[SportiGrl]

<p>hubby and I are still in ... and I'm very excited about it ... and my tendon is healing well, I think ... I got in over 70 miles in the last week (very slow for most of it, but miles are miles!)  </p>
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<p> </p>
<p>we're getting into the area Wed 13th and leaving the following Wed  ... hoping to meet up with some of you  ... we're planning on trying to do a mild-mannered kayak excursion in the days before the race and hoping for a whitewater experience our last day in town  ... let me know if either are something you'd also like to do with us  </p>

 

[Buzzie]

<p>Woo hoo! Sounds like things are going well and you're in for a great time! <span><img alt="banana.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/banana.gif"></span></p>
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[runNYtrails]

<img alt="biggrin.gif" class="bbcode_smiley" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif"> [=<a href="http://www.diamondpeak.com/conditions/snow_weather%5D%5B/" target="_blank">http://www.diamondpeak.com/conditions/snow_weather][/</a>]<br><br>
You packin yer hand warmers and snow shoes <b>Sporti</b> ?<br><br>
{ insert skeeerdty- face } im still in . . . <i>i think</i> . . .<br><br>
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[jjameson]

<p>me, me, me</p>
<p>50K or 50M.  signed up for 50m  but might downgrade to 50k  due to knee.</p>
<p>Joe</p>

 

[Just Jim]

<p>Me me me me me me me.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>It consumes just about every thought I have. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>"<em>It's just like the fifty I did there last year</em>", I think to myself, "<em>Except twice</em>.<em>YIKES</em>"</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I will be in Carson City Thursday lunchtime.</p>

 

[SportiGrl]

<p>hehehehe ... I've seen RNYT and Jim's conversations about the snow .. and a friend that paced at WS was in Tahoe yesterday and said she kept getting off trail due to losing track in the snow  ... local sites say the snow is still there but MAY be clearing by mid-July, hahahaa</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I do think we may have to forego the extreme whitewater if the waters are still dangerously high like I read they recently were  :-(</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I'm thinking maybe I should bring my YakTrax and hubby his screwshoes, bwahahahaaaa</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>I'm VERY excited!!!  hubby got a droid a couple months ago so if some plans get made we can contact one another ... if that sounds good we can exchange #'s in a PM  </p>

 

[gumbee]

<p>Still in for 100</p>
<p>Plan on driving and should be in town late Thursday and will be staying at host hotel</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>

 

[runNYtrails]

<br><br><div class="quote-container"><span>Quote:</span>
<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>gumbee</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/74340/tahoe-rim-trail-update-thread-who-s-still-in#post_2005432"><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><br><br><p>Still in for 100</p>
<p>Plan on driving and should be in town late Thursday and will be staying at host hotel</p>
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<p><br><br><span id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_130952567242115"><img alt="biggrin.gif" id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_130952567242114" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif" style="width:16px;height:16px;"></span>    <span style="color:#009966;"><span style="font-size:20px;">gumbee !!</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#009966;"><span style="font-size:20px;">.</span></span></p>
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[runNYtrails]

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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="color:#cc6633;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">TRT COUNTDOWN</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#cc6633;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Daily Thoughts, Fears, Exclamations, Questions</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#cc6633;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"> and Excuses !!</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#cc6633;"><strong>by runNYtrails</strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#800000;">7/1  -   <span id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_1309525672421100"><img alt="shock.gif" id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_130952567242199" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/shock.gif" style="width:15px;height:15px;"></span>    <em>AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH  ! ! !</em>   Its July !   I'm not ready yet  !</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#800000;">7/2  -  </span></span><img alt="binkybaby.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/binkybaby.gif">    <span style="color:#800000;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><em>Hope</em> Diamond Peak is probabaly not as steep as Jimbo remembers. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#800000;"><span style="font-size:18px;">               <em>Hope</em> Diamond Peak is  not long as Jimbo remembers.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#800000;"><span style="font-size:18px;">               <strong><em>Hope</em> Diamond Peak is  as steep as Jimbo . </strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#800000;"><span style="font-size:18px;">               <em>Hope</em> Diamond Peak is not  steep, Jimbo . </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#800000;"><span style="font-size:18px;">          </span></span><img alt="biggrin.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif"><span style="color:#800000;"><span style="font-size:18px;">   </span></span><span style="color:#a52a2a;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong><em>Hope</em> to see Jimbo on Diamond Peak !!!</strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#800000;"><span style="font-size:18px;">               </span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#800000;"><span style="font-size:18px;">          </span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#800000;"><span style="font-size:18px;">            </span></span><img alt="ugh.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/ugh.gif">   <span style="color:#a52a2a;"><strong><span style="font-size:9px;"><em>Shhhhhhhhhhhhh</em> .....  secret hope is that we wont have to climb Diamond Peek  at all ....</span></strong></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:9px;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#800000;">7/3         </span></span></span></strong><img alt="sad2.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/sad2.gif"><strong><span style="font-size:9px;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#800000;">      </span></span></span></strong> <span style="font-size:9px;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#800000;">The more i read about it  the skeeereditier i get  . . .      </span></span></span><img alt="mad.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/mad.gif"><span style="font-size:9px;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#800000;">   damned race reports !!</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9px;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#800000;">                      </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9px;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#800000;">           </span></span></span><img alt="dontknow.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/dontknow.gif">     <span style="color:#800000;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Any Tips , advice , must haves,  must do's ,  MUST NOTS  ,  don't forgets or  required reading  from the experienced  TRT'ers  out there ....  </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="color:#800000;">                         <strong>muddy,  Jimbo</strong>  ????      Anyone ???    </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#800000;"><strong><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-size:16px;">7/4         </span></span></strong></span><img alt="idea1.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/idea1.gif"><strong><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-size:16px;">          <span style="color:#800000;"> Ohhhhhhhh .....  </span></span></span></strong><span style="color:#800000;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-size:16px;">what was i thinknkng ???   heat, cold, <em>snow,  </em>elevation ... HILLS ... 6 AM Start ...  i dont do</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#800000;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-size:16px;">                               </span></span><span style="font-size:16px;"><em style="font-style:italic;font-weight:normal;">that </em>....  why wuzzint i smart   </span>like Joe and  change to K's  ....  whuddami thinking ????    <strong style="font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;">Ohhhhhhh .....  </strong><strong style="font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;">i mean</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#800000;"><strong style="font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;">                             </strong>i have me some old cycling arm warmers .... but ive never actually USED them ....  dare i try ???</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-size:16px;">                              </span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#800000;">                              &  I dont know about the camera thing .... i will regret not taking it along but .... it will add to the  <strong>cut-off</strong> problem that i will already have ... significantly.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#800000;">                              Just make it to Hobart ... then Tunnel Creek .. then BW ... then the Peak .... then we'll see ... Yeah,  that Joe's a smart guy </span><img alt="biggrin.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif"></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#800000;"><strong>7/7  </strong></span></span>         <img alt="icon_scratch.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/icon_scratch.gif">         <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="color:#800000;">I wonder if they have bears out there.  Are there bear out there ?  i hate bears.  bears scare me.  i dont want to see a bear. or a coyote.  or a cougar.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="color:#800000;">                              Just peoples ... like <strong>Jim</strong> and <strong>Sporti</strong> ,  <strong>Joe</strong> and</span> <strong><span style="color:#006400;">gumbee</span></strong><span style="color:#800000;">.  that'd be ok.   But no bear please.  And no bear scat either .  i dont want to see any bear scat</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="color:#800000;">                             on the trail .  . .     <span style="font-size:12px;">or snakes ... i dont need  any snakes ....  Just Jim, Sporti, Joe, gumbee , some trees and rocks,  couple lakes and mountains ... Bob ... that's all i need to see.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#800000;">                             Oh wait .... i need to see some burritos too  !!!   lots of burritos ... and a margarita or two .... all i want to see after all that  is .... the finish line.  </span></p>
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[Just Jim]

<br><br><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="color:#cc6633;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">TRT COUNTDOWN</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#cc6633;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"> and Excuses !!</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#cc6633;"><strong>by Jimbo</strong></span></span></p>
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<p>7/1</p>
<p>Diamond Peak is probably not as steep as I remember.  </p>
<p>Diamond Peak is probably not as steep as I remember. </p>
<p>Diamond Peak is probably not as steep as I remember. </p>
<p>Diamond Peak is probably not as steep as I remember. ........ WAIT!! Repeating it will not make it true!</p>

 

[mudrunner]

<p>Not going, but sure wish I was!!!</p>
<p>It'd be nice to meet all o' y'all...especially in such a scenic surround or over fajitas at the finish.</p>
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<p>Have fun, enjoy the trails, & bring a camera!</p>

 

[jjameson]

<p>I downgraded to the measly 50k race.  I feel like a wimp but think it is the right move considering I had to walk the last 5 miles of Ice Age due to my knee.  I'll try a 50M again this fall</p>
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<p>I'm hoping to run it pretty hard, though not sure how the altitude will affect me.  I have done Leadville so I do have some experience mountain running but that was different in that I walked all of the uphills.  At Tahoe I'm hoping I can run a lot of it, but we'll see.</p>
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<p>Anyone with advice?</p>

 

[Just Jim]

<p>Tips from Jimbo</p>
<p> </p>
<p>1. At 5am (for 100 milers) or 6am (for 50k or 50m) it will feel cold for us summer trained East Coasters -- bring a sweatshirt that you can lose (or drop in your drop bag). I wore arm panties for the first few miles.</p>
<p>2, Sun screen. I even got sun burn through my shirt. </p>
<p>3. Between Bull Wheel and Diamond Peak (50 milers and 100 milers only) -- it is 9 miles. One handheld water bottle is not enough. Two probably won't cut it either. I will have a 70 oz hydration pack and a 20 oz handheld. That was only just enough.</p>
<p>4. It hit 90 degrees last year, and was very exposed -- it is a dry heat, so ice around the neck is really really effective to keep cool, (a knee high stocking filled with ice, then wrapped around with a bandana is my method). Ice early and ice often. The aid stations had buckets of cold water. Very effective way to cool off. I saw a lot of people suffering in the heat, last year.</p>
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<p>Don't forget a camera!</p>

 

[mudrunner]

<p>As oer JJ's comments, heat seemed to be the limiting factor for the 50M & 50km  (& a few 100M suffered as well).</p>
<p>Ask for ice at the aid stations. The boy scouts will have popsicles!!</p>
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[gumbee]

<br><br><div class="quote-container"><span>Quote:</span>
<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>Just Jim</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/74340/tahoe-rim-trail-update-thread-who-s-still-in#post_2005522"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p style="text-align:center;"> </p>
Diamond Peak is probably not as steep as I remember. ........ WAIT!! Repeating it will not make it true!</div>
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<p>Wait! There are hills at the TRT?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>whoa now, no one told me that</p>
<p>I really need to learn how to read an elevation chart</p>
<p><br>
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[SportiGrl]

<p>I'm soooooooooooooo freakin' stoked!!!  double checked our reservations yesterday and am going to start packing this weekend (maybe today, hahaha)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I am confused about the weather cautions since I've been tracking Lake Tahoe, NV wx on weatherchannel for the past month and it tops out in the upper 60's to mid 70's like clockwork ... and the extended forecast is more of the same  ... am I somehow missing something???  I'm having a hard time finding snow reports kept current but the mountain bike links seem to be best for trying to piece together trail usability news  ...</p>
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<p> </p>
<p>I sure hope to meet you all .. and gumbee ... maybe my hubby, you and I can get together for dinner or something on Thursday evening?  we might go for a kayak tour that day  ... or maybe, if you're into that sort of thing we could all go for an evening lake tahoe paddle at sunset - how COOL would THAT be?!??!      btw - this offer is open to any takers, the green one is the only one I know is going to already be in town  </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>my darned foot and sometimes back of knee are still giving me caution warnings and we'll just have to take what we get but I am very stoked to be doing the 50k with my sweetie and seeing some of the most gorgeous trail scenery I'll ever have a chance to witness  ...  and I hope to rope hubby into sticking around and cheering on my friends running the 50M and 100M versions  ... if I were healthier I'd be all over picking up a pacer shift after my 50k but that just isn't in the books this year  :-(</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I'm so happy so many of us are still planning to attend ... very, very COOL    *gigantic grin*</p>

 

[SportiGrl]

<p>btw - I am going to keep an unofficial finishers stat  ... married couples running the 50k ... methinks hubby and I might have a shot at that category, bwahahahahaa....</p>

 

[runNYtrails]

<br><br><div class="quote-container"><span>Quote:</span>
<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>gumbee</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/74340/tahoe-rim-trail-update-thread-who-s-still-in#post_2005777"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border:0px solid;"></a><br><br><br><br><p>Wait! There are hills at the TRT?</p>
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<p><br><span style="font-size:16px;">Not in the Hundred Miler <strong><span style="color:#008000;">gumbee</span></strong> .... no werries .... </span></p>
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<p>.</p>

 

[runNYtrails]

<br><br><div class="quote-container"><span>Quote:</span>
<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>SportiGrl</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/74340/tahoe-rim-trail-update-thread-who-s-still-in#post_2006002"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>I'm soooooooooooooo freakin' stoked!!!  double checked our reservations yesterday and am going to start packing this weekend (maybe today, hahaha)</p>
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<p><img alt="shock.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/shock.gif">  <span style="font-size:16px;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">YOU'RE NOT PACKED YET ?????   Get a beer ,  get packin' !!!  </span></strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">We're going to Tahoe !!!  </span></span><img alt="hello2.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/hello2.gif">     <span style="font-size:10px;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">im nervous as hell ....</span></span></p>
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<p>I sure hope to meet you all .. and gumbee ... maybe my hubby, you and I can get together for dinner or something on Thursday evening?  we might go for a kayak tour that day  ... or maybe, if you're into that sort of thing we could all go for an evening lake tahoe paddle at sunset - how COOL would THAT be?!??!      btw - this offer is open to any takers, the green one is the only one I know is going to already be in town  </p>
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<p><img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif">  <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Thursday is sounding good for a dinner meet-up if y'all are going to get together for a   <img alt="occasion14.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/occasion14.gif">   or   an   <img alt="icescream.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/icescream.gif">    or   both . . .  <img alt="biggrin.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif"></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">.</span></span></p>
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[SportiGrl]

<p>heya, RunNYtrails ... in beantown they were making Milk Stout milkshakes ... BOTH sounds fine, lol!!!</p>
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<p>I picked up a proper sized carry on suitcase today and a nice backpack to use as a personal item to stow under my feet/seat on the plane ... hoping we can avoid any baggage claim luggage  ...</p>