Running stage race

Herbert · August 30, 2007, 4:37pm

Some folks here in Chattanooga have been organizing a running stage race with 5 runs in 4 days for the last few years, but every year I was out of town for Eurobike and could not do it. This year though I had no excuse so I decided to partake in this event. I also thought that this could nicely jump start a heavier running schedule over the winter.

Here is the schedule:

Wednesday pm: 10k run
Thursday am: 5k run
Thursday pm: 15 k run
Friday pm: 8k hill climb
Saturday am: 21km hard trail run (Big Daddy)

Funny and very odd thing last night was that a Kenyan showed up to run “with us.” He had just won last weekends quite hilly 10km in 35 minutes and last night he let us off the hook easy with a 37 minute run. It was actually super hot and muggy and I very much stank on the second half of the 10k and brought it home in 45:12. Yikes

This morning though I redeemed myself and ran a 20 flat for the 5k. But now my legs are not too excited about tonight’s 15k.

Any other towns have similar fun renegade events like that?

Herbert

runlikeamother · August 30, 2007, 4:44pm

That’s my kind of stage race! Sounds like a blast, Herbert. I have never heard of anything similar - but we miss some things out here in the middle of the ocean.

Good luck tonight at the 15! Consider an ice bath a la Karno after

RR

Former_User · August 30, 2007, 4:56pm

Three days of Syllamo (www.3daysofsyllamo.org) in March in the Ozark Nat’l Forest, Arkansas. I’d love to try it some time

day 1 - 50K
day 2 - 50 mi
day 3 - 20K

Herbert · August 30, 2007, 6:18pm

Like all renegade (non official) events, that is clearly something that you could set up with other interested triathletes and runners.

Herbert

desert_dude · August 31, 2007, 2:40am

gee (heavy sarcasm) that sounds like fun
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Herbert · August 31, 2007, 2:50am

My legs are cooked after tonights 15k and that might be all she wrote.

Plus I need my legs for next weekend’s Frantic Frog triathlon

H

rossi · August 31, 2007, 9:38am

Used to be a great stage race around Maui in the early 80s, Tour de Maui went right around the perimeter , always wanted to do that but alas its no more . One of my heroes Stu Mittleman won it one year .