 Saturday night in Las Vegas. Brad, Barb, and Audrey crew for Bonnie Busch |
 Mary Gorski on crew for Nikki Seger |
 intelligent Mary Gorski |
 Jay and Cory are on race staff this year |
 Larry Ham is on my crew |
 Nikki Seger will run the race |
 Cory & Nikki. |
 Nikki opens a beer without an opener |
 Cory sexy at the pool side |
 Pool side tradition: Lisa chooses a cigar |
 me & Nikki and cigars |
 poolside |
 Brian takes it off |
 poolside |
 Nikki & me |
 befuddled after our water is stolen from the hotel freezer |
 response |
 Leigh on crew for Lisa Smith-Batchen. Check out that fresh Western States buckle! |
 Leigh, Larry, Dave B, Dori, and me |
 Kari, Jet and Denise Jones |
 baby Jet & Shannon Farar-Greiffer |
 baby Jet |
 Shannon, Lisa Smith-Batchen and Jet at the pre-race meeting |
 Jamie Huneycutt from Arkansas will run the race |
 Jay gets a shirt for Scott Weber |
 Jay |
 Cory |
 Ruben |
 Jack Denness & Mags |
 Tim Kjenstad's crew vehical |
 Tim Kj's truck |
 wrapped in Bliss |
 applying the signs |
 #39 |
 Tom paces |
 Art Webb |
 Dave Heckman buys a "big" umbrella |
 Ben & Denis Jones are inducted into the Badwater Hall of Fame |
 runners on stage |
 Vanessa & Heck-a-rad |
 Glenn Tachiyama |
 me & Scott Jacaway before the 10 am start |
 the morning after my race on headed up Mt. Whitney to cheer in Nikki her last few miles |
 post-race pizza party |
 Staff: Scott, Cory, Jay, Ruben, Anna, Mike |
 me & Jamie post-race |
 Dave, Vanessa, Larry, Dori, Dave (Glenn left earlier in the day for home) |
 Tracy Thomas - 3rd place |
 Marshall Ulrich |
 Marshall & Frank McKinney |
 Spokanites Dave Remington (buckler) and me |
 Nikki |
 Nikki got the Coleman red lantern award for last woman to cross the line |
 awards line |
 called to the front for an acceptance speech: Chris Kostman, me, interpreter, Valmir Nunes |
 Valmir from Brazil smashed the course record with 22:51:29! |
 Mario |
 speech |
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 speech |
 Valmir & his crew. Valmir gets emotional. |
 Kiehl's presents their award |
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 Humbled to stand with ultra giant Valmir Nunes |
 Valmir, Art Webb |
 Valmir, Art Webb |
 Jamie Donaldson is a true champ for sticking out her race. I am overwhelmingly impressed |
 I am a baby! |
 deeper than they look! |
 Race Director Chris Kostman |
 Jay & Cory |
 Lisa sandwich |
 Cory offers a piggy-back ride |
 I accept |
 Nikki's heel |
 note the beer , which helps the heel! |
 post-race pool side cigars |
 Jay |
 Nikki |
 stimulated by the choices |
 smoking section |
 rings |
 "bookend" friends: both of us won Coleman lanterns for 1st & last women |
 Mary |
 Mary (doesn't really) smokes |
 Heck-a-rad!! |
 Bonnie ran a great race! |
 Larry |
 nice ash |
 Dave & Scot Vanessa |
 happy boy |
 Brian Kuhn |
 buckled |
 Bursler |
 celebrating with shots in the car back to Vegas |
 my crew won't let me carry anything. |
 right > left swelling |
 The Coleman gold lantern award for first place woman |
 Finisher's medal and sub-48 hour buckle |
 banner at work when I got back |