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Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 8:31 PM
Subject: Incline Club V13 TH #8 LR #26 — Higher and Easier!
Good Evening Incline Club!
Know what that smell is? That’s rarefied air... It can only mean one thing: Its time to shift to the higher elevations. Please note the fact that the “screw shoes recommended” note is gone as there were only 15 or so steps in the snow to get to the Bottomless Pit sign this past weekend. Chances are those will be gone by Sunday. So while Sunday just went higher, read on to discover how Thursday will get “easier” :-)
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NEXT RUN: Tempo (Thursday), Bottomless Pit (Sunday)
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Thursday, May 21, 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 5 Ruxton Ave hill repeats.
Sunday, May 24, 8:00AM — Memorial Park
Run to Bottomless Pit Sign and back via the Barr Trail.
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THIS WEEK’S QUOTE:
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Only the mediocre are always at their best.
--Jean Giraudoux
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The Thursday workout just got “easier":
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As most of you know, last week we shifted the Hydro Hill repeats by about 90 deg to cut down on the congestion that was occurring on Hydro. As a first attempt on the new route, it was setup so that wave/field 1 runners would do 4 “poles” and wave/field 2 runners would do 3 poles. Well, that turned out to be a bit too much. So this week the recommended distances will be 3 poles for wave 1 folks and 2 poles for wave 2 folks.
The general idea is that if you go all out, it should take you 25-30 seconds to go up. Any more than that and you wont be able to maintain the intended intensity. Just don’t use this as an excuse to go up at a lackadaisical pace. The intent is that you should ideally be sprinting up these, not jogging :-)
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Weekend Weather Report:
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Thursday: 50’s and 90% sky cover. 35% chance of precipitation.
Sunday: Low 50’s at the start under partially cloudy skies. By the time you get past Barr Camp, expect temps to be in the mid 40’s. It should be in the mid 60’s when you finish.
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Race Reports:
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This week we have reports from the other side of the planet as Dan reports from China. We also have Steve reporting on a back to back marathon and Anita shows how even bad days can become useful.
Sky Mesa Pass Marathon and the Colfax Marathon — Gateway and Denver — 05/16/2009
Great Wall of China Marathon — China — 05/16/2009
Greenland 50Km — Greenland, CO — 05/09/2009
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Sky Mesa Pass Marathon and the Colfax Marathon — Gateway and Denver — 05/16/2009
Steve Bremner reports:
Distance: 26.2 miles
Goal: Win
Results: 2nd
Website: http://skymesapasstrailmarathon.shutterfly.com/
General Summary:
Ran one of the most difficult marathons of my 97 marathon running career today in Denver, following a great trail marathon yesterday. First time I’ve ever done back to back marathons. 3:53. The very first mile felt like the last miles of a marathon and it got worse from there. Yesterday in Gateway I ran great with a 3:57 2nd place finish on a difficult course (4000’ ele gain/loss). John Courtney ran 4:27 yesterday and 4:02 today. He’s moving up on me!
Marathon numbers 4 and 5 in Colorado for John and I. Four marathons in 14 days. We get a three week respite now before another back-to-back weekend.
Things Done Right:
Started out fast and sped up.
Things Done Wrong:
hubris
Any Other Stuff:
I cannot recommend the Sky Mesa Pass Trail Marathon in Gateway Colorado high enough. It is a wonderful course through Wingate sandstone canyons. It climbs from desert up 4000’ to the mesa and cool pine forests before dropping back down to Gateway. Great resort facilities in Gateway. What a treat. I will likely run it again next year.
Colfax? Better than expected. Easy course though Colfax portion is tedious. Very well organized with lots of aid stations and nice features such as live music and Mexican folk dancers.
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Great Wall of China Marathon — China — 05/16/2009
Dan Burstein reports:
Distance: 26.2
Goal: Finish with all limbs intact!
Results: 6 painful hours!
Website: http://www.great-wall-marathon.com
General Summary:
Wonderful country. People are friendly and hospitable.
Race is hard, steps are never ending, spectators are all Chinese and very enthusiastic!
Things Done Right:
Visited Wall 2 days before race for the “mandatory” Wall inspection tour. This is a great opportunity to appreciate the grandeur of the Wall and take loads of photos (not race day).
Ran with Nathans hydration pack so had plenty of Heed to supplement the bottled water on the course. Trained on lots and lots of stairs. Enjoyed the locals cheering us on and high fiveing one and all.
Things Done Wrong:
My inner mountain goat propelled me to “attack” the first 5 miles of climbing (2.5K of road up to the Wall, 2 miles of Wall steps). I paid for my arrogant exuberance for the next painful 21 miles. I knew I was cooked when the lady in the red tutu passed me up at mile 10 (along with everyone else I passed earlier). I thought I had learned that lesson about not going out to hard and fast in some of my prior marathons but apparently I had a bout of marathon amnesia (again)!
Any Other Stuff:
Ate post race Scorpians on a stick.
Used Kathy Lopers Tour group. They were fantastic.
Enjoyed China, the culture, the people, and the rustic bathrooms!
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Greenland 50Km — Greenland, CO — 05/09/2009
Anita Bower reports:
Distance: 50Km
Goal: finish
Results: 5:48:45
Website: http://www.greenland50k.com
General Summary:
Used this as a training run for Leadville. Very windy day, but since I had brought all my rain gear, self heating hand warmers, hats, etc, it was bright and sunny.
Things Done Right:
Finished, despite it being my slowest time ever on this course, and not really being in the mood to run. I figured I would feel that way at 60 miles into the LT100, so I might as well get used to that feeling. I had finished the Collegiate Peaks 50 miler the previous weekend, and went in with tired legs.
Things Done Wrong:
There weren’t nearly enough bathrooms at the start, and there are few trees on the course in which to hide,and got caught in the huge crowd of runners at the start, walking the first five minutes or so. I wish the people running the eight mile race could start five minutes early, so to help reduce the horrible congestion at the start of what otherwise is a great race.
Any Other Stuff:
Great volunteers and sponsors as usual!
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