Utepils Trail Loppet Preview on Saturday

[David William Bitner]

Hey Everyone,

Just a reminder that we will be teaming up with the Loppet Loopers group on Saturday for folks to run on the Utepils Trail Loppet Course. 

We will all meet at the Trailhead at 8am. There will be some groups starting from the Trailhead and others shuttling down towards Utepils to focus on the lower sections of the course. There will be a dedicated hiking group along with groups going at more of a "party pace" (walking all the hills) and more of a full run pace.

In the North section, we will need to skip about the first mile of the course that uses the golf course and goes down by Twin Lakes. We'll start near the first aid station at the top of the stairs behind the Trailhead.

I'll be leading a group following the full half marathon course from there all the way to the finish at Utepils and then running back along the bike path (Tornado Alley) to the Trailhead. With skipping the first ~ mile and adding in the trip back from Utepils, this will be a bit more than a half marathon.

There will be easy to navigate opportunities along the way to turn back and head back to the Trailhead earlier for those not wanting to put in a half marathon.

If there are folks who know the Trail Loppet trails pretty well and are willing to help lead a pace group, reply to just me and Abby (CC'd on this email) with how far you are looking to go and what pace.

Hope to see y'all out there!

-bit