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Let's hear it for La !

Postby MrBond » Sun Jan 12, 2014 3:00 pm

She (along with two of her non-RM cohorts) did the Dopey !

Congratulations and celebrations for one of the finest ladies I know !!!
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Postby purdy65 » Sun Jan 12, 2014 3:11 pm

Yay La! :)
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Postby Habs4ever » Sun Jan 12, 2014 3:13 pm

Way to La and company. :dance:
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Postby Jwolf » Sun Jan 12, 2014 3:27 pm

Don't forget about Andy too. :)

Great accomplishment for both.
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Postby La » Sun Jan 12, 2014 4:33 pm

Thanks. It was pretty tough, but I got it done. Getting up early for days in a row was one of the hardest parts.

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Postby Spirit Unleashed » Sun Jan 12, 2014 6:06 pm

Great job to both Andy and La.

La, that marathon must have been tough. I'da been tired.
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Postby Doonst » Sun Jan 12, 2014 6:07 pm

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Postby QuickChick » Sun Jan 12, 2014 8:50 pm

Yay, huge congrats to La and Andy. I think you're both insane but I'm very impressed!!


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Postby Dr. S » Sun Jan 12, 2014 9:01 pm

Good work Andy and La!
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Postby Irongirl » Sun Jan 12, 2014 9:05 pm

La wrote:Thanks. It was pretty tough, but I got it done. Getting up early for days in a row was one of the hardest parts.

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Good work!

The four super early days in a row is what turns me off from Dopey, actually! The extra 5 and 10km might be an extra 15km, but, the two extra early mornings and logistics.....well.....that's a commitment! :)
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Postby Spirit Unleashed » Sun Jan 12, 2014 9:11 pm

Plus the early morning to get to the airport!
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Postby Darth Tater » Sun Jan 12, 2014 9:19 pm

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Way to go La! And Andy! And La's non-RM friends that did this with her!
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Postby trixiee » Sun Jan 12, 2014 9:35 pm

Great job!
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Postby Sandra » Mon Jan 13, 2014 9:53 am

Way to Go La and Andy!
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Postby La » Mon Jan 13, 2014 10:59 am

The full Dopey results are posted, but they're in a pdf file, sorted alphabetically, with no total combined time or age group rankings. Why have a "challenge" and not have rankings?

My half time for the marathon was 4 min slower than my half-marathon the previous day, but I ran pretty even first and second halves in the marathon. Full report to follow when I'm home and have a proper keyboard to type on instead of this tablet.
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Postby Robinandamelia » Mon Jan 13, 2014 11:18 am

Can't wait to read the race(s) reports :)

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Postby Irongirl » Mon Jan 13, 2014 11:37 am

La wrote:The full Dopey results are posted, but they're in a pdf file, sorted alphabetically, with no total combined time or age group rankings. Why have a "challenge" and not have rankings?

My half time for the marathon was 4 min slower than my half-marathon the previous day, but I ran pretty even first and second halves in the marathon. Full report to follow when I'm home and have a proper keyboard to type on instead of this tablet.


Did you walk the half marathon?

I thought I read somewhere the Leo won his age group for Dopey?
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Postby Irongirl » Mon Jan 13, 2014 11:42 am

okay - I just found the results.

La - you rocked those races!! WOW!!

(and, now I understand what you meant about the half times).

I'm considering Goofy for next year (or the year after) - you've really set down a good challenge for the two races!
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Postby Avis » Mon Jan 13, 2014 12:58 pm

Impressive! Congrats to La and Andy! (And how sore are you now?)
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Postby 5km » Mon Jan 13, 2014 1:04 pm

Robinandamelia wrote:Can't wait to read the race(s) reports :)


Congratulations to you both!

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Postby n_fraser » Tue Jan 14, 2014 10:45 am

Wow!! I can't wait to read reports on these.

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Postby scrumhalfgirl » Tue Jan 14, 2014 11:30 am

way to go! look forward to the reports!
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Re: Let's hear it for La !

Postby La » Wed Jan 15, 2014 8:30 pm

Irongirl wrote:I thought I read somewhere the Leo won his age group for Dopey?

Yes, technically he did, but that was based on us simply looking at the times posted for the top 10 guys in his age group and seeing where they placed in all four races. They didn't give out any age group awards for any of the races.

It's harder to do for me because I am so much further down in the standings than he is. ;)
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Postby Engmomma » Wed Jan 15, 2014 8:38 pm

Super cool La
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Re: Let's hear it for La !

Postby barebuns1 » Wed Jan 15, 2014 11:08 pm

Congrats on getting it done. :)
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