Dear Anton,<\/p>\n
My name is Serge Girard, I ran the Trans Gaule the last September with Guus. A wonderful guy, full of life and happiness. It’s difficult for me to believe the reality. The life is sometimes unfair and cruel. Today all ultrarunners are in mourning, and I think that each of us will go on to run with a part of Guus in our mind.
\nI send all my support to Guus’ family for this tragedy.<\/p>\n
Best Regards
\nSerge Girard and his wife Laure<\/p>\n
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Hello!<\/p>\n
We were horrified to hear of the death of our friend Guus Smit. My wife & I ran with Guus in La Transe Gaule a few weeks ago. He helped us a great deal during the race when we were struggling with injuries. His wonderful attitude and compassion for all the runners was something we will remember & cherish forever. I had emailed with Guus recently regarding a plan for him to come to
\nColorado to run the Leadville Trail 100 mile. We were already looking forward eagerly to hosting Guus for our “local” race next August.<\/p>\n
What a terrible tragedy. We can only imagine that Guus is now and forever running wonderful trails & skiing steep couloirs in the most beautiful mountains.<\/p>\n
I hope you will be able to provide some details on what happened.
\nI saw the information on www.ultraned.org, but have difficulty with the language.<\/p>\n
Thanks.
\nPeter<\/p>\n
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I don’t speak your language so I am not sure you did put your e.mail address
\nfor that,…
\nAnyway, my husband, Luc did run the Transe Gaule this year with Guus and I
\ndid follow the Race with our baby…Just to say that we are so sad. To meet
\nsuch a runner was a pleasure and he will miss us a lot. Always joking,
\nlively…it’s difficult to imagine, he will not run and laugh anymore…here
\nat least.
\nPlease, transmit all our thoughts to his family and his friends<\/p>\n
Alix Dumont Saint Priest
\nCharg\u00e9e de communication<\/p>\n
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Those who want to write to Guus’ parents and family can do so on guuspsmit@hetnet.nl
\nThe many responses so far are a great support to his family, dealing with the terrible lost of their son and brother.<\/p>\n
On behalf of the family Smit,
\nAnton Smeets<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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