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- On August 16, a bunch of us took off for a "Railroad
Run" - a tour along some of the abandoned rail line
that runs between Rocky Mountain House and Nordegg. We
had a great day as you can see:
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- The Sinister 7 was
a tough, tough race! Red Deer was the only community
that had all of its competitors--solo and relay
runners alike--finish this 135K monster. There were 14
Red Deer Runners in all; 5 soloists and two teams.
Here are some images from the event:
- The start
of the race (Darlene is seen in this
photo)
- Here's a familiar photo: the Three
Stooges are last out of the gate (again!)
- On Leg 1 we went through the Frank
Slide
- It wasn't until Leg
2 that we hit the trails; it was spectacular!
- Leg 3 was up, up, up, then down, down,
down. This bridge
was a welcome sight!
- By the time we hit Leg
4 it was starting to get dark; in this photo, Cheryl
looks a bit lost
- Here's Tom
leaving a checkpoint (Leg 4?); this
was a welcome sight at the Leg 5 aid station!
- Not sure where Debbie
and Cheryl were in this shot
- At the mid-point of Leg 5, the sun was
beginning coming up, much to the relief
of all
- In the mean time, the relay teams were
finishing. Here's Andy ("Mr.
Navigator") getting warmed up, and here's Tina
crossing the finish line with her teammates
- Annie
crosses the line to become the first woman finisher!
- Neil,
Darlene, and Andy at the finish
- The Sod
Sisters with their medals
- Bill
and Tom, and Ron
and Rob cross the finish line
- Kris
(shown with Tom) and Susan were our saviours at the aid
station (thanks again, Ladies!)
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- Here are some photos of the Central Alberta Masters team
at the 2008 K-100:
- The mountains
at sunset the day before
- Robert
heading out of town on Leg 1
- Our Leg 2 man was Andy
- John had an absolutely stellar run on Leg 3;
here's the transition
(he looks ready to go!)
- Here's Tom
taking off on Leg 4
- Tony had a great run on Leg
5
- This is Bill chasing down some scenery
- this should be no surprise to anyone.
- Ron's outta
here...
- Rob has the joy of running in the oppressive
heat; here's the Ron/Rob
exchange
- We need this
guy for Sinister 7 team!
- Cam
taking off on Leg 9
- Here's some of the Masters waiting
for Bill K on Leg 10 ("Where is that lazy b^st***?!?")
- Marshals
were on hand to make sure that nobody cheated on Leg 10.
- How are we today, Sir? Better.
Better, Sir? Yeah, better get a bucket - I'm gonna
puke.
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- In mid-June, five intrepid runners made the trek to Bragg
Creek, and once we were saddled
up we hit
the trail. It wasn't long before we were on the
single-track trail; here are Debbie
D and Annie, Debbie
H, and Peter
on some fantastic running terrain. We had to scramble over a few obstacles along the way to Moose Mountain, but that's okay.
The weather took a bit of a turn, but the scenery and the company
were fantastic, so why not enjoy
ourselves? Soon the snow got a bit deeper and a bit later on, we literally ran into a
screaming snow
squall so we decided to play it safe and abandon
our push to the summit. It was really nasty stuff;
here are Annie
and Peter, then Debbie
H and Annie, descending into the treeline.
Wait a minute - who is that bonehead
running over to take a look at the cliff? There always seems to be one in every crowd.
Once we got out of the snow we ran into some rain (and mud)
so we had a bath
in Bragg Creek, then it was off to town for soup, pizza, and
beer!
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Here are some of the pictures that Debbie D took with her
camera: there's the long climb up Baseline (Colleen,
Rob and Ron,
Sue and Bill).
The gang is taking a breather
here, waiting for Bill "Tire Fire" Kossmann to struggle up the hill. Part-way
up the hill they tried to convince Bill to jump off the ramp
and see if he'd break a leg, but he chickened
out. Once at the summit,
we got a spectacular view of the fog and we could almost see
the lookout a
hundred metres away.
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- The Red Deer Advocate has an online
story on Bill's 100th marathon finish, complete with
video.
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- On the Saturday before Woody's Marathon, the Red Deer
Runners host a Friendship Run (a short 3 or 4km jog, to
familiarise runners with the last couple kilometres of the
course). Here are a series of pictures, taken on
Michener Hill (aka "Puke Hill"): 1,
2, 3,
4, 5,
6, 7,
8, 9,
10, 11,
12, 13,
14, 15,
16.
That night, the pre-race banquet honoured Bill
Nielsen and BJ Billings, and we had Dick
Beardsley as our featured speaker. If you missed out
then you missed a great evening!
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- The Frozen
Ass is a 52-kilometre ultra, hosted by Gord's
Running Store in Calgary (there's a 26K relay version,
too). Held in mid-February, this out-and-back course
takes runners from the Bow Waters Canoe Club to Chestermere
Lake and back. Here's a great picture of Peter
along the course.
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- In late December '07 a bunch of us were wanna-be biathletes,
under the watchful eye of Red Deer's Olympic
Biathlete, Zina Kocher. It was Bill's turn to drive the gang to and
from Canmore, and when the kids in the back started acting
up he had to give them the Evil
Eye (thanks to Debbie for the photo and the caption).
Here's a picture of the
group in the "ski" portion of the day; in this
photo, Zina is giving Ron and Debbie some instructions;
and in this photo, Zina
is checking a ... um ... malfunction with Rob's
rifle.
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- This February gave us some really chilly running weather;
for this run it was just above absolute zero with a
bazillion-mile-per-hour wind. The hardy souls in this
photo are: Bill, Ann-Marie, Robert, Janice, Sandy, Nira,
and Diane. Missing from this photo (already warming
themselves at City Roast) are Andy and Claude.
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- Debbie
and Andrew ran the 25-kilometer version of the
Blackfoot; they ran together from the start. Debbie
won her category with a time of 2:42 - way to go! This
was Andrew's first introduction to trail racing; that summer
he ran Leg One of the Death Race.
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- The second annual Trail Run and BBQ from Bill's house was
unusual, as usual. The first year we were sliding in
mud (literally!) and this year we had to deal with a bit of
water. The height-challenged folks either swam for it
(way to go Debbie!)
or took advantage of others'
stature.
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- Cross-country skiing is great cross training, and
we picked a particularly snowy day this time! Here are
Debbie,
Lisa, Diane and Colleen, Hilda,
Lisa and
Colleen, Ron,
Tina and
Janice, and Tom,
Andy, and Debbie.
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- This article appeared in the Lethbridge Herald the weekend
of the Lost Soul Ultra. The Three
Stooges seem to be bringing up the rear.
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- Not sure why, but Tony supplied the carrots for the first
(and possibly only) Carrot
Run.
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- One year, a bunch of runners went to Mike's cabin at
Calling Lake. Of course, Bill
fell into some water while they were running the trails.
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- In 2005, Rob, Bill, Neal, Ed, and Tom ran the Lost
Soul Ultra. It's in Lethbridge, and the course is
flat and fast. Try it sometime!
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- Woody's RV World Marathon and Half Marathon is well
attended by the Red Deer runners, both as runners and
volunteers. Here's a shot of the pre-race "friendship
run"; Gary
and Mike near the home stretch; Len;
and some other runners near Kerry
Wood.
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- One year we held a time trial relay in one of the local
parks. Here's a shot of the group
before we got started; Annie
lays down the law; Rob
charges in to complete his lap; and Cindy
gets ready to hand off the baton. It's hard to
tell who's pacing who in this
photo; Tony
and Darlene are in the transition zone; and David
gets ready to kick Len in the butt (just kidding).
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- In October, we participate in the three-race "Cross
Country Series". Here (I think this is in
Lacombe) Debbie
and Robert
are flying down the trails.
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- The Saint Patrick's Day run is always fun. This
time, the weather was agreeable to the group.
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- Some days it hardly pays to get out of bed. In
this photo, Rob,
Janice and Bill are contemplating the fun they had on
one Rec Run.
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- Every March, Claude and Olive host the "Predict
Your Time" fun run from their home.
Sometimes the weather's a little chilly,
but everyone
always has a good time; you can see here
that it looks like Ron and Don are trying to bribe the
timekeeper. No sprint-to-the-finish
runs here, it's all about keeping your pace.
Once we're done running, it's into
the house for food,
drink, and a few chuckles.
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- Every year on the
Wednesday night drop-in run starting just after Woody's
Marathon, the Runner's Den holds a 6-week 5K series
to help with our speed work. Here's an image of one
of the starts,
and here's Ron
and Theresa crossing the finish line.
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- The 2005 Harvest Run was quite a success as
usual. Here's Don giving our woman's overall winner Deborah
her trophy. Men's overall winner was Ken Meyers. The bike
winner was Andrew.
Here are the top two girls
3km. The Food
Concession area was very busy after the run. The Finish
Line was probably the best part of the run for some
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- Every year we hold a Halloween Fun Run. These are
pictures of the 2005 Run. Here's a group
picture who attended I'm not sure what Rob
and Ron are doing. Maybe it's best we leave well
enough alone. Don't know who Jeff
and Cindy are portraying. I'll leave that up to your
imagination.
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- The K-100 in Kananaskis is held around the
middle of June each year; it's a 100 mile relay and Red
Deer is ably represented. From the 2005 edition of
the race: Barrett
steaming up the hill, Lise
and Lisa at an exchange point, and a very
determined-looking Darlene.
Hilda puts on a
fine performance, Rob
and Bill N are at the exchange point, and Tina
is checking her time at the end of her relay. In
addition to running, a certain amount of strategising
needs to take place, and we sometimes take a coffee
break. The Red
Deer Runners Club fielded a team, as did some of the ladies
from Red Deer.
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- The Kid's Death Race is a great 5km cross-country
race; here's a shot of Andrew
grabbing some water at the top of Toboggan Hill.
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- The Cache Test Dummies finished 16th out of 117
teams - way to go team! Barb
(304) ran Leg One, Rob
looks real serious on Leg Two, Dawn
put on an impressive performance on Leg Three, Don
cruised through Leg Four (nice bib,
Don), and Bill
ran Leg Five. The team graciously gave Bill a whole 4
minutes of rest before they insisted on a group
photo.
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- These Death
Racers are having way too much fun - and they're on
separate teams!
Photo by Rick Bowes, used with permission.
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- Doug's Death Race photos:
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- This collection of photos was supplied by Doug; they're
from the 2003 Death Race training camp:
- Crossing the mud
puddle (Leg One, I believe)
- Refilling
Camelbacks in a creek ... hey, this looks familiar!
- The Slugfest
is aptly named.
- The assault
on Mt. Hamel begins. Just when you think you're
at the top, it's up,
up, up some more! Jenny,
the ever-gracious host, welcomes the Death Racers in
her lookout at the summit. If you're able to do
so, here's what you see if you look
over the edge of the cliff; if you're not inclined
to, then here's a shot of Grande
Cache. Here's Doug
at the summit.
- The raft crossing looks fun. Wave hello
to Don, everyone!
- This
sign pretty much says it all.
- On Leg Five, the view on the Sulphur
Trail is spectacular.
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- The Crimson Lake race, a 10 km trail run held in
August, I believe, is a popular run. This is group
shot of the local gang.
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- Here's a couple of Janice Dempsey's pictures from Down
Under. Life there looks rough; you can see for
yourself. Here's Janice's camp site (day
and night
shots), Janice's house,
and here she is at the beach.
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- Here's the story
of a Death Run Camp survivor; there are all kinds
of pictures are at the end of the page.
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- If you've never run "Bill's Trails" in
Lacombe, you don't know what you're missing! There
are pictures of the trail here
and here.
In this
picture, I'm not sure if Mike tripped or if he's doing
his bear imitation. In these pictures, Bill's pacing
the group.
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- The 2002 edition of the Nut 'n Bolt Run was a
great success again this year! All of the runners
had a great time, and thoroughly enjoyed the meal
following the event. This year's winners
were Judy Morrison and Doug Stewart.
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- Check out these hardy
souls! Rumor has it that they braved
temperatures of -85 Celsius and winds of Force 10 to
complete the first annual Run 'n 2002 (take a peek
at the March 2002 newsletter for details).
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- The 2001 Eikiden run is a lot of fun, as this
keen bunch of runners
can attest! From left to right, they are: Marina
Bagnall, Don Lee, Elaine Finlay, Judy Morrison, Marina's
sister Nikki, and Paul Holmes.
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- Here are some pictures from the 2001 DTHR Fun Run:
the start,
and bibs 235,
308, and 347.
The weather was a bit gloomy, but the rain held off until
the end of the race.
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- Don
Lee qualified for the Boston Marathon in this
warm January race, which was held in Florida. We're
sure not in Red Deer anymore, Toto!
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