"great read, well done Andrew"

"Brendan - I put a link to my full race report in the initial post, here it is again: http://ajwellman.blogspot.com/2012/08/leadville-100-race-report.html I started running ultras 18 months ago, so I guess you could say I trained for 18 months. In…"

"That's great Andrew, very impressive for your first 100. How long have you been training for a 100? Have you done a full race report somewhere? cheers brendan"

"Lori - Not sure yet.  I don't think I will do LT100 next year.  I think I need a year off of that -- but I think I will probably do it again at some point.  The only 100 I am considering is the WS100 if I get through the lottery.…"

"Sounds like you had a pretty awesome day! Consider dancing there again now that you set the bar? Pretty impressive first go around, esp being first 100. Now it's even more challenging maybe? Can I do better? What if I went back and did worse?…"

"Great write up Lori.  It sounds like you had some tough moments out there.  Congrats on keeping it together and finishing."

"the obvious answer is that it depends.  What are your goals?  Do you want to keep running 100s?  I think I am going to back down a little and try to improve my times at some shorter distance races (50Ks and 50 milers)."

"Brendan - I hope I didn't give the impression I was unhappy with my time. I am grateful for the whole experience. I finished in 26 hours and 45 minutes. AJ"

"But you did finish, from some of the race reports I've read finishing is terrific- what was your time? cheers brendan"