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Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 1998 7:06 PM Subject: Incline V2 TH #17 LR #37 Tomorrow, Thursday the 30th, is 1 minute hard, 1 minute easy for 30 minutes up the Barr Trail from Hydro Street. Meet at the fountain by Spring Street at 5:30pm RAIN or SHINE:-) Sunday the 2nd is Elk Park to the top. Meet at the toll booth at 7:00am. We already did the RAIN, lets hope for SHINE:-) ********** 21 of us and 2 dogs were on the Elk Park Trail Sunday — a big group indeed!!! A lucky few got to run down the Toll Road to Elk Park after the highway got closed. But I guess lucky is a relative term because it seemed a few felt lucky to get picked up by the ranger and get driven back down;-) ********** No speech here but BE SMART!!! Never run in the mountains unprepared! No matter what the weather I think it is best to always assume the weather will get worse, the road will be closed, and the COG will be full. We all did great but had one of us gotten hurt it could have gotten very ugly very fast in that cold rain — some of us looked to not have adequate protection. Lets not let summer fun turn into summer tragedy!!! ********** One club member proposed the following for a shirt: Sub 35:00 Minute Mile — And PROUD of it!! Sub 30:00 Minute Mile — And PROUD of it!! Sub 25:00 Minute Mile — And PROUD of it!! Sub 20:00 Minute Mile — And PROUD of it!! As we set PR and break the various times, we would get a new T-shirt. We could have a drawing or topo of the Incline on the shirt (either front or back), with the logo. We could either have a different color shirt for each new time group, or have the same color shirts, but have the lettering a different color for each time group. ********* Here is the latest list of slogans. “On the 8th day he made the Incline” “I can’t believe I did the WHOOOOLE thing!” “The world’s toughest mile, the world’s craziest club” “Not because its there but because we are here” “Over the Top” “Pueblo State Hospital North” (okay, only locals might get that one.) “Memberships don’t expire. Members do.” “Time, distance? Altitude is the 3rd dimension!” “We will rest when we’re dead” “Evil, Wicked, Mean and Nasty” “The Incline, it just sucks!” “68% up, 100% pain” “It’s only a mile...” “Go out hard, when it hurts speed up” New from last time: “I love (heart symbol) my ALTITUDE problem!"? “Pain is just weakness leaving the body.” “It doesn’t hurt any less, you just go faster.” “Pain is good. Extreme pain is extremely good.” “Pain is not my master, it is my teacher.” “LIFE ON THE INCLINE” “Don’t recline, RUN the INCLINE.” “Run the INCLINE ? — I’d rather be DEAD.” “World’s Toughest Mile” “Pikes Peak Incline Club — We are inclined to run anything!” Next week we will vote on a slogan so if you do not like any of these you are running out of time to do better yourself. Here is what we have for the basic design: For the front — club logo to be voted on. http://www.skyrunner.com/club_logos.gif For the back — slogan to be voted on. http://www.skyrunner.com/design.gif ********** See you there! Go out hard, when it hurts speed up... Matt Carpenter http://www.skyrunner.com
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