THIS-SATURDAY-AT-A-GLANCE
Mileage: 12
Volunteers:
Bagels - Robin Solis
Supplies, Set-up and Break down - various
GREAT VOLUNTEERS AT THE GREAT RACE!
Thank you to all our wonderful Inside Trackers who stepped up to the task, woke up at the crack of dawn and volunteered at our Great Race booth! June Muller, Naomi Kress, Craig Lippert, Carole Coffman, Rafael Gonzalez, Mike Casanova, Robin Solis, George Arita, Mike Miskel, Veronica Santangelo, Brad Guevara, Sylvia Gonzales, Rick Kanatzar and Yinyin Goh --- the club appreciates you all!
Kudos also to Topher Means for putting together the new Inside Track brochure. If you were not able to get hold of a copy at our booth, take a few home this Saturday and give them away to potential recruits.
Congratulations to all the Great Race participants!
Kudos also to Topher Means for putting together the new Inside Track brochure. If you were not able to get hold of a copy at our booth, take a few home this Saturday and give them away to potential recruits.
Congratulations to all the Great Race participants!
TRAINING CORNER
By George Arita, Advisor of Training
Georgerunvta@aol.com
LSD
For members who did not run the Chesebro or Pacific Half Marathon last Saturday and did the scheduled 20-miler instead, the scheduled run this Saturday is 12 miles. Those who ran in either half marathon, if you are completely recovered (no aches in quads or ankles), you should also be able to run 12 miles. However, if you are still hurting, give yourself a break and limit your distance to 10 miles, easy.
Those who are in training for Big Sur (April 26), Saturday should be your final long run (18 – 20 miles), assuming you are fully recovered from last Saturday’s half marathon race, if you ran it. Then you taper the final two Saturdays with 12 and 8 miles, respectively.
RELAY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
A number of our members have formed relay teams to participate in the upcoming Ragnar Relay (177 miles from Santa Barbara to Dana Point, April 24 – 25, 2009). Several more volunteers are needed to provide assistance when the teams come to Ventura (San Buenaventura State Beach Park). Please call Mike Miskel at (805) 407-4816 to volunteer your services. Thank you, and the team members thank you.
Those who are in training for Big Sur (April 26), Saturday should be your final long run (18 – 20 miles), assuming you are fully recovered from last Saturday’s half marathon race, if you ran it. Then you taper the final two Saturdays with 12 and 8 miles, respectively.
RELAY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
A number of our members have formed relay teams to participate in the upcoming Ragnar Relay (177 miles from Santa Barbara to Dana Point, April 24 – 25, 2009). Several more volunteers are needed to provide assistance when the teams come to Ventura (San Buenaventura State Beach Park). Please call Mike Miskel at (805) 407-4816 to volunteer your services. Thank you, and the team members thank you.
BEEN THERE, DONE THAT
By George Arita (a.k.a. first-time trail runner & Chesebro Half-Marathon finisher)
Georgerunvta@aol.com
CHESEBRO HALF-MARATHON – PERSPECTIVES OF A NEWBIE
"Virgin trail runner" no moreI am no longer a virgin, cherry or whatever you want to call. I ran and completed my first trail run, the Chesebro Half-Marathon at the Great Race of Agoura Hills.
My first and lasting impressions of my first trail run: TOUGH! TOUGH! TOUGH! It was a novel experience and certainly the most brutal of my 51 half-marathons. But it was a very interesting race, and I am happy to have been able to participate in it.
The first three miles or so were on roads. “Hey! This is a piece of cake,” I thought. Then we headed onto the Cheseboro Trail of the Santa Monica Recreational Park with eight miles of trails ahead of us and no more pieces of cake for me. The course elevation went from 848 ft. to 1728 ft. and back down again. On the trail, we ran and walked over hard packed ground, sand, rocks, roots, mud, a small puddle at one spot, shallow to deep ruts, gradual to steep uphills and gradual to steep downhills. I was told that the scenery was fantastic on the course. I saw some of that, but most of the time my eyes were glued to the surface in front of me. I saw two people fall. The first, a female about three places in front of me, slipped and rolled over. She wasn’t hurt. The second was a male directly behind me. I didn’t see him fall but his hand clipped my right heel. He was also not hurt. One of our members, who shall be unnamed, finished with large band-aids on the left elbow and right knee. The danger of tripping, slipping and falling was ever present on the trail.
At around mile 10, the course exited the park and the final miles were on roads and mostly downhill (Oh, what a relief!). The finish was at Chumash Park where we gathered refreshments and enjoyed the friendly company of ITRC/RV members at our booth.
I can see why a number of our members regularly run and race trails. With proper training (as with any running and racing) to condition the quads and ankles, trail running would be an enjoyable accompaniment to road running. It’s time for me to get proper trail-running shoes and start training.
By the way, Josh Spiker finished first overall in 1:11:53, almost nine minutes ahead of the second finisher. Way to go, Josh! Among our “normal” members, Eduardo Arce was our first male at 1:34:14, and Mimi Champion came in as our first female at 2:10:38. Congratulations, Mimi and Eduardo! (Author’s note: these names, places and times were the best I could glean from the posted website results. Forgive me if I erred on any of them.)
My first and lasting impressions of my first trail run: TOUGH! TOUGH! TOUGH! It was a novel experience and certainly the most brutal of my 51 half-marathons. But it was a very interesting race, and I am happy to have been able to participate in it.
The first three miles or so were on roads. “Hey! This is a piece of cake,” I thought. Then we headed onto the Cheseboro Trail of the Santa Monica Recreational Park with eight miles of trails ahead of us and no more pieces of cake for me. The course elevation went from 848 ft. to 1728 ft. and back down again. On the trail, we ran and walked over hard packed ground, sand, rocks, roots, mud, a small puddle at one spot, shallow to deep ruts, gradual to steep uphills and gradual to steep downhills. I was told that the scenery was fantastic on the course. I saw some of that, but most of the time my eyes were glued to the surface in front of me. I saw two people fall. The first, a female about three places in front of me, slipped and rolled over. She wasn’t hurt. The second was a male directly behind me. I didn’t see him fall but his hand clipped my right heel. He was also not hurt. One of our members, who shall be unnamed, finished with large band-aids on the left elbow and right knee. The danger of tripping, slipping and falling was ever present on the trail.
At around mile 10, the course exited the park and the final miles were on roads and mostly downhill (Oh, what a relief!). The finish was at Chumash Park where we gathered refreshments and enjoyed the friendly company of ITRC/RV members at our booth.
I can see why a number of our members regularly run and race trails. With proper training (as with any running and racing) to condition the quads and ankles, trail running would be an enjoyable accompaniment to road running. It’s time for me to get proper trail-running shoes and start training.
By the way, Josh Spiker finished first overall in 1:11:53, almost nine minutes ahead of the second finisher. Way to go, Josh! Among our “normal” members, Eduardo Arce was our first male at 1:34:14, and Mimi Champion came in as our first female at 2:10:38. Congratulations, Mimi and Eduardo! (Author’s note: these names, places and times were the best I could glean from the posted website results. Forgive me if I erred on any of them.)
CLUB NEWS
*Birthday greetings
April 25 - Mike Miskel
April 28 - Richard Hernandez
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