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18 Responses to “2009 Speedgoat 50km”

1. 1 leo
   July 18, 2009 at 6:30 pm

   where is the live link to check runner stats?

2. 2 Yogurt
   July 18, 2009 at 7:42 pm

   Live runner stats are right here:

   http://twitpic.com/asm35

   Y.

3. 3 mj
   July 19, 2009 at 10:15 am

   Nice work again! Thanks for putting on a killer race. Feels like the course gets harder every year! The changes off the backside gave us more shade, but made the course feel quite a bit harder than last year. I think it was better this way. Thanks to all the volunteers for doing a great job!

   A friend calls the race the ‘Deadgoat’… I felt that way going up Peruvian ridge this year.

   Thanks again.

4. 4 MBB
   July 19, 2009 at 7:59 pm

   Nice pics by Greg Norrander.

   http://www.flickr.com/photos/trailshots/sets/72157621662903156/

5. 5 Casey Hill
   July 20, 2009 at 9:01 am

   Nice race…I bonked between around mile 18 and I have to say the volunteers could not have been more helpful. I behind on water and that was it for me. Great job on the course…obviously more than I could handle on Saturday.

   Thanks again to Karl Sr. and the other volunteer at Larry’s Hole they did everything they could to keep me going.

6. 6 Billy
   July 20, 2009 at 10:36 am

   Karl….that course looks sick.

   billy

7. 7 Speedgoat Karl
   July 20, 2009 at 4:43 pm

   It’s no picnic!

8. 8 Matt
   July 21, 2009 at 6:31 am

   Thanks for the great race and challenge. Forgot to take my drop bag at the end, any chance these are still available and if so; where? Once again, thanks for the great day!!

9. 9 Chuck
   July 21, 2009 at 9:41 am

   Thanks for a great course and race. The aid stations and volunteers were great, the course well marked, and the trail/route challenging. I think I’ll need a second serving;-)

10. 10 Dennis
    July 21, 2009 at 10:07 am

    I love to do events that are hard and challenging and in great locations and this one sure delivers. Thanks to Karl and the great volunteers for a great day in the mountains. It never got easy, but it never stopped being fun.

11. 11 Roger Squires
    July 21, 2009 at 11:08 am

    I loved the race and it made me feel so alive, thank you. A high-five from the RD at the finish meant alot to me.

    A couple concerns: firstly that the 2nd dropbag point is nearly at the end of the race, and after all the hard ascents, while inbetween the dropbag points us slower runners are really struggling just to eat & drink enough to keep going. If it’s policy not to supply gels at aidstations, fine, but more headsup warnings on the site about stocking up on food to bridge the gap between the dropbag points would be appreciated.

    After the final aidstation, runners were wondering whether it was ok to slide down the snowfield instead of following the flags precisely. I did slide down, and it was the highlight of the day for me and a wonderful stress reliever, but you could make this clear in the pre-race briefing.

    Thanks again for a great experience
    rms

12. 12 Chippewa
    July 21, 2009 at 9:29 pm

    cool awards! hehe!

    take it sleazy

    -wynn

13. 13 Speedgoat Karl
    July 22, 2009 at 7:22 am

    Matt Bero. I do have your drop bag. You can grab it from my house if you want. Email me from the coaching services and we can try and connect on it

14. 14 A different Anton
    July 22, 2009 at 11:25 pm

    Hey Karl, any forthcoming odds for this weekend’s White River 50M? Krupicka is on the registered list and it sounds like from his blog that he will be there.

15. 15 Michael Havrda
    July 23, 2009 at 10:16 am

    Hi Karl,
    Are you planning on doing odds for White River this weekend? There are some pretty good runners signed up; Krupicka, Koerner, Crowther, Wardian, Emerson, Ricks, Lint, Kochik, etc. The women’s field doesn’t seem as deep, but Kami Semick and Prudence L’Heureux are signed up.

16. 16 Speedgoat Karl
    July 23, 2009 at 2:07 pm

    Look tomorrow morning or this evening for the White River odds. I’m a little late, but better than nothin’

17. 17 Josh Patel
    July 24, 2009 at 9:02 am

    Hey, nice effort, these races seem pretty hard, you must be needing a lot of stamina for them.
    Thanks for the pictures they were great,
    Btw, I really like your blog so I submitted it to Viralogy.com. That will help more people discover it! If you want you can claim your blog at http://www.viralogy.com/blogs/my/3849 which will also help your ranking. Hope you get more traffic through that!
    Anyway, I hope you have a great week and that you will be successful in every activity you engage in!

18. 18 Michael Havrda
    July 24, 2009 at 2:28 pm

    I just checked the registration, and Jurek is on it now too. Should be an interesting race. I’ll be manning one of the aid stations, but I don’t think I’ll have a signal to give updates.

    Better late than never Karl!