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Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 3:29 PM Subject: Incline Club V4 TH #8 LR #27 Did we get in some altitude last Sunday or what? Rumor has it that Paul S got to the 2 mile to the summit point!!! Paul — Send us a snow report!!! There was no snow at all getting to the Bottomless Pit sign and the trail is not too bad getting to the A-Frame. #### Thursday, May 25, 5:30 p.m. meet at Soda Springs Park. 10 repeats or 40 minutes of Hwy 24 bypass whichever comes first. Sunday, May 28, 8 a.m. meet at Soda Springs Park. Run out the Ute Indian Trail and then cross Hwy 24 and do the Waldo Canyon lollipop loop in either direction. Cross back over Hwy 24 (be careful) and head up Longs Ranch which connects back into the Barr Trail at No Name Creek. Run down the Barr Trail to finish the loop. 2.5-3.5 hours. Newbies skip Waldo and head up Longs Ranch Road. **OR** Roger Recon #2 by the A-frame #### Since I get quite a few requests for runs from trail runners in other parts of the state here is a www site that does training runs in the Evergreen area: http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Lodge/7018/ They also have info on the runs that Adam Feerst (see last week’s mail) puts on. #### Gary H writes: I’m all for the Hawaiian shirt idea as the first theme! Our running club in Montana used to put on a race in January called the “Tropical Missoula” race — racers in Hawaiian shirts (OK, we wore other stuff underneath!) in sub-zero or single-digit temps is quite amusing (we also held a “luaua” (sp?) afterward — usually in someone’s house/garage). Later, maybe we could do theme days for race T-shirts (shirt from most ancient race/ugliest race shirt/shirt from race furthest away from Colo Springs/etc.). #### Tom K writes: My apologies for the long e-mail absence (note the ddoouubbllee meaning). I have very little recollection of the previous weeks, but keep having these recurring dreams that I was abducted by aliens, forced to watch videos of “minimally attired” runners racing up Long Ranch Rd. past a restaurant full of “viewers,” and being force-fed an odd concoction of cottage cheese, catsup, and birdseed. I think my brain received hail damaged as a result of the experience. Other recollections from the past weeks: Collegiate Peaks 50 miler: I do not have the overall results yet, though the winning time for the 50 miler on the course is typically 8+ hours. This was another “training” run in my plan to run and complete the Leadville Trail 100 later this year (August 19-20). I managed to finish in around 9 hours 35 minutes, with an overall placement of 21st out of around 65 who made the 5.5 hour cutoff at the halfway point. This is in contrast to the time I ran the same race, same course, two years ago and ended up in the emergency room of the hospital in quite serious condition after finishing. Though originally diagnosed with high altitude pulmonary edema, the final diagnosis was hyponatremia, or low sodium/electrolyte imbalance due to poor nutritional maintenance and poor pacing on my part People have died of this condition, and it is popping up more and more in the ultra and outdoor literature, as well as anecdotally amongst endurance athletes. I have learned from that previous experience If anyone is interested in more information or in my personal experience with hyponatremia, please contact me. In any case, some interesting statistics in comparing my performance two years ago versus recently: I was at the half way point (25 miles) at around 4 hours two years ago, and at the same point in my recent effort in around 4 hours and 20 minutes. I finished the 50 miles in 9 hours and 45 minutes two years ago, and in 9 hours 35 minutes in the recent jaunt. Matt made some valuable comments on pacing before last Sunday’s runs. My experience attests to those words. Pacing is key, and the longer the distance, the more key it seems to be. Amplitude vs. Frequency: Since this topic came up after last Sunday’s run, I was wondering if we could get an expose (ahem) from Matt on the implementation of stride amplitude vs. frequency when running trails, i.e., how they might vary when running up and down and up and down and up and down... trails? Inquiring Incliners want to know... Lost & Found: LOST: Paul Sullivan. I was running up Barr Trail this past Sunday on the planned workout, when Paul caught up to me around A-Frame. Seeing none of the faster runners there who were supposed to be ahead of us (it turns out after reaching the A they went off on a Roger Recon mission), we assumed they had continued up the trail, so up we went. Paul lead the way past that point and gradually pulled away from me before I turned around at the 12,400ft level of the mountain. Before I started back down, the last I saw of Paul he was pumping his way up the Peak (with both gloves on his hands), and his last utterance was something to the effect of “going for the whole banana.” Had I realized he was hungry, I could have saved him the effort as I had an extra Gu I could have given him. Our Incline member who is a Fruit Offender Probation Officer would have no doubt concurred with my plan. In any case, if found, Please point Paul downhill in the direction of his family. They miss him, and his gloves, dearly. P.S. Please, DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT return Paul’s gloves without Paul in them. #### Nancy H writes: Here’s your chance for a glimpse of fame and notoriety, sort of... I’m doing a story for Runner’s World magazine on trail running and one of the areas for inclusion in the article is trail runner eating habits during runs and races. If you have a food item (beyond Gu/Clif Bars/Gatorade) that you eat during runs, please let me know what it is and what it does for your running/performance. Also, I have a discount coupon for a YMCA membership — if any Incliner is interested in joining the Y, you can save on the new member fee (that’s $99-$135 savings depending on which plan you enroll in). Happy to pass this along to someone. For either of the above contact (e-mail address removed for www posting) #### www posts: 5/21/2000 52 headed towards Barr Camp with many heading to the A-frame and some even higher. There is no snow till the end of the first switch-back after the bottomless pit sign. After that the snow is well packed and melting fast. Above the A-frame parts of the next mile are in pretty good shape. The hot days that are coming this week should really help a lot. 4 of us went on a hunt for some lost gear around the A-frame. Although we did not find what we were after we did not come up empty handed. First we found a camera and then a pack with military food in it. We dropped it off at Barr Camp. Dave S, for the second Sunday in a row decided to be the big blood donor — three in a row will be a record! 5/18/2000 A large group of 46 came for a 30 minute tempo run up the Barr Trail. By focusing on running an even effort over varied terrain (a key element to successful trail and mountain running) many were able to get farther than the last time without pushing any harder — a sure sign of progress. 6 Hydro Street repeats finished a great day. The weather was perfect for the uphill but perhaps a bit cold on the down. #### Incline Club Page: http://www.skyrunner.com/incline.htm Incline Club FAQ: http://www.skyrunner.com/incline_faq.htm #### Go out hard, when it hurts speed up... Matt Carpenter http://www.skyrunner.com
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