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Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 3:57 PM
Subject: Incline Club News V11 LR#10
Good afternoon, Incline Club!
Reminder About Your Email Addresses and About Me Pages
Lots of ICers have changed their email addresses lately! A gentle reminder that when your email address changes you will want to change your own email address in your Incline Club profile by going to the Membership Page and choosing “Modify Account” or: http://www.inclineclub.com/account.asp This is also how you update your About Me page, so take a look and make sure everything is current while you are in there!!
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Train hard and train smart,
Connilee
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NEXT RUN:
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Sunday, Jan 28, 8:00am — Memorial Park
If snow is better (otherwise Rampart Range Road again...) Waldo/LRR double! Run the UPT and then head over and do Waldo Canyon — clockwise. Next, head up LRR and return via the Barr Trail. 3-4 hours, if it would be longer skip Waldo. Maps: http://www.inclineclub.com/maps.htm
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THIS WEEK’S QUOTE:
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“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today” ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
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ICers WRITE:
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Pikes Peak Watershed Policy
Nancy Hobbs frowards: Of interest:
The joint meeting of the Ute Pass Trails Committee (UPTC) and Teller County Trails Committee (TC2) was held Jan 10 at 1:30 pm at the Ute Pass Cultural Center in Woodland Park. These two Committees represent the trails interests of citizens surrounding Pikes Peak in the communities of Manitou Springs,Cascade, Chipita Park, Green Mountain Falls, Crystola, Woodland Park, Divide, Cripple Creek, Victor, and unincorporated areas of El Paso and Teller Counties.
Of special interest was new business agenda item 6.c. Proposed Colorado Springs Utilities Watershed Access Policy.
There is a concern that the proposed new access policies being drafted could have a negative impact on current and future trail use on Pikes Peak.
Invited guest speaker was Zoltan Malocsay, well known local trails advocate. He said that there are some people in Colorado Springs Utilities that would like to reduce and severely restrict and any and all public recreation in the CSU watershed areas on Pikes Peak and that the new Watershed Access Policy (WAP) could be the instrument for them to achieve that. We all need to be alert and aware.
To read about the draft policy and the results of the first public meeting, go to www.csu.org/about/projects/watershed. The web site includes Q&A from the first meeting and the draft “Zone Map.”.
We should fully participate in the public process to protect the current and future interests of trail users.
Next Public Meetings are Feb 5 and Feb 22, 6-8 pm at Leon Young Center, 1521 Hancock Expressway.
Dick Bratton
Chairman
Ute Pass Trails Committee
Box 200
Green Mountain Falls, CO 8081
(email removed to prevent spam)
719-684-9811 cell 719.661.2744
www.discoverytrail.org
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Missing Skier is Dead
Paul Sullivan writes: Sad news item. f¼
Missing skier dead
Longmont woman’s body is discovered 150 feet from trail
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5253304,00.html
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IC BIRTHDAYS: 1/24/2007 — 1/30/2007
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Glen Ash:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=Glen%20Ash
James Branson:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=James%20Branson
Jim Rice:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=Jim%20Rice
Lisa Marie:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=Lisa%20Marie
Marilyn Goodloe:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=Marilyn%20Goodloe
Rick Konecke:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=Rick%20Konecke
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NEW IC MEMBERS: 1/17/2007 — 1/23/2007
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Alyssa Sherman:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=Alyssa%20Sherman
Tessa Walter:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=Tessa%20Walter
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UPDATED ABOUT ME PAGES: 1/17/2007 — 1/23/2007
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Connilee Walter:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=Connilee%20Walter
Kevin Carnahan:
http://www.inclineclub.com/show.asp?name=Kevin%20Carnahan
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“R” REPORTS:
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Avalon 50 mile — Avalon, CA Catalina Island — 01/13/07
Anita Bower reports:
Distance: 50 miles
Goal: under 10 hours
Results: 9:16:25
Website: http://www.avalon50.com
General Summary:
After a particularly rough holiday season, I was pulling at the bit to get the #*!# out of dodge, and do some serious running/training for some future races. The Avalon 50 miler on a island in the Pacific and Calico 50km in the middle of the Mojave desert, done back to back, was a nice change of venue. Watching the dolphins playfully jumping alongside the boat that shipped us out to the island was a good omen of what was to come.
Things Done Right:
Hammered up the endless hills on this beautiful island. Chicked lots of men. Finished in the top ten women. Gossiped, (AFTER the race) with my SoCal ultra-girlfriends about which was better, collagen or restylen, {restylen} and many other important related things. Went shopping after the race.Set a PR of over 45 minutes on this course.
Things Done Wrong:
Wish I had on my running skirt when chicking those men, instead of my frumpy tights. But it was cold! It snowed, yes snowed, on the island during the race. I remember thinking how great it was escaping the snow here in Colorado, only to find that once again Mother Nature will always have the last laugh.
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Calico 50km — Calico, CA — 01/14/07
Anita Bower reports:
Distance: 50km
Goal: 6 1/2 hours
Results: 6:35:39
Website: http://www.calicotrailrun.org
General Summary:
This race is turning out to be one of my favorites. Very well organized, and great aid stations. The volunteers were very helpful, despite freezing their butts off in the cold, windy desert.
Things Done Right:
Took it easy, and went to bed early. I’d just run a 50 miler the day before. But the long, relentless uphills were too tempting, so I “ran” them as much as possible. Made new friends too. Set a PR, despite not going under 6 1/2 hours like I wanted to.
Things Done Wrong:
Struggled with the downhills, my quads were pretty sore from yesterdays run, as the last four miles of Avalon are pavement and steeply downhill.
Any Other Stuff:
If you like climbing, it’s a great race. Even the finish is uphill.
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Bandera 100k — Hill Country State Park, Texas — January 13, 2007
Melissa Heggen reports:
Distance: 100k
Goal: to finish!
Results: 14:22
General Summary:
An incredible race put on by wonderful people. The sound of the location is misleading — this is a Texas race that even Coloradoans would enjoy. Technical, LOTS of rocks, very steep climbs. The course is a 50k loop, the 100k runners do the loop twice. This year the weather didn’t cooperate — rain the day before left the flatter parts of the course covered in a sticky mud resulting in 30 pound clumps the size of beach balls clinging to the bottom of each foot. The first half of the run was warm and humid, the second half suddenly became cold and rainy. Thanks to the tough skin I’ve built up running through the snow with
the IC, I thought the weather made the race all the more exciting!
Things Done Right:
Went in prepared for ANYTHING. My dropbags had supplies to deal with any unexpected disaster, and the large time-goal window I gave myself kept me calm even when I quickly realized that I was going to be running a lot longer than planned due to the weather. I’m also familiar with this course, which helped enormously.
Things Done Wrong:
Honestly, the race couldn’t have gone any better than it did! The only thing I did wrong was stopping by Sonic immediately after finishing and snarfing down a cheeseburger, onion rings, and shake. Stomach wasn’t ready to handle it, sick for the rest of the night.
Any Other Stuff:
It’s very useful to explore the course before running this race. The trail changes significantly throughout the loop and it was helpful to always have an idea of what was coming up. Also, I was very glad that I wore a pair of knee-highs (cool pink and green ones!) with the feet cut out to protect my legs from the cactus. I had scissors in each of my drop bags so that I could cut them off when my legs got too hot.
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NON - “R” REPORTS:
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Winter Triathlon #1 — Devil’s Thumb Nordic Center — Jan 14, 2007
Michael Hagen reports:
Distance: ~ 4k run, 8k bike, 6k ski
Goal: Race and learn
Results: I learned a lot, and have a lot left to learn
General Summary:
Run, MTB and XC ski all on ski trails — meaning the run and MTB were very slow.
It was very hard, but fun.
Things Done Right:
Didn’t use the weather or my lack of fitness as an excuse not to go.
Things Done Wrong:
Too many to count, starting with 1. not training, 2. forgetting my helmet.
Any Other Stuff:
The Winter Tri National Championship is at Devil’s Thumb 4 February, a slightly longer course. If you can XC ski, you should go.
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WWW POSTS:
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1/21/07: Sun: 59 ICers showed today. Compared to last week it was a downright balmy 28 degrees which warmed up to 29 by the time we were done. Rampart Range Road was completely packed and offered some good running. Williams and the Bail Trail were a tad snow covered. Waldo was very icy in spots-especially the lower sections:-(
1/14/07: Sun: Only 45 came out for a freeze fest. We started at 18 degrees and by the time we were done it was down to 14! Add to that ANOTHER new snow storm and you had the makings of a tough run. But hey, we did it:-) Oh, most of us head to Rampart Range Road to avoid the new snow...
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