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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I'm astonished nobody has grabbed sarcasticrunner.com.

sarcasticrunner.com

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

But they were correct - people will not read anything longer than a few words. It was more than a little frustrating!

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I spent years writing help for Apple's Pro Apps and then the alerts and such for Notes and Reminders. Constantly told to make it shorter and friendlier, which bugged me. I could provide so much useful info and remove so much mystery!

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Holy cow yes to an Apple printer! That whole industry is rotten!

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Love the HG Wells bit! The whole cover is wonderful!

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A nice surprise - major win for the new Ternus regime!

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Loved the “you look great!” after watching them vomit! I’m pretty sure I’ve said that before.

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Those apps are astonishing. Especially the randomly dying 99¢ pigeon.

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Such a great shot! Worth, well, whatever it cost.

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

When the 22nd of the month falls on a Saturday, it becomes a Tutu Day at @sunnyvalebaytrail.bsky.social! (Two two - 22nd; yes, it's a bit silly, but it's also surprising how many people own tutus!) I bring about 60 loaner tutus, and laundering them afterwards is a process.

The tutus as organized as they can get, ready to be packed away for the next Tutu Day.

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Again, all those @wser should be #wser. Sheesh.

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I just realized that instead of Twitter's @wser I should have been using #wser. Sadly, no editing!

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Hopefully I will keep getting to be at Last Chance long enough to see a Last Chance shirt! A huge thanks to @wesr for being so thoughtful about these volunteer shirts!

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

And now the 2026 @wser shirt! I don't generally think of the finish line as an aid station, but it really is that and a lot more.

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

(Man, spell check really hates "Rucky".)

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Here is the 2025 shirt - another iconic aid station - Rucky Chucky!

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I really like the "Fire" buckets above the well - a reminder of how close Foresthill came to complete disaster from wildfire.

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

And for the 2024 shirt, @wser chose Foresthill for this year's design!

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

WOW! The 50th anniversary volunteer shirt did not disappoint! Loved that @wser brought back the classic design and added the “50th” tag - very cool! My suspicion is that they will resume their recent aid station theme next year - still 18 to go!

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

It confirmed that the @wser volunteer shirts were going to feature a new aid station each year. There are 20 of them (not counting the start and finish), so 18 left. It’s possible for the 50th anniversary they will deviate from this, but who knows. (Spoiler alert - they deviated!)

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

And for the 2022 design - Michigan Bluff!

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Funny thing - as they were being handed out at Last Chance, someone said “oh, these are for the next aid station, not this one!” Devil’s Thumb must have a good publicist. (Nice looking shirt though!)

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The 2021 design showed that they were starting a new approach - highlighting each aid station!

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

For 2020, there was no shirt since there was no race. I don't know if they just used the intended design for 2021 or it was just abandoned. 2020 was sad all over.

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The quote on the shirt is “For they had crossed the mountains” by Bernard DeVoto. A nice design of a point in the course I’ve never seen.

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

For 2019 @WSER, the shirt features the Watson Monument, located at the top of Emigrant Pass.

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

It includes the freshly rebuilt Swinging Bridge that had been heavily damaged in a forest fire the year before. (Getting materials down to that bridge, a few miles past Last Chance and at the foot of the climb to Devil's Thumb, was impressive.) This is a great design.

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

For 2018, they chose to cover The Bridges of Western States.

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Their order and size/design seems largely random (exceptions are Placer High School and Devil's Thumb). It's funny to me that the iconic station in the middle, No Hands Bridge, was eliminated for 2019.

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

There were a couple of aid station changes for 2017 (Brown's Bar and Hwy 49 were replaced with Quarry Rd and Pointed Rocks), so that's likely why they landed on a design showing all the aid stations.

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This was a nice design and a fun new shirt color. For the first time, the sponsor logo was added to the shirt. And by now I’d given up ever being labeled a “Race Official” again. (I should also mention that it was around this time they started offering the choice of a tank top.)

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I was now fully expecting a new design. For 2016, who knew what @wser would come up with? [dad joke alert] Who knew they would put the San Mateo Bridge on it? (Of course that’s No Hands Bridge, but I couldn’t resist. Sorry.)

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This was a nicely colorful, fun design. (It didn’t hurt that blue is my favorite color.)

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

After the surprise change last year, 2015 brought guesses as to whether last year’s design was going to be the standard design, or would @wser come up with a new design. (Spoiler alert - they came up with a new design.)

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This design was nice, but was missing the whimsy of the previous design. (And I’m not gonna lie, no longer being a “Race Official” was sad, even if it never really meant anything.) @WSER making this change was more surprising to me than if the road to Last Chance had been paved.

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

2012 and 2013 used the 2011 design (which was also used for a number of years before that). Driving up to Last Chance, the only real question was the color - blue, green, then cyan so far. (Red always for medical people.) I was about to be shocked in 2014.

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This first design was the original from my tenure. It was used in my first three, in different colors. I loved the Devil’s Thumb and being labeled as a “Race Official”.

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Back in 2020, I was supposed to volunteer at the @WSER Last Chance aid station for the 10th time. But then, well, there was no WSER that year. So instead, I started posting on Twitter about the various volunteer shirts I had gotten through the years. I'm not bringing that thread to Bluesky.

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Second place male was twelve minutes behind you, if I remember right! Amazing!

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

I loved this from his daily writeup. Dude's feet and body are rebelling, but his brain just keeps chugging along.

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Should be a slightly different feel than last week's Trailquake! Have a blast!

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

For the first 30 seconds or so I wondered where this was going. For the rest of the time, my jaw was hanging open and my brain was exploding. I do NOT want to know how you found this video!

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

That was pretty great, as was the cat video. Nicely done.

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I had never heard of the guy, but wow did he create content! Very impressive! (And I have a hard time picturing him sitting on a bench for very long, but maybe he was good at that too!)

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Enjoy Florida and its warmth! And its parkruns!

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

This was a lot of fun to listen to! Thanks for putting it together. (A tip for those attending a taping; go in the morning, watch three shows, then when you get back to the garage, get back in line and ask if there are any afternoon openings. There almost always is. It's a long day though.)

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Of course the cohost of Liftoff would nail the Apollo question! That was fun to watch - you two were great challengers!

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Allen Lucas @notthatlucas.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Aw man - you all are too sweet! Maybe we can make it the informal official Sunnyvale loaner copy!

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