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Café to Café 100 2002 Results

"Café to Café 100"
April 27/28, 2002

Mary Ritz, WY, 47              101.2 mi
Eric Poulsen, CA, 50           101.2 mi
Ulrich Kamm, CO, 54            101.2 mi      
Wayne Dorband, CO, 49           88.0 mi 
Stephanie Jenkins, CO, 40       87.4 mi 
Tim Erickson, CO, 34            27.0 mi 
Harry Burns, CO, 55             17.4 mi
     

It was a moving moment when 5 walkers after 31:20 hours reached the finish line 
of "Café to Café 100", a group-walk on paved and unpaved trails through several 
cities at the northern end of the Denver metro-area.

6 walkers met Saturday morning at Starbuck’s in Arvada – Eric from CA, for the 
4th time already with us, Harry from Greeley, a 3 time "veteran", Mary from WY, 
Stephanie, Wayne and myself from CO. From CO as well was Tim, who started in the 
evening. It was a small, but physically and mentally very strong group – never 
any whining or complaining, only smiles and "it’s fun" to the very end. - In 
addition to these starters, 2 entrants had to cancel their participation last 
minute.

We had very scenic sections with great views to the Rocky Mountains, through 
parks and along little creeks – and some not so scenic ones. The weather was 
perfect: dry with very comfortable temperatures.

A schedule defined the walking speed. At the start it was 4.6 mi/hr., then 
slowing down to 4.0 mi/hr. after 50 miles and 3.5 mi/hr. at the end.

Stops where at Denny’s, McDonald’s, a Chinese buffet and twice the 
Deli-Department of King Soopers. And in addition we had of course several aid 
stations. Our wonderful crews were Marty and Joel. As "Medical Manager" Joel 
helped all of us fixing feet, stomachs and whatever was necessary. While I was 
leading the group, Traudl was busy all the time driving through Denver, staffing 
the "moving aid station", buying things, driving back walkers who stopped, 
handling drop-bags and much more.

For walking on city trails at night we needed permits from Arvada and Westminster. 
Both cities, with our main contacts being Mike and Jon, were very supportive.

A big "thank you" goes to everybody who helped to make this walk a great success!

Most participants in our walking events have a background of trail races like 
Hardrock or Nolan’s 14. They are using these walks as x-training and to improve
walking skills. They find out that walking 100 miles on mostly concrete city 
trails, plus the requirement of adjusting speed to a pre-defined schedule, by 
far isn’t as easy as it sounds…

Our group-walks in cities and our fast hikes in the mountains are in a family 
atmosphere. We don’t take more than 10-12 entries and have strict qualifications.

Look at photos of "Café to Café 100", read the reports and find out about our 
next events at: http://www.ultrawalk.com