Kentucky Arches 34+ mile Run 11.13.2004

After driving for 8 hrs, Nikki & I arrive in time to get a couple hours sleep and to hear Herb's morning race briefing	Herb Hedgecock, RD	morning chill	Dave & Mary Gorski & Nikki Seger
Sue Norwood & Jim O'Neil (will finish in 8:45)	On the course: Nikki climbs	Natural bridge	single file
"Fat Man's Misery"	spectacular scenery	the rocks are covered with slick mud and leaves	Afraid of breaking a hip, I descend on all fours
Ingrid Honzak (will finish in 8:50)	"touch the rock and turn around" on your honor	Mary enjoys a sandwich after finishing in 8:04	Sue helped out all day!
Norm Yarger	bouncing suspension bridge to the finish (8:46)	Ladies' man Herb. Can't help but love him!	Lisa B & Lisa B. The other Lisa finished her 40-minus-6-mile birthday run in 8:50.
Christine Crawford ( 6:33 !) and Mary Gorski	Mary does a post-race jig. (I've got the whole video in case I ever need something from her!)	After driving 8 hours back to Chicago and sleeping another 3 hours, I wake up and don my still-wet shoes for a 5-mile trail race	On the way to the Rock N Sole Trail Challenge in Chicago Sunday morning
tired	Ultrarunner Bill Thom from Chicago is there!	and so is Dave Zemon, a colleague from the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago	Dave and his dog
Jennifer hooks me up	No run is complete without a post-race cigar		We need sleep
Jennifer & Nikki in Chicago