I won the lottery!!!!!

Along with 282 other runners, I secured a spot for the Wasatch 100.  Apparently in the early years  (1980ish) the Wasatch 100 committee sent out notices to sign up for their race.  When I first applied in 2004, it was first 320ish number of applicants got in (the Forest service caps off 320ish runners).  So, I would diligently mail my application early the first day, I got in no problem.  By 2007 there were so many applicants, and really it was not so fair to out of towners so they went to the lottery system.   Now each applicant fills out the form the first week of January, and the persons who have won in the past or have 6 finishes are automatic entries.  The automatics are subtracted from the max. allowed and this year that left 283 spots.  The first year of the lottery (2007) I went to watch and I was the 3rd from last pick (yikes).  Oh, and if a person does not make it in one year, then they get 2 tickets for the next year.

This year on the day of the lottery, I started up at Alta (Sophie with her ski group and I was with friends) and the snow was not that fabulous (yes, I am a spoiled Utah skier) so I took the long drive around the mountain and over to Midway.  I arrived ~15 minutes late and my friend Jodie was there..... she was keeping stats on the lottery.  Good news was that I was picked, bad new was that I wasn't present so I wasn't able to let out the celebratory cheer.  Oh well, I did cheer as all of my other friends made it...... I think that everyone that I know made it!!!!!  I am soooooo happy for everyone and hope for the best for all.

Here is a shot of pre-running season training.... ski touring with Peter.  We are headed up Gods Lawnmower (I love that name).  It is located in Big Cottonwood Canyon at the mouth of Mill D (south side of the road and just west of the tubing park).  Anyway, UDOT has to do avalanche control of this slope..... several years ago it went BIG along with Argenta, which is lookers right around the ridge, and it covered Big Cottonwood canyon road for a couple of days.  Anyway, we climb up on the right hand side of the trees and ski down the nice slide path that mother nature provided.

Oh, and that is one of my crochet beanie creations!