Happy Almost Fall Ladies,
I’m so happy that we had a successful Georgetown to Idaho
Springs race for many of you. It was so nice to see some of our old friends
back to run with us. Evergreen was a great race for many runners also!
Our schedule in September is a little bit different because
we have some people training for a full marathon and I’m trying to accommodate
the long distances.
For those of us that join in the book club, the book has
been picked…The Ledge by Jim Davidson
and Kevin Vaughan. The meeting will be on November 7th at Kim’s
house…More details will follow.
For those of us not choosing to run a ½ marathon or full
marathon in the fall the idea has been thrown out there to be a volunteer at
the Rock-n-Roll Race where we have many runners racing. I didn’t want to
contact Rock-n-Roll and then be the only one show up so I would like to get a
head count of who would be able to commit. Please let me know. Ltkrapes@msn.com
I also want to mention, we have some
first time marathoners and first time ½ marathoners training with us this
session. We have all been there with our first long distance races, so any help
(weather running with someone new ideas for race day or encouraging words) are
always welcome. It would be great if we
could come together as a group to help some of our newer members.
Also, when you get a minute if you
could email me your race schedule for the fall, I would appreciate it. I might
join you J.
September Schedule
September 1st – 6:30 am – meet at Goddard School
(87th and Indiana) to run Candelas (with some mileage tacked on). ½
marathoners are at 9 this week and full marathoners are at 14. Michelle will do
the aide station at the top of Candelas. I would also like a volunteer for the
nursery aide station. Please email me if you can do this. Ltkrapes@msn.com
Tuesday September 3 – 6:00 pm – meet at Oberon Middle School
for another fun filled track session.
Sunday September 8th – 6:30 am – meet at the
Tennis Court Park at 64th and Miller and we will run the Ralston
Creek trail going west and then back. I will again need two volunteers for aide
stations please. A map will be posted to show where the aide stations should be
placed. ½ marathoners have 10 and marathoners have 16 miles.
Tuesday September 10th – 6:00 pm – meet at Oberon
Middle School for a track session
Sunday September 15th – 6:30 am – meet at Coalton
trail head on McCaslin and Coalton Round-a-bout. ½ Marathoners have 11 miles
and full marathoners have 14 miles. The whole Coalton loop is 15 miles so if
the full marathoners would like to extend a little you have that option.
Otherwise we will do an out and back and I would like to have 2 people do aide
stations please. Again we will post a map to show where we would like the aide
stations.
Sunday September 15th – 9:00 am – the Farmers
5000 is also this day so you have the option of this run if you would like.
Contact me if you would like a registration form. I am currently planning on
running this race so I may need a volunteer to lead the session at Coalton.
Tuesday September 17th – 6:00 pm – meet at Oberon
Middle School for a fabulous session.
Sunday September 22nd – 6:30 am (marathoners)
7:00 am (1/2 marathoners) – Meet at the parking lot at 100th and
east of Simms on the south side. We will
run the big dry creek trail. ½ marathoners have 12 miles and full marathoners
have 18 miles. We have the option of
running around Standley Lake and then adding on by going out on the Dry Creek
trail. Or we can just run out and back on the Big Dry Creek Trail. Maps will be
posted the week before the run and we will decide where to put aide stations. I
will need volunteers for the aide stations.
Tuesday September 24th – Meet at Oberon Middle
School for another track session.
Sunday September 29th – I’m actually going to
take a poll on this run. The marathoners have 20 miles and ½ marathoners have
8. I would love to do something like Matthew Winters for the ½ marathoners but
to get 20 miles by Red Rocks sounds really difficult…So I’ll take
suggestions…email them to me ltkrapes@msn.com
and by the 22nd I’ll announce where we are running. Also, we could
set up where the marathoners run 2 10 mile loops somewhere and set up shifts to
run the first ½ and second ½… I’m throwing out ideas. I look forward to hearing
suggestions.
