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e_phemerart) wrote2010-01-20 08:27 pm
e_phemerart) wrote2010-01-20 08:27 pm
MapQuest
I spent my dinner break this evening tracing various color sqiggly lines all over maps of Monte Sano State Park. Trying to better knock some notion of the Mountain Mist race course into my head.
Someone had asked me "Which park trails will you be running on for the race?" To which I answered, "ALL OF THEM!" That's not too much of an exaggeration.
www.huntsvilletrackclub.org/HTC_Races/MM07WEB/map.htm
I was using the TEXT map, the DETAIL map, and the COLOR course map ALL THREE and then plotting it out on the big TOPO map (15 page segments) I'd printed and assembled.
www.briartech.com/msmap.htm
On examination, I see that I have trained on slightly more than 2/3 of the race course; which leaves a third (or about 10 miles) as basically unknown territory. Hope that section is well marked with course flags, and that there is someone else slow (but still faster than me) that I can follow!
Tomorrow I am going to spend a bit more time re-reading any online blog entries I can find about previous year's races and runners' experiences at the Mountain Mist.
Gotta remember to pick me up some some GU, a couple of my favorite Cliff bars and some candied ginger. Oh, and some new socks.
Someone had asked me "Which park trails will you be running on for the race?" To which I answered, "ALL OF THEM!" That's not too much of an exaggeration.
www.huntsvilletrackclub.org/HTC_Races/MM07WEB/map.htm
I was using the TEXT map, the DETAIL map, and the COLOR course map ALL THREE and then plotting it out on the big TOPO map (15 page segments) I'd printed and assembled.
www.briartech.com/msmap.htm
On examination, I see that I have trained on slightly more than 2/3 of the race course; which leaves a third (or about 10 miles) as basically unknown territory. Hope that section is well marked with course flags, and that there is someone else slow (but still faster than me) that I can follow!
Tomorrow I am going to spend a bit more time re-reading any online blog entries I can find about previous year's races and runners' experiences at the Mountain Mist.
Gotta remember to pick me up some some GU, a couple of my favorite Cliff bars and some candied ginger. Oh, and some new socks.