Saturday
& Sunday
September 27 & 28,
2003
The Angeles Crest 100 mile ENDURANCE RUN
Richard Greenbauer and
Michelle Barton arriving at 8 PM Chantry aid station located at the 71
mile point of the Angeles Crest 100 mile Ultra endurance mountain run that
starts in Wrightwood and finishes in Pasadena and has 24,000 feet of up
and 27,000 feet of down!
Michelle and Rich will
each accompany individual racers for through-the-night assistance during
the last and most difficult 29 miles of the 100 mile race.
Michelle has never run
through the night in
the dark and is excited to experience what the unknown will hold.
While waiting for his racer
friend, Bill Ramsey to appear, Rich relaxes and prepares for their 11 hour
run through the dark Angeles National Forest.
Here is Michelle 10 hours
and two flashlights later.
Dave Van Wicklin and pacer
Michelle finished at 8:07 AM. Dave completed the AC 100 mile
endurance run in 27 hours and 7 minutes and placed 19th overall.
Hard to believe that Dave continuously ran through two
sunrises. (His niece Megan paced him for 15 miles and daughter
helped for 5 miles.)
Here comes some more Ultra
runners to the Pasadena finish.
118 People Started.
Only 64 Finished.
Just 10 runners received Award Buckles for completing the 100 miles in
under 24 hours.
Huh? Is this
California's new Governor, muscle man Arnold, showing he is tough enough
to do an Ultra distance event?
Runner #39 and pacer arrive
at the finish.
Pacer Rich with his Ultra
running buddy, Bill Ramsey finished in 28:08 at 9:30 AM and placed 24th
overall.
This is Bill's 7th in a row
AC 100 finish! He also did the Vermont 100 six weeks prior.
Michelle and Bill.
Rich wants to be an AC100
finisher. He is visualizing his future success!
Guess who else is also now
inspired to train, attempt and finish a 100 miler???