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Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 4:41 PM
Subject: Incline Club V8 LR #20
Hi ICers,
Its time to start our Thursday hard runs! All the long runs we have been doing are great and have really built up our strength. However the long runs do not make us fast. As the saying goes, “To get fast you must run fast!” That is what the Thursdays are for:-)
Thursday Parking Issues:
The preferred parking location is still Memorial Park. However since the actual meeting place is at the bottom of Hydro Street many park in other locations. This is fine although a good warm-up is still recommended and indeed encouraged. Just remember however that if you want to run with the IC do no park anywhere on Ruxton Avenue above Winter Street! If you want to risk (I don’t advise it) trying to get a spot in the Barr Trail trailhead lot, fine, but be prepared to drive back down past Winter Street if the lot is full! Yes, I realize that there are a few legal spots next to the wall by the COG and that there are plenty of runners/hikers that for some reason find it too much trouble to put in a few extra minutes of foot-time and use them. However it is the policy of the IC to leave those spots for COG users. Simply, it is my belief that the less runners/hikers the COG sees getting out of cars around them the better. In fact, it is parking that is one of the biggest concerns when it comes to the issues
surrounding the Incline. The IC can do its part by just keeping their cars away from the area. PLEASE!
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Speaking of the Incline:
Tomorrow a story is due to come out about the Incline in the Independent. I do not know what their angle is but they have supposedly talked to a lot of people including the various owners of the Incline. I know they talked to me and I tried to give them my perspective as far as the IC and the fact that we no longer do it as a club run. I can also tell you that quite a few people, including myself, have been meeting with all three owners of the Incline about the possibility of opening it to the public. To summarize; things are not looking good although some are still holding out hope. Frankly, it is the bad apples (see parking above) that have ruined it for the rest of us. At any rate, if you are interested, I have put up some pages on the web about the Incline and the efforts to get it open to the public. Included are summaries from the meetings with the owners as well as some maps I made using satellite imagery to show who owns what in the area: http://www.incl
ineclub.com/incline
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See you Thursday!
PS A separate mail will go out later this week to announce the start of this year’s Incline Club shirt order:-)
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NEXT RUN:
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Thursday, April 8, 5:45pm — Hydro Street
Meet and warm up from Memorial Park! Leave the park at a time that gets you to Hydro Street on time. Do 30 mins of 1 min hard, 1 min easy up the Barr Trail or to No Name Creek, whichever comes first. After an easy run back down the Barr Trail do 4 Hydro Street hill repeats. Cool down back to the park.
Sunday, April 11, 8:00am — Memorial Park
Run out El Paso Blvd and turn right before Hwy 24. Take the dirt shortcut to Crystal Park Rd. Run Intemann Trail until it connects with Section 16. Head right and run that until taking a left down High Drive to connect back to Section 16. Finish the loop and return via Manitou Avenue. 2-3.5 hours. See Map! http://www.inclineclub.com/maps/section16.htm
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ICers WRITE:
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Adam Feerst writes:
April 8 marks the start of the DenverTrailRunners’ 5th season. We run every Thursday evening in the west Denver foothills. The runs are typically 1:00-1:30 at different trails, mostly in the Morrison/Golden area. We’ll have a regular (possibly monthly) time trial up Mt. Falcon, 2.5mi, 1,500’, as well as pot-luck picnics when weather permits. We will also have periodic (hopefully regular) Wed morning runs, weekend long runs, and car pooling to mountain races and IC runs. All ages and abilities welcome. REALLY! We have a range of abilities — from those who run 10ks in the low 30s, to 70+, to those who primarily hike the trails. Best of all, it’s FREE. For more info and to get the weekly e-newsletter, go to:
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/DenverTrailRunners/
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Brenda Willis Ultra 100
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Starting point 3/21/04: 307.5lbs
Last club weigh-in 4/4/04: 298lbs
What a difference a week makes! Brenda weighed in at 298:-) The work is starting to pay off! This week the big news is she got some new shoes. To celebrate she has again upped her mileage!!! She has been warned of the risks of injury but says she feels awesome:-)))
Brenda’s exercise (walking) progress:
F 4/2 am see last newsletter, pm 3 miles
S 4/3 am 2 miles, pm 2 miles
S 4/4 5 miles at IC workout
M 4/5 am 1 mile, pm 4 miles
T 4/6 am 1 mile, pm 3 miles
W 4/7 pm 6 miles (to/from Matt’s house to give this report)
Pledge breakdown as of 4/7/04:
5 @ .20 per pound
14 @ .25 per pound
10 @ .50 per pound
1 @ .50 per pound first 50, .75 next 50 = .625 per pound
17 @ 1.00 per pound
3 @ 2.00 per pound
Total 51 pledges, $33.625 per pound
Cooperate match will bring that to $67.25 per pound or $6,725 if (when:-)
she reaches her goal.
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R REPORTS:
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Steve Bremner reports:
Race = St Louis Marathon
Location = St Louis, MO
Date = April 4th, 2004
Distance = 26.2 miles
Goal = under 3 hours
Results = 2:59:59, 4th in age group
Website = http://www.stlouismarathon.com/stl_marathon/
General = I didn’t know what to expect with this marathon since I’d only run a grand total of three times in the two weeks leading up to the marathon. So I wisely decided to simply run how I felt. 6:40 miles felt good, so that’s what I ran. Later I slowed to 7+ pace, but still managed to go under three hours.
This time I brought my daughter Natalie along, so we made it a father/daughter bonding trip replete with movie, a couple dinners out, visiting the high point of Missouri, Mt Taum Sauk, my 36th state high point, and also squeezing in a 3-hour visit for Natalie with an old friend.
This was my 28th marathon state.
Right = Ran within myself.
Wrong = Not much sleep the night of the race with losing an hour and daylight savings time. Don’t think it hurt my performance any though.
Other Stuff = They ran the Women’s Olympic Trials on Saturday on a different course.
This race has increased steadily in popularity in the last five years. Since the St Louis Track Club gave it up to a full-time paid race organizer it has gone from 800 runners to 8000 and is bringing in many locals to the fun with relays and a “Read, Write, Run” program for kids to read 26 books, write 26 essays, and run 26 miles (not all at once).
Well organized, good spectators. St Louis is also a great city. The race goes twice through Forest Park, the fourth largest urban park in the country, in itself a real gem with several museums (all free) and a zoo.
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Derek Griffiths reports
Race = Eisenhower Marathon
Location = Abilene, KS
Date = 3/27/2007
Distance = Marathon
Goal = Get The State
Results = 16th in 3:32
Website = http://www.eisenhowermarathon.com
General = This was to be my 25th state in my goal of running a marathon in all 50 states.
What can I say about running rural Kansas in March? One word, wind! 30 mph wind to be exact. For 11 miles, we ran headon into this wind. My normal easy pace of 700-715 was slowed to 830-915 (depending on the hills). Then there was 4 miles of cross wind that made me feel like a flag.
Finally at 15, we got the wind at our back and I got a chance to look up and see the beautiful Kansas countryside.
Then it started to rain. Go figure.
Needless to say, the weather was terrible.
However, the race itself was nice. The small community of 5000 really supports the race (this being the 2nd year). There were a lot of volunteers (400 to only 250 runners). The pre-race and post-race meals were outstanding.
However, the 6 hour drive back to Denver was not.
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WWW POSTS:
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4/04/2004 Sun: 82 came out for an awesome run up to Barr Camp and back. We broke through the fog just above No Name Creek and were treated to the warm sun and great views of the snow covered landscape. A lot more people made it all the way to Barr Camp than two weeks ago and on the trip down the snow was well packed. The Brenda Willis Ultra 100 is going well and today she weighed in at 298.
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