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New 10M, 20M, and 50k in Moab looks interesting! (Read 146 times)

lasdinaub

posted: 1/31/2008 at 12:35 PM

This sound really fun. I would love to get a map and plot the route out to get an idea of the elevation change on the course, though. http://www.ultimatexc.com/MOAB.html

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cgerber

posted: 1/31/2008 at 6:20 PM

Wow, that looks awesome. I've run and ridden Poison Spider and Portal trails, they are sweet. Thanks for the head's up on that one!

sherpagirl

Sherpagirl

posted: 2/1/2008 at 12:11 PM

Last year I ran Porcupine Ridge as a training run. I got a drop off at the regular trail head past Slick rock and ran back to town. It was one of the best long runs I did last year. The running in Moab is really amazing. Pretty much anything you can bike you can run right?

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cgerber

posted: 2/1/2008 at 4:32 PM

Yeah, anything open for mt biking is open for running (plus all the hiking-only trails, like the ones in the Arches and Canyonlands National Parks). Another GREAT race is the Moab Alpine to Slickrock 50 mile. One of my all-time favorite runs/races. http://www.mas50.com/ I wrote up a little report w/ some photos from last year's race: http://www.chrisgerber.com/outdoors/trip-reports/mas50-20070922.cgi - Chris

ultrachick

Ultrachick

posted: 2/1/2008 at 10:13 PM

The Director of this race, I believe is from Canada and you probably saw the links to the other races in this new series he has put together-one new race in Quebec and the UlitmateXC Challenge in Jay, VT. I had to laugh at the Moab site because it says the course sweep will be done by the Hardwick ATV club-this club is in Hardwick, VT and does the sweep for the Jay race! That's a generous race director to bring out his own sweep crew! Big grin

Dan does a great job at the Jay race-I've done the full marathon in 2006 (31.5m) and 2007 (33m). I'm sure it will be very challenging and shouldn't be entered without proper training. Read some of the articles about the Jay race and you'll see what I mean. Kelly

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