The Lithia Loop Trail Marathon (USATF Trail Marathon Championship) is this Saturday and Aaron Saft and Scott Dunlap will be representing Team Inov-8. The marathon is in beautiful Ashland, OR and has a nice 3700' of elevation gain and is run primarily on dirt roads. Jeremy Ramsey and Jonathan Basham will be at the Mountain Masochist Trail Run outside of Lynchburg, VA. This point to point ultra of 50+ miles boasts huge climbs (9200' of gain) over many types of soft surface terrain with a little road thrown in at the start before finishing in Montebello, VA. The MMTR is event #5 in the Beast Series. DeWayne Satterfield will be racing in the 2nd annual Pinhoti 100 miler in AL. A point to point race climbing to the highest point in AL (yes AL has mtns), on beautiful single track for 80+ miles and the rest is jeep road with a small amount of pavement.
Aliza Lapierre will be racing at the Stone Cat 50 miler in Willowdale State Forest at Ipswich, Massachusetts. A rolling 12.5 looped course over mixed single and double track which is also an Inov-8 sponsored event. I'll be racing here in Asheville, NC at the Shut In Ridge Run, a tough point to point 18 mile uphill single track trail with 3k of elevation gain. A true mountain runner's paradise finishing near Mt. Pisgah at an elevation of 5k. Speaking of top notch mountain runners, Kevin Tilton will be at the USATF NE Cross Country Championships in Boston, MA this Sunday.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Who's Racing This Weekend
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Crush it, Aaron. I'm your wingman. ;-)
SD
I have run the Shut-In Ridge course a few times - although the difference in elevation start to finish is 3,000', the total amount of climbing is actually 5,300'. One of the toughest runs in the counrty!!
You are correct Rick. Guess I'm trying to trick myself into thinking it is easier. I should know this by now I think it is #7 for me up the hill.
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