green legs & hamstrings TR
jeff
the Lilly’s Half (Greensboro), but opted instead for the Green Legs &
Hamstrings (Danville) instead. The price was right at half the cost
of the other two. Beautiful March morning graced the various 5k, 10k,
and half marathon runners who awaited the start at Angler’s Park by
the Dan River. Half marathoners headed out first at 10:22 a.m. Not
sure what the delay to the 10 a.m. scheduled start was, but a few
minutes after we departed the 5 and 10k folks lit out as well.
The first mile or so the course paralleled the river bank on greenway
trails. After doing this out and back we soon headed up the Witchback
Trail, a six mile loop designed for mountain bikers, but a fun romp
for us trailrunners as well. The loop travels mostly thru forest with
occasional views of open fields, ponds, and' of course, the Dan River
and the water treatment plant. The treadway was in excellent shape.
No blowdowns and basically zilch in the way of mud. Few rocks to
stumble over, but the roots and the rare but lurking sapling stump
require focus. I went out of focus twice, yet managed to stay
upright. Like Little River or Northeast Park (Groundhog Gallop), the
course twists and turns and dips and rises clearly messing with any
runner’s attempt at pace. Despite the constant changes in direction,
the course itself was well marked and marshalled and easy to stay on
track.
After finishing the Witchback loop we halfers did it again before
descending to River level and the finish line. After finishing we
enjoyed all the spaghetti and breadsticks we could eat compliments of
Olive Garden. Nice technical long sleeve tee-shirt was another goodie
enjoyed by all participants. Not sure what the awards were. Not on
hand, but will be mailed.
Anglers Park was quite busy. Plenty of bikers were attacking adjacent
trails. Anglers were angling. And on a bordering field a spirited
game of rugby was being contested. Nifty place. Wish I lived
closer. Paid $3.60 a gallon at the border before heading back home
trying to stay on the road as on the radio the Wolfies and the Heels
did battle.
Some photos here if interested:
https://picasaweb.google.com/102115347612203174058/GreenLegsHamstrings#
Adolph
Reading your email made me want to cry! I ran the Panama city, Panama 5K. Last night, a panama classic I guess? Anyway, hot hot hot!, everyday day and night, I am a custom to the heat but for once I would like some cool crisp weather to run in.
The city was beautiful with the high rises filling the skyline and ocean glowing from the moon light, the smell of crap coming off the ocean front breeze. The lunatic drivers coming on to the closed road the city had arrange for the promoters, a runner was hit by a taxi ( nothing new). Although the cops were used for some stages of the run, they would look away from the action of the drivers, great police work. So Much FuN!!!
I like running and cycling here, one of the few things that absolute kills me is the third world driving and the value of life from a scale of one to ten, ten being that life is less valuable then a car, life value equals one. I've been hit three times here, twice on the bike and once running (lol).
I've been racing here for five months now and it is nothing like running back home. I paid for the coast to coast run, it is 36 miles from Colon to Panama. Every time it was schedule the promoters had to,cancel because of no support from the local law or city. I was looking forward to that run. I do that route every Sunday on my bike, I really wanted to run it so I can dodge the monkeys throwing crap at me when a I would run the canopy phase of the run. Damn it!
This is very true, the damn monkeys wait for cyclist, walkers or runners in the middle of the canopy waiting to throw branches, leaves or crap at you. On one of my bike rides I did get to see a big cat crossing the road. That was cool, i am sure he would have chased and catch me if he wanted too. I explained what the cat looked like to a jungle expert who knew the area. He said I might have seen a jaguar, Great!
Anyway, happy trails to you and all who love the road. I look forward to reading more.
Adolph (Chip)
PS, I think the monkeys were sleeping this morning. ; ).
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jeff
lunatic taxi drivers, but I do recall dodging big bleeping lizards
while on the run during an escape and evasion exercise. So do they
have any trail runs in Panama?
On Mar 11, 2:32 pm, Adolph <adolp...@aol.com> wrote:
> Jeff,
>
> Reading your email made me want to cry! I ran the Panama city, Panama 5K. Last night, a panama classic I guess? Anyway, hot hot hot!, everyday day and night, I am a custom to the heat but for once I would like some cool crisp weather to run in.
>
> The city was beautiful with the high rises filling the skyline and ocean glowing from the moon light, the smell of crap coming off the ocean front breeze. The lunatic drivers coming on to the closed road the city had arrange for the promoters, a runner was hit by a taxi ( nothing new). Although the cops were used for some stages of the run, they would look away from the action of the drivers, great police work. So Much FuN!!!
>
> I like running and cycling here, one of the few things that absolute kills me is the third world driving and the value of life from a scale of one to ten, ten being that life is less valuable then a car, life value equals one. I've been hit three times here, twice on the bike and once running (lol).
>
> I've been racing here for five months now and it is nothing like running back home. I paid for the coast to coast run, it is 36 miles from Colon to Panama. Every time it was schedule the promoters had to,cancel because of no support from the local law or city. I was looking forward to that run. I do that route every Sunday on my bike, I really wanted to run it so I can dodge the monkeys throwing crap at me when a I would run the canopy phase of the run. Damn it!
>
> This is very true, the damn monkeys wait for cyclist, walkers or runners in the middle of the canopy waiting to throw branches, leaves or crap at you. On one of my bike rides I did get to see a big cat crossing the road. That was cool, i am sure he would have chased and catch me if he wanted too. I explained what the cat looked like to a jungle expert who knew the area. He said I might have seen a jaguar, Great!
>
> Anyway, happy trails to you and all who love the road. I look forward to reading more.
>
> Adolph (Chip)
>
> PS, I think the monkeys were sleeping this morning. ; ).
>
> Sent from my iPad
>