Note: This needs to be read from the bottom up
From: Elik Hirsch
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2019 1:41 PM
To: Eric Friedman
Subject: RE: 200 M Qual
Are we ever?
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From: Eric Friedman
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2019 12:06 PM
To: Elik Hirsch
Subject: Re: 200 M Qual
Oh snap! Are you ready??
On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 11:05 AM Elik Hirsch wrote:
Good Morning and happy new year.
In about an hour, I will be finally registering for this!!!
Yeah...?
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From: Eric Friedman
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2018 3:28 PM
To: Elik Hirsch
Subject: Re: 200 M Qual
Cool. Feel free to use the attached. Edit as needed for overnight ultra races vs titty bars. You'll
be fine. Let me know if you need a negotiator to come in on your behalf. I'm pretty good when people aren't
asking race details ;-)
On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 10:41 AM, Elik Hirsch wrote:
OK - I'm literaly sitting here at work cracking up.
Next up is spousal approval.
THANKS!
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From: Eric Friedman
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2018 10:39 AM
To: Elik Hirsch
Subject: Re: 200 M Qual
You're not driving me crazy. I've never been this embarassed or felt this incompetent in my life. It
happens to be the single busiest period I can remember for myself in a while. Work has me travelling
more than ever, we have some huge projects ending this week and I'm knee deep buying a house closing
this week also. So.....while they are still excuses, I'm going to beg forgiveness for my lack of ability to
properly communicate the details of my own race. It's ridiculous. You're actually being very patient.
So...the website continues to be accurate.
200M Requires:
5 x 100M finisher. All races within the previous 48 months and under official cutoff times OR
1 successful finish of a race of 135 miles or more within the previous 18 months under official cutoff time.
All this to say that you're good to go. I'm comfortable with your experience and confident you won't kill
yourself. Please be aware of the heat and humidity. We had two ambulance trips last year and I don't want
any more. Two was ENOUGH! One was for Rhabdo and the other was severe Sodium issues. Please be sure you're
prepared for the heat. It's deceptively cold/hot during January in Florida.
Ok. So...we have this email trail to confirm that you're invited to participate in the 200 miler based on your
resume. Please stop asking me questions as I'm clearly incapable of answering correctly. Shit. Stupid. Sorry
and thanks for your patience. Hopefully I will redeem myself in the coming months.
See ya!
E
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On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 1:09 PM, Elik Hirsch wrote:
Hey,
Sorry to drive you crazy. My wife is against hundo's and if I am to do this, I need to approach the spousal
approval process in a smart way.
I saw your FB Messenger result. Thank you - I sent that before the email chain so I appreciate it.
In the FB messenger you said 2 years yet here you mentioned 48 months which is 4 years. I assume that it was
just an oopsie. That being said, as my hopes are yet raised again, I decided to try this in a different approach.
Here are the hundo's that I have done. Can you please let me know how many I still need?
Tesla Hertz 10/12/2013
TGNY 100 06/21/2014
Beast of Burden (Winter) 01/24/2015
Beast of Burden (Summer) 08/08/2015
Pistol Ultra 12/31/2016
C & O Canal 04/29/2017
Pine Creek Challenge 09/09/2017
Ghost Train 100 10/21/2017
Also, on 03/17/2018, I did a 50K at 8am and a 50M at 8pm. I realize that it's not a hundo but maybe
actually harder with the 5 hour-ish of downtime spent cheering and volunteering.
Thank you and I hope I am not driving you too crazy. Thanks
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From: Eric Friedman
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 2:39 PM
To: Elik Hirsch
Subject: Re: 200 M Qual
Yep. Sorry about that....there's a reason I spent all that money for the website (my memory is shit and
it's a nice place to store all the important details for when the OCD folks ask a bunch of questions). I
double checked and it's 48 months. Something else you need to know about me.....I'm not that anal or OCD.
Get close and we will be more than willing to consider you. I'm all about seeing people stretch for big
goals and love to help people find a way to attain them. See you in January then?? ;-)
E
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On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 1:04 PM, Elik Hirsch wrote:
?This is getting funny now.....
Ok - so to confirm (excuse my being anal and OCDish right now)....
5X100 between Jan 24, 2017 AND Jan 24, 2019?
Please confirm.... ;)
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From: Eric Friedman
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 12:40 PM
To: Elik Hirsch
Subject: Re: 200 M Qual
Shoot. the website is accurate, my memory is not. Go by the details of the website. Sorry for
any confusion....
thanks
E
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On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 11:57 AM, Elik Hirsch wrote:
Hey,
Thanks... I thought it was " All races within the previous 48 months and". I got that from the website....
Even if it was 24 months then I would be close. Unfortunatly 12 months from Jan 24, 2019 meaning
starting in Jan 24, 2018, I don't have...
I did 3 in 2018 with a double Ironman sandwiched in between 2 of those. Oh well....
Thanks for the reply
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From: Eric Friedman
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 11:39 AM
To: Elik Hirsch
Cc: eric@skydiveultra.com
Subject: Re: 200 M Qual
Sorry for the delay. W/in the previous 12 months of race date. Let me know if you have any other questions
that I can help with. Hope you can make it!
Eric Friedman
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On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 4:29 AM, Elik Hirsch wrote:
Good morning,
I'm interested in the 200 Mile Race. Can you tell me the exact dates the 5X100M need to be done by meaning
start date-end date for them to count?
Thank you,
Elik Hirsch
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