Mt. Blanc and Leadville 100
Time to focus on the next challenge, Meltzer and Jurek go head to head again at Tour de Mount Blanc in Chamonix on August 24, 2007. Being a North Face event maybe we will see how Dean the machine will do against the Jureks and Meltzers of the Ultra world? Meltzer and Jurek are going to battle it out on the treadmill Uphill Challenge at the Outdoor Retailer Show in Salt Lake City 8/10/07 as I go up against the speedy Tom Borschel (oh no!). The following week I head to the “Run Across the Sky” the Leadville 100 for some high altitude entertainment, hoping to do a PB on the leadville course.
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:54 am
Hey goodluck to all. I’m heading to Pike’s Peak on the Leadville weekend for my 6th running of the Marathon. The 50-54 female age group record is a possibility if the stars align.
August 3rd, 2007 at 12:22 pm
Good luck Dee, I have run pikes a few times, go beat that mountain!
Scott
August 3rd, 2007 at 5:06 pm
I wish you guys luck in your upcoming races and I’ll see you at the OR show where I will surely be humbled by 15 minutes of treadmill torture next to, yikes, Dave Mackey. Also, be sure not to overlook Hal Koerner at Mont Blanc. The last time he was overlooked he kicked some serious butt!
AJW
ajwsblog.blogspot.com
August 5th, 2007 at 10:43 am
Good luck at Leadville. I’ll be there too!! Did my last long run yesterday in fact. Nice overcast day, a little sun, with a few sprinkles of rain. Would be nice to have the same on race day.
By the way, my “Last Place Award” from the 50K has become quite the conversation piece in my office. Usually something like “what the hell is that?”
Kristi
August 5th, 2007 at 10:55 am
karl good luck at mont blanc! the pac northwest will be cheering for you.
scott rock leadville buddy.!
August 5th, 2007 at 7:41 pm
hi scott karl
what time on friday at OR are you on the treadmill?
August 6th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
Twist those damn goat horns into a barret to wear upon your French entrance…. Good luck and trot up those alps swiftly.
GOAT BOY SCOTT! show those leadville townies that you got some real rocky mountain oysters swingin` between the tail. Go get em!
wie wie~
August 6th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
Oh Yes, Halomatic is not looked over. I plan on being behind him at Mont Blanc, those young legs are tough to beat.
Scott runs the treadmill at 12:30 against Tom Borschel, and Karl runs against Scott Jurek at 4:00pm……It’s gonna be a buuuurnnnner!
August 6th, 2007 at 6:12 pm
Hi Karl,
I’ll be at Mont Blanc also, it’s going to be quite the adventure. Have you put any thought into using trekking poles? I know most euro’s use them but I decided not to use them I hope I’m not making a mistake. Any suggestions on what type of last longish run to do this weekend, lots of elevation gain OR mostly flat? Thanks for the feed back and I’ll be rooting for the Seedgoat. Bahhh!
August 6th, 2007 at 7:51 pm
12:30 me - karl - 4 w/ Jurek
Kristi and Rockin Rick Gates,
Let out a bahahah at the start so we can scrape for good luck!!
WSG
August 6th, 2007 at 8:02 pm
All Leadville Speedgoats must bahahhhaa 10 minutes before the race for scraping~good luck!!!!!!!!!
WSG-scrape hard - STARTING LINE LEADVILLE 100 10 - MINUTES UP ! Let one out!
August 6th, 2007 at 8:41 pm
Oysters for all!
WSG
August 7th, 2007 at 7:11 am
Yo George, wont be using sticks in France, Its a Euro thing. I may bring some over to sell to them and pay for my plane ticket. Always remember, never use something new in an Ultra until you have tried it out several times first!
It never hurts to do big vertical. Mt Blanc is all vertical and steep. Stay off the flat………….always.
-baahhhhhh
August 7th, 2007 at 10:46 am
Have fun out in France and lots of baahhaa!
August 7th, 2007 at 11:11 am
I’m going to practice now……….baaaahahahahaaaaa.
August 8th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
Hey Karl,
Me and a friend are gonna be coming into town thursday night for the OR show (i’m going up against James Bonnett on the treadmill at 2:30 on friday); anyways, you got any beta on the best free camping spots in the SLC area?
August 9th, 2007 at 8:32 am
you guys are welcome to camp in my backyard. not the swankiest site but it’s close to the show.
August 9th, 2007 at 3:32 pm
Hello Tony, Free is a tough one in Salt Lake simply because everything is a watershed and regulated, however, there are lots of campgrounds in the mountains up Big Cottonwood Canyon and Little Cottonwood Canyon. They are all Forest Service ones and will cost you 12-15 bucks most likely. That’s really about it. Anything free is at least a 1 hour drive or more and not worth the price of gas. The closest to the OR show would be up Little Cottonwood Canyon towards Snowbird and Alta..called Tanners Flat. The next one is Albion basin Campground at the top of the road. Although it’s an extra 15 minutes, you are in a Mt. Runners Paradise and you would love running up there before the show. Good luck, Karl
August 10th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Thanks Karl. We ended up parking in the Park n Ride at the bottom of the road and sleeping in the trees down by the creek…coincidentally, this morning we drove up to Alta and I did 3 hours up to Catherine Pass-Sunset Peak down to Brighton and then back up and over plus some extra stuff on the Great Western Trail. I realize now that the Wasatchs are awesome mountains! See ya at the show…
tony