the "individual" rank
daily in the top 3- even tying for 1st in the long
stage. This has never been doe by a team in an event
like this before ! We are so happy !

A team usually does not move as fast as a solo runner
- there are so many variables that we have to deal
with that solo runners do not.

Congrats to all of the incredible runners in this
unbelievably tough event. You might recognize the
winner of the solo event- he is a fantstic Korean
runner that was at Sahara Race when Kev and I were
there last October.

 

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Juan rocks his half marathon this past weekend!

 

Lisa,

I did the half marathon today in 1:45:31 or 8:03 pace at 92% of max and I felt awesome!  My last PR was 1:51:29 so 6 minutes off! The course was rolling hills so not a flat and fast course.  I ran my heart out - 7:50 pace for a long time and then 8 minute pace for a few miles on the hills.  If I keep this up, I will rock in Chicago in November.

 

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SP 50!!

 Hi guys and gals,

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.

 

SP 50 mile did not turn out the way I thought it would but I did learn and work through some very hard mental and physical things.

I got a great nights sleep on Friday which is rare with 2 little kids sleeping in the same room with us!

Up at 3am, had my coffee, ensure and started to drink water, the weather forecast was for over 90 degrees. I felt good and hydrated and ready to rock!

My friend George was going to run part of the race with me and then my sweet Jay was going to do the last half with me, he is training for Western States 100!

Colleen a friend of our was going to help watch the kids and the great news is she ended up doing close to 4 miles with me. Thank you to George and Colleen for helping with our girls so that I could get to the finish line!

 

I got right on my target race plan. 5am start. The first 23 miles I felt so great and all was going perfect with my walk run plan. Have to say my walking was faster than most people running near me:)

At 23 miles I met up with Jay and my stomach started to feel very sick and by 25 miles I could only walk. Many say that they felt sick as well and think we may have had some bad water at the last aid station.

Needless to say my stomach was so bad that running was not possible. I felt so bad for Jay being with me but did my very best to not complain and to just keep moving forward.

I kept trying to run but each time I did I felt worse. I thought about the BW double and that I had to work through this as much as getting in a car and going home seemed like the only thing I wanted to do. I took tums, drank malox and nothing worked.

I walked a good 25-30 miles of the course.

The long steep climb after aid station 8 was so hard for me but I did it and was so thankful once at the top. Tons of snow!! Thanks to Jay for helping me get to this point!

I got to the station and we had 11 miles left to go. I just made up my mind that I had to just get to the end and that my stomach was going to hurt if I tried to move faster or if I went slow. I got into a very good power walk down hill and really focused on this and not my stomach. It was working and I started to feel proud of myself for working through this stomach mess!

Last aid station and 3.5 miles left to go on the road..I made myself run it, I cried, threw up, went to the bathroom 4 times but I kept on running.

I saw my kids, Jay, George, Colleen and Olga as I came up the finish line. I was happy, I was proud that I toughed it out and learned how to deal..it was not easy:)

Olga did great, she ran a 11:50. I came in at 13:08 which I am very happy about.

I don't know if I won anything in the masters women or not but I did win the race. for I kept going when everything in me wanted to go home!

Its a great 50 mile race, hard one that is for sure.

Photos to come soon

Lisa

 

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It will be enough

Hi all,

This was sent to me from a coaching client today. How very true her words are.

I am thankful to you all for your insights and words of wisdom.

Lisa

 

 

 

 Hi Lisa,

Thanks for checking in with me.  I have been really thinking about you and
your new lifestyle with the kids, work, travel and training and wondering
how you are doing with it all.  This time of year when races and training
camps are happening, the extra stress of it all can pounce upon our backs
and we not notice the extra weight of it all until the excitement is over.
I can't imagine what is going through your head while you balance it all.
You are a multi-faceted and multi-skilled person with multiple and intense
personal projects on your agenda.  Please pace yourself because whatever
you do or don't get done today, it will be enough.

 

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utah

 sunny, hot and perfect today! I pray for the same on Sat. for the SP 50 mile.

It was so wonderful to see Jay at the airport. Annabella ran so fast to jump into her daddys arms. She had everyone on the plane clap for her as we were landing in SLC and she was yelling, I'm home daddy, I'm home!!!

I'm looking forward to seeing many new and old friends/clients this weekend, this is really my favorite part of the sport of ultra running. The people, the wonderful people.

Finlay: I won the Grasslands 50 because all the fast women did not show up!:)

I won because I stayed at 80% and can power walk 5 mph and because I stuck out the plan I made for the race. I worked on my hydration and got 300 calories an hour in.

It worked like magic, now let's see about tomorrow!

If you are doing a race this weekend yourself, have a safe one and remember to stay hydrated!

 

Many Blessings

Lisa

 

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SP 50mile

 Ok so you think I am crazy for running 50 miles less than a week from having a kidney stone?

It will be 6 full days of no training going into the 50 mile and as of this moment I feel back to normal!

The Doctor I saw here told me to take it very easy for 1 week, so hey 6 days is close to a week:)

My plan is to just participate in the race. My put your head down and fight race days are over.

This is good training for my Badwater journey and its close to home. John the RD of the race does such an amazing job with this event and the course is VERY difficult with steep climbs.

My plan is to PW all the climbs, even the ones on the roads, go 3/2 on the downhill sections and 4/1 any flats. This is my BW race plan so I want to practice it. I hope it gets really sunny and hot!

If all fails I will PW (power walk) the entire race!

I was feeling very fit and strong 4 days ago and feel confident that my having to take 6 days off is and always is a blessing in some way.

Have a great day!

Lisa

 

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Memorial Day weekend in the Tetons!

Below is one athletes weekend! When I spoke to my husband Jay on Monday he said, the snow is blowing so hard its going sideways!!! I was really happy to be in Chicago where it was over 90 degrees.:)

Hi Lisa,

I am a New Yorker – born and breed. I live in an apartment that is probably smaller than the size of most of your clients’ gear closets. I love it but there’s always room in life to experience more, right?

So it’s my great luck to be spending two months in the beautiful Teton Valley – a time period which includes Memorial Day weekend. In NY, this weekend typically means bar-b-ques and perhaps even visits to the beach. So I wasn’t sure what to expect in Teton Valley.

Hmmm…here’s what I got: sunshine, rain, snow, and h-a-i-l! And that was just Sunday! On Sunday, I sheltered myself from the elements until noon (okay, actually I slept in!) and then I headed out. I was about 25 minutes into my walk when the hail really started coming down. So I hitched back to the place where I am staying (another first for me – hitchhiking!). I waited another hour or two and my roommate invited me to join her and a friend for a trail run.

Yep, my very first trail run! The hail had disappeared and while the weather was still difficult to predict, it looked like it would hold up for us. I am so grateful it did. For my very first trail run, I found myself climbing up this beautiful hillside that reminded me of the Sound of Music. We even saw people riding horses. And then when we got a little further, I felt as though we entered an enchanted forest.

NY might be the city never sleeps, but I am growing convinced that the Teton Valley is the place that never stays the same. As Erik tells me, forget weather.com – go out and look at the sky!

I hope a lot of your friends can make it out here to see the beauty…if life continues to shine on me the way it has since my arrival, I would love to be back for the Teton Races over Labor Day weekend. Can you & Jay promise no hail, though!?!

All the best,

Colleen

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carbs and food

Hi All,

 

I'm working with a young lady who is at this moment training to go under 2 hours for a half marathon. I know she will do it, she has already been successful at an Ironman!! She came to me needing to drop 20-30 pounds and this is what has happened in just 3 weeks!!! I asked her a hard question to think about.Her response is below. I think many can relate! Thanks for sharing!

 

 

  ***I have seen some improvements - an eight pound weight loss which I am really pleased with and more energy when I am exercising. 
 
I have been working at my nutrition and know its still far from 'dialed in'.  I have been thinking about your question...You can grave carbs and eat carbs, but why do you pick the bad ones? what do these food fill in your heart, what is missing and the real issue? 
 
I eat these foods when I feel lonely. They're require little to no preparation, they are tasty to me, they feel indulgent and in this strange way, I feel independent when I eat these foods...like no one can tell me to do otherwise. Lame to admit because I know how I feel after I make these choices, but those are the feelings I could identify over the past two weeks. These foods have long been a vice for me. 
 

 

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new race, it looks great!

 Registration is opening today (31 May) for the first Run the Caldera! 
 
June 17, 2006 
 
Sponsored by Los Alamos National Bank 
 
Additional Support by The Running Hub 
 
Start times 
Marathon - 9:00 AM 
10 mi - 9:30 AM 
5 mi - 10:00 AM 
 
Fees: 
Marathon - $40 
10 mi - $30 
5 mi - $20 
 
5-mi race will be primarily single track, 10-mi single track and dirt road, marathon will be all dirt road. Aid stations with water, gator-aid and some food will be provided at regular intervals along each course. 
 
All races start at the Banco Bonito entrance to the Valles Caldera National Preserve, which is approximately 3 mi east of La Cueva on State Route 4. Please plan to arrive at least 30 min before your event to check in. 
 
To register - on the web at www.vallescaldera.gov under Special Events or call 1-866-382-5537. 
 
For more information contact kernkt@cybermesa.com or call 505-661-8027 

 

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better today

Hello!

I feel much better today, weak but better. I went for a short walk and still have plans to run the SP 50 mile this weekend in Utah. I leave Chicago on Thursday morning and Jay picks us up in Utah. Annabella is so missing her daddy! I love the quote below:

Have a great day

Lisa

 

 

 God determines who walks into your life....it's up to you to decide who you let walk away, who you let stay, and who you refuse to let go."

 

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Look at what Terri Marino is up to!

 Hi All,
Look what Terri is up to! This is such amazing news for Habitat For Humanity and a real tribute to hard work in progress.

 

Lisa

 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Contact:     Terri Marino, Executive Director

307-734-0828
terri@tetonhabitat.org

 

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY TO HOST WYOMING’S FIRST LADY AT WOMEN BUILD EVENT

 

May 26, 2005 - Jackson Hole, Wyoming – Habitat for Humanity of the Greater Teton Area is proud to announce a special guest for our second Women Build event of the year. 

 

This Saturday, June 3^rd, Nancy Freudenthal, First Lady of the State of Wyoming, will be working at the Habitat for Humanity construction site in Melody Ranch.  First Lady Freudenthal and local women from the community will be working alongside future homeowner, Dawn Webster, to complete a home that will be purchased by Dawn next week.

 

The public is invited to join the First Lady for opening remarks and coffee from 9:00 to 9:30 am.  The site is located at 786 West Morgan Lane in Melody Ranch.  For directions, call 734-0828 or visit www.tetonhabitat.org.

 

Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build program empowers women to address housing issues in their community, and provides an opportunity for women to learn construction skills in a supportive environment. 

 

For more information, please call 734-0828 or visit www.tetonhabitat.org.  Also, Habitat asks that volunteers carpool whenever possible as parking is limited. 

 

Habitat for Humanity of the Greater Teton Area builds simple, decent homes and sells them at cost with a no-interest loan to low-income families.  Homeowners are chosen based on their need for housing, their ability to make a mortgage payment, and their willingness to invest 500 hours of ‘sweat equity’ into the construction of their home.  Habitat homes are built primarily by volunteers and with the support of local donors.

 

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Terri Marino

Executive Director
Habitat for Humanity of the Greater Teton Area

www.tetonhabitat.org

(307) 734-0828

 

 

 

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1st ultra!!!

photo of Anthony running in his first Ultra!

 

 

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another race result

 

Jen ran her first half marathon this weekend!!! You go girl:)

 

 

 

Well, I did it!!!!!!  Yippee!!!!!  I finished in 2:05:30.  I was happy with the time.  I came in 166 out of 512 Half Marathon runners which I felt really great about.  The race was difficult…the weather was very hot and humid which I think affected me a bit.  I had been training outside at 5 a.m. with very cool, dry temperatures so I definitely could feel the heat.  My body (back, stomach, legs, everything) was extremely sore on Monday which surprised me considering I had run 2 hours numerous times before the race.  I must have been pushing that much harder and probably very tense (I get very nervous about the unknown). 

 

I also sacrificed 2 toenails which surprised me because they had never been affected in my 2 hour training runs.  However, with that said, it was all worth it.  I almost feel proud of the toenails (like they are battle scarsJ).  The last mile I did as you said and put my head down and go.  A friend who was running beside me kept repeating that over and over.  She was wonderful by my side (she could have finished much earlier but held back to be with me – a true friend).

 

During the race, I kept remembering that Jim, Samuel, Thomas would be at the end and I kept pushing myself to see their beautiful faces.  I am so incredibly lucky to have such support behind me.  The boys said they had butterflies while they were waiting for me.  Brought a tear to my eye!

 

I want to tell you how much I appreciate everything you have done for me.  I appreciate you taking the time to make up schedules for me.  I appreciate you listening and responding to my questions.  I appreciate your insight, strength, commitment, just everything.  I can’t tell you how much this has meant to me.

 

Being part of a group like that is wonderful.  My friend would break out into loud shouts of joy as we ran along proclaiming “We are doing this!!!!!!!”  At one point she and a bunch of others started singing “We are the Champions”.  What fun!

 

Thank you Lisa.  You are one amazing woman and I am so glad that our paths have crossed!

 

Jen

 

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weekend

 My weekend did not turn out the way I had hoped it would and I never got any training in.

I ended up having to go to the emergency room on Sunday night.

I felt great all day and then from 1 minute to the next I felt like someone had hit me with a truck.

Back pain that was worse than anything I have ever experienced and just sheer sick. Next blood in my urine.

My brother called his friend who is a Doctor and lives next door said, take her to the hospital.

Yikes...Needless to say I had kidney stones!! One had passed and I had another one that passes last night.

I have a very good diet and now want to research why I got these. My father has had them and they say they are hereditary. Right now I feel very weak but the pain is 75% gone and I am thankful for this and thankful that I am here with my family who helped me get through this.

I hope to be able to just go for a walk on Wed. and to run the SP 50 mile this Sat.in Utah.

I'm looking forward to getting home this weekend, the girls miss there daddy (Jay) and I do to!

 

On another note we have had some awesome race results from some of the Dreamchasers!

Here are just a few:

Jackie F. ran here 1st 50 mile at the Bishop 50! Others who ran this race and did well were

Marie Boyd who is the RD of this race!!! Her wonderful husband Andy, George( one of my lead crew for BW), Mark W., Nancy W.

 

Kira ran the OD 50 mile in Virginia and broke 10 hours!!!!

 

Alex ran the Cleveland marathon last weekend. His best time before this was 3:59, this time he ran 3:35..he stuck with the plan and did all I told him to do and it worked like magic!:)

 

More results to come.

 

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend

Lisa

 

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tire

 Happy Holiday weekend.

 

Sunny, hot and humid here in Chicago...love it:)

I was able to do a great 1:30 run today and it felt fast...:)

I really feel like I am getting fit, it is all coming together and this makes me smile. The core work I'm doing is paying off and this is lots of jumprope!

 

My focus is not on the BW double my focus is on one day at a time and one workout at a time.

Really enjoying the process,going from point A to B and not thinking about A to Z.

What a difference this makes.

 

The tire.I want to clarify the use and the purpose of this workout. I use the tire because it is very flat where I live in the valley. The roads are flat but of course the trails on the mountains are full of hills. I do have 2 long pass roads but these are several miles from my house.

I use the tire to help with hill work and to build power in my legs and core. You MUST have a belt around your waist that keep your core in perfect position or you can hurt yourself. If you have back pain, knee pain, hip pain or any kind of pain this workout is not for you.

Doing all the cross training tricks we use are great but you need to have the correct form so you don't get hurt.

Coming to one of or camps allows you to learn it all.

So, be careful!

Have a great day

Lisa

 

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endurance radio

happy friday!

 

here is my interview on endurance radio!

 

Lisa

 

 

 

 http://www.enduranceradio.com/ 

 

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chicago

 Hi all,

 

what a day, what a day it has been. I thought training to run 300 miles was hard work.

I left Lousiana this morning at 8am and it took 10 hours to get to Chicago with thunder storms and delays.

Having both girls alone doing this is hard work.

I have Annabella is a back pack and Gabby in a stroller and a diaper bag! People look at me in the airport and say,wow you have your hands full! I think to myself..well I usually have a tire that I pull as well:)

 

I have much to say about my trip to see my father and the training I was able to do the last few days...cousins started to come and want to play with the kids and they brought me a tire!

Thank you Jackie for large tire...I miss it already.

We are now in Chicago with my brother Michael and will be here until next week.

Ed a client who lives in this area is coming to run with me on Friday and then on Monday at 4 am for 6 hours...Thank you Ed!

 

Sat. my brother is having a BBQ here at his house and many of my High School friends and coaching clients from this area will be able to come.

Very blessed we all are to have so much to look forward to.

 

Good night

 

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Hi all note sent to coaching clients

Hi all,

If you got my update note you are one of my coaching clients.

I said I was not sending daily updates to my blog, what I meant to say was that I will be sending daily updates to my blog.

 

Thanks!

 

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on top of the world

Hi guys,

Our friend Noel has sent his dispatch from the top of the world!

Nice job Noel!!

We are so proud of you and thankful you are safe.

Love the Batchens

 

 

 www.humanedgetech.com/expedition/noel <http://www.humanedgetech.com/expedition/noel>

 

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love this!!!

 Don't cry because it's over....smile because it happened. (Anonymous) 

 

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very funny

you all have to read this and get a great laugh. I sent my crew a list of questions and somehow my friend here got a copy of them sent to him...he is a real joker and came up with his own list!

 

 

 

 i know,i know i should be crewing this year but my shrink says I'm not ready. i have read over the questions that Lisa has come up with. and i have a few of my own.


1) if an ice cream truck left bad water at 6 a.m. carrying 300 Popsicles and traveled at 25mph and arrived in lone pine the next morning. how many Popsicles would be left?

2) if you were an sexually transmitted disease, which one would you be and why?

3)if bob offers to let you sleep while he drives and all the windows are rolled up and doors are locked do you agree?

4) if you were asked to get a tattoo of Lisa's name one your body would you do it and where would it be located. This is money well spent tattoos last a life time plus six months.

rules of the road.
1) an automatic car should be put in park before jumping out of it to make a bottle hand off.
2) the runner is the god. your just the priest.
3) music is your friend but keep in mind not everyone likes Barry Manolo.
4) this may be tough. but try running 94 miles and then spend 2 hours in the ER being filled with fluids and then telling your spouse your fine to fly to DEATH valley and crew your friends. all in a 30hour period.
5) this is suppose to be fun and being a wee bit mentally ill will help everyone.

 

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parents

 

Hi All,

 

I am over the top with emotion today as I open my emails from so many who opened up to talk to me about parents. Thank you for sharing with me! Each day I am here with my father is a new learning and so much is going on. God is really working hard here.

My father had triple bypass last year and he has not really been the same since.

I spent 18 days with him while he was in ICU and we really thought we were going to loose him then. My sister and I were in his hospital room, I was sitting at the foot of the bed rubbing his feet. He was a mess and I have never been so scared, feeling death around me.

I prayed as I rubbed his feet. I saw and felt my fathers will to live leaving his body. I fought with this will telling it I was NOT ready to let my father go and that he needed to back away..really, this was a true conversation. I had way to much unfinished things that I needed to work on with my father.

After several days of touch and go my father started getting better. This is when I had such respect for the human bodies ability to repair itself and to watch someone fight for his life. I told my father that I was not ready for him to go and to fight, the mind is so powerful in the healing process.

When my father was moved to a rehab center I came back here to see him. He told me something that still to think about gives me chills.

You see he does not remember much about the 18 days in ICU but what he did remember was that he was suspended from the bed and that he was looking down at his body, he was looking down at his feet and that I would not let him go!!!!!

Ok..now you tell me that this is not powerful stuff!!!

My father is a smart man, he may not have gone past the 4th grade but he received an honorary college degree from the University of Louisiana and he was the VP of Beltone Electronics for years! Hard work and hard work ethics...

 

Below is an email from a friend about his parent.

I say we all pray for our parents this week and for each other that we all find the courage to reach out and love the way God asks us to.

Lisa

 

All I know is this.  When a parent does not love their children and
does not tell them that they are loved, then that child carries a lot
of unnecessary garbage through life. It clouds their thinking and
their judgment. Some of us find ourselves doing "wild and crazy"
things to test our bodies and minds and I believe that is our
survival mechanism to fill the void that their love should have
filled.

I've been down that painful road of telling my mother about the very
simple thing that I needed to hear from her. Those three little words
"I love you" have so much meaning, don't they? Heard too much they
lose their meaning. Never heard they can wreak havoc with someones
entire life.

Nonetheless, I truly was pleased you were able to open those lines of
communication with your father. I know this will mean greater clarity
and bring lightness to your life. Most of all there will be NO
REGRETS in your heart when your dad goes to be with God.

As to my mother, only God knows what is really happening in her head.
Perhaps, he is testing her, me, or both of us. He has been known to
do that a time or two, hasn't he? I suppose time will let me know
what that test was and whether I responded with an open heart and
good conduct.

 

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end of story

 so..the end of the story is that my father may not have been around for me as a kid but he is sure doing his best to be the best poppy he can be!

At this time in my life I am so thankful to be able to say that my father is one of my best friends. I have made a big, big effort to spend as much time with him as possible. I have forgiven any pain that I may have felt and I want to know everything about both of my parents so I can be the best possible parent.

Guess what, I get to go and run for 3 hours today. My Aunt is here to watch the kids.

This area is VERY hilly and its going to be hot.

How thankful do I feel?

xo

 

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the big 3 words

 Is it hard for your parents to tell you that they love you. I mean actually look at you in the eyes and say the big 3 words? I LOVE YOU.

It is for mine. I think my parents generation and the one before were never verbally told that they were loved. My parents never told us they loved us either and most of my friends say that theirs never did either.

I was going to run the Bishop 50 mile race over the weekend but decided I really needed to go and spend that time with my father, I'm still here. Calhoun Louisiana! It has been sunny and 90 degrees everyday and its going to be like this all week!

My father has not lived here long. He was living in another little town which was 25 miles away from any store! Now he lives right next door to his sister and other family.

My father is the oldest of 8 kids. He never went past the 4th grade due to having to stay home and work the farm to help support money for the family. When his mother died while being pregnant with her 9 child she was my age, 45! At this time my father never went back to school. All he ever knew how to do was work and help take care of his family.

He never really had a childhood with playing, swimming or all the fun things my kids will get to do, God willing. All he did was work as a kid and all he did when he became a father was work to support our family.

My father was never around, he was always working! I'm one of 5 kids. I have 3 older brothers and a younger sister. My parents were able to give us a great life full of trying every sport that you could try. I feel blessed and fortunate. My mother was the driver she drove us to all the sports, watched them and still had dinner on the table every night and we ate as a family. But, my father never came to any of the sports for any of us 5 kids.

I had a full time job when I was 13 years old and I still have several full time jobs but I have learned that balance and my husband and kids are much more important than any job, thank goodness.

Who did I learn that I had to work all day? you got it, my father.

I can hear his words telling me right now, You have to be tough girl, you have to be tough.

Well just this weekend I was telling my father about the BW double and why I was doing this journey and what it meant to me. I looked right through his eyes and asked him if he thought I was tough enough yet? He said, well what do you mean.

I explained to him, that I spent half my life trying to be the best athlete I could be, the best at anything I could be just praying he would come and watch me. The better I got, he still never came, the older I got he still never came.

I thought when I was younger I was not loved by my father the way I needed to be loved, I was looking for approval from my father to just say..wow girl you are good, I love you.

 

During this time this past weekend, Annabella looked at my father and said, grandpa your getting old huh? you don't feel so good do you? She ran and jumped in his lap and grabbed his checks in her little hands and said, I LOVE YOU poppy! He looked at her and said, me to.

Well, she was not going to take that for an answer, she said again..I LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK, POPPY! He said, me to...

I was across the room with tears just falling to the ground. I said to my father, poppy she wants you to tell her the 3 words I waited all my life to hear from you. I LOVE YOU!

Saying me to is just not going to cut it. He looked at Annabella and then at me and he had tears. He squeezed her very tight and said I LOVE YOU TO!!!

What a moment for all of us. My father has told me he loved me in a card but never with words.

This opened up a conversation about this and my fathers response was, I have always loved you more than you could ever know and I thought you knew this. I said that saying the 3 words is very important for us all and why is it so hard for some to say?

My father parents never told him they loved him, he just thought they did.

I said well, I know you love me but I needed, I think we all need to hear the words, don't you?

Annabella made history this past weekend in many ways, more I will talk to you about at another time. She is black down here in a very southern place where my relatives were taught to dislike black people growing up. She has changed the mind set of all my relatives and she has them all telling her how much they love her.

I think we can all learn a very powerful lesson about this. Verbally saying I LOVE YOU will make the world of difference in everyone's life.

According to my father, I am way to tough:)

Many Blessings

Lisa

 

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This is very true. I hope you had a great weekend. I will tell you more about mine soon

Lisa

 

 

   **God determines who walks into your life....it's up to you
            to decide who **
            **you let walk away, who you let stay, and who you refuse to
            let go."**

 

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article in Mens Health

Hi all,

I hope you have had a wonderful weekend.

I'm still in Louisiana, its been sunny and over 90 degrees each day! Loving it!

More to come.

This article was just sent to me about our camps..I think you will enjoy it.

Lisa

 

 

 http://health.msn.com/fitness/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100125632 

 

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knee question

Hi all,

I hope you are having a good weekend. If you have any information about the questions below please let me know.

Thank you

Lisa

 

 

  It would be interesting to see if any runners have had two meniscus surgeries and can still run????

 

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crew members

 This was sent to me from one of my BW crew members! Love this!!!

Have a great day

Lisa

 

As quoted from the book "Treat People like Dogs" by Robert Norton "Your crew will define you, what you do and how you behave.  Your crew will save your life.  They will take you through adversity.  They will give you purpose and they will teach you continually."  I am so looking forward to this I cannot put it into words.  It is going to be a very special time for everyone. 

 

I think you are going to look back on this after you have completed this journey with many wonderful memories and I truly believe you will find this attempt to be your easiest.  It will be hard but you have a great crew behind you and each of us will bring you strength in different ways.  The key is going to be placing those individuals out on the course with you at the right time.  I will let you handle that !!  Just know I will be there when you need me......

 

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Bill Graney!!!

 Bill Graney just ran a 26:48 at the MMT 100 this past weekend. His goal was 28 hours so this is just awesome. His results are below.

Nice job Bill!

 

 

27th out 151 starters (113 finishers).

 

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Wed. update

 Hi all!

 

Well Tue. I never got out of my PJs! I spent the day on the computer doing training schedules, taking care of my kids and feeling low about being here with my father and watching him not feel well. It is so hard to watch your parents get old, sick and not be the way these used to be. My father is one of my best friends at this time in my life, I feel so thankful to be able to say this. I can say this about my mother as well.

I know many of you have lost your parents, I have a friend and client who lost his father last week and another one who told me he was going home for the weekend to say goodbye to his father and that his mother would soon pass after him. He needed to go and tell them how much he loved them. I'm balling as I write this and look at my father across the room and know that my time will come to, it will for all of us.

Live life, don't let it pass you by.

Love to you all

Lisa

 

nice quote below sent to me today

 

 

 

Growth is not steady, forward, upward progression.  It is instead a switchback trail; three steps forward, two back, one around the bushes, and a few simply standing, before another forward leap.

Dorothy Corkville Briggs

 

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