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Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 2:10 PM
Subject: Incline Club News V10 TH #15 LR #34
Howdy ICERS!
Reminder: No Tshirts this Season
A few folks have again been asking ‘When can we order Tshirts’? I can’t
blame you for wanting to show your IC pride; and heck they are cool
shirts!
So here’s a recap of ‘the scoop": Matt and Yvonne were getting ready to
pull together a 2006 order but couldn’t find the ‘right’ shirts in the
quantity we would need for a full order. So, there are NO PLANS FOR A
TSHIRT ORDER at the moment; or likely for this season.
If/when a Tshirt order happens it will be posted in the newsletter and on
the IC web site! Promise!
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Barr Trail Mountain Race
Best wishes to those running, volunteering, or otherwise supporting the
BTMR this weekend. Go get ‘em!
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Join us tomorrow evening, 5:45 for a BTMR Time Check. Details below.
And on Sunday, the BTMR is the official club workout, but more options are
also below.
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Train hard and train smart!
Connilee
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NEXT RUNS:
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Thursday, July 13, 5:45pm — Hydro Street
Time Check: Barr Trail Mountain Race start to the end of the 1st
switchback
Sunday, July 16
1) Barr Trail Mountain Race — start at the COG depot @ 7am
2) Summit Run via Elk Park — meet at the PPHW Toll Booth @ 7am
3) 3-2-1 via the summit — meet at the PPHW Toll Booth @ 7am
Thursday, July 20, 5:45pm — Hydro Street
Warm up from Memorial Park in time to get to Hydro Street. Do a 30 minute
tempo run up the Barr Trail. Run easy back down the Barr Trail do 8 Hydro
Street hill repeats.
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THIS WEEK’S QUOTE:
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“Vincit qui patitur” — he conquers, who endures!
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ICers WRITE:
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Barr Trail Mountain Race in the News
Matt Carpenter writes:
There is a feature story about the Barr Trail Mountain Race on the GoLite
/La Sportiva team website at http://www.mountainrunningteam.com You can
find out how two race winners met at the BTMR and later got married!
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New Incline Club Baby! Congrats to the Dillons!
Andy Dillon writes:
Andy and Jane Dillon are proud to announce the arrival of Patrick Lucas
Dillon, born on June 16th and weighing in at 6 pounds 5 ounces. He is
already demonstrating a fine pair of lungs, which I am sure will come in
useful when he discovers the Barr Trail in a few years time :-) He has
already made it to Barr Camp — at least Andy took his picture up there so
Teresa could see him!
(Editor’s note: New arrival or ‘we’re expecting’ announcements are always
welcome. Just send ‘em in!)
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Dr Rocket Responds to Last Week’s Question
Spacepointmango wrote:
Dear Dr. Rocket — If I am traveling the speed of light in my Toyota Tacoma
and I turn on the headlights, does anything happen? Thanx Spacepointmango
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Dear Burning Mango Fandango — So you have a Toyota Tacoma? Hmmm, I also
have a Toyota Tacoma. Is this a mere coincidence, or could it be a
manifestation of the celebrated Twin Pair-o-Docs
gedankendoughnutexperiment? I am afraid we’ll leave that for
a future point of discussion.
The short answer to your question is: there isn’t one. However, we can
easily circumvent this minor paradox by exercising the 8th Law of rocket
science fiction proposed by Dr. Fugue Newton (Professor, University of
Spacepointmango Graduate School of Contrapuntal Sciences): When you don’t
have adequate time and space to answer a question concisely, leave out
most of the relevant facts and assumptions (make it up).
So, the extended short answer to your burning question of what happens
when you are traveling the speed of light in your Toyota Tacoma and turn
on the headlights,âget ready for this, drum roll please: your headlights
will go on. At least to observers in the reference frame you and your
Toyota Tacoma are traveling in. This all of course assumes that you haven’
t gone above and beyond your environmental call of duty to help reduce
global warming by trying to run your automobile’s air conditioner
overnight with its windows open while parked in the garage.
But now, you may ask, what about observers in some other reference frame
moving much, much slower than the speed of light, say the observers in the
WalMart checkout line reference frame? A recent study by Central European
rocket scientists suggest that your Tacoma would appear to those observers
as an extremely massive Yugo. No empirical proof has been provided for
this as of yet, but if you want to try it, go for it!
By now, most of the non-inquisitive rocket science slagging readers have
moved on to other parts of this Email (or maybe quick the club in
disgust), but those still hangin with me are probably wondering what this
discussion has to do with running. Well, just sit back a moment, have
another gedankendoughnut, and think about it. If you really want to go all
out as a Wanker in your next race, how about just as the top
male/female/cross runner is getting ready to cross the finish line, you
accelerate past he/she/it out of nowhere at the speed of light in your
Tacoma-cum-Yugo and break the tape as dumbfounded race officials and
spectators watch you smiling for the cameras, honking your horn and
flashing your lights, and maybe taking out a few race volunteers while
your doing your victory lap. You’ll be famous.
Very respectlessly — Dr. Rocket
Go out hard, when it hurts, then you’ll know it just ain’t right to run
the speed of light in a speedo-lite.
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This Week’s Dr Rocket Question
Munching in Montana writes:
Dear Doctor Rocket, I’d like to thank the IC’s own “über"-ultra-runner
Anita Bower for making it acceptable . nay, even
COOL/trendy/fashionable, . to substitute cheap, delicious Little Debbie
Oatmeal Crème Pies for those nasty-tasting, high-cost energy bars! Why, I
frequently do this even when I’m NOT running an ultra (or running at all,
for that matter)! But tell me, Dr. Rocket — am I suffering nutritionally
by making this switch? Would there be a better choice for a snack (say,
maybe a DIFFERENT Little Debbie product)? — Munching in Montana
(Editor’s Note: Unless Dr Rocket is in orbit, look for his answer next
week.)
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Van Drivers Needed for the Pikes Peak Ascent
Dave Sorenson writes:
About a half dozen van drivers are still needed for the Pikes Peak Ascent.
These are the guys and gals who drive the 15-passenger vans up and down
(over and over again) the Pikes Peak Highway on Ascent day, which is
Saturday, August 19th. The time commitment is a couple of hours on
Wednesday evening of race week to attend a drivers meeting, and then about
12 hours on Saturday, August 19th.
You must be 25 or older, have a decent driving record, and not have any
qualms driving a large van up and down the Pikes Peak Highway.
If you are interested in helping with this, please contact Jim Jost, the
race’s transportation director, at (email removed to prevent spam).
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IC BIRTHDAYS: 7/12/2006 — 7/18/2006
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Bob Mishler:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=Bob%20Mishler
Bruce McMillan:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=Bruce%20McMillan
Caroline Kennett:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=Caroline%20Kennett
Curt Krieger:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=Curt%20Krieger
Dana Kingston:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=Dana%20Kingston
Dave Kinton:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=Dave%20Kinton
Felix Colonnieves:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=Felix%20Colonnieves
Gary Champlin:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=Gary%20Champlin
Harry Harcrow:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=Harry%20Harcrow
Jen Taylor:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=Jen%20Taylor
Kees Guijt:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=Kees%20Guijt
Linda Ambard:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=Linda%20Ambard
Marisa McMillen:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=Marisa%20McMillen
Maritsa Yupa:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=Maritsa%20Yupa
Michael Everson:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=Michael%20Everson
Michael Hartley:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=Michael%20Hartley
Steve Harp:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=Steve%20Harp
Sven Sud:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=Sven%20Sud
Timothy Edwards:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=Timothy%20Edwards
Travis Boone:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=Travis%20Boone
Verne Woolen:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=Verne%20Woolen
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NEW IC MEMBERS: 7/5/2006 — 7/11/2006
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Eddie Baxter:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=Eddie%20Baxter
Marisa McMillen:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=Marisa%20McMillen
Martin McCloud:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=Martin%20McCloud
SHARON BLUMENTHAL:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=SHARON%20BLUMENTHAL
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“R” REPORTS:
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“R” Report digest coming next week.
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RACE CALENDAR:
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Current version of the Incline Club calendar
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WWW POSTS:
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7/9/2006 Sun: While some of us were running or volunteering at the Summer Round Up 12K, 33 ICers showed for one of several runs. About half started from the bottom and half started from Elk Park.
7/6/2006 Thur: A little rain greeted 38 ICers today as it has about every day for the past week or so. However, this meant the trail had some traction and the air was easy to breath! Rather nice actually...
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