To complete the PUKE slam one must finish the following races between July and August of any year:
UDAM 100 mile (July 4th)
Rim2Rim2Rim on July 28th starting at sunrise and finishing by sunset
>500 miles at Douglas 6 day race (if race is not held in July, you must compete solo)
Thru-Hike the Arizona Trail continuously starting no earlier than August 1st
PUKE slammers will be presented with a commemorative shot glass with which they will celebrate by playing a game of Shots & Ladders.
Entry qualifications: You must finish Pat's Run Tempe barefoot in the same year you are wishing to compete in the slam.
Entry fee: The oldest pair of running shoes you own.
The rational in doing such a sport, is to experience the extraordinary moments of exceeding. You cannot experience them in normal life. -Y. Kouros
PUKE (pyk) Slang - The act of vomiting, hurling, barfing, losing lunch, tossing cookies, ralfing, throwing up, yacking, retching, technicolour yawning, spewing, blowing chunks, and/or other forms of physical illness. Acronym - Phoenix Ultrarunning Kids & Elders. Old school long distance runners hailing from the Sonoran Desert of central Arizona. Membership requirements: Run long, but don't take it too seriously... seriously. Club symbol: Purple Monkey Dishwasher |
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