Comments on: Best Debut 100 Mile Effort of the Year?

By: Kevin Rules

Kevin Rules — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:06:00 +0000

Kevin Sullivan is my hero. I dont see how you can not rate someone who placed himself in the elite on his first race as the best performance of the year. He is the best, hands down.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:58:00 +0000

yassine owes it all to me! i tought him how to run away from the cops when we were younger.j/k congrats with all your success.-your brother from another mother

By: kali

kali — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:27:00 +0000

congrats to everyone but i’m partial! i vote for yassine

By: mom

mom — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:06:00 +0000

I vote for Yassine! All of your accomplishments in life are so impressive. You are a role model to me and so many others.
I love you!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:28:00 +0000

Can’t say enough great things about my friend Yassine. He has had quite a journey through life thus far and acomplished many amazing tasks on and off the trail. Yassine deserves all the best that life has to offer. I vote Yassine #1.

Ben
Denver,CO

By: Erica

Erica — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:50:00 +0000

I want to second yassine’s brother’s nomination. I am Yassine’s fiance and I was part of his crew (team yassine :-) for the 100 miler. One of the things that makes Yassine’s debut impressive is his attitude. Not only does he treat each runner (at every race) as if they are elite class, his enthusiasm is infectious. Each time he would come into the crew stop he would tell us all how amazing WE WERE…how great a job WE WERE DOING…He was laughing up until 86 miles…and then he just kept pushing with a little help from his friends.

Yassine makes me a better person and inspires me to put one foot in front of the other – in EVERYTHING that I do.

In his running I see the true expression of his spirit and the best the sport of ultra running has to offer.

By: Dad and Mom

Dad and Mom — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:53:00 +0000

Derrick,
You amaze us, we are very proud of your accomplishments and wishing you the best in the future.

By: WynnMan

WynnMan — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:56:00 +0000

I should mention that I think more people are seeing how sweet the Superior course is. If you build it, they will come. The race has been around quite awhile, but now it’s the best it has ever been.

By: WynnMan

WynnMan — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:55:00 +0000

if only people more people knew how tough Superior Sawtooth is. Larry took over the race 3 years ago and the course is even harder than before. 100% singletrack of steep climbs, rocks, and a total bastinado~ of roots on your feet.
You will be mentally fried after this one, but gosh what a beautiful race, the raw beauty of that trail is bliss.

By: Meredith

Meredith — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:12:00 +0000

Great blog post!! Such good debuts this year.

Jen Van Allen, in my running group, had her debut 24 hour this year and won it (20in24 in Philly) and won ultracentric 24 hour, so if there was a 24 hour category, she would ROCK IT!