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How Do You Find Your Races? (Read 947 times)


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    On a side note, you can go to a basketball court and generally get a pickup game going. If you're on a trail or in an area where a lot of people run, I think you should be able to get a pickup race going. Just start asking people if they want to race and see what happens.
    What a wonderful idea!

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          What a wonderful idea!
          I really would like to give it a shot. The main problem is that even though we're generally a social bunch of people, there is a high likelihood that someone out on the road is doing a specific workout. Many would be unwilling to throw down a race out of nowhere because it would probably adversely affect another workout. I do think I might give it a shot at some point, though.
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                What a wonderful idea!
                I agree, but it's illegal in Boulder... no racing with 4 or more people, even pick up races for fun. How's that for stupid?
                  http://pctrailruns.com/ http://zinsli.com/events/sacevents.asp http://marathonguide.com http://www.active.com I still havn't done a pc trail run but they have great trail runs. I mostly use zinsli because it lists lots of local runs from 5ks to marathons and some ultras.
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                    http://www.runningintheusa.com/Races.asp This is a good site for the US
                    Mr Inertia


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                      I agree, but it's illegal in Boulder... no racing with 4 or more people, even pick up races for fun. How's that for stupid?
                      The nuances of conversation are often lost in digital communications so I can't tell for sure. This is a joke, right?
                        The nuances of conversation are often lost in digital communications so I can't tell for sure. This is a joke, right?
                        Nope... unfortunately it's a real law here in the Peoples Republic of Boulder. All competitive events are banned, an unofficial race is considered 4 or more people. Competitive Events. The Open Space and Mountain Parks Department shall not authorize competitive events on Open Space and Mountain Parks lands. The Department will establish regulatory authority prohibiting competitive events.
                        Mr Inertia


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                          Nope... unfortunately it's a real law here in the Peoples Republic of Boulder. All competitive events are banned, an unofficial race is considered 4 or more people. Competitive Events. The Open Space and Mountain Parks Department shall not authorize competitive events on Open Space and Mountain Parks lands. The Department will establish regulatory authority prohibiting competitive events.
                          That's in certain areas or city wide? That's horrible. It's worse than Footloose.
                          JakeKnight


                            That's in certain areas or city wide? That's horrible. It's worse than Footloose.
                            You're not catchin' the vibe, man. Competition is, like, bad for self esteem and stuff. Here. Try this brownie.

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                              You're not catchin' the vibe, man. Competition is, like, bad for self esteem and stuff. Here. Try this brownie.
                              LOL!!! It's only on our Open Space and Mountain Parks land... the trail runners are the ones that get screwed. Our open space covers about 100,000 acres though, so it's a pretty big chunk of land. Road races and things like that are fine. We actually have one of the largest 10k races in the world, at 50,000 entrants. http://www.bolderboulder.com/ Probably have more ultra and trail runners per capita than any place else on earth (the local trail running group has 1400 members) and we can't even hold a race here. Other than that, it's a great place to run Big grin - Chris
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