Epiphany Ultra
by John Medinger

The 26th Epiphany Ultra, a annual celebration of your correspondent's birthday, 
is conducted in true Fat Ass 50 fashion. There are no rules and runners are 
allowed to pretty much do anything that they want.  The promised huge storm 
held off until late afternoon when most (but not all!) were done.  Despite this, 
after two weeks of near-continuous rain, the run was a huge mudfest.  
As this was my 54th birthday, several decided to run 54km and a couple of stellar 
folks did 54 miles.  26 miles was a convenient distance as it resulted in being 
back at one's car; given the very sloppy footing, many decided that this was 
enough.
 
Although we normally don’t give recognition to those who run less than an ultra 
distance, special mention goes to my pal “Donwhill” Bill White, who is in the 
Coast Guard and stationed at Fort Clarence, 70 miles north of Nome, Alaska.  As 
the high temperature there on the day of the run was 6 below zero (with 40 below 
wind chill) he ran 13 miles on a treadmill to be a part of the celebration.

Oakland, CA, January 8, 2005.  Hilly trails and fire roads.

54 miles
Tim Hicks			13:04
Linda Hurd, TX		13:04

40 miles
Kap'n Kirk Boisseree	8:47

54km
Joe Swenson		5:37
Keith Blom			5:37
Roger Dellor			6:02
Adam Ray			6:03
Jennifer Ray			6:03
Clement Choy		6:43
Jeff Heischman  		6:43
Buddy Pohl			6:58
Tropical John		7:08
Ralph Hirt			7:11
Tom Kaisersatt		8:27
Steve Reagan		8:27

29 miles
Dapper Don James		4:52
Fast Andy Black		4:52
Ken Gregorich		5:15
Jim Sauve			6:00
Peg Johnston		6:00

26 miles
Glen Redpath		3:58
Eric Ellisen			4:06
Mike Topper			4:12
Mark Overhoff		4:20
Beth Vitalis			4:32
Joe McDonald		4:32
Buzz Higgins			4:34
Professor Langan		4:34
Lynn Schankliess		4:35
Keith Evans-Orville		4:36
Ben Grieb			4:48
Jeff Vieyra			4:53
The Mighty Quinn		4:53
Wendell Doman		5:00
Terry Lee			5:06
Jim Winne			5:08
Matt Hartley			5:23
Lisa Wifey Henson		5:33
Ernesto Matal Sol		5:34
Steve Patt			5:47
Carol LaPlant		5:48
Leslie Nacanisi		6:25
Lee Jebian			7:00
Wini Jebian			7:00

58 starters, in all