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Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 10:09 PM
Subject: Incline Club News V14 LR #2 — Club Records, Free Shoes, Free Food
Good Evening Incline Club!
We had an amazing 135 folks get signed in for the first run of the season. 129 of you even managed to make it into the photo. This is a big time record.
What would be an even bigger record is if we had no ‘one star junkies’ from that first run. So bundle up, it’s going to be cold on Sunday. All the more reason to run just a bit faster. Remember, what you do now will have a huge influence on how well you do in August.
This week we have a bunch of stuff for you: Free shoes to the person who can carpool the most runners to the next IC run, first dibs on TCR/PPM schwag and the annual CRC Holiday Party.
--john
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NEXT RUN: Longs Ranch Road
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Sunday, Dec 6, 8:00am — Memorial Park
Head out the Ute Pass Trail until it intersects Longs Ranch Road. Take TWO lefts and head UP LRR. Try to smile when you hit Poppa Bear Hill;-) Connect into the Barr Trail at No Name Creek and run back down. Take the J Pipe trail for a shorter run. Add Bobs Road for a longer run.
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THIS WEEK’S QUOTE:
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Good things take time. Impossible things take a little longer.
-- Percy Cerutty
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Free Shoes:
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Matt Carpenter Writes:
135 runners at our first run! Amazing, but at the same time a little alarming on the green front. Therefore, to encourage car pooling I will award a certificate for a free pair or running shoes to the driver of the vehicle with the most runners in it. So contact your running friends and lets cut down on the cars coming to the runs. One winner will be awarded on Dec 6th and one on Dec 13th. Ties will be broken by a coin toss.
As always, there is some fine print:
1) The ‘runners’ must actually run with the club. Thus waking all of your kids up and dragging them to the club run so that they can claim that they drove X “runners” will not count.
2) Occupants must be legally seated in their vehicles and in compliance with all Colorado laws regarding motor vehicle travel (i.e. no clown cars w/ extra folks in the trunk)
3) If using a ‘park and ride’ setup, the final drive must be at least 5 miles (let’s not play the game where everybody drives to soda springs park and then gets into a car to drive down to memorial park)
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Colorado Running Company Holiday Party:
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Thursday December 10 6-9pm
The Colorado Running Company will be having its annual Holiday Party. Come run (or not) and celebrate the season with us. There is FOOD. They are located at 833 North Tejon Street in Colorado Springs.
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TCR/PPM Merchandise Sale:
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In appreciation of the Incline Club’s members helping the TCR/PPM move to their new office and for providing so many volunteers for the races, the TCR/PPM would like to extend the Incline Club a “first dibs” period on the upcoming Holiday Sale of TCR/PPM merchandise. Just stop by the TCR office at Noon on Tuesday the 8th.
Choose from 2009 PPA&M Merchandise: Jackets, Shirts, Hats, Mittens, Wine Glasses & Mugs. Clearance of previous year’s (GOG, SRTR, PPA&M) race shirts & jackets — starting at $3.00!
Enjoy cookies & hot apple cider while you shop!
Dec. 8 (Tuesday) Incline Club “first dibs” at noon.
Dec. 9 (Wednesday) through Dec. 11 (Friday) 10:00 — 6:00
Dec. 12 (Saturday) 10:00 — 2:00
Pikes Peak Marathon Office
441 Manitou Ave.
Manitou Springs, CO
719-473-2625
(Just west of the Eagle Motel)
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Administrivia:
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For those who forget or don’t make the sign in, we are still allowing for the ‘one degree of separation’ rule again this year. In order to get your Sunday *, simply send an email to (e-mail removed to prevent spam) with two bits of information: 1) The date that you missed and 2) the names of a couple of IC’ers that saw you on the run. Please send these notices as soon as possible, like as soon as you get home from your run. After a week or so it will be too late to claim your Sunday star. Note that you must name folks who made the sign in (hence the ‘one degree of separation’). You can’t list folks who didn’t make the sign in and still expect credit.
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Weather Report:
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Cold. As in 15 deg cold at the start and less than that by the time you get to No Name. They are not calling for too much sun either. Anybody want to bet that at least one person will show up in shorts?
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Suggested Course Overview:
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This week’s suggested run is Longs Ranch Road.
The full course is approximately 15 miles with 4000ft of elevation gain and a high point of 9100ft. For those who are not yet up to that distance, common ‘out and back’ distances are as follows:
LRR Intersection: 7 miles & 1000ft of gain
An alternative would be to just shoot up Barr Trail for 30/45/60 minutes and then turn around.
Sorry, but as a loop course, once you start LRR, you are sorta stuck till you get to the top. See the maps on the site for a few ‘shortcuts’ but they are not exactly any better.
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Race Reports:
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This week Dan reports on how it feels to finish a 50 miler.
JFK 50 Miler — MD — 11/21/2009
Dan Burstein reports:
Distance: 50 Miles
Goal: Finish Feeling Good & in 10 Hours
Results: 10:46, Felt Like Death Warmed Over
General Summary:
Oldest and largest 50 Miler in the States with great history. Wonderful race organization. Great crowd & aid station support. First 16 miles are along Appalachian Trail, next 26 are on flat gravel path along river, last 8 are on paved country roads.
Things Done Right:
Gave all my pre-race advice to my running buddy: “Start Slow, Keep a nice steady pace, Hydrate and eat along the way, have fun..” Ate lays potato chips from aid stations and wonderful soft Christmas cookies!
Things Done Wrong:
I went out too fast feeling the exhilaration of the AT trail. At mile 10 my Nathan Hydration bladder broke and the 2 litters of Heed that I love drained into my shoes!
Picked up some ones empty bottled water and had to drink Gatorade the next 40 miles. I hate the stuff and even diluting it I felt sick..... My spirit was broken once all the folks I had passed up on the AT passed me!
Any Other Stuff:
Overall I feel like I have unfinished business with this race since I had such a bad day. I may have to go back next year and prove to myself that I can race smart. Plus the medal is very nice!
I have switched from a Nathan bladder to a camel back bladder after hearing that many runners have had similar problems with the Nathan bladders.
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IC BIRTHDAYS: 12/2/2009 — 12/8/2009
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NEW IC MEMBERS: 11/25/2009 — 12/1/2009
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UPDATED ABOUT ME PAGES: 11/25/2009 — 12/1/2009
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