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#146 From: "Joe Jurczyk" <jurczyk@...>
Date: Sat Sep 26, 2009 1:43 am
Subject: Generations - CVNP Documentary jurczyk
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Tonight my wife Lynne and I attended a special showing of the excellent new documentary Generations which tells the story of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

Generations will be shown several times during the next week on local PBS channels 45/49:

Generations Broadcast Dates
Premieres Sunday, Sept. 27, 8 p.m. & 11 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 10 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 1, 8 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 4, 9 p.m.

More information at http://www.generationscvnp.org/

The documentary includes interviews with more than 50 local people, including Vince Rucci!

Joe Jurczyk

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Western Reserve Trail Running

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Burning River 100
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North Coast 24 (2009 24 Hour National Championship)

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Green Jewel 50K

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#145 From: Joe Jurczyk <jurczyk@...>
Date: Fri Sep 11, 2009 7:16 pm
Subject: Western Reserve Trail Running Donations to the CVNPA, Emerald Necklace Endowment Fund and Friends of Metro Parks jurczyk
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Greetings all,

This morning, on�behalf of Western Reserve Trail Running (WRTR), I presented a
check for $5,000 to Deb Yandala, the Executive Director of Cuyahoga Valley
National Park Association (CVNPA). (See photo here:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=35360125&l=63d5820cbc&id=39117666.)� This
money, along with similar donations of $5,000 from each of the previous two
years, is being used to support the CVNPA's new Trails Forever program�which was
designed to focus on the development and maintenance of trails within the
Cuyahoga Valley National Park.� (More information on the program here:
http://www.cvnpa.org/TrailsForever.)���The first�Trails Forever project is the
construction of a foot bridge by Brandywine Falls that, coincidentally, will
result in the elimination of the water crossing during the Burning River 100.��
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In addition, donations of $1,000 were made today to both the Emerald Necklace
Endowment Fund of the Cleveland Metroparks
(http://www.clemetparks.com/aboutus/get_involved/endowment.asp) and the Friends
of Metro Parks group of the Summit County Metroparks
(http://www.summitmetroparks.org/GetInvolved/FriendsOfMetroParks.aspx).
�
These donations reflect the efforts of WRTR to give back to local organizations
that help to provide such outstanding trail running resources throughout
Northeast Ohio.
�
Happy Trails,
Joe
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Joe Jurczyk
Burning River 100 Race Director
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#144 From: Joe Jurczyk <jurczyk@...>
Date: Tue Sep 8, 2009 7:15 pm
Subject: Trails Forever / CVNPA in the News jurczyk
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Hello All,

See the articles below from the Akron beacon Journal on the Trails Forever program at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park Association (CVNPA) which is dedicated to trail improvements. To date, Western Reserve Trail Running has donated $15,000 to CVNPA .

http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/57660637.html

http://www.ohio.com/news/top_stories/57662032.html

One of the first projects of the program is the development of a new footbridge over the water crossing at the bottom of Brandywine Falls. (That will mean one less shoe change for BR100 runners!)

Happy Trails,

Joe

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#143 From: "Joe Jurczyk" <jurczyk@...>
Date: Tue Sep 8, 2009 11:49 am
Subject: Frederick MD Newspaper Article about BR jurczyk
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http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/reporters_notebooks_display.htm?StoryID=94952

Joe Jurczyk

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Western Reserve Trail Running

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Burning River 100
http://www.burningriver100.org

North Coast 24 (2009 24 Hour National Championship)

http://www.northcoast24.org

Green Jewel 50K

http://www.greenjewel50k.org

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#142 From: "Joe Jurczyk" <jurczyk@...>
Date: Thu Sep 3, 2009 1:35 am
Subject: Poems jurczyk
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Hello all,

Now for something completely different! Below are two beautiful poems written by Gail Allison, one of our volunteers at the Egbert Aid Station. Enjoy!

Happy Trails,

Joe

JOYOUS TIREDNESS

GAIL ALLISON

Down in the valley

Over the wooded trail

Trains echo loudly

Traveling through the hill and vales

With their whistling calls.

Up on the hillsides

Along the roadsides

Throughout the forest

Across rocky creeks

Runners approach

Station checkpoint,

Egbert.

Awaiting them

A feast rests on tables:

Grapes, red and green, potatoes, M and M’s,

Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, watermelon pieces, raisins,

Bananas, cantaloupe squares, pretzels, Fig Newtons, Fritos,

Chips, crackers, Gatoraid, Hammerhead, and lots of water,

Just a few of the refreshments available.

Welcoming the runners,

Male and female,

Are volunteers in lime green shirts

Surrounding them, cheering them, sending out to them positive encouragement.

Cleveland Clinic sponsorship signs dot the area.

Singletons, large groups, doubles, quads-----

Runners check in individually or communally

Replenishing energy depleted by pursuing

The 100 mile goal, their endurance run.

Numbers: 16, 28, 5, 78, 3-------more and more continue to come in.

Rested and refreshed

Eager to continue their movement forward

They restart their trek to the next station

And onward-------

Finally reaching the journey’s end

The next day.

A sense of accomplishment, a sense of peace.

A goal attained.

Joyous tiredness.

Personal success!

BURNING RIVER ENDURANCE RUN HAIKU

GAIL ALLISON

Peaceful golden dawn

Rising sun warms the forest

Azure skies-----white clouds

Silver ribboned rails

Trains grumble through the valley

Peaceful woods disturbed

Runners hit marked trails

Feet knocking on earthen floors

Endurance begins

Volunteers helping

Lime shirts cheering, welcoming

Runners coming in

Energies recharged

Runners, eat, drink, wash, pause, talk

Times logged in, called in

Last runners enter

Egbert Station checking in

Outward bound waving

Trails beckon onward

Runners’ spirits replenished

Final goal in reach

Two thousand nine ends

Food laden tables depleted

Egbert Station closes

Helpers leave fulfilled

Uplifted runners move on

Endpoint goals attained

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#141 From: "Lloyd" <rootsrunner@...>
Date: Sun Aug 16, 2009 6:45 pm
Subject: Station Road photos rootsrunner
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Hello all,

Included below is a link to my album from Station Road aid station during the
BR100. Congrats to all that participated and thanks to all that donated time and
effort to make our busy aid station run smoothly and help the runners with their
100 mile endeavor.

http://picasaweb.google.com/rootsrunner/2009BR100AtStationRd#

Regards,

Lloyd

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#140 From: "Joe Jurczyk" <jurczyk@...>
Date: Sun Aug 9, 2009 1:20 am
Subject: FW: BR100 Data jurczyk
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Thanks to Jim Chaney for collecting map data during his run last week of the
Burning River 100.  See the link in his note below to access the course map
data.
(Note: the elevation data is not valid.)

From Jim:
> Below is the link for my 100 mile data. The Garmin 310XT worked like a
> champ. It stayed on the entire time. It tracked me for 101.32 miles. I
> attribute the extra 0.1 miles to the loop near Meadows Road that I did
> not measure but we ran.
>
> http://connect.garmin.com/activity/10735587
>
>

Joe


Joe Jurczyk
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Western Reserve Trail Running
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Burning River 100
http://www.burningriver100.org
North Coast 24 (2009 24 Hour National Championship)
http://www.northcoast24.org
Green Jewel 50K
http://www.greenjewel50k.org

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#139 From: "Joe Jurczyk" <jurczyk@...>
Date: Sun Aug 9, 2009 1:13 am
Subject: More Pictures jurczyk
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This time, from Pine Lane.  Thanks to Kirstie Ratzer for posting these:
http://picasaweb.google.com/TheKiltedRunner/BurningRiver1002009?feat=directlink#

I also added the link to the web site.

Joe


Joe Jurczyk
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Western Reserve Trail Running
http://www.wrtr.org
Burning River 100
http://www.burningriver100.org
North Coast 24 (2009 24 Hour National Championship)
http://www.northcoast24.org
Green Jewel 50K
http://www.greenjewel50k.org

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#138 From: "Joe Jurczyk" <jurczyk@...>
Date: Fri Aug 7, 2009 8:33 pm
Subject: FW: Invitation to view Libby's Picasa Web Album - BR100 jurczyk
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Libby’s photo album is also linked from the web site near the top with the other photo albums.

Joe

Joe Jurczyk

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Western Reserve Trail Running

http://www.wrtr.org

Burning River 100
http://www.burningriver100.org

North Coast 24 (2009 24 Hour National Championship)

http://www.northcoast24.org

Green Jewel 50K

http://www.greenjewel50k.org

From: Libby [mailto:runs26@...]
Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 3:57 PM
To: jurczyk@...
Subject: Invitation to view Libby's Picasa Web Album - BR100

You are invited to view Libby's photo album: BR100

BR100

Harper Ridge Aid Station Volunteers -

Aug 1, 2009
by Libby

View Album
Play slideshow

Message from Libby:

Joe, these are pics from the Harper Ridge Aid Station. Volunteers and Kurt O, for posting with the others.
Thanks, Libby

If you are having problems viewing this email, copy and paste the following into your browser:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=runs26&target=ALBUM&id=5366661114657350353&authkey=Gv1sRgCPmGlczIgIjfYA&feat=email

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#137 From: "Joe Jurczyk" <jurczyk@...>
Date: Thu Aug 6, 2009 11:19 pm
Subject: More BR100 Pictures jurczyk
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Mark Shelton’s pictures from the 2009 BR100 Weekend are now available online:

http://picasaweb.google.com/jurczyk/2009BurningRiver100PicturesMarkShelton#

Joe Jurczyk

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Western Reserve Trail Running

http://www.wrtr.org

Burning River 100
http://www.burningriver100.org

Green Jewel 50K

http://www.greenjewel50k.org

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#136 From: "Joe Jurczyk" <jurczyk@...>
Date: Thu Aug 6, 2009 12:10 pm
Subject: Pre-Race Article on Burning River 100/Brian Ottinger jurczyk
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Here’s an article that was published last Friday in the Pittsburgh Tribune profiling runner Brian Ottinger and the BR100:

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/s_636099.html

Hope everyone’s recovery is going well!

Joe

Joe Jurczyk

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Western Reserve Trail Running

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Burning River 100
http://www.burningriver100.org

Green Jewel 50K

http://www.greenjewel50k.org

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#135 From: "Joe Jurczyk" <jurczyk@...>
Date: Wed Aug 5, 2009 1:34 am
Subject: Pictures now on Web Site jurczyk
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I’ve posted to links to various photo albums from this weekend on the web site:

http://burningriver100.org

Joe Jurczyk

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Western Reserve Trail Running

http://www.wrtr.org

Burning River 100
http://www.burningriver100.org

Green Jewel 50K

http://www.greenjewel50k.org

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#134 From: "Vertical Runner" <vince@...>
Date: Mon Aug 3, 2009 12:19 pm
Subject: FW: Burning River 100 Proofs vince@...
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The proofs are at this link:

http://www.zorcphoto.com/proofs/burningriver09/

Thanks in advance for posting the link on your site.

Regards,
Steve

Steve Zorc
Zorc Photo & Design
(440) 885-9720
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#133 From: "Joe Jurczyk" <jurczyk@...>
Date: Mon Aug 3, 2009 4:54 am
Subject: FW: The river that never burned jurczyk
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Written by Mary Gorkski forwarded from the ULTRA list.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Gorski [mailto:marygorski@...]
Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 7:37 PM
Subject: The river that never burned

BURNING RIVER 2009

"Burning River" -- when I heard it, I immediately thought of the 1969
fire on the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, a river so filled with toxic
sludge that it caught on fire.  In fact, it was repulsive enough that
not even leeches and sludge worms -- the usual inhabitants of such
fixer-upper bodies of water -- would take up residence there.

What kind of running race would want to name itself after such body
of yuck?  What kind of course would such an event offer?  Miles upon
miles of odoriferous sludge lined by toxic waste repositories?
Carcinogenic air leaving runners coughing the cough of black-lung
miners?

But then I looked at my calendar.  I wanted to do a 100-miler
sometime this summer and the first weekend of August was perfect
timing in the midst of other commitments.  Ohio is an easy drive from
my hometown of Milwaukee.  I looked at the website for photos and
videos of the course.  Surprisingly, there were no pictures of water
ablaze or toxic waste dumps.  Was the site a PR hoax?  Were the
photos from some other lovely park system, miles from the Cuyahoga
River?

What the heck, might as well sign up and see for myself.  On the
bright side -- literally -- I figured that if the river did actually
catch on fire it would help to illuminate the course for the night
section of the event.  I have such lousy night vision, this could
only be a plus.

And then I talked a few of my peeps into joining me.  If you are
going to run along a burning river, you might as well do so with
friends.  I was glad that much of my Badwater crew from last year was
going to be there, including Scott Jacaway, who only two weeks
earlier did Badwater himself.

Our carload got to Cuyahoga Falls Thursday evening, so we had plenty
of time on Friday to check out the race course.  In what areas would
I need to have a hazardous waste suit?  I was thinking of packing a
few in my drop bags for the most toxic sections of the course.  But
then we found the start area in the North Chagrin Reservation just
west of I-271.  Beautiful forested land with New England-like towns
nestled nearby.  Where was the toxic sludge?  Where were the one-eyed
mutant spawn of the Burning River?  But then -- much to my chagrin --
I realized that we were in an area that featured not the Cuyahoga but
the Chagrin River.  We wouldn't move into the Cuyahoga Valley until
later in the race.  Certainly, all of those pretty photos and videos
that I saw on the website were taken here, in the northern section of
the course.  The one-eyed mutants would most likely be staffing the
aid stations starting midway into the race.

Having errands to run, we decided to skip the rest of the course tour
and just be surprised by the Burning River on race day.

And what a surprise it was.  Burning River -- the race -- was one BIG
surprise for those of us running it for the first time.  The course
offered everything from bucolic country roads to pancake flat
towpaths to gentle bridal trails to rock and root-infested
single-track filled with mud, steep hills and stream crossings.
There was even a bouldering section with narrow slot passages which
many of us got to enjoy in the dark of the night -- without aid of
illumination from any burning bodies of water.

We were only a short drive from Cleveland, often within earshot of
major interstate roads, yet sometimes I thought that I was in a
different place completely.  Talking with others, the line "didn't
that section remind you of..." and the routes of places other than
Ohio quickly ended the sentence.  Sometimes I felt like I was at the
Vermont 100, other times in my own Kettle Moraine.  The boulders
reminded me of scrambling around the Superior/Sawtooth course in
northern Minnesota.  A long valley descent made me think that I was
at Western States, while a few stream crossings and muddy hill climbs
made me think of the Voyageur route near Duluth.

Cleveland?  This is the Cleveland area?  And where was all that toxic
waste?  The one-eyed mutants?

For those running Burning River for the first time, the course is an
incredible tease.  You start on the easy footing of quiet, country
roads and then move to gentle bridal trails.  Every once in awhile
you stray off the towpath for a run on some single-track, but
overall, the first half isn't overly challenging save for the actual
distance -- running 50 miles or more is ALWAYS challenging.

Burning River lulls its virgin runners into thinking that perhaps a
PR is within easy reach. Then the mood swings of the BR course begin.
She goes up, she goes down.  She gets slippery when wet.  She seems
like she  has moved back to an even calm and then lashes out again,
sending you up dozens upon dozens of forest service steps built for
no human gate.  She tosses you into a river, apologizes with the calm
of a towpath, and then tosses you back again.

And for those of us not up to a speedy sub-20 hour run, she teams up
with her sister, Mother Nature, and throws in some rain and pea soup
fog to top off the event.

So much of the Burning River race was an incredible surprise to me --
in a good way.  The organization was top-notch with armies of
volunteers at every aid station.  I was treated like rock star.
Leaving night time  stations I always had a non-mutant volunteer walk
out with me, pointing me in the correct direction, giving me a
description of what to expect in the miles ahead.  Leaving one of the
final aid stations I had a police escort ensure my safety up a
two-block stretch of busy road.  He literally drove alongside me in
the pre-dawn hours chatting about the race and reminding me of the
next couple of turns.

And anyone who thinks that the Cuyahoga River and surrounding valley
is anything like the burning oil-slicked mess of 1969, you think
wrong. The hazmat suits were never donned.

As for my race, it was good.  Like many, I was lulled by the tease of
easy roads and trails in the first half, running under the pace that
I originally set for myself.  I had a lot of company.  At various
times our little pack included my Badwater buddies Stephanie, Scott
and Nikki, as well as Juli Aistars of Chicago, and several 100-mile
virgins.  A big congrats to Bo  Marchionte who repeated put up with
the ever-changing nicknames that a few of us continued to bestow upon
him:  Bo Bo, Bodacious, Bo Diddley... Even after hearing miles of our
mindless chatter he went on to an incredible first-time finish.

Anyhow, lulled by the early ease, I was a bit blown away by the
increasing challenges of the Burning River course as the miles
accumulated, especially in the last third.  But I kept moving along,
ever more slowly, but without injury or vomit.  I even managed to
stay awake through to the finish -- generally one of my toughest
challenges in an overnight event.  A gosh-darn nice way to spend
25-and-a-half hours.

Many thanks to race organizers, especially RD Joe Jurczyk.  Excellent
event, even if we didn't have the night-time illumination of a
burning river.

Webcast results are at: http://burningriver100.org

--
Mary Gorski
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Milwaukee, WI

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#132 From: "Joe Jurczyk" <jurczyk@...>
Date: Mon Aug 3, 2009 4:48 am
Subject: FW: Invitation to view Pat's Picasa Web Album - Burning River 100 Mile Race - 2009 jurczyk
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Pictures from Pat Dooley of the water crossing after Station Rd after G2:

http://picasaweb.google.com/PatJDooley/BurningRiver100MileRace2009?feat=email#

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#131 From: "Joe Jurczyk" <jurczyk@...>
Date: Mon Aug 3, 2009 4:30 am
Subject: BR100 Pictures jurczyk
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If anyone has any pictures they would like to share from this weekend, please post them online (using Flickr or Picasa, etc.) and send me the URL.

I will add a link on the web site.

Thanks,

Joe

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Western Reserve Trail Running

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Burning River 100
http://www.burningriver100.org

Green Jewel 50K

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#130 From: "Joe Jurczyk" <jurczyk@...>
Date: Mon Aug 3, 2009 2:47 am
Subject: Burning River 100 - Results jurczyk
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Congrats to all of the runners this weekend at the Burning River 100.

Unofficial results are available on the webcast page: http://www.burningriver100.org/webcast.html ..

Final results will be available by next Saturday.

Joe Jurczyk
BR100 Race Director

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Western Reserve Trail Running

http://www.wrtr.org

Burning River 100
http://www.burningriver100.org

Green Jewel 50K

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#129 From: BobPsWife@...
Date: Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:05 pm
Subject: Fwd: a request for assistance, supply truck loading about an hour tomm. bobpswife
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A request for assistance from the Supply Truck team:

-----Original Message-----
From: Facebook <notification+mbmma24x@...>
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Sent: Thu, Jul 30, 2009 2:52 pm
Subject: Daniel Bellinger sent you a message on Facebook...

Daniel sent you a message. -------------------- Subject: Burning River Supplies

 On top of all your other last-minute issues right now,

could you put out a request for about a dozen "strong"

volunteers to come to Vince's garage tomorrow

at 2 for about an hour each to help load the supply trucks?

The CC team that Mark had helping last year isn't coming

(there is a new coach). Thanks!

Ps. Names, if you get some.

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#128 From: "Joe Jurczyk" <jurczyk@...>
Date: Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:36 am
Subject: REMINDERS jurczyk
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Important Reminders for this Weekend

1. Drop Bags
If at all possible, mark your drop bags BEFORE you arrive at Race HQ with your Bib Number and Aid Station Letter in LARGE BOLD letters on a tag or directly on the bag.� Bib Numbers for runners 1-150 can be found here: http://www.burningriver100.org/pages/entrants.html
Others (later entrants who don’t know their bib number because they’re not on the list) can email me tomorrow (Thursday). Here are the Aid Stations that allow drop bags:

D - Shadow Lake 21.9

G - Station Road Bridge 36.6 / 43.0

J - Boston Store 56.0 / 60.6

L - Happy Days 70.3

M - Pine Hollow 75.1

N - Covered Bridge 81.6 / 85.7

P - Merriman Rd. 93.5

S - FINISH LINE 101.2

At double stations (G, J and N) you will be able to access the same bag both times you go through.� (No need to mark a 1 or 2 with the Aid Station letter.)

We WILL collect drop bags for the Finish Line (S) for those who want a change of clothes, etc.� However, those items will be locked in the Pavilion and unavailable again until the Finish Line opens at approximately 7PM on Saturday night.

�� VERY IMPORTANT – ALL DROP BAGS WILL BE COLLECTED ON FRIDAY AT RACE HQ BY 7PM !!!� The aid station drop bags are loaded onto the supply trucks later on Friday night and early Saturday morning so we must collect them Friday night.

�� Drop bags will be returned to race headquarters starting late Saturday night.� However, we are not responsible for lost items and all items left after the awards ceremony on Sunday may be discarded.

2. If you plan on leaving your car in Cuyahoga Falls near the Finish Line during the race, please park in the BLUE parking garage.� This is free and the city knows that many runners will be leaving their cars there and some will be sleeping there Friday night.

Beware that “Almost Queen”, a Queen cover band, will be playing at the amphitheater nearby until about midnight.

3. Bus Riders – be at the bus pickup ABSOLUTELY NO LATER THAN 3:15 AM on Saturday.� Buses are scheduled to leave at 3:30.� Bus riders will check in before boarding the bus.� Bus riders ONLY do not need to check in at the Starting Line.� Others need to check in by 4:30 on Saturday AM.

4. Showers will be available at the Cuyahoga Falls Natatorium (less than � mile from the Finish Line) on Sunday from 8AM until 12PM for a small fee ($5-10, I believe).� IMPORTANT: you must a Driver’s License as a picture ID to gain access. No exceptions.

5. If you have entered the race and are not going to run, please let me know.

6. I will not be accessing my email on Friday so please do not send any questions directly to me after tomorrow night.� If you need a question answered, please try asking on the Burning River 100 Discussion Group: burningriver100@yahoogroups.com.

7. If you have questions that are of interest to others, ask them here on the group or at� the pre-race meeting Friday night.�

8. On Friday, check-in/registration will start around 3:30.� Dinner will start to be served around 4:30.�� At approximately 6:00, Lee Ann DiBiase MS,RD/LD, a Clinical Dietitian from Summa Wellness Institute will give a talk and have a Q and A session on drinking and eating during endurance events suh as the BR100.� The pre-race meeting to go over the event and any last minute news or changes will start at approximately 6:30 PM.� I hope we can be done by 7:30 PM.

Happy Trails and see you on Friday!

Joe

Joe Jurczyk

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Western Reserve Trail Running

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Burning River 100
http://www.burningriver100.org

Green Jewel 50K

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#127 From: Joe Jurczyk <jurczyk@...>
Date: Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:43 pm
Subject: Local Article on Kurt O. and the BR100 jurczyk
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http://www.stowsentry.com/news/article/4630682

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#126 From: "Joe Jurczyk" <jurczyk@...>
Date: Fri Jul 17, 2009 1:52 am
Subject: Burning River 100 Entrants List Updated with Bib Numbers jurczyk
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The updated Entrants list now includes Bib Numbers and excludes runners who have withdrawn.

Note: Make sure all drop bags are marked clearly (preferably with a tag) with Bib Number and Aid Station Letter in LARGE PRINT !
http://www.burningriver100.org/pages/entrants.html

Joe Jurczyk

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Western Reserve Trail Running

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Burning River 100
http://www.burningriver100.org

Green Jewel 50K

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#125 From: "Joe Jurczyk" <jurczyk@...>
Date: Fri Jul 17, 2009 1:32 am
Subject: Revised Mileages for Burning River 100 Aid Stations jurczyk
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Below are the revised mileages for the aid stations affected by the new course addition near the start. As you can see, the elapsed mileages are affected through the Ottawa Point Station in the Brecksville Reservation of the Cleveland Metroparks.

Paul L. asked about Station A. Right now the plan is to have some food at the station, but not the spread of a full aid station. So you’ll be able to get something to eat there if you need it, but won’t be able to get fat.

I expect that the revised Runner’s Packet will be posted tomorrow night.

Joe

Station	NEW Mileage	OLD Mileage
Start	0.0	0.0
Water Stop (NEW)	~4.0	---
A – Old Mill Rd.(Gates Mills)	*8.1*	4.8
B – Polo Field	*12.9*	9.6
C - Harper Ridge	*18.7*	15.4
D - Shadow Lake	*21.9*	18.6
E – Egbert Shelter	*26.7*	23.4
F – Alexander Rd.	*31.7*	28.4
G1 – Station Rd.	*36.6*	33.3
G2 – Station Rd.	*43.0*	39.7
H – Ottawa Point	46.5	46.5
I	50.6	50.6
J1	56.0	56.0
J2	60.6	60.6
K	64.7	64.7
L	70.3	70.3
M	75.1	75.1
N1	81.6	81.6
N2	85.7	85.7
O	89.0	89.0
P	93.5	93.5
R	96.4	96.4
S	101.2	101.2

From: burningriver100@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:burningrive r100@yahoogroups ..com] On Behalf Of Joe Jurczyk
Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 11:01 PM
To: burningriver@ yahoogroups. com; burningriver100@ yahoogr oups. com; burningrivervolunte ers@yahoogroups. com
Subject: [burningriver100] IMPORTANT !!! Burning River 100 Course Change

Hello,

Please review the revised course map at http://www.burningriver100.org/docs/2009BurningRiverCourseGuide.pdf.

As many of you know there has been a bridge out on River Rd. at Wilson Mills Rd. near the start of the Burning River 100 Mile Run (BR100).

The City of Gates Mills and the State of Ohio expected the bridge work to be complete by race day. Unfortunately there were some delays and the bridge will NOT be open in time.

Because of that we were forced to redesign the course slight ly to compensate for the road closing.

The course on August 1-2 will still start at Squire’s Castle. However, instead of running down River Rd. (aka Chagrin River Rd.) directly to the first aid station in the center of Gates Mills, runners will now have a detour.

Here are the revised runner instruc tions to get to the first aid station:

Start at front of Squire’s Castle. Right turn out onto Chagrin River Road.
Turn left onto Rogers Road.
Long hill climb from mile 1.5 to mile 4.0.
Turn right onto Worrell Road.
Right onto Battles Road.

Right on Brigham Road.
Left on Chagrin River Road.
Water available at mile 4 (water stop) then at 8.1 miles (Old Mill Road / Aid station A).

NOTE: CREW IS NOT PERMITTED AT THE FIRST AID STATION.

Also, crews should NOT follow the race course. Much of the first two sections are thin winding roads and additional vehicles present a danger to runners and to other vehicle traffic.
Instead, crews should drive directly to the Polo Field aid station.

From the start, turn right (south) on River Rd.
Turn right (west) on Wilson Mills Rd.

Tur n left (south) on 91.

Turn left (east) on South Woodland Rd. Shortly after the River Rd. crossing, turn right into the Polo Field parking lot.

This revised section will add approximately 3.3 miles to the original first section. To compensate, that mileage will be removed from Section H (Station Rd. to Ottawa Point).

That section was recently revised and some of the course that was just added (including a run out to Brecksville Rd. and back) is now being removed.

Here is a revised description for that section:

Leave Station Road Bridge and head out on the all purpose trail.
Cross Riverview Road to the Bridle Trail.
Take a sharp left as you continue on the Bridle Trail.
At the first split of the Bridle Trail, keep left maintaining a straight run. Veer right onto the Deer Lick Cave Trail.
Stay on the Deer Lick Cave Trail crossing Meadows Road.
Take a sharp left onto the Bridle Trail at the Buckeye Trail intersection just past Meadows Road.
Cross Valley Parkway remaining on the Bridle Trail.
Continue on the Bridle Trail until you have reached the 4th intersection.
Take a sharp left.
Continue on Bridle Trail crossing over Meadows Road again.
Turn right onto the Buckeye Trail.
Take the road down to the O ttawa Point aid station.

You can see a complete revised course map at http://www.burningr iver100.org/ docs/2009Burning RiverCourseGuide .pdf

The runner’s packet is being revised to reflect these ch anges. To summarize, the first section is now 3.3 miles longer and the elapsed mileages for all of the sections up to, but not including, Ottawa Point are now 3.3 miles longer. After Ottawa Point, the elapsed mileages are the same as they were before this change. (Thanks to Jim Chaney for designing and mapping these changes so quickly.)

If you have any questions, please post them to the Burning River 100 discussion group at http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/burningriv er100.

Happy Trails!

Joe

Joe Jurczyk

Burning River 100 Race Director

http://www.burningriver100.org

jurczyk@yahoo. com

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#124 From: "Joe Jurczyk" <jurczyk@...>
Date: Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:01 am
Subject: IMPORTANT !!! Burning River 100 Course Change jurczyk
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Hello,

Please review the revised course map at http://www.burningriver100.org/docs/2009BurningRiverCourseGuide.pdf.

As many of you know there has been a bridge out on River Rd. at Wilson Mills Rd. near the start of the Burning River 100 Mile Run (BR100).

The City of Gates Mills and the State of Ohio expected the bridge work to be complete by race day. Unfortunately there were some delays and the bridge will NOT be open in time.

Because of that we were forced to redesign the course slightly to compensate for the road closing.

The course on August 1-2 will still start at Squire’s Castle. However, instead of running down River Rd. (aka Chagrin River Rd.) directly to the first aid station in the center of Gates Mills, runners will now have a detour.

Here are the revised runner instructions to get to the first aid station:

Start at front of Squire’s Castle. Right turn out onto Chagrin River Road.
Turn left onto Rogers Road.
Long hill climb from mile 1.5 to mile 4.0.
Turn right onto Worrell Road.
Right onto Battles Road.

Right on Brigham Road.
Left on Chagrin River Road.
Water available at mile 4 (water stop) then at 8.1 miles (Old Mill Road / Aid station A).

NOTE: CREW IS NOT PERMITTED AT THE FIRST AID STATION.

Also, crews should NOT follow the race course. Much of the first two sections are thin winding roads and additional vehicles present a danger to runners and to other vehicle traffic.
Instead, crews should drive directly to the Polo Field aid station.

From the start, turn right (south) on River Rd.
Turn right (west) on Wilson Mills Rd.

Turn left (south) on 91.

Turn left (east) on South Woodland Rd. Shortly after the River Rd. crossing, turn right into the Polo Field parking lot.

This revised section will add approximately 3.3 miles to the original first section. To compensate, that mileage will be removed from Section H (Station Rd. to Ottawa Point).

That section was recently revised and some of the course that was just added (including a run out to Brecksville Rd. and back) is now being removed.

Here is a revised description for that section:

Leave Station Road Bridge and head out on the all purpose trail.
Cross Riverview Road to the Bridle Trail.
Take a sharp left as you continue on the Bridle Trail.
At the first split of the Bridle Trail, keep left maintaining a straight run. Veer right onto the Deer Lick Cave Trail.
Stay on the Deer Lick Cave Trail crossing Meadows Road.
Take a sharp left onto the Bridle Trail at the Buckeye Trail intersection just past Meadows Road.
Cross Valley Parkway remaining on the Bridle Trail.
Continue on the Bridle Trail until you have reached the 4th intersection.
Take a sharp left.
Continue on Bridle Trail crossing over Meadows Road again.
Turn right onto the Buckeye Trail.
Take the road down to the Ottawa Point aid station.

You can see a complete revised course map at http://www.burningriver100.org/docs/2009BurningRiverCourseGuide.pdf

The runner’s packet is being revised to reflect these changes. To summarize, the first section is now 3.3 miles longer and the elapsed mileages for all of the sections up to, but not including, Ottawa Point are now 3.3 miles longer. After Ottawa Point, the elapsed mileages are the same as they were before this change. (Thanks to Jim Chaney for designing and mapping these changes so quickly.)

If you have any questions, please post them to the Burning River 100 discussion group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/burningriver100.

Happy Trails!

Joe

Joe Jurczyk

Burning River 100 Race Director

http://www.burningriver100.org

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#123 From: "Joe Jurczyk" <jurczyk@...>
Date: Sat Aug 16, 2008 7:30 pm
Subject: FW: Burning River 100 jurczyk
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From: mjkazar@... [mailto:mjkazar@...]
Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 1:44 PM
To: jurczyk@...
Subject: Burning River 100

Hello Joe,

    Thanks for a first class event!  The organization of the course and
volunteers, drop bags, rest stops were all amazing.  The internet tracking
made it very easy for my crew to see where I was while I was running.  #51
Benjamin Doughty gave me one of his water bottles, may I have his address so
I can send him a new one (I was able to get my bag back from the bus on
Monday).  I also talked with Ira Zaroff #130 along the way and was wondering
if it would be possible to get his email address?

   I am looking forward to next year!

   Michael Kazar



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#122 From: "Joe Jurczyk" <jurczyk@...>
Date: Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:12 am
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Another runner comment (from Anders Grant)…

From: Anders [mailto:anders@...]
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 4:45 PM
To: jurczyk@...
Subject: RE: BR 100

no, i left as soon as i came in! please mail it to me. i can wear it as a necklace as well? Thanks for the race. it was a little harder than i thought -- in comparing it to Vermont (10), i found it a 9.5! (in difficulty - climbing, climbing, climbing!! :-)) I loved the volunteers -- they were extreMely! AweSome!!!!! high-kudos! :-)

thanks also for following up with this email.

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#121 From: "Joe Jurczyk" <jurczyk@...>
Date: Fri Aug 8, 2008 10:19 pm
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From Steve Faust…

From: PATRICIA FAUST [mailto:pijsteve@...]
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 7:26 PM
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hey joe thanks for everything including the bag change. you had the race incredibly organized and the volunteers were unbelievable. steve

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#120 From: "Joe Jurczyk" <jurczyk@...>
Date: Fri Aug 8, 2008 11:45 am
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Pictures from Mark Shelton

http://picasaweb.google.com/jurczyk/PicturesOf2008BurningRiver100MarkShelton

Joe Jurczyk

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#119 From: "Joe Jurczyk" <jurczyk@...>
Date: Wed Aug 6, 2008 2:11 am
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Sorry, not sure if I forwarded this earlier.

From: aumd@... [mailto:aumd@...]
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 12:57 AM
To: jurczyk@...
Subject: Re: Finishing time at BR

Joe,

Thanks for all you did for getting the race organized; I had a great time. Again, I would like to express my thanks to all the volunteers. The aid staions were incredible!

I had my finishing time at 23:47:16. That may be off by a couple of seconds, but I know it was just over 23:47. So my place should drop down one, behind the runner finishing at 23:34 which makes sense, because I did pass any male runners after the 93 mile aid station, and according to the current results I would have passed him somewhere in there. Incidentally, my 96 mile aid station time was 22:40, in case that was not recorded.

Again, thanks for all your work! Great race!

Mark

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#118 From: "Joe Jurczyk" <jurczyk@...>
Date: Wed Aug 6, 2008 1:31 am
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Comments from runner Matt Kee

From: Matt Kee [mailto:mkee1@...]
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 10:29 AM
To: jurczyk@...
Subject: Burning River 100

Joe,

Thanks for everything you did for the Burning River this past weekend. It was such a great race and everything was perfect.

I finished this year in 26:57 after dropping last year at the Merriman Rd Aid Station due to vertigo. It felt so good to finally get across that finish line. That had been haunting me all year long.

Could you please mail me my finishers medal? I was unable to attend the awards ceremony since I couldn't get out of bed. Incidently, I had some severe pain in my lower right leg and went to the ER on Sunday afternoon where it was diagnosed as simply shin splints. By Monday morning though, the swelling and redness in my leg told me that proably wasn't what was going on. A visit with Dr. Shah on Monday afternoon quickly escalated to emergency surgery by 8pm for acute compartment syndrome in my leg. So needless to say I'll be on the mend for a while.

I don't know if my wife will let me run again next year, but I have a whole year to work on convincing her. Though if I can't run next year, you can count on me to volunteer for sure.

Thanks again to you and all your terrific volunteers for an awesome weekend.

Matt Kee #79

130 Cedar Woods Dr.

Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223

P.S. If you were wondering about all the sirens a few minutes before 8, it's because I am a Lieutenant for CFFD there at Station 1 and they heard I was coming in. They pulled out the trucks and gave me a welcome home finish I'll never forget. Totally cool!

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#117 From: "Joe Jurczyk" <jurczyk@...>
Date: Wed Aug 6, 2008 12:40 am
Subject: FW: 2008 BR100 jurczyk
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More comments from a happy BR100 runner...

-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Klubnik [mailto:garyd@...]
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 8:01 PM
To: Joe Jurczyk
Subject: 2008 BR100

Joe
Even though I did not complete 100, I just wanted you to know what a
great event the BR 100 was this past weekend. I shut it down at 56 due
to the recent surgery but I was so pleased just to be able to
participate.The
course was marked very well ( really no chance to get lost ) and the add
stations were just fantastic. The volunteers were very helpful and
always positive to keep us going and plenty of food. I have run in over
300+ local, national
and international races and I must say  your event  ranks at the top
when  one considers  the logistics  in putting together a run of this
size. GREAT JOB TO AND YOUR STAFF !!!!!  I look forward to next year.

Gary KLubnik

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