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purple hayes
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 Posted: 03/24/05 - 15:07 Post subject: Mark your calendar for this race!
(this should probably go under a running forum, but it's almost absurd)
http://www.scmtny.org/us/races
9th Annual Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race
Sunday June 12th to August 2 or 9th (51 days)
Jamaica, New York
Entry by invitation only
Fee: $1000.00 - includes all services except handler
/I'm blocking off about 52 or so days on my calendar as we speak. 
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cherylpf
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Posted: 03/24/05 - 15:10 Post subject:
Its only 51 days long, I'm in!!!
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j1miller
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Posted: 03/24/05 - 15:12 Post subject: Re: Mark your calendar for this race!
| purple hayes wrote: | (this should probably go under a running forum, but it's almost absurd)
http://www.scmtny.org/us/races
9th Annual Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race
Sunday June 12th to August 2 or 9th (51 days)
Jamaica, New York
Entry by invitation only
Fee: $1000.00 - includes all services except handler
/I'm blocking off about 52 or so days on my calendar as we speak. |
Afraid I'm busy that day  
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Maddies Wench
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Posted: 03/24/05 - 15:14 Post subject:
Sounds more like a reality show.
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wanttorun100
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Posted: 03/24/05 - 15:16 Post subject:
as odd as ultra runners ( to you unwashed savages that is ) can be the multi day guys are really gonzo
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BobM59
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Posted: 03/24/05 - 15:17 Post subject:
well, think about how wild it would be though.
If I were wealthy enough to not have to work and had a chance to do this,
then no. There is absolutely no chance I would even attempt it.
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Pug
The Movie Geek
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Posted: 03/24/05 - 15:21 Post subject:
I would, but I'm a couple days short of vacation time available. 
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airehead
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Posted: 03/24/05 - 15:34 Post subject:
I would love to have the drive that it takes to even consider doing something like that.
I am afraid I am rather...weak spirited.
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jrjo
Gone Fishin
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Posted: 03/24/05 - 15:36 Post subject:
The stories I've read about this one before certainly prove it is possible to achieve Self-Transcendence through a non-stop one-mile loop run, 3,100 times
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cherylpf
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Posted: 03/24/05 - 15:40 Post subject:
| jrjo wrote: | | The stories I've read about this one before certainly prove it is possible to achieve Self-Transcendence through a non-stop one-mile loop run, 3,100 times |
Thanks Thoreau, but I'll receive transcendence by a pond in New England or something instead
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gretriever
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Posted: 03/24/05 - 15:41 Post subject:
Poky just ran a half-marathon, she should be all warmed up and rarin' to go for this one. 
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Pug
The Movie Geek
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Posted: 03/24/05 - 15:43 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: |
Thanks Thoreau, but I'll receive transcendence by a pond in New England or something instead |
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Floridaboiler
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Posted: 03/24/05 - 17:08 Post subject:
I might be a couple beers short of a case but I am not that loony!
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HYPERASHEL
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Posted: 03/24/05 - 17:38 Post subject:
sorry, but no skate option listed
<whew, thank god, just escaped out of that one>
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cherylpf
crazy cat lady
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Posted: 03/24/05 - 17:44 Post subject:
| HYPERASHEL wrote: | sorry, but no skate option listed
<whew, thank god, just escaped out of that one> |
If there was one, why do I know you'd do it
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