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Post by janice on Jun 1, 2009 9:48:02 GMT -5
i have run Leadville twice and agree that for a flatlander, the altitude is the biggest obstacle. the trail is relatively smooth (althougth around the lake is rooty) and has lots of fire roads that you can really run on
i went out the day before, arriving just in time for check-in. i spent the rest of the day laying in bed and drinking lots of water, and taking aspirin every couple of hours (supposed to help)
during the race, my personal experience was that i did not "feel" the altitude so much (ie i wasn't breathing hard or anything), but it just made me slower than normal. i could not keep up with those CO folks! it was very discouraging at times, so you have to keep reminding yourself that your splits are slower because of the altitude
another thing to remember coming from ATL area is that there is little to no humidity out there (feels nice!). that combined with the altitude will probably increase your fluid loss, so be sure and drink plenty.
it will be cold at night. It snowed on us 1 year on the second pass back over Sugarloaf
and final suggestion is to do what you can to increase you anaerobic fitness. Think speed work. 5Ks. LOTS of hard uphill running. Practice being in oxygen debt.
And enjoy! I love Leadville. Cute town. Very nice event.
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Post by janice on May 18, 2009 20:31:22 GMT -5
The GUTS t-shirts are in! we got solid colors for $10 and tie-dye for $15. there are some really nice colors this time around!
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Post by janice on May 18, 2009 20:26:03 GMT -5
oh stop!
of course we remember you and miss seeing you! i am glad to hear everything is healing well. there will be so many cool things to run, don't rush it
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Post by janice on May 5, 2009 11:36:24 GMT -5
The diagrams show what I was talking about. Thanks. The original proposal was for a 4 ft bike lane on each side of the road, a center turn lane to be added, a 5 ft wide sidewalk, plus a 10 ft wide "multipurpose lane". That's a whole lot of asphalt. If safety is the concern for runners/walkers, a sidewalk is enough ... or the multi-use trail. Why both? If bikes can use the muli-use trail, why have another 8 ft of bike lanes? And did anybody notice the number of old growth trees which are about to be cut down? Like I said, I run down thru there alot and I agree it is the most unsafe run (other than the run down Paper Mill to Sope Creek) that I do, but I think paving over half the county is not the answer. Give me a sidewalk and I'll be happy. (one can even give the bikers their choice of a mulit-purpose trail or the 4 ft bike lanes) i don't think they should add the turn lane. if they left that out there would be plenty of room for the bike lanes and at least the multi-use lane! Not sure why they have a sidewalk & multi-use, but as a pedestrian who is used to nothing, I'd rather have both than neither Not sure where that photo was taken. If the county had done their job to begin with and had required the neighborhood to include a safe sidewalk or multi-use lane along it's boundary (and up to the next sidewalk) to be built when the neighborhood was built, well then the pretty cherry trees would never have been planted there or they'd be back 8 feet It kills me to see these giant fancy neighborhoods that spend tons of bucks on big fancy brick walls and nada on a safe place to walk/run/bike. Or my favorite is where they build the exact minimum sidewalk required (about 100 feet past the entrance drive) and it connects to nothing! A bunch of unconnected sidewalks. Blah!
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Post by janice on May 4, 2009 8:37:44 GMT -5
Oh, sure, sign it if you are in favor of FEWER safe places to run and ride your bike! This petition looks to be from homeowners who don't want to sacrifice any lawn, probably cause that's as far as they can walk/run for the county's side of the story check this link dot.cobbcountyga.gov/lower-roswell/index.htmat the bottom of the page is a pdf with diagrams
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Post by janice on Apr 27, 2009 20:42:40 GMT -5
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Post by janice on Apr 26, 2009 21:38:24 GMT -5
i celebrated with 70 miles in the smokies, silly! Ok, i did have a few fat tires this weekend, but i needed them for recovery
no bears got us. we must've scared them off with our singing
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Post by janice on Apr 14, 2009 12:43:21 GMT -5
They are looking for volunteers this weekend. If you really want to run though i think they are giving GUTS members a discount They need volunteers to work the water stations and help make sure the runners don;t go the wrong way in a few spots. You get free beer afterwards and during, we will have an ATV brining beer out. You get a New Balance tech running shirt, worth $30 and you get food after the race also, we have a live band also for post race festivities. For those that need to run long on sat, you can help with the race, then run the course we have set out after the race is over. The race atarts at 8 AM, so you will need to be there at 6:30 AM. Here is the link to the race info. www.goodrunproductions.com/graniteGrinder/
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Post by janice on Mar 18, 2009 20:55:03 GMT -5
to any interested parties - delta has a sale again. 168 if you fly thursday to Kansas City, and 219 if you fly on the weekend
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Post by janice on Mar 18, 2009 11:32:23 GMT -5
Join us at the Phidippides Rep & Run: The Trail Edition, Wednesday, March 18th at Sandy Springs and Thursday, March 19th at Ansley.
New Balance and GUTS (Georgia Ultrarunning and Trailrunning Society) are teaming up with Phidippides for a great night for you! We’ll start out with a fun run/walk at 6:15. To spice it up, New Balance will let you try out one of their new shoes–the 769 or the 1063.
After the run, GUTS will give some pointers on “How To Make Trail Running Fun And Safe”
AND you can register for the Granite Grinder Trail Half Marathon and 5k and save $10!
As always, there will be lots of great giveaways (including a pair of New Balance shoes!) and goodies from Moe’s and Meehan’s.
So come out and join us–it’s FREE and it’s FUN
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Post by janice on Mar 17, 2009 12:51:12 GMT -5
Christian, I've been eyeing that Woody Gap to Neels Gap (and back) run. About how long did it take you guys? Nate 3.5 hours a couple o' weeks ago to the top of Blood and back. I suspect adding the descent, a brief pit stop at the store, and then back around Blood, will add about 30 more minutes. Lots of AT-experienced folks on here, but for this dude, relatively new to all these sections, the beauty of these trails is ridiculous. cheers. i would estimate at least 45 additional minutes. i realize y'all aren't coming back over the top (which takes at least 30 minutes just from Neels to the top) but it is a prett long and technical descent
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Post by janice on Mar 16, 2009 13:57:42 GMT -5
up 400, left on 53, follow all the signs. It's 46 miles from Duluth. Took an hour Sunday morning but I'm sure there will be more traffic during the week. Or from Marietta, take 575, not long before Jasper turn right on 108 (follow signs toward Big Canoe), this will merge with 53, turn left onto Steve Tate Rd (again towards Big Canoe); when road dead-ends take a right; that road will dead-end in just a mile or so; take a left onto GA-183, in less than 1/2 mile take slight right onto GA-52; park will be on your left in about 2 miles. Normally takes me just less than 1 hour from Marietta (near the square)
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Post by janice on Mar 16, 2009 13:52:14 GMT -5
I couldn't remember the exact wording so my quote might have been a bit exaggerated. ;D I remember seeing the signs mostly at the start of the tail from either end and recall that they made me feel distinctly unwelcome (since I ignored them). Had they not been there I would have stopped to check out the Inn instead of trotting right past it. The purpose they served for me was to make me HTFU and run faster for the last 5 miles. I brought this up because I really did wonder about the reason for the signs and would like to be able to stop and check out the Inn the next time I run up to Springer. Maybe I was just hallucinating that day. woah. i have never seen those signs. Where were they exactly? Maybe we should call the park about it. The Len Foote trail itself is part of the park. You can read about it here - hike-inn.com/trail.aspI am wondering if the sign you saw was either not the trail to Len Foote or some kind of sick joke? i'll check it out next time i am up there. i suppose they could now have signs posted to keep people who aren't staying at the Hike Inn out, but it just doesn't seem very...well, friendly! I mean, we are all up there to enjoy the mountains. But i could see them getting tired of all the thru-hikers and such messing up their bathrooms and drinking all the lemonade
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Post by janice on Mar 14, 2009 16:49:32 GMT -5
What's the deal with all those "don't come down this trail unless you have permission or you will be shot and prosecuted" type signs on the Len Foote trail? Can they be safely ignored? That level of friendliness makes it hard to stop off on the spur of the moment on the way back from springer. woah. i have never seen those signs. Where were they exactly? Maybe we should call the park about it. The Len Foote trail itself is part of the park. You can read about it here - hike-inn.com/trail.aspI am wondering if the sign you saw was either not the trail to Len Foote or some kind of sick joke?
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Post by janice on Mar 12, 2009 11:28:09 GMT -5
If it is warm and you need water, don't forget that you can run past the Len Foote Hike Inn. It is about 1 mile off the approach trail. it has bathrooms, water, a small store (with candy, etc) and usually the dinning room is open and has ice tea and lemonade.
To get there you can either take the trail off of the approach trail, or you can take the len foote trail itself.
After you cross the road and go up the steps (just after the falls parking lot) you will come to the fork for len foote vs approach trail. if you don't go len foote at this point you will see a sign for it later on (about 4 miles??).
It is just a nice option
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Post by janice on Mar 4, 2009 13:46:56 GMT -5
i am always on the lookout for fun races! ;D
We have entered as a 3 person team. We are going to kick some KS butt, as Sally gets us a HUGE 8 minute per leg time handicap. Marty and I get a relatively small time handicap.
The race is to raise money for Cystic Fibrosis
We collecting donations for the race. They are not required but it is a good cause AND for each $10 donation we get a minute extra handicap! Plus if we donate over $50 we get put into a separate category of generous teams. Email me at getguts@hotmail.com if you are interested in donating!!
OR, maybe another GUTS team could challenge us? Fares are cheap right now to KS City
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Post by janice on Mar 4, 2009 13:25:17 GMT -5
they do have modest aid stations now- they are pretty spread out, but better than just water jugs!! i'm not sure about that. Gary and his daughter are the RDs this year, not the same guy as last year. Gary only lists having water jugs as aid
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Post by janice on Mar 3, 2009 13:33:34 GMT -5
Have you done this race before? It looks kinda lightly supported. Thanks Dan i have run it a few times. there are no aid stations. just water jugs at certain points. it is road and they have arrows painted on the ground plus a few signs (i think, it's been awhile). so you shouldn't have issues getting lost you either gotta carry what you need (besides warm water) or have a crew i plan to run this year. i don't know yet if my husband is going, but if he decides not to, then i would be up for carpooling
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Post by janice on Feb 22, 2009 18:30:05 GMT -5
yes, there will be a 12 miler too
yes, we will have PB again. not sure on it's date, prob Nov 1 or weekend before
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Post by janice on Feb 5, 2009 22:02:44 GMT -5
team categories; There is a special category for solo teams, and two person teams. There is also a special category for all female teams, teams that donate over $50, and teams that dress funny and do a song and dance routine.
i assume a GUTS team would dress funny.
And if awards were involved a GUTS team would sing or dance?
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