Comments for Endure Fun

Comment on No Fun by Caitlin

Caitlin — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 02:10:03 +0000

I had a similar thing happen to me last summer! I went through the same ER visit and hospital stay and multiple tests.
I was so scared and confused I took two months off from training. My symptoms started to subside and then I was able to train and make the Olympic Team. Hang in there!!!

Comment on Portage Glacier by Rob & Holly

Rob & Holly — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 02:41:38 +0000

Cory,

LOVE that picture of your kid on your shoulders in front of Portage Glacier! …..sooooo Alaskan! oh, and Holly says ‘it’s cute.’ hehe

laters……rw

Comment on No Fun by Scott

Scott — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:07:32 +0000

I just read this out loud to Jess. We’re pulling for you, this really sucks. When I had chronic fatigue in ‘06 it was the most frustrating thing I’ve ever experienced. No one could tell me what the hell was wrong with me and no one could fix it, least of all me. Sounds like this is a similar situation. Good luck figuring things out!

Comment on Su-per Fans by Cory

Cory — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:30:31 +0000

Hey Chet - you’re welcome! We had a good chuckle wondering what you’d think when you heard a voice out of nowhere. Since it was about 70 miles into the race, just after darkness, we thought maybe you’d assume you were hallucinating!

Comment on Su-per Fans by Chet Fehrmann

Chet Fehrmann — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:58:51 +0000

Thanks for the cheering Cory! It took me a couple of minutes to piece together who might be yelling out from the darkness on the banks of the Yentna..

Comment on No Fun by Peter

Peter — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:29:37 +0000

That was the scariest, funniest thing I’ve read in a while. Thanks for updating everyone. Hang in there.

Comment on Packrafting: Startin ‘em early (and a bit later) by Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:15:08 +0000

I looked at the first photo and thought, “Linda and Hatcher.” Then the face didn’t really look like Linda, so I looked again. Then I saw the crazy angle on the legs and feet and knew it had to be you, Linda! Looks like fun. Wish we’d get out kayaking!

Comment on Was it something I said? by Tim Kelley

Tim Kelley — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:05:07 +0000

Thanks. A Norwegian organizer name, so I see where the Birkie idea came from. $50 entry fee is not bad. A better route would be something like the Hatcher Pass store to Willow over Hatcher Pass. That’s a multi-surface race. And it goes over a mountain pass - conceptually somewhat similar to the Norge Birkie. Actually, in the 80’s they used to have a snowmobile race over that route. The called it the Alaska Motorhead Birkie. Just kidding. They had the race but I can’t remember what they called it. FWIW - There also used to be snowmobile races from Talkeetna to Eagle River and from Knik to Swentna and back.

Comment on Was it something I said? by Cory

Cory — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:48:39 +0000

Here’s the thread where I found out about the race. It mentions the race director and the entry fee ($50).

http://akspokes.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1301

I like the idea of a point to point race that uses varied surfaces (pavement, dirt, singletrack). But I agree using the bike paths would be dangerous, especially on a Saturday morning in the middle of summer. That’s where strategy comes into play. If you sit back and draft someone, not only will you get an easier ride, but they’ll take out grandma before you do!

Comment on Was it something I said? by Tim Kelley

Tim Kelley — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:52:38 +0000

Kinda funny - this bike race announcement was the skinnyski.com newsletter’s (a midwest Birkie-centric newsletter) number one bullet item in their last newsletter. “Yeah - another Birkie!”

I agree. Dumb name (for an Alaskan race). Funky course. I don’t get the bike racing on narrow urban bike trails when people are out pushing kids in strollers, folks are taking their visiting grandparents for a walk, homeless folks are lying in the trail, etc. “But Tim, the Tour of Anchorage ski race uses the same urban bike trails that are packed with people clueless to the fact a race is going on.” Yeah, I know.

Actually - do you know who the orgainers were? Names? Another red flag was that “$30 of your entry fee will go to the Boy Scouts”. But you can’t find out how much the total entry fee is unless you make an account on SignMeUp (which I didn’t do). So if race organizers aren’t up-front about the entry fee cost … that’s a bad sign.