Way To Go – 2007 Wasatch 100 and VHTRC's Women's Half Marathon

Wow, another Wasatch 100 in the books. Hearty congratulations to my two favorite runners in the race, The Mikes. Mike […]

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Wow, another Wasatch 100 in the books. Hearty congratulations to my two favorite runners in the race, The Mikes. Mike Wedemeyer, who I paced, ran an awesome 22:39 to earn 4th place. Good friend and Montrail-Nathan teammate, Mike Mason, rocked the course well enough to finish 5th and earn his induction to the Royal Order of the Crimson Cheetah, as only its fourth East Coast member. (See also Dennis Herr, Scotty Mills, and Sean Andrish).

Although I don’t yet know her story, a Crimson Heart award goes out to Kelly Ridgway, who gutted out what must have been an awfully tough Wasatch race to finish in 35+ hours.

Congrats also go out to my sister, Mountain Girl, who finished the VHTRC’s Women’s Half Marathon on all of 5 training runs. We talked and think she could run 50 miles on about 15 more training runs. She’ll easily finish the Tahoe Rim Trail 100 next July! (Gretch?!) Hey sis, want to post a race report on this blog?

Bryon Powell

Bryon Powell is the Founding Editor of iRunFar. He’s been writing about trail running, ultrarunning, and running gear for more than 15 years. Aside from iRunFar, he’s authored the books Relentless Forward Progress: A Guide to Running Ultramarathons and Where the Road Ends: A Guide to Trail Running, been a contributing editor at Trail Runner magazine, written for publications including Outside, Sierra, and Running Times, and coached ultrarunners of all abilities. Based in Silverton, Colorado, Bryon is an avid trail runner and ultrarunner who competes in events from the Hardrock 100 Mile just out his front door to races long and short around the world, that is, when he’s not fly fishing or tending to his garden.