2009 Incline Club V13 TH #12 LR #30 — GoG10M Results, Note from EPCSAR

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Incline Club V13 TH #12 LR #30 — GoG10M Results, Note from EPCSAR

Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 9:14 PM
Subject: Incline Club V13 TH #12 LR #30 — GoG10M Results, Note from EPCSAR

Good Evening Incline Club!

Wow! At last count there were over 119 IC’ers who finished this weekend’s Garden of the Gods 10 miler. Add in the scores of folks who volunteered and we had a record turnout! This is a great way to start the summer race season. Speaking of which, we are up to Long Run #30! Only a four more weekends till the Barr Trail Mountain Race and nine till the Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon.

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NEXT RUN: Tempo (Thursday), Elk Park! (Sunday)
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Thursday, June 18, 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 6 Ruxton Ave hill repeats.

Sunday, June 21, 7:00AM — Memorial Park
Elk Park and back via the Barr Trail.

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THIS WEEK’S QUOTE:
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It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it.
--Arnold Toynbee

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Garden of the Gods 10M results
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It was great to see everybody out there this past weekend. The fastest IC’er award goes to Alex Nichols (56:03) and Connilee S Walter (1:09:19). On top of that, Kerry Page and Glen Ash both won in their respective age groups! Looking over the results list, I see a lot of IC’ers doing very well. Way to go folks!

A video from a rather unique position at the start can be found on the internet (in HD!) at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02nXB1S7ZQE If you listen carefully, you should be able to figure out who was standing behind the camera :-)

Also, photos of the racers outbound at Balanced Rock can be found at http://www.gardentenmile.com/photos/2009/garner1/index.htm http://www.gardentenmile.com/photos/2009/garner2/index.htm and http://www.gardentenmile.com/photos/2009/garner3/index.htm If you want a high res version, email me the image path and I’ll be glad to send it to you.

Full results and links to more articles, photos and blogs can be found on the results page at http://www.gardentenmile.com/results.htm

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Important note from El Paso County Search and Rescue
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Larry Writes:

This time of year we start seeing traffic on Longs Ranch and Bob’s Road. Most of the year rarely a soul is on the roads. But now it sometimes seems like I25! Hikers, bikers and of course runners. And lately we have been on Barr Trail at least once a week, so we are in the busy season.

On Sunday’s mission traffic was especially heavy. Could you get the word out through the Incline Club that EPCSAR drives those roads? We may even try to operate at speed with our ATV’s. As we go uphill it is difficult to stop for traffic and then recover momentum.

We also may drive on Barr Trail up to top of Incline, and we have used ATV’s on Barr Trail going up to Barr. It depends on the incident.

During the summer we’ll probably run with warning lights on when appropriate. We’ll also sound horn/siren as needed. We just don’t want a second victim as we are out trying to save the first one. If runners would be willing to not use their headphones/ipods etc when on these roads, it would make things safer. I know runners like LRR because of the solitude, but it is one of our most valuable access points.

Thanks for all your support!
Larry

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$10 for 30 minute Sports Massage Clinic
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Colorado Institute of Massage Therapy offers a Sports Massage Clinic every other Monday. $10 for 30 minute. Appointment times are 5:30, 6:15, 7:00 and 7:45 PM. Appointments as well as pre-payment are required. Call 634-7347 extension 0 or 1 to set up an appointment. Location is 1490 West Fillmore Street. Next to Coronado High School. Wear or bring: swimsuit, shorts and T-shirt or sports-bra. Call is and schedule your appointment and let anyone who can take advantage of this program know about it. The next dates will be; July 13 & 27; Aug 10 & 24; Sept 14 & 28; Oct 12 & 26; Nov 2 & 16; and Dec 7.

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Weekend Weather Report:
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Thursday: Low 70’s under 60% sky cover with 15% chance of not so nice stuff

Sunday: Mid 50’s to start the run, mid 50’s when you get to Barr Camp and finishing in the upper 70’s by the end.

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Race Reports:
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This week, Anita Bower sends us 3(!) race reports, Steve Bremner and Greg Stock do a 26.2 and a plethora of folks send in reports from the Garden 10M.

(2) Estes Park Marathon — Estes Park — 06/14/2009
Squae Peak 50 Mile Run — Orem Utah — 06/06/09
Turkey Track Trail Marathon — Pagosa Springs, CO — 06/05/2009
Joe Colton 15 Mile Run — Rollinsville, CO — 06/13/09
(9) Garden of the Gods 10 Mile Run — Manitou Springs — 06/14/09

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Estes Park Marathon — Estes Park — 06/14/2009

Steve Bremner reports:
Distance: 26.2 miles
Goal: 3:10
Results: 3:26, 4th overall
Website: http://epmarathon.org

General Summary:
100th lifetime marathon and ninth marathon for 2009 (eight in Colorado). The last miles of these marathons are getting easier and easier. Maybe I’ll eventually get accustomed to this distance.

Things Done Right:
Started off slowly. Let the race come to me.

Things Done Wrong:
Might have pushed the downhill a little too hard...

Any Other Stuff:
Highest paved marathon in the world, Estes Park Marathon is a challenging course. There is a serious climb for about two miles at mile eight. Then you lose the elevation in the next mile plus.

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Estes Park marathon — Estes Park, CO — 06/14/09

Anita Bower reports:
Distance: 26.2 miles
Goal: sub-4 hours
Results: 3:54:48 3rd place woman overall
Website: http://www.epmarathon.org

General Summary:
A 26.2 mile cat fight between the four leading ladies. I decided to run this race competitively, if only to go under 4 hours. This is a more challenging marathon, with long climbs throughout the race, and high altitude.

Things Done Right:
Went out hard. Was in fourth the first five miles, then took over for third going up a long hill around mile 5 or 6. I could see I was gaining on the 2nd and third place women, and managed to pass the 2nd place woman at mile 10. First place was just two minutes ahead of me, and I had her locked into sight. Apparently she heard that I was on her tail from the cyclist that accompanied her the nearly the whole time I had her in sight, as she stayed in first the whole race, although the woman who passed me at mile 17 cranked it in, and closed the gap between the two of them considerably. At mile 21 my husband yelled out to me that fourth place woman, (tall, blond, thin, in her 20’s, HAD to be beat)that she was only a minute and 5 seconds behind me. At mile 23 she was 55 seconds. My legs were feeling the 50 miler from 7 days ago, and yesterdays hard 15 mile run, by I wasn’t about to let a woman nearly half my age beat me with just a few miles to go. She must have read my mind, because as a made a turn to go up to the track she was still less than a minute behind me with less than a mile to go. We ended up on the track together, with less than 300 yard between us. Given I’ve been known to make up over 45 seconds in the final mile and half of other marathons to come in first, I left nothing to chance, and kicked it in, praying I wouldn’t throw up as I crossed the finish line. She came in about 48 seconds later. The first 4 women all came within about 3 minutes of each other, which I thought was pretty cool. Also brought my rain gear, so it didn’t rain.

Things Done Wrong:
Ran a 50 miler 7 days earlier, and ran a 15 mile race the day before. My legs were still a little tired, and lacked the zip that might have cost me first. Who knows.

Any Other Stuff:
Challenging course, but well organized, and the police did a great job of traffic control. Volunteers were very friendly and helpful too.

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Squae Peak 50 Mile Run — Orem Utah — 06/06/09

Anita Bower reports:
Distance: 50 Miles
Goal: finish
Results: 15:49:28
Website: http://www.squawpeak50.com

General Summary:
My 8th time finishing this run, it never fails to challenge me. This year’s race was complete with mountain lions and moose to help motivate one to keep moving.

Things Done Right:
Wrapped the Camel Bladder I borrowed from a friend with a trash bag. My bladder ended up leaking, but fortunately most of the water that leaked around the openings edges was captured and saved in the trash bag. Although this required me to stop and drink out of the trash bag, which slowed me down a lot, I still had a fun time out in the mountains. A late evening storm added to the fun. ( full moons in Saggitarius are known to produce rapidly changing weather). Met a cool pacer guy who told me about this great ultrarunning book, Born to Run. Great book, which resonated with my belief, after running 292 miles in the mountains and desert at one stretch last year, that cheap, minimalist shoes are best.

Things Done Wrong:
Borrowed a friends bladder. All mine were still packed up, with what will be the 30th move in my life.

Any Other Stuff:
Beautiful course, great aid stations, and volunteers. Windy Pass never fails to kick my little debbie.

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Turkey Track Trail Marathon — Pagosa Springs, CO — 06/05/2009

Greg Stock reports:
Distance: 26.2 miles (approximate)
Goal: Finish
Results: 4:17:47
Website: http://www.joingecko.org

General Summary:
This was a great trail race. The course was beautiful, there were only about 90 runners for both the full and half marathons, and the race was very well organized with lots of great volunteers. The weather was perfect also. The course didn’t have any significant elevation gain, but it was hilly and rocky. The post-race party and awards ceremony was at the Pagosa Brewing Company later that afternoon. I highly recommend this race — either the full or the half.

Things Done Right:
Finished. Eighth place overall.

Things Done Wrong:
Didn’t finish very strongly. I was cooked by about mile 21 or 22, which probably means my first half was a little too fast.

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Joe Colton 15 Mile Run — Rollinsville, CO — 06/13/09

Anita Bower reports:
Distance: 15 Miles
Goal: faster than last year
Results: 2:13:56 (not sure) 6th woman
Website: http://www.joecoltonadventure.org

General Summary:
I used this as a training run for the fast approaching LT100. High altitude, very runnable for faster leg turnover compared to last weeks slow 50 mile death march in UT. Great, simple out and back course, climbing almost all 7.5 miles of the outbound.

Things Done Right:
Had fun, didn’t carry too much stuff, brought all my rain gear, so it didn’t rain. Went out harder than last year, and felt great. Ran the last half 15 minutes faster than the first half.

Things Done Wrong:
Got caught by the train on the inbound, just like last year. This always happens right before mile 10, and I, amongst several other runners, lost about three minutes, It was agonizing seeing the slow moving train, no end in sight, coming towards the tracks we would have to cross. Need to pick up my pace by about three minutes next year.

Any Other Stuff:
Simple, runnable course on dirt roads, with great views of the mountains, with folk bands playing along the way, and a band at the finish too. The course goes along a stream, so you get to hear that too. The whole race is a treat for the senses. The people who put the race on do it in memory of their little boy who passed away at a very young age. his favorite thing to do was play in the creek, and explore all the great things nature has to offer. The love and effort the RD’s put into this race was apparent from start to finish. great food at the end,and a raffle at the end of the race was nice too.