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- On January1st, we held the 22nd annual Reindeer Run.
Here are some pictures:
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- The annual Halloween Run was held
at Sandy's house; here we are waiting for the photographer to take the
shot so we could run and warm up. Afterwards we had coffee and
muffins by the campfire - thankfully the morning warmed up and we had a
great visit!
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A large group of 14 runners
traveled to Bragg Creek on August 1 for the last scheduled trail run of
the summer. Here's a shot of Deb D leading the
charge through the trails; naturally we have to stop at our
customary photo-op
location before we hit the tree line. After
we hit the false
summit, it's a steep
climb to the top where we have a bit of a break - and boy was it windy up there! - before
we descend from the
tower. It was really hot that day, and after such a strenuous
workout we have to cool down in
the creek.
On the drive home, this "God
beam" was a harbinger of the nasty weather we would encounter.
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- On June 13 we had the second annual "Railway
Run", which consists of running a section of the old rail line between
Rocky Mountain House and Nordegg. The weather was absolutely
stellar, and we had a great time running in this area. Here we
are starting out
along the pipeline, after about a kilometre we hit the old rail line
itself; here are Dennis
and Lisa. Naturally, the trestles were torn out and we had to
go into and out of several gorges (again and again).
Luckily there were some creeks where we could cool off.
We stopped for a picnic at an abandoned shack in a meadow, took pictures
of some of the wildlife,
then headed out
of the flats towards the vehicles. The return journey was even hillier than the way
out (imagine that!) but that just made our victory celebration
sweeter.
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- The last weekend of May saw Annie, Deb D, and
Bill travel to Moose Mountain for a training run on the trails.
In stark contrast to last year's excursion, we had bluebird weather for most
of the day. It was so warm, in fact, that the dogs had to cool
off in the water (here are Lucy and Harley enjoying a
brief dip). Annie and Deb, being much younger and far fitter, had
to drag yours truly up the trail; not sure how I managed to stage this shot of them
climbing the single-track. Not surprisingly, we had to run
through some snow
on the way to the summit. About halfway between the tree line and
the summit, we begin the final push to the
top (here are Annie
and Harley, Deb,
and Annie and the
dogs). We had a quick look around
the top, then started
down when misfortune struck: Harley's pads were shredded, and Deb and
Bill wound up taping
their socks to his feet
so he could limp back to the truck; it turned out to be a slow return trip.
Look for more details of the run in the next Red Deer Runners
Gazette.
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- Our Poker Rally fun run was held on Saturday,
April 18. After hamming
it up for the camera, the group went down the trail behind
Heritage Ranch, then climbed the stairs at the lookout.
We had to run an out-and-back loop because the ice jam on the Red Deer
River blocked off the north trail. Once on top of the trail, the
runners headed out of Heritage
Ranch and towards Taylor Bridge; here's a shot of Tina and Janice and Pat, Debbie,
Roxene, and Anna returning to the finish. (Anna wound up with the
best poker hand, and Debbie had the worst.) The morning was a bit
cool, so we were sunning ourselves on the deck - here's a bunch of
runners lined up like birds
on a wire.
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- Each year our club members are recognised for
their dedication to running and sport in general. Here are the
Runners Den Runners of the Year for 2008 (Ann-Marie and Bill) and the
2008 nominee for the Volunteer of the Year (Olive).
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- The 2009 Predict Your Time fun run was a great
event! Here's the mass start
and after a brisk 8K run, the runners started cruising in: Robert, Pat & Dennis, Olive, Claude, Maureen (the winner, only
2 seconds off her predicted time!), and Lisa and Hilda.
Many thanks again to Claude & Olive for hosting the event at their
house.
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- We were lucky enough to have lots of snow for
the more-or-less-annual snowshoe run. In this photo, Ron is packing the
trail for us as we're heading into the trails. The group headed out
along the river and into the woods, where
we sometimes had to stop to get our bearings and decide on the best
trail. Fortunately, Miss March 2009
(Colleen) is there to guide us along.
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- This year, female runners outnumbered the males
for the first time in the annual Nut 'n' Bolt run. (Way to go,
Ladies!) The first place team was Don and Sandy, and the
"turtle" team was Jason and
Diane. Thanks again to the organisers, and thank you to the
chefs that prepared three different chili con carne dishes.
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- On August 16, a bunch of us took off for a
"Railroad Run" - a tour along some of the abandoned rail line that runs
between Rocky Mountain House and Nordegg. We had a great day as
you can see:
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- The Sinister
7 was a tough, tough race! Red Deer was the only community
that had all of its competitors--solo and relay runners
alike--finish this 135K monster. [Update: the course was
re-measured and is now 146K.] There were 14 Red Deer Runners
in all; 5 soloists and two teams. Here are some images from the
event:
- The start of the race
(Darlene is seen in this
photo)
- Here's a familiar photo: the Three Stooges are last
out of the gate (again!)
- On Leg 1 we went through the Frank Slide
- It wasn't until Leg 2 that we hit the
trails; it was spectacular!
- Leg 3 was up, up, up, then down, down,
down. This bridge
was a welcome sight!
- By the time we hit Leg 4 it was starting to
get dark; in this photo, Cheryl looks a bit
lost
- Here's Tom leaving a checkpoint
(Leg 4?); this was a
welcome sight at the Leg 5 aid station!
- Not sure where Debbie and Cheryl
were in this shot
- At the mid-point of Leg 5, the sun was
beginning coming up, much to the relief of all
- In the mean time, the relay teams were
finishing. Here's Andy ("Mr. Navigator")
getting warmed up, and here's Tina crossing the
finish line with her teammates
- Annie crosses the
line to become the first woman finisher!
- Neil,
Darlene, and Andy at the finish
- The Sod Sisters with
their medals
- Bill and Tom, and
Ron and Rob cross
the finish line
- Kris (shown with Tom)
and Susan were our saviours at the aid station (thanks again, Ladies!)
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