On asphalt. Hillier than the Monkey. Maybe even hillier than Flying Pig.

Trent

We've Got Big Hills

posted: 8/13/2009 at 3:40 PM
modified: 8/13/2009 at 3:49 PM

Oh My. Awesome! And new Smile

Actually, total elevation change seems about the same as Monkey, but it is almost all in the first half and spread over fewer taller climbs.

http://blueridgeparkwaymarathon.com/marathon/

I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.

Poor baby

Jill_B

I fly.

posted: 8/13/2009 at 3:41 PM

Have you signed up yet?

Bring it on.

Trent

We've Got Big Hills

posted: 8/13/2009 at 3:42 PM

Very tempting. Very very tempting. Same day as CMM tho.

I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.

Poor baby

Happyfeet

posted: 8/13/2009 at 3:56 PM

The pictures certainly are tempting.

Wonder how they closed down the Blue Ridge Parkway for those runners. I also think I found Riggs's brother on the 10th picture in the gallery.

mamaofthree

Best Present Ever

posted: 8/13/2009 at 4:08 PM

goodness. and funny I should first hear of it here, since it's near-ish to me ...

I'll bet they don't close down the Parkway. None of the non-urban races in these parts is on closed roads.

Oldman

posted: 8/13/2009 at 4:26 PM

great climbs, but who ever said the Flying Pig was hilly? (especially as compared with the Monkey)

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srlopez

No offense.

posted: 8/13/2009 at 4:29 PM

Quote from Oldman on 8/13/2009 at 4:26 PM:

great climbs, but who ever said the Flying Pig was hilly? (especially as compared with the Monkey)

This is an in-joke reference to a thread from last week claiming that The Pig was one of the hardest marathons out there.

Of course, most of us who have run a few of them do not believe this.

As for Blue Ridge, same day as CMM. Interesting... too bad it is a weekend offering up lots of great choices already.

Ultima tastes like failure.

PerfesserR

Imminent Catastrophe

posted: 8/13/2009 at 4:31 PM

Whoa. Looks nice. Let's see...run an Elite race or Blue Ridge Parkway...so hard to decide.

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Not!

Flying Pig isn't that hilly BTW. Just one hill.

"Able to function despite imminent catastrophe"

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PerfesserR

Imminent Catastrophe

posted: 8/13/2009 at 4:32 PM

Quote from srlopez on 8/13/2009 at 4:29 PM:

This is an in-joke reference to a thread from last week claiming that The Pig was one of the hardest marathons out there.

I gotta stop taking Trent seriously.

You been on sabbatical SRL?

"Able to function despite imminent catastrophe"

"The most common question from potential entrants is 'I do not know if I can do this' to which I usually answer, 'that's the whole point'.--Paul Charteris, Tarawera Ultramarathon RD.

✓ 12 Hours of Hostelity 14 Jan

✓ Mountain Mist 50k 28 Jan

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Trent

We've Got Big Hills

posted: 8/13/2009 at 4:33 PM

Quote from Oldman on 8/13/2009 at 4:26 PM:

who ever said the Flying Pig was hilly? (especially as compared with the Monkey)

As Stevie Ray pointed out, BearcatRunner said so: "not many marathons are as tough as the Flying PIG". And elsewhere in that same thread, he asked to be jabbed. I am happy to oblige.

Wink

I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.

Poor baby

srlopez

No offense.

posted: 8/13/2009 at 4:33 PM

Quote from PerfesserR on 8/13/2009 at 4:32 PM:

I gotta stop taking Trent seriously.

You been on sabbatical SRL?

Something like that, yes.

Ultima tastes like failure.

Trent

We've Got Big Hills

posted: 8/13/2009 at 4:34 PM
modified: 8/13/2009 at 4:34 PM

Quote from PerfesserR on 8/13/2009 at 4:32 PM:

You been on sabbatical SRL?

I'd imagine the big political / healthcare thread that has been festering here for the past few days has kept him away. He is a wise man.

I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.

Poor baby

srlopez

No offense.

posted: 8/13/2009 at 4:37 PM

Quote from PerfesserR on 8/13/2009 at 4:31 PM:

Whoa. Looks nice. Let's see...run an Elite race or Blue Ridge Parkway...so hard to decide.

heh. Well, it is also the same day as the Kentucky Derby Marathon and the day before OKC... two races I really want to return to. And I was thinking about CMM too. Now there's this... not gonna be as easy a choice for me.

For awhile, we thought Eugene was gonna be this weekend too, but they pulled a big "psyche" on us and put it on the following weekend.

Ultima tastes like failure.

pRED

Rule #15

posted: 8/13/2009 at 5:04 PM

Eugene, Oregon?

Ricky

—our ability to perform up to our physiological potential in a race is determined by whether or not we truly psychologically believe that what we are attempting is realistic. Anton Krupicka

srlopez

No offense.

posted: 8/13/2009 at 5:15 PM

Quote from pRED on 8/13/2009 at 5:04 PM:

Eugene, Oregon?

Yes. The land of Eugenics Smile

(sorry, folks, another in-joke from a thread last week)

Ultima tastes like failure.

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