Altoids! I'll be gentle here, but you need to be careful saying things like you did above about the trail run you're planning.<br><br>
At least around here, the typical response you'd get to that would be, "why'd you pick such a flat one?" <img alt="alien.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/alien.gif"><br><br>
I've been caught flat-footed by some of those sorts of responses a few times, at trail races I have to wallow in my own humility and realize just how tough many of the other runners are.<br><br>
I'm still shaking my head at the advert-email I got for one of our local races: "A flat, fast PR 50K course with only 6700 feet of elevation gain!"<br><br>
::shudders, shakes head:::