Comments on: 24 Hours of Sunlight

By: mike marolt

mike marolt — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 04:30:36 +0000

Lou: The great thing about this race is that you don’t have to agonize for24 hours if you don’t want to. Come out and support the Heuga Center and go for a personal best. 1 hour, 6 hours, 12, or 24; it doesn’t matter. Anyone can come out and go for a personal best. We will keep tabs on everyone so they can come back in the years to come to keep on trying to improve. The stage is huge, but it is all relative. So to everyone, come on out and support the Heuga Center; that is what this is all about. Take a run, have a beer, and dance the night away. Or try to keep Greg Hill in sight. But just get on out! And remember, people with MS don’t expect us to go out of our way to help them out. But when we do, they really appreciate the effort. Thanks, Mike Marolt

By: Steve Romeo

Steve Romeo — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 02:48:54 +0000

Hey Lou! Should be a fun (and painful) event. This will be the longest race I have ever entered. I’ve done Elk Mountain before and a couple 50 mile trail running events, but this will be the kicker. I have had a few 10-15,000 ft. days over the past few years, but I have been curious how close I could come to Greg’s achievements. Hope my ’six pack challenge’ thing doesn’t bite me in the end. Oh well, it’s for a good cause anyway. Off to Whistler in the morning for some rando racing…Chow!

By: Lou

Lou — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 00:07:49 +0000

Thanks for the comment Susie, but please don’t lump me in the athletic catetory of Greg or Mike! It would take 4 of my lungs to equal either one of those guys.

And yeah, fun teams will make it a fun time!

By: Susie Kincade

Susie Kincade — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 17:52:36 +0000

Thanks for talking up the 24HOS, Lou. Something folks should know is that the event is a benefit for The Heuga Center for MS, a non-profit that provides programs and services for people living with multiple sclerosis. Living with MS makes their lives an endurance marathon every day. Imagine never knowing what limbs will work each day when you wake up! Then having to go on with life regardless.

Some of us at The Heuga Center are putting together a VERY casual team. “Old And In The Way” (Jerry Garcia lives!) is our team name and tie-dyed shirts and knee braces are our uniforms. Seriously, though, we are getting in shape (6 weeks left!) and hope to go all 24 hours but will be happy if we manage 12. So folks should be aware that they don’t have to go all 24 hours if they’re not able to. Just get out there, give it your best shot, have fun and be awed and inspired by the greats like Greg Hill, Mike Marolt, Lou Dawson! It’s all for a great cause – helping people whose lives are a marathon every day.

Thanks and see you there!