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It started this morning...& it seems that my buddy Gilles has found something to do for his third weekend in a row.<br><br>
If you wanna follow along, check it out here:<br><a href="http://www.brettneilson.com/wasatch100/2007/" target="_blank">http://www.brettneilson.com/wasatch100/2007/</a><br><br>
Memories from a year ago!

 

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Jasper, the Tahoe Rim winner is about 45 minutes behind the current leader...wonder if he can catch up?<br>
Btw...where the heck is Meltzer!? I thought he owned this race, but he's not on the starters list?<br>
My buddy Gilles, just went through Swallow Rocks...not his best pace, but I'm not surprised...he ran Teton 100 (met merigayle) & Cascade Crest in the last 2 weeks. He might just keep plowing through with the same pace & still finish strong...I hope that's the case.

 

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I hope he's a washing machine!<br><br>
He just made it through Big Mountain at mile 40ish...loads of fun...pink flamingos, people dressed as cows, lots of noise & activity....now comes a good long downhill towards Lamb's Canyon (just passed 1/2 way). It'll probably be dark by the time he gets there.

 

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Just got back from out of town, so I couldn't post the last few days.<br><br>
Great photos solitude!!!<br><br>
Gilles had an amazing year...he actually did 3 100's in a row...BUT...he did another 100 miler 2 weeks prior to that streak, as well as a 50 miler prior to that, & Tahoe Rim 100 the week prior....he also did the Vancouver 100, Big Horn 100, & McNaughton (where he met TimLooney) in the months prior. Quite a year!<br><br>
Btw...his Wasatch time was 35:44...made the cut-off with 16 minutes to spare. In the time it took him to run that race, I had already gone about my usual Saturday affairs, went to bed, woke up on Sunday, caught a plane to LA, connected to OC, checked into my hotel, caught a cab, went to Huntington Beach, bought some surf shorts, & I was sitting at Fred's Mexican Cafe with a cold brew in my hand before he finished.<br>
The plane covered the 100 miles in less than 12 minutes.<br>
Weird persepective. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Wink">

 

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....slow & steady. He's like a freight train.