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June 04, 2006
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Two weeks ago, Paul and I, our friend Courtney, my sister Holly and Morgan were running along some trails up at the top of Mt. Lemmon. As we were trotting along, Courtney brought up the idea of Paul and I running the Imogene race in Colorado this year. A race? We're always up for a fun little race every now and again. Colorado is beautiful....sounds fun!
Ok, a little more explanation please: The Imogene Pass Run is a 17.1 mile point-to-point mountain race within the western San Juan mountains of Colorado. Ahem....emphasis on the word 'mountain'. The route connects the towns of Ouray (7810 feet) and Telluride (8820 feet) by way of the 13,120 foot Imogene Pass. You do the math. We're talking MASSIVE elevation gain here.
So we're trotting along up on Lemmon, tired, dehydrated and obviously completely delirious because Paul and I said "Let's go for it."
The race is scheduled for Saturday, Sept 9th, 7:30am. And today marks the first day of mine and Paul's PTA Training (PTA = Pain, Torture, Agony....a trademark reference by our friend JR). After a grueling 9 mile-er this morning, we sat down in front of the computer....and.....registered. No backing out now.
Stay tuned for the success...or failure...of April & Paul's ultimate trail running adventure up and over Imogene Pass this September 9th:
Posted by April at June 4, 2006 09:41 PM
Comments
Oh my gosh..and I thought I was nuts for doing a half and full marathon in one weekend!!! :) Happy Training :)
Posted by: Cara at June 16, 2006 11:57 AM