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Feb 28,2008:

Feb 21,2008: "Happy B-Day John Genet big 5-Oh.
This morning was cool, but not too cold. The road was clear and High Dr was mostly dry..this made for some PR’s (All-Time).
Here are the results:

Rick H – 39:40 (started early, has new job at the First Amendment).
Ted B – 47:00 (ran steady, first to top, won $10 prize left by Anon)
Bill R – 55:30 ( was not last)
Neal O – 35:34 ( All time PR…but did not win the Pineapple…)
Paul S – 46:39 ( slacker...tired and worn out from his run on Mon where he averaged a HR of 160 for 2 hours 20 minutes.)
Rich M – 41:00 (DFL, swept the course…both up and down when he fell and left some of his skin on High Drive…called dumb-ass by Ted)
Keith G – 54:30 ( first time out in a few weeks..and it showed)
John G – 42:17 ( All Time PR after running 50K this past weekend. John waited until he turned 50 before setting a personal best..Happy Birthday John)
John – 46:59 ( also ran the 50K this past weekend)

I will update the website Thurs Morn spreadsheet with todays times and the last few weeks.

Feb 14,2008: "Happy B-Day Rick Hessek!! For all those who choose to hug their pillows this morning missed out on a great morning to run. Light snow falling with no wind. Little icy for the last mile. We were able to make it up and back down without the crazy snowplow driver chasing us down.

Neal O -39:36 -Surprisingly wasn't on the Mitchell Report
Rick H -39:40 -Pineapple Winner --
Rich M -46:58 -Someone has to have a bad day and suffer.
Ted B -53:00 -Faster than his age
Bill R -1:02:00 - Not last to the top-- Rich M took that award

Feb 7,2008: Only 4 more Thursday morning Cheyenne Canon Runs. Daylight Savings Time starts March 8. Hopefully with the upcoming warm temperatures all the snow will melt on the top portion of High Drive so people can run some PR's . Today's run was dry for the first 3 miles and snow packed / packed powder for the last mile.
Bill R - 1:??:?? - Was ready to take down Keith for a 2nd time
Paul Sm - 52:12 - Winner of the senior citizen award (Ted B on Injured Reserved)
John G - 45:15 - Pinnapple Winner (Can't let that happen again)
Steve B - 44:28 - Welcome back to altitude and cold temperatures
Rich M - 44:01 - Wearing extra clothing because of the cold temperatures rather than looking like a homeless person carrying clothing around his waist
Rick H - 41:05 - Running like an old man. Couldn't break 40:00
Paul D - XX:XX - Stopped at 3 miles .

Jan 31,2008: Cold. Snow on road…all the way up. The crazy guy driving with the plow had not scraped the road before we started. High Dr was not too bad, but some ice under the light snow…starting Temp around 10 F, however with the wind chill…much lower.
Neal - 37:06
Rick - 39:40
Ted - 49:49
Bill - 1:00:15
Paul S - 52:44
John - 47:10
Rich - 45:58
Keith - 1:02:00

Jan 24,2008:

Jan 17,2008: Only the true hardcore runners showed up this morning for the sub-zero temp run.
The road was not too bad and High Dr was packed and very good for running. Those that came out were treated to donuts, bagels, and hot coco at the top of High Drive. Here are the magnificent 7 who showed:
Dan V 36:27 ( only 1 second off his season PR ) – Pineapple winner
Neal O 36:39
Rick H 41:30
Steve B 42:22
John G 45:32
Rich M 4x:xx (dead last….)
Keith G 55:45

Jan 10,2008: The 1st three miles were a bit slick but overall in good shape. The last mile was 6 inches of fresh powder from the recent snowfall.
Bill R - 1:02:00
Dave - 57:40
JD - 57:25
Ted B - 56:00
Paul Sm - 53:50
John C - 52:09
Rich M - 48:50
John G - 47:31
Steve B - 45:00
Rick H - 43:40
Anton K - 41:04
Neal O - 40:10
Dan V - 40:08
Paul D - 27:00 1st three miles drove recklessly up to dirt parking. Ran last 1 mile to top.
JT - DNF - Ran over by Paul D. Laying somewhere in the creek with a broken leg.

Jan 3,2008: No complaints on the weather. 41 Degrees at 6:00 a.m. Big improvement from those single digit morning temperatures we just had a couple of days ago. The official starting clock was out for repairs this morning so we were unable to determine the fastest to the top.
JB - 53:03
Dave - 52:31
Ted B - 49:42
Paul Sm - 46:36
JT - 46:30
Rich M - 42:54
Matt V - 42:00
John G - 40:06
Steve B - 39:22
Eric - 39:15
Rick H - 39:05
Neal O - 35:56
Anton K - 34:26

Dec 27,2007-We had a good turnout of 13 again. The road was a little slick and High Dr was crappy footing. Looks like JT stole the pineapple with his sand-bag first week. He improved by 2 minutes and thus the pineapple win.
Attendees:
Bill R - 58:42
Paul Sm - 54:15 (all time PW)
Keith G - 59:15 (almost all time PW. Slower and weaker each week.
Ted B - 49:45 (steady)
Matt V - 39:xx (not one of his better runs)
Dan V - 37:59
Neal O - 37:05
Eric S - 41:45 (will he be back again??)
JT - 46:48 (improved by 2 minutes from last week. Likely cheated.)
Rich M - 45:20
Rick H - 39:20 (Disqualified!! Bumped a course official)
JD - 53:xx
Dave R - 53:xx

Dec 20,2007-This morning we had a turnout of 13 brave souls. Those that waited for me to finish at the top were rewarded with $20 gift certificates per person.

Attendees:
Bill R - ??
Tam C – 72:30
JD - ??
JD’s friend - ??
JT – first time this year.- 48:50
Neal O – 37:12
Ted B – 49:35
Rick H – 39:55
Paul Sm – 47:00
Keith G – 57:00
John G - 44:36
Dan V – 37:04
Steve B - ??

Rick was pineapple winner. Second time this year.

This Saturday morning run will start at Woodmen Parking lot (like last week) and head North on Santa Fe trail again. Probably run 1 hour out, turn around and run back. Start time is 7:00am.

Dec 15,2007-Freaking cold. 6 people showed up for a run starting at Woodmen, ran north on Santa Fe for an hour or so. It was 5 degrees out.

Dec 14,2007-Yesterday we had a big turnout for the morning run. Here is the report: It was a cold, slick and very poor footing on High Dr, but we had our best turnout for the season with 14. The temp was in the teens. Even by 7:30 after running back down, the temp read 18. I do not have all he times or names of all who showed, but here is what I have.

Rich M – smelled of BO and urine.
Rick H - may have set a PW, but goes with the fact he IS PWed.
Keith G – definitely set a PW, but barely broke an hour.
Bill R – multiple hour finisher.
Paul Sm – in the 50’s with Keith
Steve B – ran smooth, may have to drug test him.
John ?
JD – been MIA for past few years.
JD’s Friend ?
John G - 47:10 - continues to run slower every time out.
Tam C – Had trouble in snow, was so delusional thought he was on Everest.
Dan V – hasn’t missed a workout yet.
Neal O – may have been pineapple winner….was 39:52, maybe only sub-40 today..
Ted B – steady teddy as usual. 53:30
Tony K - DNS - was locked IN his house.

A few pics were taken at the top.Group photo #1 and Group photo #2.

Dec 11,2007-Updated Jon T "JT" bio page. New pics in Keith bio. New pics in Cereta bio. Also updated quite many of the other bio pages. Requested bios and pics. Dec 20th will give out "gifts" to CRUD runners who come out and run the THurs morning workout.

Dec 3,2007-Updated PRs with input from some of the members. Also, made links to members bios from the PR's page.

Dec 2,2007-Updated Race Calendar with races/dates/locations. Yesterday we had 2 groups running/exploring the Gold Camp / Old Stage rd area. In the early morning Cheyenne Canon road was completely ice covered.

Nov 30, 2007-Added pics from Eric Gabe visit to 2007.

Nov 30, 2007-Added Gordon's Lost Soul Ultra race report.
Added Steve Bremner bio to members page.

Nov 30, 2007- Updated Members Bios for Scott Jaime, Brian Fisher. Added photos from Thanksgiving Morning run to 2007. Updated Thursday morning workout
spreadsheet and Training PRs. This past Thurs (Nov 29th) we had following people show up for the morning run:
Ted B
Keith G
Paul S
Paul D
Dan V
Bill R
John G
Neal O (set new All-time PR)

Nov 27, 2007- We had a get together at Keith & Cereta's house for Eric Gabe who had moved away. Eric was back in town for work and skiing. We had a good crowd show up to see Eric as we enjoyed some snacks, beer and pizza. Photos of this event will be added to the 2007 photos very soon. On a side note Gordon Barnett made an appearance. Some of us did not recognize him at first, since he has lost nearly 50lbs. Great job Gordon, now lets see you get your butt in running shape!

Nov 22, 2007 - Added Videos from Western States and Leadville. Updated many of the members profiles. Added training route Woodmen to Falcon Loop. Added Thurs workout spreadsheet under "Workout Results" for 2008 season, which started Nov. 2007

Nov 22, 2007 (Turkey Day) - We had a cool start temp of 14F with 9 people showing up for this Thanksgiving Day moring run. It was a clear morning, the road had very little snow.

In attendance:
Ted B
Rick H
Keith G
Paul Sm
Dan V
Rich M
Matt V
John G
Larry D
Larry, John and Matt recorded first run of season and were not in running to win Pineapple. Rick has the largest improvement, thus winning the first Pineapple of the season.

Nov 8, 2007 - Started up our Thursday morning runs up Cheyenne Canyon. We had a good turnout of 9 people show up for the first workout of the new season. The weather was cool but not cold. Next week some of us plan on running back on Columbine trail. Paul Smith plans to GPS the return route and we will post it as part of our Workouts page.

In attendance:
Ted B.
Paul S.
Keith G.
Rick H
Paul D
Dan V
Rich M
Laura K
Bill R

Note: Southern CRUD dominated the run as all North CRUDers were no-shows.

We will bring out the Pineapple and once we have official times for everyone, we will start the stagger starts and race for the pineapple.The person wth the most pineapple wins will receive a special award at the end of the season.

Oct 20, 2007 - Currently working on website. Will be adding new member bios and race reports from the past year. If you would like any personal links setup from your members bio, like myspace, facebook or blogs, let me know. Keith's Email

Oct 17, 2007 - Our Cheyenne Canyon Thursday morning workouts will be starting on Nov 8 at 6:00AM.

Feb 18, 2007 - Due to the earlier time change this year, we have just 3 more Thur morning workouts, so if you have been waiting to get one it now is the time. We usually switch to the Barr trail for Thur evening workouts but we may do an interim workout somewhere else till the snow gets better. Stay tuned.

Nov 10, 2006 - The Cheyenne Canyon Thursday morning hill workouts are now in full swing. As in previous seasons, the runs start at the Cheyenne Canyon Discovery Center and finish at the top of Hi Drive. The distance is 4.2 miles.

For these runs, we will be doing the handicap system with a 6:00 am start corresponding with a 40:00 PR.

Examples:

PR of 36:00 would start at 6:04
PR of 40:00 would start at 6:00
PR of 43:00 would start at 5:57

I hope to see a lot of you out there. It is a great way to start the day and we often see beautiful sunrises over the city.

Oct 31, 2006 - Thanks to all of you who attended the year end party. I think we all had a great time and I was happy to see most of the award winners present to collect their awards. Below are the winners:

Tier 1 Runner of the Year - Ted
Tier 1 Performance of the Year - Harry (LT100)
Tier 2 Runner of the Year - Judy
Tier 2 Performance of the Year - Paul Sullivan (San Juan)
Best Race Report - Gordon (San Juan)
Rookie of the Year - Herb
Mr. Consistency - Rick
Tougher Than the Rest - Larry and Kevin (Leadmen)
Sullivan Award - Gordon

Aug 30, 2006 - CRUD had a great showing at this year's LT100! Below are the results I have for CRUD and CRUD wannabes. What a great weekend for everyone! I really enjoyed crewing and staying up all night for the first time since college. Everyone should feel very proud of your races. Also, check out the new race reports that have been posted.
Harry backed up his 10th place finish from last year with a great 4th overall.
Larry and Kevin finished the Leadman, and we also had a few first-time 100 finishers (Gordon and Judy). Joe finished his 10th to get the coveted 1000 mile buckle. He now needs to come back to get the black jacket.

4  Harry Harcrow Woodland Park, CO 020:17:42
9  Daniel Schmidt Salida, CO 021:17:50
10 Scott Jamie Highlands Ranch, CO 021:27:28
13 Todd Holmes Lakewood, CO 022:04:12
20 Joe Kulak Oreland, PA 022:47:26
37 Ted Bidwell Colorado Springs, CO 024:19:52
45 John Genet Colorado Springs, CO 024:51:00
50 Paul Smith Colorado Springs, CO 025:49:20
73 Larry Dewitt ^ Colorado Springs, CO 026:55:43
81 Judy DeWitt Monument, CO 027:20:30
141 Kevin Andrews ^ Colorado Springs, CO 029:05:58
156 Gordon Barnett Colorado Springs, CO 029:20:32

July 5, 2006 - Just added a few race reports from 2006. Keep them coming!

May 25, 2006 - Here are the CRUD results from Collegiate Peaks. I will be posting pictures of Greenland and CP soon. Also, Rick recently won the Mt. Jemez 50 Miler in New Mexico!

CP 25 Miler:
90   5:01:24   GORDON BARNETT 
94   5:05:50   JUDY DEWITT 
109   5:22:42   LISA BUTLER 
147   5:40:05   DANA KINGSTON 

CP 50 Miler:
2   7:48:44   BRIAN FISHER 
3   7:52:01   HARRY HARCROW 
10   8:53:36   LARRY DEWITT 
14   9:05:52   PAUL SMITH 
21   9:28:06   TED BIDWELL 
26   9:45:05   JOHN GENET 
30   9:54:15   JON TEISHER 
38   10:28:30   GINA HARCROW 

May 1, 2006 - We just celebrated Paul (Smitty) Smith's 50th birthday in true CRUD fashion. We all had a great time; check out the photos. As with all CRUD parties, we had a Festivus style Feats of Strength contest, which Eric handily won this time. Drug tests are still pending.

April 18, 2006 - Added a new link. Check out the RealEndurance site, which contains a lot of data from various ultra races (all-time lists, etc.). Also added a bio for Larry DeWitt.

April 12, 2006 - Added a new training route map; Falcon Loop.

Mar 31, 2006 - Our Cheyenne Canon morning workout season is now over. Check out the latest PRs and send me any new times/corrections. Starting next week, we will be moving the workouts to 5:00 PM on the Barr trail. We start the runs at the corner of Ruxton/Hydro. I have just added some pictures for 2006.

Nov 1, 2005 - I just completed a bunch of changes to the site. Check out the new photos and race reports. I also added a few more topo maps of our training routes. The Thursday morning workouts start up this week (Nov 3).

Oct 11, 2005 - Thanks again to Keith and Cereta for hosting the year-end party. We all had a great time and plenty of food. Here are the awards that were given at the party. Note that if you were not there, I have your awards and will give them to you next time I see you. In addition to the following, Eric gave out some of his famous thrift store awards.

Tier 1 runner of year - Dan

Tier 2 runner of year - Keith

Tier 1 perf of year - Rick's 50 mile win

Tier 2 perf of year - Keith's Heartland win

Race reports of the year - Keith's Javelina and Gordon's Masochist

Crew report of the year - Lisa's LT100

Rookie of year - Larry DeWitt

Promotion from Tier 2 to Tier 1 - Harry

Age Graded runner of year - Ted

Performance of year - Paul's 50K course record at Pemberton

Crew/pacer of year - Jim/Linda DeWitt

Winners of races - Paul, Dan, Rick, Keith, PostalE, Kulak

Rookie awards - Matt V, Gordon, Judy, Larry, Ed, JD

Mr. Consistency (most workouts) - Ted

Mr. Pineapple (most handicap wins) - Paul Smith

Sullivan award - Eric (slowest CRUD finisher at Leadville)

Pink shirt - shared between Paul, Judy, Ted, Bill

MIA award - John Genet

Northern CRUD awards - Joe perf of year for WS100

Worse SWAG - Rick's win at Bighorn

Erectile Dysfunction award - Ted at Leadville

Aug 24 - The 2005 LT100 is now history, and Team CRUD had a great showing again this year! We had several outstanding runs by first time 100 runners. Dan Vega and Harry Harcrow in particular ran great races to get in the top 10 in their first 100. Solof got under 20 hours and Joe is one away from his 10 year buckle.

In the race for the Pink shirt, I guess we will just have to share it this year, as 4 of us DNF'd!

I was able to take pictures of most of the CRUD runners coming over Hope Pass and will get those developed and posted in the next few days.

The quote of the day goes to Rich Muzzy, who said of Eric right after the finish, "his legs slowed down but his mouth never did."

2 Dan Vega 19:03
3 Erik Solof 19:15
4 Joe Kulak 19:28
6 Brian Fisher 19:51
10 Harry Harcrow 21:07
David Wilcox 23:23
Art Long 23:47
Keith Grimes 24:32
Todd Holmes 25:49
Paul Smith 26:10
Larry DeWitt 27:54
Eric Gabe 28:10

Bill Ransom DNF
Ted Bidwell DNF
Judy DeWitt DNF
Paul DeWitt DNF

July 21 - Rick, Judy, and I just returned from running the Vermont 100. I just added my race report.

June 26 - Just added a few race reports. We had a great showing at San Juan, WS100, and Big Horn. Dan V and Rick H won their first ultras, and Joe was third at some little race out in California.

June 4 - On the PRs page, added Barr Camp times. Also, some of us are running Wednesday evening with the Colorado Running Company group which starts at 6:00pm. Bring Beer and/or munchies if you plan on coming down and running.

May 19 - Just added several new race reports. CRUD party this Friday (May 20th) at the DeWitt house.

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