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Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 9:00 PM
Subject: Incline Club V7 TH #2 LR #22
Hi there ICers,
OK, I admit it! Last Thursday left me dead dog tired. Nothing like some fast stuff to let you know where you are - or are not. Oh well, that’s why we do it. In fact Sunday felt great - amazing how running fast on Thursdays makes the Sunday pace feel easy:-)
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NEXT RUNs:
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Thursday, April 17, 5:45pm — Hydro Street
Meet at Memorial Park and warm to Hydro Street. Leave the park at a time that gets you to Hydro Street at 5:45 warmed up and ready to go. Do a tempo run up the Barr Trail for 30 minute or to No Name Creek, whichever comes first. Easy run back down the Barr Trail and then do 4 Hydro Street hill repeats. Cool down back to the park.
Sunday, April 20, 8:00am — Memorial Park
Run to Barr Camp and back via the Barr Trail.
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R REPORTS:
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Anita Bower reports:
Race = Umstead 50/100
Location = Umstead Park, Raleigh North Carolina
Date = April 5 & 6, 2003
Distance = 50 or 100 miles
Goal = 50 miles
Results = 50 very slow miles
Website = http://ncroadrunners.org
General = The Umstead 50 and 100 mile endurance run is one of my favorite ultras. A lot of folks think it is easy, since it is 10 loops of ten miles. However, what makes it hard is that there are two very well stocked, friendly aid stations, which after 50 miles, or usually 10 in my case, I never want to leave. You also go by your car twenty times as well, which I often use as an aid station. And after several loops it gets quite tempting to just put the key in the ignition, look like a race official and drive off, which I did after 50 very sick and feverish miles. There’s nothing that puts me in a better mood than to be well trained and rested for a race, only to feel yourself coming down with the flu as you fly out.
Right = Is running 50 miles while you have a fever and feel weak and can’t eat a smart thing to do? Only if you are an ultrarunner. I still haven’t found out where it says one has to be smart to run 50 or 100 miles, so not being smart would be the thing I did right which helped me finish. I “quit” three times during the race, took a two hour nap, and set a “PW” (personal worst). My end goal in all this “smartness” was to become more mentally tough so that I will have a sub-48 hour Badwater this year.
Wrong = My initial goal was 100 miles, but as with many things in life, if first you don’t succeed, lower your standards.
Other Stuff = Umstead is a beautiful course. Lots of flowering trees to look and sneeze at. There are also lots of snakes to keep you on your toes. But it is harder mentally than one would think. Adding up the times you go past aid stations, and your car, you have 40 “opportunities” to quit. Not to mention they give you credit for 50 if you go 60, 70 or more miles, so it is easy to cower off after 70 or however many miles.
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Jonathan Veteto reports:
Race = Imperial Challenge
Location = Breckenridge
Date = 12APR03
Distance = Top O’ the hill. Appx 13k feet (Peak 8).
Goal = Sub 2:00
Results = 1:59
Website = http://www.greatadventuresports.com
General = Not a real “R” report, b/c it’s on Saturday, but I write it up every year. Third time up the hill for me. Did the expert (long) course. They have a citizen (short) course as well, which my little bro did. The (long course) challenge consists of a bike leg from the elementary school to the peak 8 base, then a climb to the top of peak 8, and back down again. You pick your gear for the up & down the mountain.
Right = Stayed in Breck the night before, got lots of sleep, and ate a big bowl of oatmeal with lots of brown sugar. Must be the magic breakfast. Club runs are great! Thanks Matt ! Felt strong going up the hill. It’s kinda like going up the steep part of longs ranch, several times, with tons of crap on your back. :)
Wrong = One of those days when nothing went wrong, really. Wish I knew how to tele’ so I wouldn’t have to lug a zillion pounds of gear up the hill. (Used a frame pack, even !) Oh well. Next time.
Other Stuff = One of the *best* races around. Great fun -> my friend Jari won $$ in the long course, my buddy Ben won 2nd in the boys short course, his girlfriend won 1st in the girls short course, and my brother & I both won new ski jackets (bonus !). Plus, they had at least 20 different kinds of dessert at the post-race party. Life was good on Saturday.
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WWW POSTS:
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4/13/03 Sun: An awesome weather day (upper 70s) brought out 83 runners for the first club run to Barr Camp. No snow until No Name Creek. From that point on there were a lot of snow patches but little ice. On the way back down we could see the difference in the snow melt and slipping was not much of a factor. The top 26 on the workout board made it to the run.
4/10/03 Thur: 45 made the first Thursday workout of the 2003 season. The 30 minutes of 1 minute hard, 1 minute easy got fairly ugly fairly quick. Nothing like the first hard one up the Barr Trail to remind why we start training so far out! 4 Hydro Street hills rounded out the workout.
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