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Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 7:39 PM
Subject: Incline Club V6 LR #17
Hi there ICers,
This morning when I thought about writing this I was going to start like this:
While not exactly a Dave Sorenson or a Larry Miller, neither of whom seem to be affected by cold temperatures, for several days now I have run in shorts and short sleeves and it has been awesome!!!
However I just got back from running in the snow so I am back in winter mode. Well not totally as I know the good stuff is just around the corner. That is one of the things I like about meeting for IC Sunday runs all winter — it really helps the weeks fly by:-)
See you Sunday — no matter how deep it gets!
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NEXT RUN:
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Sunday, March 17, 8:00am — Soda Springs Park
Run up the Barr Trail to the 1/2 mile sign. Turn left and run out to Mountain View on the COG. Return via Barr Camp or head straight back down. 2.5-3.5 hours. If it would take longer turn back earlier.
NOTE: Please consider using the detour around the ice at No Name Creek. Just turn right at the Incline intersection and then turn left on the parallel trail. This will take you right to No Name yet avoids the ice!!!
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ICers WRITE:
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Steve “in Korea” Bremner writes:
I really miss running with you guys. The strength training that comes with Longs Ranch, Waldo, Barr Camp, in these months is the best. I am ramping up my mileage now as spring is on us. I ran 21 miles with an Air Force friend stationed with the Army in Seoul last Sunday. We jumped into a marathon at the 4-mile point for training. We let the leaders (1st ten or so) pass us then after the turn around we picked up the pace and caught four of them. Ran 15K in 52 minutes after we’d run about 8 miles. After that though we still had some 7K to go. I got rather quiet and started to just focus on milestones--not a death march by any stretch, but rather a wake up call to highlight my marathon shape. Laila and I are aiming to run the Incheon Marathon on 28 April.
I am also trying for a slot on the AF team for a track meet in Germany in June. I am confident that I will make the team, but not sure if I can get approval from my commander. He turned it down initially...I resubmitted. We’ll see. In any case he’s rotating back to the states next month so I can just wait him out... We’re going through a big reorganization anyway and I’ll be leaving his organization, etc. That’s the good thing about the AF--you can always count on bad bosses going away.
Laila has been unable to find steady work. This limits our resources for travel unfortunately. Korea is much dirtier than we’d imagined--air pollution is atrocious. The farmers constantly burn plastic and garbage of every type. We do have some good countryside to run in though.
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Mark Maloney writes:
I recently relocated from New Jersey to Monument, Colorado. I live in the Woodmoor area. Anyone interested in running in this area and/or on the trails please give me a call at 488-1393 or email me at (e-mail address removed for www posting). I’m especially interested in anyone who has been on the Falcon trail and would like to run it again or would like to try it for the first time with me (I’ve run about 4 of the 12 miles). I’m pretty flexible on running times/paces.
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Chris Piskule writes:
I’m hoping that by reading the incline club’s newsletters, it will help to keep me motivated throughout the training season. I am currently training for a spring marathon in April, so my Sundays are kept on a long run schedule for now. After the marathon, I hope to start running with your group on Sundays.
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Eric Billmeyer writes in part:
Not that I’m competitive or anything ; ) but where’s my star (or R) for last Sunday!
(Matt C adds: Woops, sorry! I forgot your R and your R report. It is below)
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R REPORTS:
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Eric Billmeyer reports:
Race = Spring Runoff
Location = Pueblo
Date = 03/03/02
Distance = 10 miles
Results = 2nd overall
Website = http://www.socorunners.org/scrrs231.htm
General = Against the advice of myself, friends, family, and Matt I decided to run the Pueblo Spring Runoff. I’ve been having troubles with my right calf(slight strain) for a couple weeks now. But, as I had already paid my entry fee and my girlfriend Terri was going to race her first 10k(also part of the race) I just wanted to be there . So off I went with the notion that if I felt any pain I would just pull out of the race and that would be that. Well just at the end of my warm-up I felt it tighten up and I gimped back to the car. I thought that was it. As I stood around in the balmy (not!) weather watching all the racers line up, I couldn’t take it. My hard-headed competitive side took over and there I was going off with the others as the race began. So now I’m thinking, well we’ll just take this mile by mile and see how it goes. The Spring Runoff is actually three races, a 5k, 10k, and 10 miler ,all starting at the same time, with each distance either turning around or branching off at different parts of the race. So I went through the first mile in 5:50, ignoring the slight pain in my right calf by trying to ran as flat footed as possible. I was about the eighth runner at that point but had no idea who was in what race. So mile 2,3,and 4 passed and my leg wasn’t getting any worse(wasn’t getting any better either)so I kept on going. By this time the 5k had turned around and the 10k branched off. I was now in third place in the 10 mile about 15 seconds off second and 25 or so off first. The 10 mile did a u-turn at about 5.75 and I got to see my competition face to face. Matt Mosman was in the lead and Paul Koch was in second now about 5 seconds ahead. I caught Paul at about mile 7 and could see Matt(still maintaining his 25 second lead). I tried to pickup the pace but I couldn’t push off my right foot. The best I could do was maintain my pace which at this point had been pretty steady. All my miles were coming in right around 5:50. And that’s the way it ended. Matt won in 58:22 and I came in second at 58:51, an average of 5:53 per mile. After the race I could barely walk on my calf and I thought about how stupid it was to have raced. Now a couple of days later I can say fortunately I didn’t hurt myself any worse, but I definitely could have. Ego is no excuse for stupidity. Terri had no such problems and finished her first 10k in 55:18 and even got a medal for finishing second in her age group!
Right = Ran an even paced race throughout
Wrong = Raced on an injury
Other Stuff = Race results at the end were all messed up, wrong times, wrong places. If you ran the race and want your correct finish time and place, go to the Southern Colorado Runners website under results (see link above).
(Matt C adds: Don’t try this at home folks. Eric is a professional — nut;-)
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Joel Jenkins reports:
Race = Alferd Packer Challenge
Location = Littleton, CO
Date = 10 March 2002
Distance = 13.1 miles
Goal = 2:30
Results = 2:58
Website = http://www.coachweber.com
General = This was my first trail run that had water crossings, mud, ice, etc. It was a lot of fun despite the following description.
Start: immediately climbed a hill that rivals UPT for steepness but certainly not length. Off to a good start. Basic cross country and trail running with ankle-busting gopher holes, a hill or two and ‘punctuated’ by some green sword cactus.
Miles 1.2 through 2.50: Easy, easy cruising on flat track.
Mile 2.5: Crossed the Platte River. The water was nearly waist high, just enough water to make sure you knew you were in some really cold mountain snow run off.
Miles 2.5 through 5.0: Up and down some hills made from that same red pea gravel/dirt mixture on UPT that gets in your shoes and slides with every step. Some places were so steep that you could reach straight out with your hand and touch the hill in front of you.
Miles 5 and 6: easy run through the Chatfield State Park.
Miles 6 and 7: Roots, stream crossings, beaver spikes, thicket, mud and bush-whacking. Muck so thick it would take your shoes off. Just about the time the mud came off the bottom of your shoes there was another section!
Miles 7 through 11.5: horse trail heading back towards the Platte. This is when I started to REALLY regret my choice of footwear. More to follow on that!
Mile 11.5 to the end: Started with the second crossing of the Platte. I foolishly thought this comment in the race information meant that there were only 2 water crossings. This is true of the Platte, however, there are a LOT of little creeks and streams, and ditches, and wet fields, and....well, you get the idea. After the Platte, it was an easy run to the finish.
Right = Running with the IC.
Polyester and lycra are much better than cotton
Wrong = Rule #1. When you pack the night before make sure that you actually BRING your running shoes with you, don’t leave them under the chair that had your Camelback sitting on it!!!!!! It makes you have to run in the 2 year old Salomon Trail shoes with about a 1,000 miles on them that you brought because “they will be comfortable for after the race".
Trying a new hydration supplement for the first time. For me, water is a better liquid in the Camelback than any supplement, regardless of the claims they make.
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Carol Sauceda reports:
Race = Alferd Packer Trail Challenge
Location = Chatfield Reservoir (Park), Littleton, CO
Date = 3-10-02
Distance = 26.2 Miles
Goal = 39.3 Miles (the Ultra option)
Results = 26.2 Miles, 6 hours, 10 minutes
Website = http://coachweber.com
General = I signed up for the ultra, 39.3 miles (3 loops of 13.1 miles each). The time limit was 9 hours. I completed the first 2 loops in 6:10. The race director had extended the finish time by 1/2 hour. However, I was certain it would take me more than 3:15(which was all the time I had left at that point), to complete a 3rd loop, so I decided to take the ‘survivor’ medal for completing the marathon distance.
Right = I have really thought this through, and I am feeling very good about how I prepared for and ran this event:
1. Trained well, including several runs with the Incline Club at 20+ miles;
2. I was well rested before, and well fueled, and hydrated before and during the run. I weighed the same Monday morning as I did before the race on Sunday morning;
3. I paced myself well, working hard, but at a sustainable level of effort;
4. No problems with the tummy, or nausea, or muscles, etc;
5. Quick transition (including a trip to the potty) of 5 minutes; and finally
6. Dressed well, including gaiters, which kept most of the rocks out of my shoes, and helped keep the lower legs warm (lots of ice water crossings).
Wrong = Well, you most always have room for improvement:
1. Due to the difficulty of the course, I was burning up calories faster than I was replacing them. I figured this out and adjusted in time (ate more food), so I did not have a serious energy dip; and
2. Forgot to take extra calcium and vit C at the transition...oh well.
Other Stuff = This was a NEW course, with the same time limit of 9 hours. Based on how I ran the old course, how I ran this new course, and relative to how I placed compared to other runners in the field, it is my opinion that this course should have a 10 hour time limit...not 9. The new course is more difficult than the old course, in that there is just more of the classic Alferd Packer ‘fun’: starting with an open cross-country climb up a steep cactus covered, gopher hole laden hill; crossing through the Platted River, after flying down the steep embankment; passage through face-smacking willows; “ouch” I didn’t see those low hanging tree limbs; through the open forest by carefully negotiating fallen logs, tree branches, ice and muck; more mud, muck, and ice water crossings; up and down a whole bunch (I quit counting) very steep sandy hills (cactus and ice included) and embankments; and then there was the extended swamp section which included mud, muck, more fallen logs and tree bra nches and willows, and many, many icy stream and various water containing crossings (ice flows included). I was thankful that my feet actually came back up out of the muck with my shoes still on, but I had to run for another ~1/2 hour before I actually got some feeling back in my feet; another crossing of the Platte; and one last water crossing with a slippery = could not be climbed without sliding back into the water embankment on the other side. All together, I LOVED this new course, and it deserves an extended time limit.
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Rick Crawford reports:
Race = Alferd packer
Location = Littleton Colo
Date = 3/10/02
Distance = 39.3 (3 -13.1 mile laps)
Results = 6:01 only able to finish 26.2miles
General = TOUGHEST RACE I have been involved in and not finished the entire distance. Harder than the Pikes Peak Marathon in my opinion. Multiple H20 crossings, swamp, mud, ice, steep inclines /declines, sand, roots, yucca, cactus, bushwhacking
energy zapped during lap 2
Right =
-training
-paced myself very well during lap 1 and ran entire first lap
-hydration
-maple syrup for gel
Wrong = Maybe maple syrup gave me too much iron in my system
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Congrats to ICer Kelli Lusk who has been named to the US National Snowshoe Team for the 2002-2003 season. Team members may have the opportunity to compete in a world cup snowshoeing circuit next season.
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WWW POST:
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3/10/02 67 showed for an awesome day. Several proclaimed “I overdressed” as they wrapped their jackets around their waists. Quite a few made their first full loops showing that the long slow buildup is starting to pay off.
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Go out hard, when it hurts speed up...
Matt Carpenter
http://www.skyrunner.com
http://www.inclinclub.com
http://www.runpikespeak.com
http://www.fotp.com
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