100K To Go: Charlotte Vasarhelyi on The Bruce Trail

Done! 4:34pm July 2, 2010. A very sweet moment.

 

FINAL DAY:

10.  Almost there!  1.5K to go!

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9.   5.3 to go. We’re heading to Southern Terminus.

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8.  3:25pm and 7k to go!

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7. 8.5 k to go at 3:03.

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6. From Gary B: Charlotte ran the last 6k in 1:02!!!! She has 20 km to go at about 1:15 PM !!!!!!!  I’ve been dragging around a bottle of bubbly on ice since Wednesday!

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5. Sitting @ 20 to go. Should be less than 30 min. Right at Wellland canal.

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4.  11:30 thru 30k to go !!!

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3. 10:30 and 36 to go !!!!! Other side of Short Hills !

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2. From Gary B.: After some foot repair (and I mean that literally) the girl is on FIRE. 40 min for 3.4 k on trail !!!!! They just headed into Shorthills (39.0 Map 3) without a stop. Henri is doing a great job leading. It’s take out only today at Gary and Stephan’s mobile eatery !!!!!

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1. From Diane C.: Engines were on at 4:45 a.m. and with the quick jaunt to the trailhead at the top of Balls Falls, they were running by 5 a.m.  A rather smooth morning with lots of coffee.  So just to recap, she has around 50 k left and is trying to hit the end before 3:45 p.m. today.

Update 11:50pm:

Balls Falls is done.  Charlotte stopped sometime  just before 9 p.m. tonight with 50.9 km left on the route.  She’ll be on the trails tomorrow sometime around 5 a.m. with Kinga and Henri.  It’s now 11:16 p.m., feet are just about done (yes…feet…some minor things had to be tended to) and sleep is calling her.  Can’t believe tomorrow is it!  Ciao!

Update 7:25pm:

At 7:25 she went thru 55.0 on Map 4…..headin’ for Balls Falls !!!!!!!

Evening Update:

Mark and I continue to be blown away by the Char Machine! We spent time on the trail today with her – a very cool way for us to celebrate Canada Day! Despite her body being truly beaten up from this enormous endeavour she pushes on with style and grace. And yes, still some moaning on the downhills. At 6pm she was at 57.6 km marker on Map 4. Kinga and Keith are now pacing her. Hopefully they can make their way through Balls Falls and a little more before they run out of  daylight. This section of the BT has some very tricky footing. Char has chosen to sleep tonight rather than push through, allowing her to really absorb, embrace and celebrate the last kms of this epic journey!

Update 3:45pm:

3:45 sitting at 64.7 on Map 4…..they should be here in 10 min……wow, map 4……mark and joany pacing…..how will it end….will she sleep at diane and henri’s tonight…..will she just push through….will she bunk out on the trail for a few hours and then carry on ??????  All have been  discussed but we don’t know how it will play out…….

Update 9:53am:   Update from the trail…..

At 9:50am, Char was just approaching 11.8km marker on Map # 6. At this point she will have 88.7km left in her journey to the Niagara BT terminus. All seems to be going well!

 

 

 

 

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We here at Monumental Effort are in awe of Charlotte Vasarhelyi! As she begins Day 13 of running The Bruce Trail solo we thought it appropriate to dedicate a new post to her final push to the Southern Terminus.  It feels odd to say that charlotte only has 100K left to run, but after 13 days and approximately 700KM traversed, how else can 100K be described?

 

Also, our math may be wrong but by our count, as of her start on July 1, 2010 Charlotte has been out there for 12 elapsed days and has just began running into her 13th day!!

Day 13: We will begin with Joany V.’s account of this morning’s start.

Good Morning…..

Char was up at 4:30am after a good night sleep – 5 hours! This was the first night of late that she did not get up through the evening with throbbing knees.  Char was out the door at 5:30am after pretty comprehensive footcare by Mark and Kinga, and a big hearty breakfast!  Energy level and spirit are great – looks like a good day may lie ahead!  At present, the plan will be to do a full day of running today, sleep this evening at Diane & Henri’s host house then finish it off on Friday!  Her goal is to finish by 3 o’clock on Friday, setting a new record by one full day.

After many long days, Jamie will hand over the crew captain position over to Gary around the lunch hour. Gary can be contacted by emailing bill@monumentaleffort.com who will pass along Gary’s phone number. We are in need of pacers on the trail for both this afternoon, and more importantly Friday.

For those wanting to just run a bit on the trail while cheering her on, please also call Gary for location co-ordinates based on BT map. What is working best is that we direct you to the NEXT location the crew will be stopping at – you can park your car there and then run in from the other direction to intersect Char and accompany her in. This approach really helps with car logistics and also provides for nice surprises for Char along the trail!

Charlotte asked me to again mention how grateful she is for all the support and encouragement she has received along the way. I would also like to specially recognize Gary, Stephan, Kinga & Jamie, who really have been the backbone of support on the trail for Char’s adventure!

Go Char Go!