Daily News Mon, June 30

Who’s Seth? While I figure that out, it’ll be a short news day today. Still recovering from these past two weeks.

Rob Krar and Stephanie Howe won Western, while Anton and Rory (rounded out with Mike Foote) took top honors at the Lavadero Trail Ultra in Italy. Full results for WS are here, and for Lavaredo here.

Big thanks to Kara for letting me crash on her floor in Squaw and huge thanks to Stephanie Deveau for shooting pics for me this weekend. They’ll be posting soon, but here’s a little teaser.

Did you like ultrasportslive.tv’s coverage of the race? I thought it was pretty awesome…only complaint was that the finish line cameras shut off at 11am and it’s cool to see the “non-finishers” still cross the line. Big kudos to the entire USL team out there working their butts off.

This tough old dude thought he was having acid reflux as he started the Dipsea Trail Race…turns out it was a heart attack. Of course he finished.

And hey, big thanks to everyone who stopped by the URP tent (and “golden mister”) on Saturday in Foresthill. It’s always nice putting names with faces.

Full news day tomorrow.

Jeff says:

June 30, 2014 at 6:04 am

I checked Seth’s results on Ultra Signup – he’s got some pretty stout wins (LeGrizz, Orcas Island), but the 100s he’s done are some of the smaller ones and a lot of his race wins were at the shorter distance of a multi-event race (i.e. the Bighorn 50M, Gorge Waterfalls 50K), so it’s not surpising that he flew under the radar coming in.

Stu says:

June 30, 2014 at 7:27 am

Rob had a nice win but I was way more excited/inspired by Max tearing off the front. He animated the race with proper swagger. Hope he comes back to crush in 2015.

Oh and I want a shiny buckle too now.

Francois says:

June 30, 2014 at 7:56 am

Question is, what to do with the mist machine now?
Thanks for the beer and the company on saturday. We had fun!

“This guy’s kid” Jared finished 14th and he looks barely older than Kaci. Another next guest 🙂

We were at the drop bags station all morning until 12.30 and didn’t see anyone else cross the line after 11am. Cool thing is the very last finisher (with 2′ to go) was Tom Green, bagging a 10th at 63 in the process…

eric schranz says:

June 30, 2014 at 7:58 am

Thanks for hanging with me Francois. The misting machine will make guest appearances at races around Northern California.

The offer stands…if you ever want to run the Canyons or Tahoe, let me know. I’d be glad to join you both.

1. Francois says:
  
  June 30, 2014 at 8:03 am
  
  Awesome 🙂 will do
  
2. Lucy says:
  
  June 30, 2014 at 1:48 pm
  
  Can’t you bring the misting machine to Tevis on August 9th? You might need to extend the schnozzle a bit – maybe put it on a bendy hose? It’d be much appreciated…

Dave says:

June 30, 2014 at 8:43 am

I don’t think anyone that is from the Pacific Northwest, has done some of the local races, and pays attention to the top placers, was surprised by Seth’s performance. The races he has done, especially his win at IMTUF 100, strangely go under the radar.

Jeremy says:

June 30, 2014 at 9:33 am

This article will give you some insight on who Seth Swanson is.
http://www.montanatrailcrew.com/2013/11/ten-questions-with-mtc-seth-swanson.html

eric schranz says:

June 30, 2014 at 10:19 am

Jeremy, thanks for the link. I’ve shot him an email in hopes of learning even more. I like that he’s got a family, a real job, and a healthy appetite for beer.

Sean says:

June 30, 2014 at 9:46 am

Cool too see you out there and go through the mister on the way to pacer check in – after being admonished for commenting on it and not doing so! Hopefully I’ll have time for a beer next tie, but I figured since I had to pace in the middle of the night it wasn’t the best idea on Saturday.

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