tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241238297532213032.post1563829580717935996..comments2024-03-22T09:50:30.892-07:00Comments on Rocky Mountain Dirt Running: Week Ending March 18Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07768257304687597320noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241238297532213032.post-84283745344284167572012-03-22T20:37:06.516-07:002012-03-22T20:37:06.516-07:00Nick, thanks for a stellar training day. I do hope...Nick, thanks for a stellar training day. I do hope you come up and do some training in the elks this spring or summer. You always have a place to stay. ZekeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241238297532213032.post-34162933649388037942012-03-22T15:48:23.564-07:002012-03-22T15:48:23.564-07:00Nick - highly likely I'll get out to Robinson ...Nick - highly likely I'll get out to Robinson late-April or first week of May, I'll give you a scouting report May 11:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241238297532213032.post-59694206479256222372012-03-21T17:39:00.180-07:002012-03-21T17:39:00.180-07:00Great points! I just think we're "due&qu...Great points! I just think we're "due" for some heat this year since it's been so long. And, indeed, that is why we keep coming back.AJWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04387120797582582699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241238297532213032.post-25592011100471086432012-03-21T09:10:37.036-07:002012-03-21T09:10:37.036-07:00Andy - we'll see what late March and April bri...Andy - we'll see what late March and April bring in terms of snow, but certainly things are looking good right now for a snow-free year. As to your long range weather forecast, I think that guarantees that we'll be running under overcast skies in 70 degree weather. <br /><br />Heat or no heat, it's 100 miles against a bunch of dudes who want to win. It's already a given in my mind that it will be monumentally hard and painful ... and that's why we keep coming back ...Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07768257304687597320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241238297532213032.post-63333936146431617282012-03-20T20:07:58.618-07:002012-03-20T20:07:58.618-07:00Oh wait, only Hal remembers 2006 and he called it ...Oh wait, only Hal remembers 2006 and he called it a day with a burger at Michigan Bluff (and Hal can bring it with the best of them). Get ready, this year will be hard (unless the place burns down)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241238297532213032.post-85480187305494784852012-03-20T20:05:52.051-07:002012-03-20T20:05:52.051-07:00OK, I like both those lists, but there will be no ...OK, I like both those lists, but there will be no snow, we'll be running the Real Course, and I just heard today it's going to be 2006 temperatures all over again. You guys remember what that was like?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241238297532213032.post-88416508562029168272012-03-20T13:07:55.330-07:002012-03-20T13:07:55.330-07:00Brett - no Roes, no Koerner (both doing HR1000, bu...Brett - no Roes, no Koerner (both doing HR1000, but you can go ahead and replace them with one of Sandes, Bragg, Mackey, Riddle or Wardian (among a long list of other top-10 contenders).Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07768257304687597320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241238297532213032.post-70890416247568877432012-03-20T13:00:00.430-07:002012-03-20T13:00:00.430-07:00Kilian, Wolfe, Kaburaki, Olson, Sharman, Koerner a...Kilian, Wolfe, Kaburaki, Olson, Sharman, Koerner and Roes if he's running. Not in that order. None of us is allowed to put AJW on the Top 10 list this year, because nobody ever does, so that way we can keep the streak and karma alive.Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02376446409534942024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241238297532213032.post-46084818484563199532012-03-20T11:18:39.140-07:002012-03-20T11:18:39.140-07:00Exactly!Exactly!nmphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486058267340747104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241238297532213032.post-10019977232465052292012-03-20T11:13:59.785-07:002012-03-20T11:13:59.785-07:00So should probably just round Quad Rock up to 20,0...So should probably just round Quad Rock up to 20,000' then.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07768257304687597320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241238297532213032.post-63756920413431521732012-03-20T11:11:41.351-07:002012-03-20T11:11:41.351-07:00If we are going to start rounding may as well just...If we are going to start rounding may as well just call it 10k...Now that you are an RD you need to start inflating course elevation like everyone else.nmphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486058267340747104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241238297532213032.post-41415036635615928842012-03-20T09:02:53.175-07:002012-03-20T09:02:53.175-07:00Rob - Of course he is.
Andy - That's a good q...Rob - Of course he is.<br /><br />Andy - That's a good question and the reason we run these things. I'm hoping you'll be ready to try and grab one. Interesting field this year, with lots of variables to ponder, but I'm not going there just yet.<br /><br />Nick - yeah, maybe. It was somewhere between 6,500' and 7,000' I think, so we'll just round that up to 8k'.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07768257304687597320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241238297532213032.post-73216421221785814102012-03-19T18:57:00.935-07:002012-03-19T18:57:00.935-07:00As always great getting out to run with you - than...As always great getting out to run with you - thanks for dragging me around all day!<br /><br />My garmin said ~6200 for the day. Quite a bit lower than you and Pete said, I guess that explains why you FoCo guys always seem to be racking up such huge vertical...nmphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486058267340747104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241238297532213032.post-1041725068879747302012-03-19T17:43:41.876-07:002012-03-19T17:43:41.876-07:00Clark, Tiernan and Burch, all top-10 this year. I...Clark, Tiernan and Burch, all top-10 this year. I just wrote it down.<br /><br />And, the other seven?AJWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04387120797582582699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241238297532213032.post-81475437173119267482012-03-19T15:39:34.314-07:002012-03-19T15:39:34.314-07:00115/19k! I think the countdown to WS has begun. ...115/19k! I think the countdown to WS has begun. Do you suppose Kilian is a good slackliner?Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984689096096403230noreply@blogger.com