Best performance, finishing the toughest 100 mile footrace in the world on no training: Trevor and Keith
Best runner bio: Keith
Best performance, stepping up last minute to pace Keith after a Krogers nose dive and turn his race around: Heather and Barry
Hardrock course record, f-bombs, grunts, and farts: Keith
Hardrock course record, coughs: PJ
Biggest delta, Actual ability to complete Hardrock minus Perceived ability to complete Hardrock: Keith
Best pre-race boot camp: Keith and Sean in Frisco
Best bromance: Keith and Sean
Best Hardrock romantic moment fail: Engineer Mountain summit (Martha and Trevor)
Best mid-race pick-me-up: “Keith, I swear, if you finish this race we’ll give you another solo week in Frisco with Sean.” (Martha)
Best performance, pacing Hardrock climbs a week before neck surgery, with a back brace and a hacking cough: PJ
Best performance, crew leadership: Ellen
Best race vehicle: Pajellen van
Worst road: A different crew vehicle
Second worst vehicle fail: PJ and Ellen stuck in Kansas for 3 days
Stupidest argument at Hardrock: whether Martha should call Ellen’s dog “Annie” (winner: Martha)
Longest argument at Hardrock: whether Martha should sell her road bike (winner: PJ)
Best wildlife cameo: moose
Best performance, stuffing his pie hole: Trevor (secret to finishing Hardrock without training)
Second best pacer code word: “next slide,” which was used when someone slipped into the topic of US politics
Hardrock course record, saying the word “puke” or any derivation thereof: Martha
Best performance, passing for a Silverton local: Anthony
Best hype man: Anthony https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v77j9mAuHpE&t=162s
Best post-race snooze, Anthony
Best silver lining of being too trashed to post-race snooze: Martha and Trevor getting to see ex-VHTRCer Jackie Fritsch finish her first Hardrock during the Golden Hour with less than 10 minutes to spare (Jackie also saved Anthony’s ass earlier that week “soft-Rocking” over Virginius pass with all of his backpacking gear)
Best performance, surprise WUS appearance: Vishal (3rd WUS Hardrock finisher in 2024)
Best riddle: 10 time Hardrock finisher Robert (“Mongo”) Andrulis somehow remembering Aaron Schwartzbard’s birthday
Best performance, spotting WUS cameos on the Hardrock live feed: Aaron
Best performance, spotting good rocks: PJ
Ranking of Wussies from most to least inspired to run Hardrock after the 2024 experience:
Anthony and PJ (tie): Would give left pinky toe
Heather: Yes, but might need some Valium for the scree fields and deadly drop-offs
Barry: Yes, but might need some testosterone
Martha/Ellen/Tracy (tie): No way in hell
Legends of WUS Hardrock Trivia
Which WUS has the fastest Hardrock finish?
Joe Clapper (31 hrs)
Which WUS has the most Hardrock finishes?
Tie, Keith and Julian Jamison (5)
Which WUS slipped just under the Hardrock 48 hour cut-off during the Golden Hour?
Doug Sullian (47 hrs)
Which WUS has the second-fastest Hardrock finish?
Garret Christensen (34 hrs)
Who is the only female WUS to finish Hardrock?
Kerry Owens
Which WUS finally finished Hardrock this year after entering the lottery 14 times?
Vishal Sahni
How many WUSsies have finished Hardrock?
9: Keith, Sean, Joe, Kerry, Doug, Julian, Trevor, Garret, Vishal
