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Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 1:09 PM
Subject: Test: Incline Club V8 TH #4 LR #23
Hi ICers,
Just some quick updates:
1) Today is the LAST day to order club shirts and hats:
http://www.inclineclub.com/shirt
We are excited that there were more orders than last year so soon there should be a lot more IC stuff running around:-)
2) Sunday at the club run is the LAST day to pay for your shirts and hats.
3) The VanFeed has been delayed yet again. Has anyone else noticed that for the past 3 months the weather has been nice only on non club run days? Don’t worry though because one day the VanFeed will happen.
4) That’s all:-) See you today or Sunday!
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Thursday, April 29, 5:45pm — Hydro Street
Meet and warm up from Memorial Park! Leave the park in time to get to Hydro Street on time. Do a 30 tempo run 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, May 2, 8:00am — Memorial Park
Barr Camp and back via the Barr Trail. Longer option is to finish the first switchback after the Bottomless Pit Sign which will add about 3.5 miles total.
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Kay Wieder writes (in part):
I also ran the Platte River Trail Run (half marathon) on Sunday, April 4th. I would actually call it the Platte River “Sidewalk” Run and the whole trail was cement. It was a great day.
(Matt C adds: Fill out an R report on the PRTR and you will get an R for the race:-)
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Fred Wright writes:
What happened to all my clubmates last night (Thursday)? I was at Hydro a few minutes early, got cold and started, fully expecting a herd to come charging by, no one! Anyway, I saw John O’D., Patti and Valerie and Ted B. It was COLD!
(Matt C adds: You are not the only one that missed us Fred — even the CRUD runners were wondering where we were! Rest assured we were there and in 8 seasons have NEVER cancelled a run due to weather. However, we have changed protocols and that is exactly what we did. We still did 30 minutes of 1 minute hard, 1 minute easy but for the easy minutes we ran back down the trail. This accomplished two things 1) Kept us out of the snow so we could get in a quality workout and 2) Made it so we only had 10 minutes of down after the workout so we did not freeze:-) Just because we are dedicated does not mean we have to be nuts. Well, we still did do the Hydro Hell repeats so perhaps we are nuts!)
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Brenda Willis Ultra 100
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Starting point 3/21/04: 307.5lbs
Last club weigh-in 4/25/04: 286 lbs
Yes, even Brenda has “snow days” and she got a little off track last week. However she did take another 2lbs off. She is still on schedule but can’t afford many weeks like that!!! Brenda says “wait till this Sunday and I’ll show you!” She also reports that for the first time in a long long time her pants are now too big:-)
Exercise report:
She has missed no days this week. Her minimum was 4 miles!!! She is working on a 29 mile week! I know some ICers who are not running that much...
Pledge breakdown as of 4/29/04:
Getting close to $8,000!!!
5 @ .20 per pound
14 @ .25 per pound
11 @ .50 per pound
1 @ .50 per pound first 50, .75 next 50 = .625 per pound
19 @ 1.00 per pound
4 @ 2.00 per pound
Total 55 pledges, $38.225 per pound
Cooperate match will bring that to $76.45 per pound or $7,645 if (when:-)
she reaches her goal. All money goes to the ARC. www.thearc.org
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Steve Bremner reports
Race = Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon
Location = Oklahoma City
Date = April 25, 2004
Distance = 26.2 m
Goal = 2:49
Results = 2:57
Website = http://www.okcmarathon.com/
General =
Drove out to Oklahoma City on Thursday and Friday accompanied by some pretty severe weather, from snow in Western OK to driving thunderstorms and hail nearer to the city. By Saturday morning the weather had cleared and it was perfect conditions through the marathon on Sunday.
Following 168 seconds of silence to remember the victims of the Federal Building bombing of 1995 I lined up on the starting line with Dick Beardsley who was running a two-man relay with his partner Bill Rodgers. Frank Shorter was there too as a speaker, but was recovering from an injury and didn’t run. Let me tell you, if you have the chance to ever see Dick Beardsley speak DO IT! The guy is phenomenal. His life story and his marathon tails are an inspiration. Check out the April issue of Runner’s World for the story of the 1986 Boston marathon duel he had with Alberto Salazar.
I ran the first half in 1:27 and the second in 1:30 for a 2:57 finish time. Moved up on about five runners in the last half and wasn’t passed. Managed first place masters, though three more came in behind me in close succession all under 3 hours. #29 on my list of marathon states.
Great conditions, sunny, mostly cool until the end.
Right = Good pace.
Wrong =
Other Stuff = This is the best marathon experience I can remember in 59 marathons. The city has done such a good job to preserve the memory of and to honor the victims of the bombing of 1995. The site of the building is now a lawn with chair-like tomb stones in rows representing each of the nine stories of the building stretching up a hill. The street where the Ryder truck parked, Fifth Avenue was replaced with a reflective pool on black marble, with two gates on either end. One gate has 9:01 and the other 9:03. I had to ask the park service person what was the significance of the times. The two gates represent the gates of time. At 9:01 on April 19, 1995 it was a beautiful spring day as Oklahomans started their work day. At 9:03 their world was changed forever.
If you don’t run the marathon, please make a point to go see the memorial. After spending several hours at the memorial and touring the museum I was profoundly moved. If we could somehow sponsor would-be terrorists to come see this memorial with its serenity, to see the determined spirit of people to make sense and have closure with the destructive results of misguided rage I can’t help but hope that most if not all would have a change of heart.
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Michael Shafai reports:
Race = Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon
Location = Oklahoma City, OK
Date = Sunday, April 25th
Distance = 26.2 M
Goal = 3:30:00
Results = 3:34:41
Website = http://www.okcmarathon.com
General = This race is presented each year to honor those who were killed in the Oklahoma City Federal Building bombing. It is well-organized and includes around 7500 participants. The course is flat (as is the entire state of Oklahoma), paved, and provides a nice tour of some of the city’s finest neighborhoods. The steepest hills are the freeway overpasses.
Right = We had great weather during the actual race... 52 degrees @ start time, low humidity, calm winds, and plenty of sunshine. We were very lucky considering that racers in the past have been plagued by high winds, heat and humidity.
Wrong = Since I typically train on vertical trails, the prospect of running on flat asphalt was not very appealing. I think my concerns about doing this type of race became a self-fulfilling prophecy because by mile 16, my joints were hurting from all the pounding (in spite of the four Alleve’s I took). I was on pace to do around a 3:17 until that point. After mile 16, I gave up about a minute per mile. I found myself looking forward to the “hills” to break up the monotony of the flats. While many of the locals struggled with the “hills,” I saw them as opportunities to pass other runners. I certainly look forward to recovering and getting back out on the trails.
Other Stuff = Funny story: Back on New Years Day, I ran the Rescue Run 10K in Palmer Park. A friend of mine and fellow Incliner, Lee “Too Tall” Moss, beat me by four seconds. I could have beat him that day, but I thought he was in an older age group than I was, so I didn’t go for it (turns out we’re only a month apart). So now, any chance he gets, he harasses me about those four seconds.
During mile 15 of the Oklahoma City Marathon, I heard someone from behind me yelling, “Four Seconds! Four Seconds!.” Last time we ran together, Too Tall hadn’t mentioned he was coming out to Oklahoma for this race, so I didn’t believe it was him. I turned around and there he was. Then, there he went. He ended up beating me by about 15 minutes, so it looks like I have more time to make up. (Nice job, Lee... but remember, you’re still older than me, even if it’s only by a month!).
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Lee Moss reports:
Race = Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon
Location = Oklahoma City
Date = 25 APR 2004
Distance = Marathon
Goal = 3:40 or better
Results = 3:18.27
Website = http://okcmarathon.com
General = Neat race that started at the OKC National Memorial and finished a block away. Pretty flat course(It’s all relative!)Ran through the town and a couple of parks. Single loop course.
Right =
Started out slow.
1st mile was 8:34 then 8:15 8:10 ...
Had 3 gels and drank at every station.
Wrong =
Food intake SAT:
AM food consisted of BK sausage egg & cheese
NOON 3 beef tacos, refried beans & rice
PM Turkey & dressing @ Denny’s
Other Stuff = Felt great. Lungs never hurt but the legs were killing me.
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Jonathan Cavner reports (For the P for Pacer/Crew):
Race = Zane Grey
Location = Pine, AZ
Date = 4/24/04
Distance = 50 mile
Goal = Crew for Dave Mackey, Rick Hessek, Paul Dewitt, Darrin Eisman
Results = Crewed
Website = http://www.zanegrey50.com
General = Lindsay and I picked up Dave the day before the race at the Phoenix Airport. The other folks drove to the race. After an uneventful drive to Payson we checked into the host hotel (Paysonglo). After we gave Dave some time to take a little nap we stretched our legs out by running up a steep Payson neighborhood. Afterwards we made our way to the Casino that was hosting the pre-race dinner. We ran into Rick, Paul and Darrin at the dinner and had a good time exchanging stories. We went back to the hotel where Dave, Darrin, Linds and I shared a room. At 3:30am we started getting ready for the 5am start. Yikes! The drive to Pine is about 20 minutes from the hotel. Linds and I stayed in the warm car while Dave and Darrin went for a warm up run.
At 5am the race started. I had positioned the car for an easy pullout to travel to the first aid station (Geronimo | Mile 8). During the first part of the course Dave and Scott Creel (50K National Champion)pulled to the lead going through Geronimo at 1:09. Darrin and Paul were with Karl Meltzer, Hiroki, Ian Torrence, Scott Jurek going through about 2 minutes later. A few minutes after Darrin went through I changed into some running clothes and started to do a training run from mile 8 to mile 17. I started running just in front of Dennis Pooleco. Lindsay waited for Rick and then drove to the next aid station. The section between 8 and 17 had a lot of good running sections. This was weird to me as I had heard how poor the course’s footing was. Evidently there had been a lot of course work during the last year and the course markings were almost every 20 feet. Very well marked! It was a fairly lonely run as I never did catch up to Darrin and I put some minutes on Dennis. Once I got to the aid station Lindsa y apprised me that Dave and Scott had gone through the Washington Park aid station at around 2:30. Paul was a couple minutes back from Dave. Darrin had just left the aid station. As we were waiting for Rick. Dennis and Nikki Kimball came through close together. I was surprised that Nikki was at the race as I didn’t know she had an ultra background. Rick was looking well when he came through. We then traveled to the 4th aid station as the 3rd station (Hell’s Gate Canyon) was not open to the crew members. Dave coming through the Fish Hatchery aid station had evidently pulled away from Scott during the last few miles. He ended up 2 minutes ahead of Scott at this point. Paul was 17 minutes back and Karl next, then Ian, Jurek and Darrin behind them. Hiroki came and collapsed at the aid station. He had evidently experiencing extreme nausea as he threw up time and time again. An ambulance was called. Rick was keeping pace and looking much better than last year.
We then headed out to the Christopher Creek aid station in time to catch Dave. Dave had lost a little time but was still 4 minutes ahead of Scott Creel. Paul had some trouble too and was passed by Karl during this section. Ian and Jurek came in afterwards. We then had to leave Kevin Tavener from Denver in charge of Darrin and Rick’s aid as we tried to arrive at the finish to witness Dave’s course record finish. (Un)fortunately we were late. Dave had shattered the course record by 16 minutes! 7:51:07 was his finishing time. Dave left it all out on the course as he put an additional 6 minutes on Creel in the last 6 miles! Scott came threw at 8:01:42, a course record any other year. Karl (former CR holder) was 3rd (8:15:33). Paul finished fourth (8:43:01). Ian (8:44:40) was directly behind Paul. Jurek, slowed by his 50 the previous weekend was @ 8:56:38. Darrin improved his time from last year with 9:09:52. Nikki out sprinted Dennis at the line for an outstanding course record performance (9:14:24). Ri ck had an excellent 12th place finish with 9:48:24. Way to go guys! With the exception of Darrin, who had to get back right away, we went out for Mexican that night to celebrate.
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Laura Mitchell reports:
Race = Boston Marathon
Location = Boston
Date = April 19, 2004
Distance = 26.2 miles
Goal = 3:30
Results = 3:54
General = The Boston Marathon is a historic event starting in Hopkinton and ending in Downtown Boston. The race begins with a downhill then continues with slight rolling hills. miles 16-21 are a series of steeper hills including the famous heartbreak hill. Miles 21-26.2 are a slight downhill finish. The crowd is fantastic and extremely supportive. The BAA knows how to “run” a marathon. This race is very well organized, and well worth running. On race day the temperature was much hotter than usual (80 degrees to begin the race, 86 to finish).
Right = I tried to follow Galloway’s marathon training schedule. I trained with the Incline Club, mostly in the Garden of the Gods to get in some pavement time. I hydrated well before, during, and after the race. I took time to drink 2-3 waters/Gatorades at each aid station. Every time someone from the crowd offered water, I poured it on my head. I ate correctly, and felt well during the race. I enjoyed the race! I started the race right on pace, and kept pace for the first 9 miles. I decided around mile 10 to slow down, and changed my goal to finishing under four hours. I was not used to the extreme heat, and I saw other runners collapsing that early in the race!
Wrong = I trained fairly consistently, but my speedwork was not as consistent as my distance training. One of these days I hope to train and run a road marathon in 3:30!
Other Stuff = My husband Stephen also ran the Boston Marathon. This was the first time for each of us to run it. This trip to Boston, and the Marathon is how we celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary!
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Stephen Mitchell reports (to break the record for longest R report that does NOT even mention his finishing time)
Race = Boston Marathon
Location = Hopkinton->Boston, Massachusetts
Date = 19APR04
Distance = 26.2 miles
Goal = Celebrate 20 years of marriage
Results = Had a fabulous time with my wife
Website = http://www.bostonmarathon.org
General = My wife and I have always wanted to run the Boston Marathon. We decided it would be a great way to celebrate 20 years of marriage as a running couple.
FRIDAY 16APR04 — We flew out and got to our hotel before sundown, highly recommend an early arrival.
SATURDAY 17APR04 — We didn’t get a car, and decided it would be easiest to ride the “T” (subway, metro). We took the T to the expo and picked up our packet first thing. The expo was wonderful and just about everything a runner would want from bible verse shirts to gizmos and gadgets. The packet pick up was easy and quick. We immediately went to the official clothes sales area and got some nice clothes (make sure you pick up a pamphlet and a little clipboard with order forms, they were hidden by the registers). We took the chartered tour of the course, having never run it before, we thought it best to at least see it in a bus. It was worth the $25 to relieve some anxiety over the course. The bus tour included great insight from out guide who has run it 20 times or so.
SUNDAY 18APR04 — We toured the town. We bought a “GO BOSTON” card at the expo and used it. We did a “Duck” tour (great), a trolley tour (very informative), toured the USS Constitution (old Ironsides), and did the Freedom Trail walk. We ended up at the City Hall just in time for the start of the Pasta Dinner. We retired early.
MONDAY 19APR04 — This was the most exciting road marathon I’ve ever run. It was a fantastic experience and I highly recommend it to anyone wishing to run a great marathon. The most striking aspect was the spectators, the people were watching at all parts of the route. Wellesley College was as loud as Gordon Barnett had warned. Boston College was out in force. And the 4-game series between the Red Sox and the Yankees let out just in time to see the marathon pack finish, those fans were happy and loud as well. The support was unmatched, every mile had water and Gatorade, the BAA gave sliced oranges out to the crowd along the route, people gave out popsicles, ice, water, and other beverages. The course was nice, mostly flat, and Heartbreak Hill was not extreme (I might judge it differently if I lived in the flatlands). The temperature was warm, it hit 87 in Boston, and it seemed hotter than that in places on the route. My shoes were sticking to the tar on the road. The first time in race history, the f ire hydrants were opened up by the firefighters and the runners were sprayed at every opportunity. The wind was significant, but it was a tailwind, good for effort required, bad for thermal exchange, with no cross or head wind, it was a long warm run. The bus support to the race start location was amazing, there must have been 450+ buses (get there early, they had bus problems with the last buses and some people made it to the race only minutes before the start, I like to relax before the race and concentrate on the race). There were a lot of porta pots at the athletes village, but not near enough, the lines were very long, 25 minutes minimum (I was almost to the point where I would finish up and just get back in line). Once we arrived in the “athletes village” (a ball field at a school) we picked a spot near the stage and we were able to see Johnny Kelly (96 year old man who ran Boston 61 times and finished 58 of them). They provide you a bag and a sticker for the bag with your name and number when you pick up your packet. You use the bag for runner drop off and pick up (they won’t accept other bags). The bag drop was efficient (the buses used to haul runners were used to haul the bags to the finish), each bus had numbers on the windows (like numbers of 5000 in bus 5, and each window was for say 100 race numbers), you just went to the window and handed the person your bag, same thing at the finish area. Depending on your number, you were placed in a corral by 1000 number (numbers in 5000s were in corral 5)and it took about 1 minute per corral to get to the start line (so corral 10 might have taken about 10 minutes to get to the start line). The race support started at 2 miles. There were not enough potties along the way and some runners ruined peoples flower beds doing there thing. The first part of the course is down hill, so don’t thrash your quads right off the start. The hills are at what can be the toughest part of the course around 20 miles. Other than that it was mostly flat. Even afte r the race and it being hot, it felt good to get a Mylar blanket taped over my shoulders. The bag of food and drinks were great. Bag pick up was easy. Family meeting area was situated around a city block and that gave plenty of room. The T was near the exit and that made it easy to get back to the room for a shower. We retired early and flew home the next morning.
Right = Got to Boston early, helped us get in the time zone
Hydrated well for a warm race
Trained with the club until 2 months before race
Trained in the Garden of the Gods last 2 months
Maintained an even effort through race not an even pace
Enjoyed the entire event
Didn’t do anything I hadn’t practiced
Ate my usual breakfast (hard race to prep for because of the bus pick up and drop off well before race)
Lubed my feet with bag balm
Wore my Incline Club tank top
Brought enough Carb Boom and Peppermint candy
Wore my 3-week old, broken-in shoes
Wore 50SPF sunblock all over
Wore a hat and glasses (very sunny)
Creased my cups to drink every drop
Walked through support area
Wrong = Can’t think of anything
Other Stuff = This is a class event and a marathon to run if you want a great experience. I’m sure the 3000+ people who did not finish and the 1000 who ended up in the hospital might not agree.
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Gordon Barnett
Race = 108th Boston Marathon
Location = Boston, MA
Date = Patriot’s Day, Monday, April 19, 20004
Distance = 26.2 Miles
Goal = Boston PR (Until We Heard the Temperature Forecast!)
Results = 3:40:16 (Net/Chip Time)
Website = http://www.bostonmarathon.org/
General = In a word, hot!
This was my second Boston, having run it in 2002 I had wanted to return and run this amazing marathon again. Fred Wright who has run Boston many times, told me he couldn’t count the number of times weather played a factor in this marathon... boy did his words ever ring true!
Right =
Pre race:
- Trained and tapered well.
- Arrived in Boston on Saturday.
- Went to the Expo on Saturday.
- Rested the day before.
Race day:
- Went prepared for the wait at the athlete’s village.
- Hydrated and ate wisely.
- Stayed in the shade.
- Kept moving after the finish line, and walked back to our hotel.
- Carole (best support crew ever) met me at mile 16 with water bottles, this was so cool — literally!
Wrong = I can’t really think of anything I did wrong, although given the conditions (75F at the start — 86F at the finish) I ran through as many sprinklers and fire hoses as I could to combat the blazing pavement. This made for wet shoes and socks, which started what felt like blisters on my feet — something I’m not used too.
Other Stuff = Felt great for the first 17 miles, rather frustrated with the last 9.2... but again given the conditions, I was proud to have finished, even if I was 2 minutes slower than 2002. Maybe next time =:)
Once again, Boston is so well organized and prepared for anything. There were 900+ runners that required medical attention of some degree, and 100+ that required hospitalization.
For a course description, please refer to my Boston Marathon 2002 race report.
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Curt Krieger reports:
Race = Clear Lake Earth Day 5K
Location = Clear Lake, Iowa
Date = April 17, 2004
Distance = 5K
Goal = Run as well as possible but mainly to test the status of my injured Achilles tendon
Results = 6th overall; 1st in age group; time of 20:45
General = 2nd annual, early spring road race. It’s a fun event with great “goodie” bag; electronic calculator, coolmax running socks, Frisbee, ink pens, shirt, etc. It’s an out and back course on pavement. Entries increased about 60% this year from the inaugural race.
Right = I took the lead of the race near the one mile mark and briefly held thoughts of perhaps winning it for the second year in a row (last year I was 1st overall in 18:31. However, this year I was smart enough to back off as soon as my Achilles began to tighten. I eased through the last two miles and showed no ill effects the next day when I was able to put in a scheduled two hour, long run.
Wrong = Nearly allowed race day excitement to draw me to an effort beyond my current physical (injury recovery) and fitness level (no speed work).
(Thankfully, as I stated above, I quickly realized the situation and backed off appropriately)
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Paul Kirsch reports:
(Not an R report: first club run can not be an R)
Race = Muudy Moose Trail Races
Location = Wolfeboro, NH
Date = 4/25/04
Distance = 14 Miles
Goal = Break 2 hours
Results = 2:00:35
Website = http://www.metricmarathon.com
General = The Muddy Moose is a trail race with lots of hills run mainly on logging roads, snowmobile trails and some single track. It gets its name from the fact that a good portion of the course is really muddy (This is New Hampshire in the Spring). For the first 1/4 mile you attempt to run around the mud and then once your shoes are soaked, you just accept it and run right through it. Some spots have puddles up to your knees with mud over your ankles.
Right = My main reason for doing this race was to give me a goal for early in the season for incentives to do long runs. The long, hilly runs I did before this paid off. I did bonk near the end but that’s just a reminder to me that I need to pace myself better. I took one packet of Gu which I took at mile 12. I’m glad I took it as that’s when I really started to fade.
Wrong = Went out too fast. I finished with about an 8:34 pace but my first two miles through the really deep mud I did in 7:45. I know that hurt me coming into the last 3 miles or so of the race.
Other Stuff = The course is really well marked for a trail race. Plenty of water stops (4).
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Dan Smith reports:
(Not an R report: first club run can not be an R)
Race = Boston Marathon
Location = Hopkinton to Boston MA
Date = 4/19/04
Distance = 26.2 mi
Goal = 3:30
Results = 4:28
Website = http://www.baa.org
General = You’ve all heard how hot it was. I had low expectations because I was injured in Jan and didn’t run; then skied most of Feb to train for the American Birkebeiner. So my running base was rather thin. I did run a 22 miler on trails a week before.
Right = Hydrated like a maniac. Wore my heart monitor and kept it between 155-160 during the early downhill miles. Wasn’t too proud to walk when the going got tough.
Wrong = It still wasn’t enough. Not enough training miles will get you every time if the weather is hot.
Other Stuff = You don’t know how good a race the winner had to run sub-5 pace. AWESOME! Hats off to Kenya. I wonder if any of them every considered running Pikes Peak?
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Joe and Brenda Cowell report:
(Not an R report: Got a * for coming to the Sunday run the next day)
Race = 20K at Moab
Location = Moab Utah
Date = 4-17-04
Distance = 20K
Goal = 2:29
Results = 2:15
Website = http://trailrun.com
General = Beautiful course with great desert views. The weather was cool and perfect for running.
Right = Carried water and glad we did. Only two water stops. Also tried to keep a steady pace after going out slow for the first couple miles.
Wrong = Next time we would push it a little harder on the last two miles now that we are familiar with the course.
Other Stuff = Even though the entire course was on asphalt we were able to run off to the side on gravel for much of the race. Course was generally downhill and very different from what we are used to in CO. Lots of open desert and great rock formations.
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4/25/2004 Sun: For the first time in memory it was raining at the start of a Sunday club run. However that did not stop 75 for showing up for a trip up Rampart Range Road. After about 30 minutes the rain became a wet snow and then finally the fun fluffy stuff. However for myself I was already soaked to the bone and more than glad to get into the trees of Williams Canyon. The dry creek bed is no longer dry so the 15 plus creek crossings were really crossings for a change. Nothing like a hot bath on days like today! Brenda knocked off another two pounds this week and is now at 286.
4/22/2004 Thur: Rain, Rain, Rain produced the smallest club workout in years at 29. However those that showed got ahead of those that stayed home and no one melted. After a few switchbacks the rain even turned to snow. We did use the “bad weather protocal” for the 30 minutes of 1 min hard, 1 min easy which is for the easy minutes we run downhill instead of continuing up the trail. This does 2 things 1) it keeps us out of the deep snow and 2) it gets us out of there faster because after the 30 we end up only having to run down for less than 10 minutes instead of another 30. However rain or no, we still did our Hydro Street hell repeats:-) By the next morning about 6 inches of snow had accumulated down low so the trail must be deep!
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