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Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 1:29 PM
Subject: Incline Club V7 LR #8
Hi ICers,
Was that a couple of super summer days there or what? Quite the concept to be running in shorts and short sleeves in January but then again a couple of ICers do that almost every weekend.
Thanks to those of you who came out last weekend. We set another club record of 96:-) This week we will be doing the Waldo/LRR double! Remember to save something on Waldo to get up LRR;-) For those that have been doing out/backs you might be able to move up to a loop now.
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NEXT RUN:
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Sunday, January 12, 8:00am — Soda Springs Park
Run out the UPT and take a right and over to do the Waldo Canyon loop. Then do Longs Ranch Road taking the J-pipe short-cut. 2.5-3.5 hours, if it would be longer do just one of the two. See maps! http://www.inclineclub.com/maps.htm
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ICers WRITE:
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Levi Hensel writes:
I just wanted to send out my heartfelt thanks to all of you for supporting me (probably unconsciously for many of you) last summer. For those of you who I never formally met, I was that guy who was always blazing around the Springs and to and from the Sunday runs on those crazy contraptions called rollerskis. I was only in the Springs for a few months and was there working on a summer internship and training for my main sporting pastime as an aspiring elite cross-country skier. When I originally accepted the internship, I was a bit concerned about training in the Springs area. I was however able to make do with the places to rollerski that were available, and was very fortunate to find you all. Mountain running and very long Sunday runs are integral parts of off-season training for cross-country skiing, and with all of you, I found a supportive and exciting environment for both. It was definitely a little hard for me to make sure I went very very slow throughout the summer, especially when you guys were all peaking for the PPA/M and I’m just entering my full racing season NOW, with my racing peak still another 7 weeks from now. But, putting in all of those base hours and those months at altitude has paid off, and is continuing to do so. When I arrived back at school (I am a senior at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire) I managed to set a 9:28 3000m running PR, and ran a 19:39 6500m cross-country. Later in the fall I went on to win our annual uphill mountain running time trial on Mt. Moosilauke (3.8 miles, 4000ft of gain, on the Appalachian Trail) in a raging snow storm, beating out 120 others, including all of the University of Vermont and Middlebury College ski teams (our main rivals), and being the only person to break the 40:00 barrier (while wearing my IC shirt of course!!)
Now, we are into the thick of ski racing season, when all of that running and rollerskiing base work and dry-land training is put to the test where it really matters, on skis, and on the snow.
Our first official collegiate ski races are a week from Saturday, but we’ve already been doing quite a few tune-up races and I just returned from the U.S. Cross-Country Skiing National Championships in Maine yesterday. There I raced a 30k on Saturday, a 10k on Monday, and a 10k on Tuesday. The courses were pretty tough, and I was hoping to place a bit higher and improve my national ranking further as I look towards the Olympics in 2006/2010, but my times were fairly competitive, and because it is still at the beginning of my racing season (for college), while many other people peak for these races, I was happy. I finished in 70th for the 30k Classic in 1:34, 127th for the 10k Skate in 28:22, and 97th for the 10k Classic in 30:12, all out of fields of 250 men (women only race half of each distance).
So, as of now, my national ranking is still 70th (cumulative over several years compiled results), but it’ll be getting better again in the future.
Anyhow, just wanted to update you all on what I’m up to, and say thanks. Being able to run with you all on Sundays during the summer was wonderful and really meant a lot, I know it has improved me as an skier, as a runner, and as an athlete. I don’t know if and when I’ll be headed back through the Springs, but I wish you all the very best in you running and racing, and encourage you to give cross-country skiing and racing a try if you ever have the opportunity. I’ll always carry my three favorite IC memories with me wherever I go (breaking 24:00 on the Incline at the end of the summer before I left, having Matt tell *ME* I was crazy when I rollerskied to Soda Springs Park ran for 3.5 hours and then rollerskied home, and bonking really really hard during the BTMR) and will wear my IC shirt proudly as I crush mountain trails around the world. :)
Happy Trails One and All and Thank You All very much for a most enjoyable summer.
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Kelli Lusk writes:
This in mainly mountain bike focused, but thought some people in the group
may be interested in checking out this website. http://www.trailcentral.com/index.shtml
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Teresa Taylor and Tom Kelecy both sent in this e-mail thread about John Mills breaking a bone on last Sunday’s run: (Note: For context start at the bottom and work your way up.)
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From: Mills, John
So much for your diagnosis, you broke my scaphoid (as opposed to the uranus) when you tripped me. I am preserving the shirt, WITH the shoe print, for evidence.
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From: Teresa Taylor
Glad to hear you made it thought the casting process! I will have to see about the 6 beer advertising fee — will have to be very clever! What bone did you break? I remembered my favorite bone name — the pisiformis — which would be apropos to pissy-form, which is the cause of most falls. The pisiformis bone happens to be in the wrist, but on the pinkie outside edge. I am thinking you did the Capitate, which is the largest and in the middle. Hope it feels better soon — no whining! Hmmm how hard is it to pop a top with a cast?????
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From: Mills, John
You forgot to specify the beers MUST be opened, (ref: Mr. Manly, Lesson 567). And it’s not an act, men runners (do you know any?) ARE tough. The 4 -week cast is AF blue, fiberglass, and extremely hard to write on (without the 6 beer advertising fee). As luck would have it, it was put on by Dr. Stafford, a many time PPM and a one time PPA/PPMer. He did say that I could run with the cast on (Yes, we did the old joke about not being able to run before the cast.....) His instructions were, “Don’t fall on it.”
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From: Teresa Taylor
My experience leads me to believe that the men runners in our lives act tough and do not whine around others. They save it all up and become large babies in presence of their wives — expecting cold beers delivered directly, massage and coddling of the injury, oh baby it’s ok, etc etc. They even expect to be served Cheese with their “Whine.” I agree with Laura’s response to sympathy....(yeah, right, yawn, please pass me another muffin...). :-)
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From: KELECY, Laura I
I definitely don’t think the runner formerly known as “Johnny” whined enough because I didn’t even know about the ow-ie on the wrist-ie. I thought it was a male trait to let us girls know about those kinds of things so we can show the appropriate sympathy (yeah, right, yawn, please pass me another muffin...).
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From: Mills, John
Hell hath no fury like a woman out-merit badged! You didn’t have to lead me around, wash off blood, pick up pieces, etc. That makes it sort of a half-credit. No towing credit at all since we were only a block from SSP.
In fact, not enough blood to even earn a mention in the IC newsletter. I showed my oweee to Matt and earned a “Watch where you’re going.” Fred W. bruises his butt and gets a photo feature!
My extra drugs will be available for sale if Neal’s calf doesn’t get better quick.
I’m not going to wash the shirt until a team of independent scientists verifies the shoe size of the print.
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From: Teresa Taylor
OK — There seems to be a mix up here! I thought it would be good to start my New Year out right and NOT be the ONE who GOES BOOM! Mighty fine job I did too! It is not my fault that the fall down go boom gremlins that have lived within my running legs all these years finally released themselves and traveled to some other running legs!
I would have scored the maneuver now referred to in my mind as the “Ruxton Spills of Johnny Mills” a good 9.3, especially since there was good forward downhill momentum and a microsecond of flat out-horizontal to the ground time. The landing was a perfect 10 — a complete somersault and a recovery back to both feet! somewhere in there John’s back must have hit the dirt, as there appeared to be a TIRE TRACK across his back. BUT, since I wear a 9 1/2 new balance (no comments on the big feet, they are big enough without John making them bigger) his story does not hold water!
Guess my gremlins went multiple ways, as Neal seems to have strained or badly pulled a calf muscle! Ah the smell of Ben-gay analgesic! But it is not on me for once!
Guess I might get to start on my merit badge! Hmmm, a week to think of something clever to write on John’s cast....ought to be good! Glad he can still facilitate his own “clean-up” — we all know what a tooter he is!
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From: John Mills
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 9:34 AM
We did the usual run with the Incline Club Sunday, up to Barr Camp (2:03) and back down. Wanted to get it in before the snows shuts us down. Teresa & I made it back to Manitou to within one block of the cars when I tripped (or was pushed?) over an uneven sidewalk joint. Complete tuck-n-roll, (scored 8.5 out of 10), scraped one hand, no big deal. However, due to my left wrist hurting too much to sleep that night, we went to the hospital this AM. A broken small bone in my left wrist. I have a temporary splint with a cast scheduled for tomorrow. How long will I have that cast? I’ll know tomorrow. Teresa is the prime suspect in this accident. She claims I have a tire print across the back of my shirt, I think it looks like a running shoe print, New Balance, size 10. I can still run (and take care of bodily functions, including clean-up) so watch out!
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R REPORTS:
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Doug Laufer reports:
Race = Swift Skedaddle — snowshoe
Location = Silverthorne
Date = 1/5/03
Distance = 10K??????
Goal = Do it
Results = It should be illegal to have this much fun!!
General = If you have not done a snowshoe race I highly recommend you give one a try. If you are going to do one you might consider one of the Swift Skedaddle races (next one March 8th in Frisco).
Snowshoe races are a great way to work hard at altitude. Most courses have plenty of hills to abuse yourself on. No two snowshoe races are alike. Swift Skedaddle races favor single track with lots of up’s and down’s. Oxygen debt becomes a constant companion.. Did I say it was fun!! There was 10K and 3K course, however I do not believe for a minute that they really have any clue if courses were close to advertised distance. I believe the winning time for the 10K was around 1:01. I do know that Danelle must have a sick mind to think up the routes encountered in Swift Skedaddle races. The version I did yesterday included having to crawl through a culvert. Did I say it was fun!! Lots of fun!!
Besides a great course, the race offered great post race food, lots of stuff for prize drawings, coffee mugs for age group winners, and T-shirts for all entrants. There was also a kids race (deep snow dash). Demo snowshoes were available. Race day cost was $22.
Right = Step 1: Got up early and drove to race.
Worked hard and had a lot of fun. Did not overdress — it is tempting to think being out in deep snow you have to bundle up.
Focused on technique: you loss a little time and a lot of energy with falls and faulty steps, for the most part I avoided them.
Got 1:24 of quality training, converts to something much tougher than 10K, maybe equal to hard French Creek (yea I know Matt – No Name) round trip effort.
Got coffee mug :-)
Wrong = Long run Friday (18 miles) still lingered in legs, but since snow shoe race was just intended to be hard workout probably did not matter that I did not feel fresh.
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NON R REPORTS: (In state – not on Sunday)
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Kelli Lusk reports:
Race = Turquoise Lake 20-mile Snowshoe Race
Location = Leadville, CO
Date = 4 January 2003
Distance = 20 miles
Goal = sub-4 hours
Results = 4:33 / 3rd woman
Website = http://www.redfeather.com
General = wow. This was an ass-kicker of a race. It was a beautiful day with high-30s and nice snow.
Right = Ate every hour, took plenty of water and stayed hydrated. Dressed appropriately.
Wrong = Didn’t taper for the race. I was using this as another training day instead of actual race (I just wanted to see how I’d finish!). I also wasn’t mentally prepared for how long the section after the last aid station (14.5 miles) was going to be. Afterward, I spoke to other people who said it’s a tough part of the course because it seems to go on forever.
Other Stuff = This is an event everyone should try at least once! The course didn’t have anything too steep or technical, but it took it’s toll on you after awhile. I was good until about 3-hours, then started struggling. I kept telling myself, “I’m not doing this race again...” But, of course, I’ll have to go back next year to try for my goal time of sub-four hours!
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Devin Allen reports:
Race = New Years Day Rescue Run
Location = Palmer Park
Date = 1/1/03
Distance = 5K & 10K
Goal = 20:00 5K
Results = 42:18 10K; 12th overall
General = Race day was cold with driving snow and high winds. Run mostly on paved and gravel roads, footing was questionable in places, especially the last 1/2 mile to the finish.
Right = Warmed up pretty well and DIDN’T wear the wind pants and jackets like I thought I would. Was comfortable throughout.
Wrong = Didn’t look at the race route beforehand and mistakenly followed the 10K course when I intended to do only 5K. Haven’t been running more than twice weekly for the past two months and no long runs or speed work.
Other Stuff = Lots of nice giveaways post-race (though I didn’t win any). Good food and good volunteers throughout.
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WWW POSTS:
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1/5/03 The new club attendance record was set today when 96 came out for the first long run of 2003! We ran over to the Intemann Trail and then did the Section 16 loop. As always the views on this run are just awesome. This run has a lot more fast running in it than our normal runs and therefore we will be doing this one more often:-)
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