Howard reports that everyone finished, had a good time, and liked the trail very much. Times are posted below. See the Ice Age web site for complete results. A local race report is unlikely as Iva is too good (fast) to write one, Antha has a permanent grudge against the web master, and Howard has become a rotor head and is too dizzy to write one (or did he said busy?).

From the Dead Runners: Weather was cool and cloudy in the first 3-4 hours.  Probably in the high 40 at start and staying in the low 50's.  It drizzled rain a few times.  Then at about 5.5 hours the clouds spread out and I know it got into the mid 70's after 7-8 hours.  The sun was starting to take it's toll.

Actually the weather man could not have been wrong at Ice Age as the weather
was a little of everything outside of snow/sleet.  I think I heard someone say the temp rose 40 degrees from 42 at 6AM to 82 in the afternoon.

Karl, Tom Bunk had problems early and finished I think around 8:20.  He said the best running he did was around the last 20 miles. I think Scott Creel (?) won the 50k in a course record 3:14 and Nikki Kimbal in 3:53. I think Chad R. was 3rd in 3:23 and I remember Byron Backer in about 4:09 I think between the 10-15 overall finish area.

It could have been snowing, or it could have been 90 degrees in the shade and
you would have run the same, Jeff.  Your effort was a lesson in consistency.
Thanks for carrying me out quick...  My second half wasn't as consistent as the first half, but like I said, it never is...  Had I gone out slower, I still would have finished the same...  I may have felt better, but I don't expect to feel good after a marathon, let alone an ultra...  To me, pain is part of the game...

Needing one more long effort before the USCG 200 Mile and knowing that I
probably wasn't going to set of an run 50 miles around home, I made a last minute decision to drive over to Lagrange, WI., and run the Ice Age.  I thought it
was a fantastic event with miles of phenominal single track trail throughout Kettle Moraine State Park.  The climbs were numerous, short, steep and relentless, especially the latter portion -- after 33 miles.

The weather was great, a cool low 40s degrees at the start.  Overcast skies, a light breeze, and gentle rain made the first four hours the most enjoyable. After that, the sun broke through and the temperature went up to the low 80s.  I felt it in the areas where the trees were too few to provide shade.

I did this race two years ago and got dropped on time...  A torrential rain moved in and the temperature dropped from 52 to 33 degrees and made running virtually impossible.  The weather forecast called for a repeat of the same, but
fortunately for me the sun prevailed.  I made it to the finish line in 11:25:xx by my watch...  The official results will be better since I start my watch
early.

Ice Age gain/loss is reported to be 3500'.  That's probably not far off, but I doubt that the figure was arrived at by highly accurate means.