Cleveland Dam to Cypress & Return (modified) ... by Curb Ivanic
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The word must be getting out about
how much fun we have on these runs as 55+ people turned out for
today's run. The weather was absolutely fantastic today with
bright blue skies and warm temps. Noticeably MIA was Paul Quinn,
again. I guess he must be in full stealth training mode.
Paul, is a stealth training mile the same as a regular training mile?
After hearing snow reports from
various runners who were up around Cypress the past week we modified
today's run. The alternate route was to run up the Hollyburn
Chute to the Skyline Trail, take this to the top Cypress lookout, run
up the road to the cross country ski trails and make our way back to
the BP and return down the Chute. As we headed out from
Cleveland Dam, we were joined by Eric "The Jet" Langhjelm
for the second leg of his run. Apparently he was doing hill
repeats on the Hollyburn Chute and Skyline Trail. (Ed.'s note:
Eric was 2nd in last year's KK and the overall winner in the this
year's Diez Vista 50K). Kendall and myself kept up with Eric the
Jet for about 5 minutes before realizing the folly of our
ways. He took off and the next time we saw him was at the
turnaround as he was heading back. He's definitely training
to win this year. Good luck Eric!
But the lead group of twelve or so
weren't exactly dogging it as we made our way up the Chute and
Skyline Trail. The same group of keeners (you know who
you are) who've been out the last few weeks were back, pushing my butt
all the way up the trail and road. Tried as I might I couldn't
slow this pack down.
Spreading out a little as we headed up
the road, we regrouped at the cross country area to run down
the snow as a group. Snow bridges and sinkholes can be pretty
hazardous and we didn't want anyone getting hurt. I think I
can say that we actually had fun running on the snow and it wasn't too
bad, though I'm glad we didn't run up this way; it would have been a
pretty tough slog.. Thanks to Stephen and Glen for leading
and finding all the weak spots for me ;-)
After we got through the snow
the group spread out once again as we blasted down the Chute.
Its always fun running down this route and today was no
exception. The quads definitely got a workout. However once
we got back to Cleveland Dam we realized the run was a little short so
we decided to run up the (Nancy) Greene (Way) Mile to the bottom of
the Grind and back just to add a bit more time. All in all
the lead pack finished in 3 hours; a great training run that included
hill training, snow running, long downhill and heat acclimation.
You can't beat that! Smiles were on everyone's face as we
finished.
Remember,
next Saturday is the trail work party. Come on out for some free
treats from Delany's and help keep
"our" trail in good condition. The run next Sunday
will be a tough one; we'll run from Grouse to Old Buck and return.
The meeting time for all the runs from now on will be 7:00 a.m. Hope
to see an even bigger turnout next weekend.
Have fun on the trails!
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