packing |
Seattle airport |
Glenn arrives in the Athens airport |
Allison! |
Lisa, Glenn & Allison arrive at John's Hotel in Glyfada |
Tim |
Scott Jurek posters in Glyfada |
Allison gets jiggy with it |
easy training run |
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Glenn slows to check out the fun Eurobaby park |
rest stop |
don't do it! |
Allison tests her Drymax socks |
bummer! bad ankle sprain |
right over the surgically anchored ligament. bummer! |
Hospital in Athens |
socialized health care. take a number. it works. whole visit 3 euro. |
air cast |
pigeons |
how I spent my Greece vacation |
think positive |
Tim |
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Parthenon, temple of Greek Goddess Athena |
pregnant dog |
ballet? |
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AdventureCORPS rocks! |
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trying to make it work |
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the "no's" including no high heels |
pretending to run down the cobblestone road, the start of the Spartathlon |
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ankle nemesis |
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lunch |
bakery |
Megara, home of Euclid the inventor of geometry |
photo shoot |
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Team Bliss |
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course - hills, sea |
course - vineyards |
Ancient Corinth |
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Ancient Corinth |
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Sangas |
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after resigning to the brace, Glenn does shoe surgery to make it fit |
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bravo! |
checking in for the race on Thursday |
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Piotr Kurylo ran with his brother Pawel from Poland to Athens for the race. (Piotr did this last year too then came in 2nd!) |
Lisa and Piotr |
trying to explain something I guess. |
the study |
my foot plantar pressures |
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note the right-left differences |
Spartathlon competitors read the Badwater brochures |
Piotr's and Pawel's carts used to run from Poland to Greece (3000km) for the Spartathlon |
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pre-race meeting |
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view from hotel deck, where I spent a lot of my time recovering. |
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pre-race dinner |
the brace |
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Drymax - world's best ultrarunning socks! |
competitors walk to the start at the acropolis in the dark |
start line |
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Stephanie Ehret! |
Glenn, Tim, Allison - best crew! |
2007 Badwater champ Valmir Nunes from Brazil |
Markus Thalmann from Austria (will come in 2nd place this year) |
start |
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Scott Jurek, Mark Godale |
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#357 |
runners |
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Mark |
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beautiful course |
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Jurek |
masked runner |
Glenn shooting runners |
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Nunes |
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Piotr, I think. |
Mark |
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Allison and Peter Bakwin cheer the runners |
puppies! |
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puppy maul |
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more runners |
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I was running based on perceived effort (which is what I always do) and feeling very good. |
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I kept having to fish little rocks out of my brace |
wrong way! |
Marika Heinlein in black (3rd female) |
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Stephanie Ehret |
Stephanie Ehret |
Stacey Bunton |
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crowds line the streets |
Corinth Canal |
Helas Can checkpoint (81 km), the first point where crew can meet you. |
ancient wall |
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ancient wall |
ancient Corinth |
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ruins |
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Steph's through Ancient Corinth |
the driver |
sunset |
Jeff, Stacey's boyfriend, in orange t-shirt |
aid |
aid |
waiting |
the kids in the villages are the BEST! |
Glenn fits right in! |
girls |
Malandreni aid station |
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kids run with the runners down the hill and into the aid station |
can you be any cuter? |
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resting |
aid |
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pose runner |
Ancient Corinth |
Glenn refuses the photo op |
gets mad? |
punches the Paparazzi? :) |
feet immediately post race (well 195 km of the race). Not ONE blister or even hotspot! |
the chafing on the front of the left ankle is from the brace |
King Leonidas statue at the finish line |
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celebration |
post-race cigar celebration in Ancient Corinth |
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Glenn's shooting secret |
ribbon |
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dog |
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feeding the dogs |
wag more, bark less. Allison plays with the happy dog that is eating out leftover food. |
can you believe it?! |
the parking garage employee put on the spare for us (we had no wrench). Lucky for us! Again! |
All dressed up and ready to go to the awards |
Mark with Glenn's camera |
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Mark, Valmir |
Lisa, Stacey (2nd place woman) |
We were lucky that Mark Williams and his wife join us at dinner. Mark has completed the Barkley - the WHOLE thing! Neat guy. |
Peter Foxall ran a great race in 34:36! |
Greek Marios Fournaris (20 Spart starts, 14 finishes) brought me a gift for making it to 200 km & invited me back next year. |
Kelly (Mark's crew) |
we bought similar rings on the Plaka |
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Valmir, Scott |
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Mark, Valmir, Scott, Kelly (Valmir's wife) |
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hmm, not sure what this is a picture of. Looks like we're dancing. |
3rd place woman Marika Heinlein from Germany |
isn't she adorable! |
American champs (Scott overall in 22:20 hrs and Stacey 2nd female in 31:25 hours)! |
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Justin (Scott's crew) partakes of the celebration wine. |
So does Ingo from Germany |
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love the look! |
can it hold a whole bottle? |
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bottoms up |
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psychedelic |
leaving Athens aiport |
heading home |
my furry kids! |
i missed you! |
feet 5 days after the race. The ankle swelling is significantly down. |
bruising is better |
not sure why there is bruising on the inside of the ankle, but that's healing too |