IS MELTZER THE ONLY US ATHLETE TO GET IN”TOUR DU MONT BLANC”? Meltzer sets his alarm for 1 a.m. January 8th in order to gain entry for this year’s Tour Du Mont Blanc 163k race in France. With knowledge last year of 7000 runners entering vying for a spot in the beautiful French Alps, Karl takes a nap, sets his alarm for 1 a.m. to insure a spot in a spectacular race that circumnavigates Mont Blanc. A race with 9000 meters of altitude gain…sounds right up his ally. All he has to do now is learn French. How do you say Speedgoat in French? Von son say, baaaahhhh! Two scrapes of the hoof!!! Wahsatch Speedgoat

USATF GIVES NO RECOGNITION IN “FAST FORWARD” MAGAZINE.
Politics, politics, politics. For all of you out there who recently received “Fast Forward Magazine” (the official mag of USATF) you noticed many great photos of this years best runners in the US. One photo was missing, Karl Meltzer submitted a photo as requested but would not go to print because he was wearing headphones. There are no rules in Ultrarunning about wearing headphones in competition stated in USATF rules. I guess the “old boys of running” just don’t get it. 100 mile races should allow headphones if one wishes to wear them. It passes time and makes the run more enjoyable. While dancing with fellow goats high in the mountains the sound of music is nicer than the sound of wind…most of the time. To each his own, right?

WahsatchSpeedgoat….baaaaahhhhhh!!! Two Scrapes of the hoof!

We would like to welcome Mr. Goat to our header, he was filmed in Toledo Bowl which is up Little Cottonwood Canyon. These animals are truly amazing to see when we run the upper ridges of the Wasatch Mountain Range. The Goats always look at us like “what are you two legged animals doing up here?” Running with the Rocky Mountain Goat’s inspired our trade mark name”Wasatchspeedgoat”.

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Today is the day to send in your application for the Hardrock and Wasatch 100. These are the two toughest 100’s in the world and the toughest to get in, Hardrock only allowing 130 runners and Wasatch around 200. That is the max numbers of runners allowed according to the National Forest Service permits. Oh yea, the post office is closed today !
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