the wknd was nice. Snowmass was a blur for the Instant Software conference. I learned a lot, but as usual our particular business model has very unique needs that are not adequately addressed by the new versions.
Thursday afternoon we drove from Snowmass to Moab. It was awesome to have sunny warm weather, esp. since we were leaving 2 consecutive evenings of heavy rains and high mountain snow dustings here in Breck. It was about 82 degrees in the Roaring Fork valley and into Glenwood Springs. Grand Junction was in the upper 80s, and an hour and half later we were enjoying the 90s in Moab! A lot has changed since my time in New Orleans, wishing for a cool front that would maybe stay around for 24-36hrs before Gulf moisture pushed it back, and brought more humidity and overcast skies.
The town was booked due to the race, a music fest, a century bike ride and many other events. Plus, the desert heat this time of year has subsided from the 110s of mid-summer down to the 90s. So we had to settle for a mom-and-pop camp site, the Slickrock Campground. Montana (our Siberian husky) and I slept in my tent, and Helen and Alina slept in the back of her car. Luckily that was the setup, as Alina wasn't too cooperative in going to bed, and she ended up screaming and crying for a few minutes. The extra sound insulation of the Explorer helped a bit. At 3:15a we were up and rearranging the car and child seat for our short drive up to Sand Flats Rec Area and the Slickrock Trail parking lot, where Helen would hop on a shuttle bringing the runners to the start line. The start line was in the LaSal Mtn foothills, at about 6,400' elevation. The race started at 6a, and hopped around and over the LaSals a couple times over 50mi before descending back down to the Slickrock Trailhead. Helen defended her win from last year, placing first overall woman, and 3rd overall. That means only 2 guys out of the 30 finsihers didn't get "chic'd" by Helen. Funny. Since it was much hotter than last year's race, Helen's time was about 20min slower this year, but she still had a great race.
Alina and I were lucky enough to check in the Super 8 motel a bit early. What I didn't realize was that the hotel was NOT pet friendly. I thought all Super 8s were. Oh well. I didn't tell the front desk girl we had a dog, since the whole town was sold out. I didn't want to not have a hotel room/bed/shower for Helen after her 10hrs of running in the mtns and hot desert sun. I also wanted a TV with ESPN for the LSU-Auburn game! I read in the hotel policies that having a dog could result in a $50 fine. i was fine with that, if it happened. Luckily at check-out I had no extra charges. We took Montana's dog collar off at night, so if she shook, the metal tags on her collar wouldn't sound the "we have a dog in our room" alarm.
Sunday morning I let the room early to ride Amasa Back. A great classic ride.
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MAS 50 2008 - Overall Finishers
Time
Place Name hr:min Class
1 Golden Harper 9:12 1st male open
2 Shane Martin 10:02
3 Helen Cospolich 10:05 1st female open
4 Mick Jurynec 10:13
5 Nathan Haws 10:17
6 Jason Halladay 10:42
7 Suzanne Lewis 10:50
8 Megan Morrissey 11:00
9 David Pease 11:02 1st Male Masters
10 Brooks Williams 11:04
11 Sam Meziani 11:08
12 Chris Gerber 11:40
13 Derrick Gunther 11:46
14 Doug Newton 12:07
15 Joy Robertson 12:12 1st Female Masters
16 Andrew Wittner 12:16
17 Sean Cunniff 12:20
18 Craig Burger 12:22
19 Deanna McLaughlin 12:27
20 Sean Kute 12:39
21 Mark Ellison 13:15
22 Sara Nelson 13:20
23 Michael Rearick 13:20
24 Nancy Hendrickson 13:23
25 Marc Christensen 13:23
26 Paul Hart 13:33
27 Krissy Smid 13:43
28 Kirk Dyches 13:43
29 Daniel Bertch 13:52
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