50 MILE ZION TRAVERSE 25TH ULTRA!!! (with side trip to Angels Landing)

100 BY 100 Is Now Officially 25% Completed!

The Zion Traverse has been on the "bucket list" of most ultra runners that I know for awhile now.  And now I know why!  Holy cow, what a fun adventure run this was!  Taking more than 15 hours to complete, 4 of my ultra running friends and myself ran from the east end of Zion National Park to the west end on April 15, 2016 at 5:30 am.  I'll have everyone note now though, that it wouldn't have been completed without the aid station help of my wife Lori Lyle at mile 34 of this run.  Necessary food and drink were essentially needed at this point in the run, and we owe the completion to her.  Thank you so much Lori!  I love you!  (so do the other guys!)

It's hard to describe a run like this.  Zion is truly, God's Country.  (just look at the above picture!)  Awesome. Incredible.  Outstanding.  Hugely scenic.  Panoramic.  Intense, etc. etc., and HARD!  Oh yeah, we were all tired at the end.  After all, we did have 10,000 feet of elevation gain to run up.  Getting up at 3 am was the easiest part, running up the extreme grades were the hardest, but finishing was the best!  The weather picture the week leading up to the run did not look good.  A huge winter storm was moving in exactly on the day of the run, and most of the guys couldn't go any other day, so we knew we had to go on tax day, final.  Done deal.  All day long, we endured 40 mile per hour winds.  Temperature was in the low 40's, but felt like 30's for sure, we also had snow on the higher sections of the run (around 25 miles), lots of nice water crossings, and muddy trails at the end. The best thing is that we didn't get any rain.  That would've made for a cold and wet miserable long day.  Thank God for that.  But, as luck would have it though, we got up on Angels Landing and the wind died down for a couple minutes and the sun came out.  We all quickly snapped up pictures as fast as we could and got down to continue our run.  From then on, the sun left and the snow and wind continued on throughout the day and night.  We were extremely lucky to have that brief break on Angels Landing.  I know that God and my Mom were looking out for us all.

What is great about doing this run at Zion is that all the trails are very well marked and are easy to figure out.  Most of the water you need needs to be filtered out at certain streams along the way, so we were all tuned into that - when and where, etc.  We all carried the most amount of water and food we could carry and only had to filter water only one time.  It would've been a lot different if we hadn't had Lori to fill up our water at mile 34 OR had it been 80 degrees out!  Throughout the day we all ran at different speeds and 2 of the runners (Steve and Joey) finished 2 hours before me.  I finished with BJ and Robert at around 10 pm.  This was a little over my anticipated finishing time, however, in the end, it doesn't matter.  It was just a fantastic run with fantastic and very knowledgeable ultra running buds!  Thank you all for your friendship.  I feel lucky to know you all.

I am so happy the way this turned out and so appreciative of not only Lori, my running friends, but just the fact that we all can experience something like this together.  I feel very lucky to have the ability to run and to help out in a small way to Alzheimer's research.

Here are a few pics of this outstanding run.  I will always treasure this one!
100 by 100 is now 25% completed!  Thank you all for your continued support and for continue to read this blog!

$100.00 Donated 4/16/16

The Start!

The official end!

 The Finish!

Mr. Zion!

Just 2 weeks later........#24th Ultra is done!

Well, all I can say here is my Mom guided me well through this one!  Thank you Momma!

The 2016 Red Mountain 55K is now completed!

It is well advised to always take some time off between any Ultramarathons, but I went against the grain here and decided since we were down in St. George already, to run this Ultra only a few miles away from our house!  It turned out to be a great choice.  I basically took it easy through the early parts and held on to a conservative and steady pace through the whole adventure.  I even had some left at the end and started picking up the pace a mile from the end!

I was a bit leary of the 8 hour time limit when I heard 5 minutes from the start of the race that the course was actually 34 miles - basically another 55K.  Having done a time of 8:40- 2 weeks ago, I was kind of worried.  However!  The sand gods did not grace the course with their impenetrable sand!  Yes!  There was plenty of rock though and switchbacks!  Whoa!  The course had us go up 4 separate rock reef peaks in the Santa Clara Reserve outside of Ivins, Utah.  This was a very interesting area with an unreal amount of bike/running trails everywhere!  Oh, and did I say rock everywhere?  There wasn't a tree within miles in this area!  Here's a picture of the area.....

The course was set up nice with a main aid station in the middle of the course and runners would do all their separate loops from that area.  It's nice so you could set up your drop bag their and not have to carry a lot on your run.  The longest and hardest loop was the last one (naturally) and went on for 10 miles.  After this loop we had a 5 mile slog down a trail, a couple of roads, and a trail called "upper graveyard".  Naturally, I did not want my race to end there, so I gust churned through that area with my head down and said a couple of prayers!

I saw Lori with Shady a mile before the last aid station and she cheered me on and took pictures. She told me I was making good time and that it was just about 1pm.   It was sure nice to see her for sure!  She ran a while with me and Shady by my side.  I then saw Lori and Shady about a mile from the finish and it inspired me to pick up the pace and bring this little adventure to an end!  I did just that and came through at 7:50:40 and was totally relieved.  Very happy to be done!  Lori, Shady and I celebrated with some served smoothies and relaxed with runners whom I ran with during the day.

I met one guy who actually fell only about 2 miles into the race.  He hit his face directly on a rock and bled the entire run!  It also was his first ultra to boot!  What a way to get introduced to ultra running!  He is bound to be an ultra runner now!  Another guy whom I ran with for the first part of the 7.7 mile loop was Tom.  Tom also ran the Antelope 55K run two weeks ago as well!  Tom ran with a straw hat so I could always see him up the trail.  He finished only about 20 seconds ahead of me and I didn't even see him on the run for the last 22 miles!  Go figure?

Anyway, I feel so blessed to be able to run these ultras and to keep contributing to the research for a cure for Alzheimer's.  I know my Mom is gracing me to keep this tradition up and is granting me all these days of running I do during the year.  Thank you Mom and God!

Here are some more pictures!  Thanks everyone for your support!

$100.00 donated 3/6/16

A Fun Day at the Beach! (sort of)

Wow!  I now know what running in deep deep sand is all about!  Holy smokes!

The 23rd 100 by 100 Antelope Canyon 55K Ultramarathon is now in the books.  It was held in Page, Arizona on February 20, 2016.  I tell ya, my good friend Joey Schrichte and I ran this race and we totally earned the accolades just for finishing!  Absolutely stunning views the entire way - either going through deep sand or on rock reefs that were made for mountain goats to travel over!  It was a true adventure and we loved every moment of it!  This race is what ultra running is all about!

Joey and I met at the Lake Powell Resort on Friday, February 19 and checked into our hotel.  Since he moved to Durango, CO. we had much to talk about!  It was fantastic catching up with everything and it continued the entire time we were together for the weekend.  It was just a fantastic time, that's all I can say!  When we picked up our race packets a little while later there were a LOT of cars in the parking lot.  I really couldn't believe it.  Turns out that there were 222 runners just in the 55K!  There was also a 1/2 marathon and a 50 miler.  Anyway,  the race area was full of people.  A little unusual for some of the ultra marathons I've done in the past.

So next up, we needed to pre-load with a big meal and decided on some place called the Big Budda, or something.  It turns out that this place is a great Thai and Sushi restaurant and had everything we wanted.  We stocked up on everything we could manage to stuff down ourselves.  It was a one tasty meal!  Then we went back to the hotel and prepared for our next day.  I had lots of things to do.  Joey, being 30 years younger, had a few things, but not much.  Joeys biggest decision probably was which shoes he was going to be wearing the next day!  For being such an unreal fast ultra runner, he exists off very little.  It's unreal.  Oh, how I'd love to be young again!  Oh my!  Next up, sleep.

I wake up at exactly 2 minutes before my alarm should go off (4:45am) and it is time!  I begin my usual ultra ritual of making coffee, tea, cream of wheat, all the while eating bananas, blueberries, and had boiled eggs.  Joey continues to sleep and avoids all light possible.  (When Joey finally gets up, he has probably a banana and calls it good)  HMMMMMM!!!  Anyway, we head off to the race a little over 6 am and get there at about 6:25 am.  We get to the race area and we are greeted with a native "ring dance" by a native of the Navajo tribe.  It was really quite amazing, actually!  Joey sees some running buddies he knows, introduces me, then they are off.  We are off and running.  I see Joey and his buddy leading in the front pack immediately and yell, "Go Joey" cause I know that will be the last I see of him for the next 8 hours or so.  So, I settle into my usual slow rhythm and smile and enjoy the day.

Taking my iPhone with me was a good choice because I immediately wanted to start taking photos.  I did take many during the day, which probably costed me maybe 10 minutes or so, no biggie for me though!  I'm glad I did take a lot because I got some good ones.  The first 5 miles or so was pretty sandy.  I said to myself, well, this is probably only bad this part, no big deal, I can deal with this!  Well, if you ever try running in deep sand uphill, you are in for a treat.  It is massively slow.  I immediately knew I was going to be walking up most uphills in deep sand.  It just takes too much effort to actually run in it.  So, now I knew that this was going to be a long day - just in the first 5 miles of this 34 mile adventure!  Call it good and go with it!  Yeah!

The sunrise is happening and the desert takes on a beautiful color.  We hit the first aid station and I take off my extra clothes I start with and pack them in my bag I have stored and I'm off!  We head to Horseshoe Bend of the Colorado River.  This is an amazing site.  The view is stunning and the area where we are running is right along the cliffs for miles and miles and miles.  But, no sand!  Yeah!
It was wonderful, but you did have to look out where you were going for sure!  Amazing views surrounded you at every moment while you were running.  I had a hard time at NOT wanting to photograph, but knew that I couldn't take everything I wanted and just tried to take what was necessary.  The day was finally warming up a tad and it was going to be a beautiful one!  We headed into a kind of "no mans land" a little bit on top of the bend and  then we starting heading into Waterholes Canyon.  Ok, just getting down this steep canyon was just great!  (Hiking now starts here!)  Views of this ancient water filled canyon was remarkable, to say the very least!  Deep sand was everywhere.  Ladders were provided in areas where you had to hike up and continue into the canyon.  I loved every second of this!

After we got out of the canyon, we had to go up this hill, full of deep, deep sand.  This was a slow hike for me and I finally felt some twinging going on in my legs, so I decided to take real slow deliberate steps up the hill.  Stretch it out, stop, take some more electrolytes, no prob.  Next up, a long gradual downhill full with more (what?) deep sand.  Oh, yeah, deep sand......  Even though it was downhill, I still, amazingly, had to walk in a few areas believe it or not!  It was really deep.  I'm not kidding here.  I arrive at the previous aid station (mile 18) and I just have to take off my shoes and empty the sand from my shoes and socks.  The sand has now started to get on my last nerve!  After a brief mother nature call in a small tent they have provided, I'm off running back to the start area - but only after running up a hill through (what?) , again, deep sand.  Oh well......

Passing the start area we now had around a 13 mile loop around Page, AZ. on the Page Rim Trail, which to me, was the most runnable, and most enjoyable to run on.  The views were endless.  It seemed like I could look right into Monument Valley!  The red rock monuments were so never ending 360 degrees!  This Rim Trail was right up my alley because this is what I usually have trained on.  A bit of sand, lots of hard dirt, and rock ledges.  I loved this part, and quite honestly I held a decent gradual pace through these 13 miles - mostly running, with fits of a little bit of fast hiking.  Perfect!  Just as I thought the miles should be ending, they didn't.  I started to be a chore but quickly remembered that my daughter, Della, was running a Conference Meet 3000 M run at exactly the same time I was running this trail!  So, just thinking of that held off my thoughts of wanting to end my race for the day.  If she can finish, so can I!

After a very brief short hike down an rocky ledge,  I could hear people shouting at runners finishing their race.  I had a brief moment of "thanks to God and my Mom looking up in the sunlight", got a little chocked up, and sucked it up for the finish.  I didn't stop until I crossed.  And there was Joey taking my picture at the end.  Again, the feeling finishing of an Ultra Marathon is just astounding.  I will always cherish it - especially with friend.

Joey ran his race with blisters all over his feet and still finished 12th overall!  Out of 222 runners!  His time was like 5:35!  Mark my words, you will see Joey at the top of many leaderboards in the future!  I finished in the middle of the pack at 8:44.  The rest of the night was a celebration of true friendship over a couple of beers and a big dinner at the resort.  We were asleep by 9:15 pm.  What an outstanding day!  Perfect.

Here are some pics!

$100.00  donated to ALZ on 2/23/16

Palo Duro 50K !!!

Yahoo!  Numero #22 Ultramarathon is done for 100 by 100!

While visiting our daughter Abby in Lubbock, Texas,  Lori and I decided that running Palo Duro 50K would fit in nicely since we were visiting Abby on the same weekend.  I signed up for the race only a few weeks ago and made plans.  Palo Duro is a really beautiful canyon in the panhandle of Texas, near Amarillo.  One would never know this canyon exists too!

We picked up Abby on Friday, October 16 in Lubbock and drove 1 1/2 hours up to Canyon, Texas to pick up my race packet and stay the night.  It was great to have Abby there and we had many things to go over and talk about since she is getting her masters in O.T. at Texas Tech.  We had a great dinner at a Thai restaurant in Canyon.

Race day came the next day and I was ready and off by 7 am!  It was still quite dark for the start but nice and cool.  I'm glad I had my headlamp.  50K runners had to take a short 6 mile loop back to the start and then 2 big loops of 12.5 miles or so - all loops coming back to the start.  This was quite convenient for runners to have their drop bags right there at the start!

I got in with a bunch of runners right from the start on single track trail, and made our way nice and slowly for the first 3 miles or so.  This group managed to guide everyone off the trail for a short bit, but we managed to go back and find our mistake quickly.  It was still dark when I made a tumble in the dirt and hit my elbow on a bunch of rocks.  I didn't notice but my sunglasses fell off my head here and didn't notice it until I was well down the trail.  I said to myself,  I'll have 2 more chances of finding them on the return trips, so hopefully someone won't pick them up.  No biggie.

On the second lap I tried in vain to locate the sunglasses at the spot I thought they would be in.  I was unsuccessful since it was still dark when I lost them, I just had an idea of where in the first three miles of the trail they would be, that's it.  Now the sun is up and I'm squinting at everything since it was now really bright!  I tried to forget about it and managed to spark up a few conversations with the fellow runners around me.  I met a really nice guy named Mark who told me that this was his first Ultramarathon!  I was so excited for him!  We talked a lot in that big lap about running and races.  I was impressed at how great he was doing by running the flats and downhills and walking the hills.  Exactly what you should do when you first start out running Ultras.  I was really impressed by his walking - he was keeping up with me running by walking!  I was a little worried that my legs were actually getting kind of tired now.  On this lap Lori and Abby met me at an aid station and also met Mark at the same time!  It's always fantastic to see Lori and Abby supporting me at aid stations.  It gives me a tremendous boost!  Thanks you two!  You're awesome!

On the third lap Mark and I saw each other from time to time, but only shared minimal conversations and high fives and "way to goes".  I was again unsuccessful trying to find my sunglasses and decided that I must have fallen where we all went off trail for a short bit.  That's all I could think of.  That's why I'm not finding them.  The third lap was not only really bright  and sunny but also pretty hot.  Thank God they had watered down ice towels for runners to wipe their heads with!  What a nice treat that was!  I kept mine wrapped in my visor the rest of the race.  On this lap I finally got into my usual rhythm of running/hiking and the body finally accepted the pace I was subjecting it to!  With 2 1/2 miles to go I decided that I would try running it all to the finish.  I did pretty good at that and only had to walk up a few very short inclines.  Then, I saw them........

.....the small group of aid station partiers with pre-made margaritas....  I have never wanted to introduce ALCOHOL ever in my ultras but these guys, I just could not refuse a small little thimble full of pre-made margarita!  These guys were madly partying down and I just had to accept their offer.  They were pretty funny!  I said, what the heck, there's 2 miles to go, what's the big deal!  I quickly downed the shot full and thanked them and I was off.  About a half mile from there I actually started to get a hangover and a headache!  I quickly drank what was left over in my water bottle and felt better soon.  What did I learn?  Never introduce alcohol while running 31 miles in the hot desert!

At the finish again were Lori and Abby cheering me in - along with many other people who support their runners.  What a feeling that is - being cheered on by people whom you don't even know!  Wow, what a feeling!  At the finish line I did my "navigational technique" look and called it good!  I managed to bring it in at a time of 7:01 - which is my second best time for a 50K!  Not too shabby.  Mark came through only 8 minutes later too!  He did great and I was pretty proud of him too - so was he and his wife!  We talked for awhile and to the time keepers and decided to take off and get an early lunch/dinner.  A good time was had by all!

Here are some pictures of the canyon and us after the race!  Thanks for your support again!

$100.00 Donated on 10/24/15

 This is the face of the pain and the joy of finishing an ultra marathon!

 Abby and I at the finish

 The friend Mark who finished his first ultra marathon!

 Lori and I

 Lori running by the Palo Duro creek

Tahoe Rim Trail 50 is Numero 21! w/VIDEO!

Hello all followers!  Thank you so much for all your continued support of 100 by 100!

I finished the beautiful Tahoe Rim Trail 50 miler this last weekend in 14:13 - which was by far a very slow time for me, however I wasn't too concerned about time so much.  I was there to finish the race and run and enjoy the scenery up and around Lake Tahoe.  I also took my iPhone - a first for any ultra marathon that I ever ran.  So I'm really glad that I took the camera as I captured some of the spectacular views the actual "Tahoe Rim Trail" has to offer.  Enjoy the photos!

I met a surprisingly number of European ultra runners too.  Hungary, Spain, Brazil, and many other countries including Australia were represented at the race.  After my race I went back to hotel to get some sleep in before driving back up to the start/finish line to greet the 100 mile finishers in the morning.  I had some leftover beers from my brief celebration and wanted to share them with some of the finishers coming in.  It turns out that the decision was the right one because I met just the nicest runners coming in and celebrated their monumental effort at finishing this VERY TOUGH 100  mile race.  The 50 mile was really tough with 10,000 ft. of elevation gain but the 100 had 20,000 ft. of gain!  After finishing my race, I couldn't even imagine doing another 50 miles of the same course!

I was really blown away at the extreme amount of effort it took to pull off a race as this.  I met the race directors and I was really impressed with their helpfulness.  The aid stations were the best I've ever seen.  All the volunteers were really knowledgeable and helpful.  The trail itself is just beautiful and it circles the entire lake of over 200 miles.  The day turned out to be a fantastic day to run too with only highs in the upper 60's but sunny and a nice breeze to keep the runners cool.  We all were blessed to have a day like this because this race is usually a very hot one.

I went to the Reno airport hours before my flight time and decided to have a well deserved lunch/dinner at the airport.  It turns out that I see another runner (Nelson) who had run the 50 miler with me.  He sat down and we shared our experiences together over a couple of cold ones and the time flew by!  That was a great way to top off a fantastic run and weekend.  I am truly lucky to be able to do these events and meet the greatest people!  I am blessed for sure!  Thank you Momma Lyle (Cube) as we used to call her, or (Brag)!

Another $100.00 donated to Alzheimer's on 7/21/15

The start Video!  Hope it works!

This is my buddy Mike who just finished the 100 miler!  Wow!

20% Done for 100 by 100!

Hello from St. George, Utah!

Well, this picture says it all in the completing of the Zion 50K on April 11, 2015 with my great Ultrarunning bud, BJ Haeck from San Diego!  I am now 20% completed in my 100 by 100 Quest!  

It was so awesome having BJ by my side for the entire way, experiencing the astounding views right outside of Zion National Park.   The far mesa in the background is Gooseberry Mesa in this B/W picture which we ran around the entire edge of.  A 360 degree view of the entire area awaited us up on the 12 mile mesa.  The views up here are really indescribable!  We had absolutely perfect weather, and BJ had me entertained, and encouraged me the entire way all the way to the finish.  BJ was in much better shape than me on this day, so he had LOTS of energy, to say the very least.  Throughout our adventure we talked about everything under the sun and caught up on our lives, sang songs, gave each other small quizzes on songs of the 80's and movie lines, gave each other and other runners pep talks, talked loud and laughed a hell of a lot!  BJ had me in stitches so many times that many times I had to stop and laugh it out!  No one would EVER say we didn't have fun! For some odd reason half way in the run I got a new name of "Norbalishious" !  Ok, I won't go into it now for the sake of some of my viewers!   This is a PG rated blog, of course.  

Let me say right now, WE HAD FUN!  We finished hand in hand with big smiles on our faces.  We finished in 7:42:52 - which was almost the same time as last year too!  Bj used this race as just a long workout and I used it as just getting through my first ultra of the year.  I didn't have a lot of time preparing for this race as I would liked, so I just wanted to have fun and enjoy the adventure!  We could've cared less about time.  This was a day to remember.  My wife Lori and Shady met us near the last aid station and took all these pictures - giving us lots of encouragement as well.  Thank you so much Lori!  You are the best!  You know it girl!

The hot tub and cold beers were awaiting us at our St. George condo afterwards.  Oh, that was so sweet!  Within a few hours we were gorging on ribs, steaks, appetizers, salads, and huge burgers and fries at the Players restaurant.  I was falling asleep within 20 minutes of coming home.  Hammer down and Bingo!  Done!  What a day!  Thank you BJ!  

Here are some shots of the day.  

Another $100.00 donated to Alzheimer's on 4/12/15

#19 Ultramarathon is now in the books!

A beautiful bluebird day in West Yellowstone, Montana led the way for me to finish #19
"Ski" Ultramarathon on Saturday, March 7, 2015.  The ski race completed was the 36th Annual Rendezvous 50K.  I finished basically tying my PR for a 50K ski race doing it "classical style" with a time of 4 hours, 30 minutes.

Most of the racers skied "freestyle" which typically is twice as fast, so I was one of the last skiers to complete the course.  I again (like last year) finished 2nd to last beating out a 76 year old freestyle skier in the last 5K or so.  Oh, well, I had fun I am super glad I finished with a smile on my face.  It's amazing I finished with the same time as last year!

I super love these Rendezvous Ski Trails out of West Yellowstone!  These are the best trails I've ever skied on, for sure!  I love them!

Here are a few pictures.  Again, like last year, there were around 7 people standing around at the end to welcome me in.  (there are hundreds of skiers that do this race!)  They all vanished!  I got some random guy to take my picture and I walked across the street to my hotel room.  After a long soak in the hot tub, a huge steak, some unbelievable great chicken wings, and 3 great draft beers were waiting for me in the bar!  Wow, what a day!

Another $100.00 donated to Alzheimer's on 3/8/15

A Bluebird day gives way to #18 Ultra Marathon!

Yes!  What a day it was yesterday!  On Martin Luther King day of 1/19/15 I decided it was time to start the new year off right and do another "ski" Ultra Marathon.  I found out that the day was going to be totally sunny and clear, and only going to be around 30 degrees up on the mountain.  That's perfect for me!  The night before I pulled out all of my ultra running gear I had packed away and got out my essentials and hydration bottles.  I realized my racing skis I planned to use weren't really waxed the way I usually like, so I just slapped on some glide wax and called it good.

I got up around 7 am and got a good breakfast under my belt, filled all my bottles, took my succeed race tablets, filled up the 4-Runner and I took off.  I will be skiing our homegrown groomed trails at Pole Creek.  I got up to the trail around 9:10 and was off "classic" skiing around 9:20.  The skis felt great and light.  I usually train with very heavy backcountry skis so I got off skiing fast.  I realized real quick that the trails were going to be really fast because I was getting great glide.  The trails were just groomed the day before so it was just perfect!  I felt pretty darned good!  One part of the trail was so fast I lost my balance going down a fast downhill around a curve.  I ended up headfirst in a snow drift!

I was planning to do like 3, 10 mile loops and fill up my hydration and food when I would come back to the car.  That planned turned out to be only 2 laps of 13 miles, then 18 miles only.  I did a bunch of loops on the back side of our trails and when I came back to the car after 13 miles.  I had some great soup, bananas, peanut butter and a complete hydration bottle.  I filled up my pack with all the essentials I would need and was off!  The day couldn't have been better, actually.  There was a little wind but it was great because it gave me a chance to use my shades the entire 31 miles.  I usually have to take these off after 2 miles or so because of fogging issues.

I met several couples with dogs along the way and Jim, my friend, who has also skied the Berkie a long time ago.  He's a great skier.  We both ski "classic" style. I started to finally get tired near the mid-20 mile mark.  I was in great spirits the entire way.  I felt really lucky to have this perfect day too.  I almost felt guilty for having great glide and great groomed trails!  Well, in all, the day turned out to be just fantastic and I got a great workout!

The GPS said I did 31.02 miles at around 5 hours 36 minutes.  Not bad.  I'll take it for sure!  At the car I filled up on hydration, food, and took my recoverite.  It was around 3:00 pm and the sun was shinning bright still, warming my face.  I felt just great!  What a feeling!

#18 Ultra Marathon finished and another $100.00 donated to Alzheimer's!  Here are some pictures.