Two more completions today, @Challengers. Congrats first to Michelle Woods, who had to run the three longest courses on her own after doing the shorter ones with her 7-year-old son, Simon. She finished up with a Dryden Lake Lollipop this morning. And particular props to Sarah Giesy, who has been pretty much confined to the Sweet 1600 since June due to injury. She presumably hiked Dryden Lake Lollipop as well, probably seeing Michelle en route. It’s always tough to be prevented from running partway through the Challenge. I had to hike my long courses the last two years, and I can’t even do that this year due to injuries, so I know how it feels.
And they keep rolling in, @Challengers! Despite the rain yesterday, three more people finished, and two more this morning, bringing us to 70 total. Congrats to:
Anne Shakespeare (who ran nearly every effort with Ruth Sproul)
Gretchen Gilbert (who knocked off the longest courses in the last week)
Banyan Love (our youngest full finisher at 17 and possibly the only teen who will complete this year)
Julie Cooper (finishing her first Challenge with her first ever 1600m on a track)
Keith Eggleston (completing his first Challenge after injuries derailed two previous attempts)
@Challengers Congratulations to two more finishers from yesterday, Kyle Reynolds and Debby Reynolds. Initially, Debby had thought she wouldn’t be able to do the longest two courses and had discussed a Personal Challenge, but in the last week, she buckled down and hiked those two and five others to claim her medal with a full Challenge.
Thanks also to Steve Desmond for a quick tweak to the Completions page so it now lists our Personal Challenge finishers.
Three more completions bring us to 75, @Challengers. Congrats today to Trista Thorn, Joette Foster, and Jessica Daily, some of our more far-flung participants from Cortland and Elmira.
Keep those completions coming, @Challengers! So far today we’ve got:
Kim Jackson, who ran Dryden Lake Lollipop last night for her last course.
Andrea Lachance, who ran Dryden Lake Lollipop early this morning—we must have passed her on the trail (we have to work on our FLRC Challenge secret wave)
Gill Haines-Sharp, whose final course was the Ludlowville Loop
Jay Hubisz, who set the fastest time on Blueberry Patch to catapult onto the leaderboard for Most Points for men
Jason Jenks, who closed his Challenge down with a Six Mile Creek effort
And notably, two people who finished their Challenges with today’s group run on Dryden Lake Lollipop and get photos.
