Thursday, February 15, 2007

2007 Badwater Ultramarathon acceptance!



YESSSS!
Here's what I just received (truncated version):

____________________________

Hello Lisa!

Congratulations! You have been accepted to compete in the 2007 Kiehl’s Badwater Ultramarathon. You are part of a select group who will participate in what is recognized worldwide as the toughest footrace that Mother Nature has to offer. We will include your name and biographical information on the online roster in the near future.....

....Congratulations again! We look forward to sharing the road with you in July.

Sincerely,
The 2007 Badwater Ultramarathon Application Review Committee)



(Start of the 2004 Badwater Ultramarathon)

ADDENDUM:

Friends that have notified me that they were also selected for the 2007 Badwater Ultra:

Nikki Seger, IL
Bonnie Busch, IA
Scott Jacaway, IL
Tracy Thomas, IL
Jamie Huneycutt, AR
Brian Kuhn, IL
Dave Remington, WA
Tim Kjenstad, NV
Shannon Farer-Grieffer, CA

(Stay tuned for more as word gets around. A roster will be posted on the Badwater site on Tuesday.)

8 comments:

Bob - BlogMYruns.com said...

TOE the LINE Baby GAME IS ON!!

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET !!

umm how far away is that race?, why are you reading this?! shouldn't You be training--hahaha

So Awesome Lisa, I look forward to reading about your road up to the race and the Complete Race details to the FINISH LINE!! :-)

Bob

Bob - BlogMYruns.com said...

PS: is that KARNO giving u a little squeeze at the 2004 start :-)

Great Pic

Lisa B said...

No, I'm squeezin' HIM. :)

Thanks. I'm pretty stoked.
Can't train and work at the same time. Suppose I shouldn't have been checking my computer ever 1/2 hour either. :)

Anonymous said...

That is great! Congrats!

Triteacher said...

Woohoo!!!

Anonymous said...

Congrats Lisa; and Nikki and Scott. Can't wait to follow the webcast. See you in April in Madison my friend.
Cheers, Ian

Olga said...

AWSOME!!!
I was trying to find any info yesterday. Congrats, girl!! So happy for you, this is great, you are going to have a GRAND time!!!

Olga said...

Greg Pressler is in too.