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Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 4:22 PM Subject: Incline Club V4 LR #18 Well I hope you are all recovered from last week’s run. That is if you survived. Got more than a few letters saying that it was the hardest run of the year. I think I would add an “s” to that year! #### Sunday, March 26, 8 a.m. meet in the COG parking lot. Up to Barr Camp then on the way down go up and back down Longs Ranch Road and back via the Ute Indian Trail. 2.5-3.5 hours. We can talk in the parking lot about some other options:-) #### Mike L writes: I’d like to recognize Larry M for his efforts in breaking the trail up Long’s Ranch Rd last Sunday. It made the going a little easier for those of us crazy enough to follow. #### Laura L writes: I would like to take this opportunity to thank the academy, no, wait, wrong speech, some people after last Sunday’s grueling trudge-fest up Long Ranch Rd. — whoever left the footprints for us to follow (I know it was Rick H, Larry M, but don’t know who else), that helped a lot! I have to thank Paul S, AKA MJ, for the Gu he gave me before the run. Don’t know if I would have made it back down without it! And lastly to my favorite running buddy for sticking with me and having a Gu picnic at the top of Long’s. We’ll see you in three weeks. We’re travelling to Charleston, SC where I’m going to meet Mama K and sister Kathi K next week. We’re going to run in the Cooper River Bridge 10K. I think they have oxygen there. Wish us luck! Hmmmm...I wonder what they feed their birds down there... #### Ladd M writes: Concerning Dave in Jamestown who’s looking for other trail runners. Chris Parks live in the Boulder area if not Jamestown itself. As a top 10 SkyMarathon and Pikes Peak finisher he’d be quite the training partner. #### Last week in V4 LR #17 I listed those that made some great improvements at the St. Pat’s 5K. Well add Kevin Bruno to that list. He moved into 2nd on the improvement list with a 1:16 improvement after two years of about the same time: 56 KJ BRUNO 42 COLO SPGS CO 20:38 That “KJ” was hard to spot as an Incline Clubber but Kevin has really been at it this year. This is his first year of Sundays and he has made the last 10 in a row!!! Also John O reports that Cindy O has been running every day for a while now too! She was on the big improvements list. Again folks, don’t tell anyone but the secret to getting better at running is: (Look around and make sure no non Incline Club members are looking before you scroll down...) RUNNING! #### Val S writes: For what it’s worth, your last running column in the Gazette made a lot of sense. Especially the part about the rest. So many of us can get caught up in the “more is better” when it comes to training. For me, this is the first winter I’ve run with the Incline Club. In a good week now, I might run 4 times, more likely 3. Yet, with the Sunday runs with the club, I am amazed at how my body is adapting to running trails. I feel stronger each week (last year I could not run to Barr Camp nonstop in my “peak” training--with the club I’ve done it twice nonstop already!!!) I attribute it to quality training along with proper rest. I’ve chatted with others in the club--not the hard core bunch (like you, Vega, and Miller) but more ordinary types, and they all have noticed drastic improvements running with the Club. Have you thought about a column explaining that the Sunday runs, while tough, are not meant to exclude most other runners? I say this based on my own experience, hearing about the club, and deciding “can I run with them?” I heard about the Incline Club for over a year before I gave it a try, yet just thinking about what they do made me think “there’s no way I could keep up with that bunch.” Yet, when I gave it a try, I found I could keep up with some of them. Just a thought. (Good thought. I know right now I could use a “guide for newbies.” Something to explain that a lot of us had tough times at first. We have worked up to where we are this year over 17 runs and yet last week’s snow run darn near finished a lot of us. Imagine a newbie coming to last week for the first time! No surprise if they don’t come back. Stick with it however and the rewards are theirs. Stories like Val’s blow me away — 2X already without walking and it is only March!!! I know there are quite a few that call us an “elite” club. However I think as long as we keep doing what we are doing and the word gets out this misconception will fade. I have asked the Gazette to add a link to the site so that people can learn more about the club. But perhaps a club column is in order?) #### Steve B writes: I am running Boston. (In reply to Craig Hess’ letter, though he knows I am) Right now I’m in Napa Valley to run the marathon tomorrow. #### Tim A writes: I will be leaving for London on the 31st. Is that silk screen design for the incline club still lying around? I was thinking of getting it put on my singlet. (I never got that far last year. But now I have someone willing to help (Hi YC) with getting club T-shirts so perhaps soon...) #### Tom K writes: I believe this past Sunday’s Incline run turned out to be the toughest workout yet for me. Until then, I had been getting used to the workouts “feeling” easier. However, for the past 2-3 weeks I have been battling a nagging sinus infection, and then near the end of last week it was replaced by a standard, run-of-the-mill, miserable cold (as recommended by 3 out of 4 doctors). I couldn’t remember if I was supposed to run a cold and rest a fever, or rest a cold and run a fever, or take two GUs and see you in the morning (I didn’t think I was going to be finished until the next day!). Anyway, I think running with a cold and with the recent snow on the trail pretty much throttled me If it hadn’t been for the one GU I had, plus the one that Paul S gave us for saving his glove from the Gloveless One, Laura L and I would have really been up “French Creek” (probably scrounging for bird seed). In retrospect, perhaps I should have cut the workout short... Nahhh! Anyway, the experience was sooooooo traumatic, that we are taking the next two weekends off to recover. Actually, Laura L and I are going to be visiting some friends/family down south, and will be running the Cooper River Bridge 10K Run in Charleston, SC, on April 1st. As a result we will miss the next two workouts. I can bring a note from my doctor, if necessary. We should be back, tanned, healthy, rested, congestion-free, grits-laden, GU-supplied, happy and ready as ever to join you for the Sunday workouts. And, hey Y’all, loose some of the snow while we’re gone. p.s. Will someone please keep an eye on Neal T while we’re gone? p.p.s. Will everyone please keep an eye on Teresa T (another near casualty this past Sunday) while we’re gone? #### Phyllis D writes: I’m wondering why Tom K is concerned about Probation Officer’s apprehending alleged sex offenders on trails??? (see V4 LR #17) I’m not the subject matter expert, but I am quite sure having your hand down your pansss, although odd, is not against the law. As for which is more deviant; having your hand down your pansss or, wanting to have a conversation with someone who has their hand down their pansss is debatable. However, the desire to have a conversation with someone who puts their hand down their pansss coupled with holding a glove hostage is certainly a deviant combination. I witnessed Laura L returning this glove and stating “I washed this but there is some permanent stuff on this glove.” I would just highly recommend that the owner of this glove inspect it thoroughly for his own permanent stuff and not the permanent stuff of another... #### Craig H writes: Greetings from Virginia Beach. For all those who have yet to run a lowland marathon after training at altitude... all I can say is “YES” is seems to pay off. I ran the VB Marathon this past Saturday as a trainer for Boston. Ran a “relatively” comfortable 8:07 pace which I was pleased with given my mid-packer status. Looking forward to getting back to the mountains! #### www post: 3/19/2000 35 people and 6 dogs went for a run and came back from a war! Longs Ranch Road was deep in the white stuff. A group including Kevin B, Larry M, Mike L, Rick H and Val S did the hard work of breaking trail. The funny thing was the rest of us thought it was 2 people until the top when the tracks all fanned out. Sometimes a deep spot would just stop you in your tracks. One time I heard Dan V laugh and I turned around to see him sunk up to his HIPs! At least it was warm:-) Those that survived this loop will be flying when the white stuff melts... Go out hard, when it hurts speed up... Matt Carpenter http://www.skyrunner.com
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