Grindstone Race Story

[Jeff Rinehart]

Those of you signed up to help with the Grindstone 100 mile footrace this weekend should enjoy the story below told by one of the top runners who was an actual participant in the Grindstone 100 mile foot race.

And even if you are not involved this year, this story demonstrates why it is beneficial, even necessary to have good communications if and when an emergency rears it's head.

Over the 30 years or more that I have helped with communications in a multitude of foot races and bike races or rides, I can assure you that this is a typical account experienced by countless contestants. 

I've seen lots of blood, many twisted out of shape ankles or legs, did I say lots of blood?  And I have even been "on the job" when a bike rider met his demise head on into a tree a few years back.  And then there are the usual stories like the one where a young lady wrecked her bike above Braley Pond where she had to be physically carried out on the burly shoulders of a fellow bike racer.

A successful day for us is an UN-eventful day.

Enjoy!  (and hopefully we will have a "dry" race?)

http://ryruns.blogspot.com/2016/12/grindstone-100.html

Grindstone 100

Grindstone 100 Rain, fog, rain, hallucinations, and rain. That's the short story of my 2016 Grindstone 100. Here's the long sto...

Jeff Rinehart   W4PJW

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[David R. Fordham]

Thanks, Jeff for sharing this.  Having participated in the  communications for seven or eight grindstones, maybe more, I recognize the story, even if I don't know the individuals, as many of those runners have the same experiences.

David KD9LA

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