ER Weekend Reports - Aug 27-29th

runNYtrails · Aug 29, 2010

Extreeme Running Weekend Reports from the Trails, Ultras and Otherwises ~
 
 
 
<img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/dontknow.gif" title=""> Whatcha'll been doin' out there ?? 
 
 
 
<img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/hello2.gif" title=""> We wanna know all about it !! Brag On fellow runningjunkies ! 
 
 
 
 
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Buzzie · Aug 29, 2010

Decided a few days out to drop down from the 50 to the marathon at North Country. My training (well, actual running) this season has been for squat and I just wanted to enjoy a day in the woods without beating myself up (too much).
 
This was my first race in VFFs - something I've been building up to since November.
Had an absolute blast dancing with the terrain.
In traditional shoes I feel like godzilla - just stomping my way across, through, over anything without regard. Sure, you can go fast this way; but, to me it seems incongruous to be trampling through such beauty. I much prefer to feel "a part of" and mindful.
 
Yes, I did stub/catch my toe. Often. As my lingering shankle issue had me guarding my footfalls - my form deteriorated. So, I traded the underlapping pinky toes, blisters, and unsteadiness of traditional shoes for this:
<I'll post a photo here - when I have access to a browser other than Firefox (with which KR doesn't play well)>
 
Although I'll get better, this probably isn't the last time I'll catch a toe. I need a new curse. Something less offensive, and that rolls off the tongue more readily, than JFC!!!

Mobius · Aug 29, 2010

Sounds like a fun run Buzzie! 
 
I was aiming for 20 on Saturday but we ended up with 22 and walked an additional 2. The route was 4 miles long (I didn't plan it!) but was a good run.
 
Rode 60mi on the bike Sunday. It was a bit slower than I wanted, but given the previous days run I'll take it. I ran out of snacks and had to snag my daughters princess gummi things (very tasty actually) for both days. They were a big hit when sharing with my run partners.

lkschiller · Aug 30, 2010

17 miles on Friday afternoon at Bennett...what a difference the time of day makes with whether or not I get chiggers! Early in the morning with the dew still on the ground, even with a completely overgrown trail--no bugs. Warm afternoon run with no dew and a slightly overgrown trail and my legs get eaten alive despite multiple bug spray applications. <img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/sad2.gif" style="width:16px;height:16px;" title=""> Besides that, I worked on taking more fluids and food while running. My hands were less puffy than they had been getting. My 50K is now 10 weeks out.
 
9.3 miles Saturday morning in town before the sun came up. Sunday was a rest day.
 
Oh, along with my friend's DNF at Leadville last week, somehow my Garmin died as well while it was out there, so all the data it acquired from his race is gone as well. It won't charge back up and none of the reset methods I found have revived it. He feels really bad since it was with him when it died but it's almost 3 years old and I don't think it had anything to do with where it was, it just happened. My refurbed unit from Garmin should be here today or tomorrow.

merigayle · Aug 30, 2010

we went to a 12 hour race yesterday. We were each going to run 6 hours, but Zoe was a little upset when i went to run, so i did 20 miles than ran around with her. I did not start my running shift until 1pm and it was HOT!

shellerz · Aug 30, 2010

ran for 12 hours around my neighborhood. aaaaah, now time to taper. i embrace the taper since i have such an active lazy streak <img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif" title=""> blogged about the run <a href="http://2snshoes.blogspot.com/2010/08/last-long-run-report.html" target="_blank">here</a>. but for a highlight, here is a photo of the dog who barked at me every 9-14 minutes for 12 hours <img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/BangHead.gif" title="">
<a class="H-lightbox-open" href="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/55938/width/1000/height/800/flags/" target="_blank"><img alt="long run 014.jpg" class="lightbox-enabled" data-id="13759" data-type="61" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/13759/width/667/height/500" style="; width: 667px; height: 500px"></a>
and one of me and my friend, Lizard, clowning around. she was kind enough to get me through one of the later hours...
<a class="H-lightbox-open" href="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/55940/width/1000/height/800/flags/" target="_blank"><img alt="long run 017.jpg" class="lightbox-enabled" data-id="13760" data-type="61" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/13760/width/667/height/500" style="; width: 667px; height: 500px"></a>

Hoernigsm · Aug 30, 2010

I ran my first 50 miler at the North Country Trail Run this weekend. I finished in 9:25. I'm in the process of trying to put together a race report. Of course, that's more just so I have a record of my thoughts from my first "real" ultra.

rundmcd · Aug 30, 2010

I ran 14-15 miles on the Nanomocomuck trail in perfect weather mid-day Saturday. I saw more bears than people. I wondered if people go outside anymore. It's OK with me, I felt like I was in my own private trail world, but it's rare when I see bikers, hikers, or other runners when I'm out in the woods. Walked up the Valley Way to Madison hut Sunday with the dog. Saw lots of folks then.

Just Jim · Aug 30, 2010

Medoc Meltdown 50K for me. An NC Fat Ass that is a lot of fun. All single track, heat picked up nicely during the day. Wish I had photos

I am running with a [pretty minor] fractured toe at the moment, so I stopped at 26 after things started to get a little sore on the downhills. Messed up the hydration and was pretty dehydrated by the end of it. I found out that watermelon and chocolate soymilk don't go together that well.

merigayle · Aug 30, 2010

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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by Hoernigsm <a href="/forum/thread/69776/er-weekend-reports-aug-27-29th#post_1940100"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border:0px solid;"></a> I ran my first 50 miler at the North Country Trail Run this weekend. I finished in 9:25. I'm in the process of trying to put together a race report. Of course, that's more just so I have a record of my thoughts from my first "real" ultra.
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congrats on your first 50M!!!

runNYtrails · Aug 31, 2010

<img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif" title=""> Some nice hiking and running in PA this weekend
 
Thursday - Worlds End State Park - Canyon Vista Trail - Yer typical rocks and roots of Pennsylvania and NY. Called the Endless Mountains, steep climb to start but not really too much elevation <img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/hello2.gif" title="">
 Friday - Ricketts Glen State Park - Falls Trail - a spectacular trail lined with 21 Waterfalls. Beautiful ! Some very nice runnable sections and some areas of difficult footing. It was difficult to just run through as the Falls were all worthy of pause and photos. Rated as one of the 'best hikes' on the East Coast. Definitely worthy of a day spent walking or runnin' !
 
Saturday - Worlds End Trail @ Worlds End State Park. An out n back trail with a big climb followed by 6 miles of nice flat trail and then the hairy descent. I passed the "Worlds End Vista" ( <img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/shock.gif" title=""> twice ) without knowing exactly what n where it was ... not sure how that happened <img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/confused.gif" title=""> Hmmmm ? Unless it was that (haha) great view of the roadway down below that i passed a couple times ... i guess it must have been ... shame on me ...
 
 
 
Here are 20 photos ~
 
<a href="http://s227.photobucket.com/albums/dd282/runNYtrails/PA%20Hiking%20-%20August%202010/?albumview=slideshow" target="_blank">http://s227.photobucket.com/albums/dd282/runNYtrails/PA Hiking - August 2010/?albumview=slideshow</a>
 
 
<img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/icon_cheers.gif" title=""> YAY !! That was FUN !!

Brian Runner · Sep 1, 2010

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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by runNYtrails <a href="/forum/thread/69776/er-weekend-reports-aug-27-29th#post_1940541"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-bottom:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-right:0px solid;"></a> 
 
<img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif" title=""> Some nice hiking and running in PA this weekend
 
Thursday - Worlds End State Park - Canyon Vista Trail - Yer typical rocks and roots of Pennsylvania and NY. Called the Endless Mountains, steep climb to start but not really too much elevation <img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/hello2.gif" title="">
 Friday - Ricketts Glen State Park - Falls Trail - a spectacular trail lined with 21 Waterfalls. Beautiful ! Some very nice runnable sections and some areas of difficult footing. It was difficult to just run through as the Falls were all worthy of pause and photos. Rated as one of the 'best hikes' on the East Coast. Definitely worthy of a day spent walking or runnin' !
 
Saturday - Worlds End Trail @ Worlds End State Park. An out n back trail with a big climb followed by 6 miles of nice flat trail and then the hairy descent. I passed the "Worlds End Vista" ( <img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/shock.gif" title=""> twice ) without knowing exactly what n where it was ... not sure how that happened <img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/confused.gif" title=""> Hmmmm ? Unless it was that (haha) great view of the roadway down below that i passed a couple times ... i guess it must have been ... shame on me ...
 
 
 
Here are 20 photos ~
 
<a href="http://s227.photobucket.com/albums/dd282/runNYtrails/PA%20Hiking%20-%20August%202010/?albumview=slideshow" target="_blank">http://s227.photobucket.com/albums/dd282/runNYtrails/PA Hiking - August 2010/?albumview=slideshow</a>
 
 
<img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/icon_cheers.gif" title=""> YAY !! That was FUN !!
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Next time you need to hop on the Loyalsock Trail (actually, you would have been on it for a little while on the climb up to the great view at Canyon Vista. 60 mile trail in total, but with chances to form loops of various lengths using side trails. I usually start at the Mead Road parking lot on Route 220, taking the Loyalsock Trail all the way to World's End, and then pick up the Link Trail up over Canyon Vist, all the way back to the Old Iron Bridge before taking the LT back to the parking area. Several great swimming holes along the way for during summer runs ("The Haystacks" is best).
 
P.S: Can't believe there was any water in Ricketts Glenn. Its been a very dry summer. Last Time did that trail, in a year not so dry as this one, the falls were just about gone.

shellerz · Sep 1, 2010

awesome pics runNYpal! when are you going to tell us about your adventures in 24 hour runnin at BoB?

runNYtrails · Sep 1, 2010

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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by shellerz <a href="/forum/thread/69776/er-weekend-reports-aug-27-29th#post_1940893"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-right:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-bottom:0px solid;"></a> awesome pics runNYpal! when are you going to tell us about your adventures in 24 hour runnin at BoB?
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 Thanks shellerz ! Beast O' Burden was pretty good, maybe i;ll do a little blurb about my hours spent out on "The Toadpath".
(There were so many very large toads out there during the rainy hours of nightime. It was wild ! ) Your UM pals put on
a great event I think you'd like it and do very well !
 
 
ruNYsnail

runNYtrails · Sep 1, 2010

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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by Brian Runner <a href="/forum/thread/69776/er-weekend-reports-aug-27-29th#post_1940859"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-right:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-bottom:0px solid;"></a> 
Next time you need to hop on the Loyalsock Trail (actually, you would have been on it for a little while on the climb up to the great view at Canyon Vista. 60 mile trail in total, but with chances to form loops of various lengths using side trails. I usually start at the Mead Road parking lot on Route 220, taking the Loyalsock Trail all the way to World's End, and then pick up the Link Trail up over Canyon Vist, all the way back to the Old Iron Bridge before taking the LT back to the parking area. Several great swimming holes along the way for during summer runs ("The Haystacks" is best).
 
P.S: Can't believe there was any water in Ricketts Glenn. Its been a very dry summer. Last Time did that trail, in a year not so dry as this one, the falls were just about gone.
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 Thanks for the recommendation, BR ! I am hoping to get back and do some of the LT and will try that course ... it would be a loop then, right ? Point to points are difficult when ya head out alone <img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/lol.gif" style="width:15px;height:15px;" title=""> Any idea what the mileage would be ? 
 
Glad there was water @ RG ... i imagine it wouldnt be nearly as spectacular if it was dry. I loved having the sound of the water beside me at all times
and the different sounds depending on the flow. Great way to run.

Brian Runner · Sep 1, 2010

(I'm using the mileage from the trail guide, but its hard to say how old the measurements are and using what methods. Some sections do have mile markers. I'm sending you from the end of the trail so the numbers would be counting down)
 
I usually start at Mead Road. From that point its 6 miles to Sones Pond. Before you reach Sones Pond you actually cross paths with the Link Trail (it ends at the Iron Bridge), but you won't be picking it up until the way home. Sones Pond is on the top of the mountain, so there is a decent climb up from the valley floor. But once you get to the top its mostly rolling-to-flat. From Sones Pond its another 8 miles to Worlds End. You cross a seasonal forest service road about two miles from the end of this section, then its slightly down hill until the last half mile or so at which point the trail piggy backs on "High Rock Trail" which is a very steep down hill made essentially of boulders. Its hard enough to hike, impossible to run... there is an easier way down, but you'll have to back track along the main paved road to get back to the trail. I've done this section in like 2 hours before, and then paid for it later in the day on the other side of the valley. Last year on a run, rather than go down into the valley I turned around at High Rock and ran back. Ended up within 30 yards of a Mother Bear and two cubs who were foraging along the trail between Alpine Falls and Sones Pond.
 
At Worlds End pick up the Link Trail for the climb to Canyon Vista. The LT, Link and Canyon Vista Trails all lead to the vista, and more or less run together until that point. Once you reach the vista you have to be sure to take Link Trail though, as the trails separate here. Along the Link Trail its 7 miles from Worlds End to the end of the trail at the Iron Bridge.
 
It the Iron Bridge you run into the LT again. Follow it back out to Mead Road (aprox 4 miles)
 
If you carry a pack I recommend a snake bite kit. The mountain tops are around 2 thousand feet, which is prime rattle snake territory down here.
 
Would love to do the entire 60 miles of the Loyalsock Trail someday... and it would be a great place to give NEPA a much needed Ultra. Right now the Park and the State Forest around it are in danger from natural gas drilling. Some how the state ended up not controlling the mineral rights like they do on most park lands, and this area is booming with drilling action.

runNYtrails · Sep 2, 2010

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<img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/shock.gif" title=""> Snakes and Boulders and Bears, OH MY !! 
 
 
<img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/hello2.gif" title=""> Sign Me up for The Loyalsocks Sixty !! instead of tee-shirts you could have socks with
 snakes n bear on them <img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif" title="">
 
 
 
 
 

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. . . the trail piggy backs on "High Rock Trail" which is a very steep down hill made essentially of boulders. Its hard enough to hike, impossible to run.
 
. . . I turned around at High Rock and ran back. Ended up within 30 yards of a Mother Bear and two cubs who were foraging along the trail between Alpine Falls and Sones Pond.
 
 
. . . If you carry a pack I recommend a snake bite kit. The mountain tops are around 2 thousand feet, which is prime rattle snake territory down here.
 
Would love to do the entire 60 miles of the Loyalsock Trail someday... and it would be a great place to give NEPA a much needed Ultra. 
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Brian Runner · Sep 3, 2010

The Loyalsock would be great for a race. World's End State Park would be a good headquarters with cabins to rent, and lots of camping spots - and a short drive back to the trailhead at Mead Road. Its not too far from Williamsport either for food and lodging. You could put an aid station at the old iron bridge, as you have access from the dirt road. Have the next aid where the trail crosses the dirt road just before Sones Pond. The trail crosses the same dirt road again before a couple miles from the park. (Its a forest service road. Its 11 miles from end to end with zero traffic, you really don't even realize its there until you cross it). Next up would be Worlds End, which has great access for friends and family, followed by Canyon Vista, and so on....
 
We really need a long race down here. The Finger Lakes had the next closest events, but even less than 2 hours away most people are oblivious to the fact that these kinds of events exist. Lots of runners, but nobody providing them with and new options..
 
 
The other place I had the idea of holding a race is the pine creek rail trail ( <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Creek_Trail" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Creek_Trail</a> ) From Jersey Shore Pa to Wellsboro Pa. Wouldn't be as interesting as the single track of the Loyalsock, but at 65 miles of crushed limestone with a grade never greater than 2% its perfect to hold a fast 100k. Better yet, hold a 50 and a 100 on an out-and-back.

Hoernigsm · Sep 3, 2010

As indicated, here's my RR (my first attempt at a RR). <a href="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/thread/69910/north-country-trail-run-rr#post_1942018" target="_blank">http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/thread/69910/north-country-trail-run-rr#post_1942018</a>
 
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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by Hoernigsm <a href="/forum/thread/69776/er-weekend-reports-aug-27-29th#post_1940100"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border:0px solid;"></a> I ran my first 50 miler at the North Country Trail Run this weekend. I finished in 9:25. I'm in the process of trying to put together a race report. Of course, that's more just so I have a record of my thoughts from my first "real" ultra.
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