Duke City Marathon, Albuquerque New Mexico

10/21/2012 - Review and a course map of Duke City Marathon, Albuquerque New Mexico, (SingleH)

The Duke City Marathon was a flat race in the high desert in Albuquerque New Mexico. The course is an out and back, along the Paseo del Bosque Trail .
Weather was perfect, shiny day with temperatures in the 50's, a mile high altitude  helped this race to earn SingleH on my hRank system!

More details and review of the course with a map are below, but first photos from the course:

The starting line

Hot air balloons made the course even pretier

This photo was taken facing west from the turn around point

Finish Line

Ranking: SingleH, high altitude.  

Distance: 26.2 miles

Course: The Duke City marathon run started at Albuquerque's Civic Plaza and then 13.1 miles mostly on the Paseo del Bosque trail and back to the plaza. Flat course shared with bikes and other Sunday morning recreational runners/walkers. see map and details below (click on it...).

Crowd: Mostly locals, marathon maniacs and 50 staters, I, once again, ran into a guy that ran the Highest Marathon in the USA and Little Grand Canyon Marathon with me in July and September.

The easy part: great weather, flat

The challenging part: High altitude, can do a better job with the aid stations

Price: $80

Pacers:No

Timing: Chip

Qualifying: None

Official website: Duke City Marathon

My 2 cents: won't be a bad a idea to carry some fluids on you

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Review and a course map of the Madison Marathon, Montana

7/22/2012 - Review and a course map of the Madison Marathon, Montana (SextH / HHHHHH)

Madison Montana marathon is the, arguably, highest road marathon in the USA. It took place in Montana near the town of Ennis on NF-290 also known as Gravelly Range Road. The very scenic course provided unparalleled views of mountains and valleys. This is a limited-support, high altitude course with the low point as low as 8,334ft above sea level and as high as 9,558 ft. I can't stress enough these 2 points, so once again limited-support, high altitude course. SextH / HHHHHH on my hRank system!

More details and review of the course with a map are below.

The start

Black Butte

Monument Ridge

Mile 9

Sample aid station - limited support indeed

Course views

Mile 20 hill

Ranking: SextH, high altitude marathon, very few aid stations (mostly just with water) and even fewer staffed with electrolytes, hilly course, late start so you will hit temperatures in the 70s, humid, windy.  

Distance: 26.2 miles

Course: The marathon run started on NF-290, Gravelly Range rd, near the base of Black Butte. We ran on NF-290 north passing the finish line after 13 miles and headed north for additional 6 miles where we turned around for the last 6 miles to the finish line at Clover Meadows. Detailed elevation and course map is below.

Crowd: many  Mostly locals, I didn't confirm this but heard that I was honored to run alongside Larry Macon (Most sanctioned marathons in a calendar year Guinness record holder, and more than 900 of them in total), Bill Whipp (280 marathons) and Angela Tortorice (288 marathons)

The easy part: Scenic, fresh air

The challenging part: 9,000 ft above sea level, bring your own water and food, hilly with total elevation gain of more than 2,500.

Price: $80

Pacers:No

Timing: Stop watch

Qualifying: None

Official website: Madison Montana Marathon

My 2 cents:
1) This is a difficult course, in 2012 there was an early start option to start at 7am this can help with the heat.
2) I had less air running that high, but the little I had was the freshest I could ask for.
3) My training included running Mt. Baldy twice once for distance and once for time.
4) If you are a pure road-runner and would never step a foot off the blacktop - this is not a road marathon


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14 miles trail run Mt. Baldy, review and a course map

7/4/2012 - 14 miles trail run Mt. Baldy, review and a course map  (QuintH / HHHHH)

Happy 4th! The genesis of the decision to spend the holiday running up Mt. Baldy, the highest mountain in LA county, goes back about 4 weeks ago when I signed up for the, arguably, highest altitude road marathon in Madison MT. The marathon course averages approximately 9,000 feet above sea level. So I thought that the Mt Baldy 14 miles, out and back, running up to more than  10,000 feet, can be a great prep run. I'd rank the run QuintH / HHHHH on my hRank system!

YES! this run and course up to the summit follows almost identically the course of the "Run To The Top" race. Hope this review can be helpful for those of you who plan to participate in "Run To The Top". (I ran last year, but the race got canceled b/c of thunder storms at the summit so I ran only up to the ski hut)

More details and review of the course with a map are below.

The start of Devil's Backbone Rd.

Mt Harwood to the right of this trail

Mt Baldy - steep and technical run

Cloudy day....no views

Really?

Ranking: QuintH, High altitude course starting at 6,448 ft, Heat- started running in the low 80's,  Hydration was carried on my back - no aid station, extremely Hilly course, running to more than 10,000 ft from about 6,100 ft, the first half of the run up to about 8,000 ft above sea level was Humid.

Distance: +14.19 miles (the reason for the "+" is because the GPS didn't measure all the curves and rather straight lined between points, so all in I ran more than 14.19 miles but that's the figure that was measured so listing that here)

Course: The trail run started in the end of Blady Rd at the parking lot of the chairlifts. I ran down on the paved road and made a right hand turn towards Baldy Falls, from there I ran on the fire road up to the ski hut. This part was about 4.5 miles and elevation gain of about 2,000 feet. This part of the course was hot and humid (I started at 2pm...) but the course was not technical with moderate slope.The fun part started when I got on Devils Backbone Road, though temperatures dropped and humidity was lower, the course got much more technical and the run up the mountain much steeper. Did I mention, much less air? You get the point. This leg up towards Mt. Harwood and then Mt Baldy was strenuous and challenging. Regarding the course, I just kept running up hill until there was no more hill to climb :). The way back to the starting point follows the same course up but reversed.

Crowd: recreational hikers, I was the only runner

The easy part: nothing was easy in this trail run

The challenging part: 6,000 to 10,000 above sea level, bring your own water and food, steep hills, technical course in the second half of the climb from 8,000 ft to 10,000 ft.

Price: Just recreation pass if parked down at Manker Flats.

Pacers:No

Timing:No

Qualifying: None

Official website: N/A

My 2 cents:
1) If I could sleep the night before in the village to better acclimatize to the altitude I would have done it. I haven't and it made this run much more challenging.
2) I was thinking why this run was harder than Yosemite Falls and Cloud Rest trail runs and think that for different reasons. The Yosemite Falls trail run, though greater elevation gain, the run was at a lower altitude and shorter. The Cloud Rest run, though took place in similar altitudes, it had less elevation gain and I ran it after spending more than 24 hours in high altitude including the Yosemite Falls run.
3) I had just enough water, carrying 2 liters, to make it back to my car.
4) I would start earlier than 2pm when it is not that hot and humid

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Trail Run - Tenaya Lake through Cloud's Rest to Yosemite Valley

5/28/2012 - Review and a course map of a trail run from Tenaya Lake through Cloud's Rest to Yosemite Valley (TripleH / HHH)

If I had to describe this trail run in one word I would say - Ambitious, in four words - It Was Worth It! This run was about 15.5 miles from Tenaya Lake through Cloud's Rest to Yosemite Valley. Extremely steep elevation drop and streneous trail run at altitude's as high as 9,800ft, all water carried on my back... TripleH / HHH on my hRank system!

More details and review of the course with a map are below.

Snowy Trail

Last stretch to Summit of Cloud's Rest

Half Dome from Cloud's Rest

Nevada Falls Steps - Can't Run...

Ranking: TripleH, low temperatures helped in this irreplaceable scenic trail run. It was, however, externally challenging due to the high altitude, snow conditions and floods on the trail, additional weight was added for carrying fluids.  

Distance: ~15.5 miles

Course: The trail run started at  the Sunrise point at Tenaya Lake on highway 120, I ran on the trail for about 6.5 miles to Cloud's Rest and then down towards the Half Dome and the Valley's Floor.
Crowd: Hiker, campers

The easy part: Easy? :)

The challenging part: 2,000ft elevation gain to cloud's rest from 8,000ft to almost 10,000ft. I was one month early for this trail as it was covered with snow, water and logs.

Price: N/A

Pacers: None

Timing:N/A

Qualifying: None

Official website: N/A

My 2 cents: No water on the course so had to carry all on my back. I specifically chose to run in Yosemite as I have 2 upcoming marathons at high altitude of 6,000 so wanted to get the feeling for running in those conditions, this was my second run after running up to upper Yosemite Falls the day before. 2012 was a dry year and even-still, I was a month early for this course as part of the trail was covered with snow other parts of the trail became little creeks. In addition, right at the start I had to cross through snow water up to my knees which made the rest of the day so much more interesting. I would run this trail in late summer / September for better conditions.


It was impossible to run from Nevada Falls to the Valley, the course was running down steps that were packed with hikers, the course was narrow so had to significantly slow down.



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Trail Run - Yosemite Valley to Upper Yosemite Falls

5/27/2012 - Review and a course map of a trail run from Yosemite Valley to Upper Yosemite Falls (TripleH / HHH)

This run was about 9 miles from the floor of Yosemite Valley and past Upper Yosemite Falls towards Eagle Peak and back.Extremely steep and long climb at high altitude with all water carried on my back... TripleH / HHH on my hRank system!

More details and review of the course with a map are below.

Ranking: TripleH, low temperatures and moderate humidity helped in this irreplaceable scenic trail run. It was, however, externally challenging due to a significant elevation gain, high altitude and additional weight carried for fluids.  

Distance: ~9 miles

Course: The trail run started at Yosemite Village and followed the trail up to Upper Yosemite Falls. At the top I followed the signs towards Eagle Peak and El Capitan and then headed back down in the same way.
Crowd: Hikers (if you see any trail runner on this course please let me know it will make me feel mainstream :) )

The easy part: Nothing was easy, if scenic views make your run easier than check one for these

The challenging part: Running up and down the steps and single track path to and from Upper Yosemite Falls. Also, starting elevation of 4,000 and as high as 7,000 makes the run much harder if you are not used to that environment.

Price: N/A

Pacers: None

Timing:N/A

Qualifying: None

Official website: N/A

My 2 cents: No water on the course so had to carry all on my back. I specifically chose to run in Yosemite as I have 2 upcoming marathons at high altitude of 6,000 so wanted to get the feeling for running in those conditions. Other than that, views are incredible and I enjoyed them as I made my way up. I set a 3 hours cap for this run as I was planning to run ~16miles the next day, if I had more time I would run all the way to El Capitan and back which should be an amazing experience.



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Trail run review and a course map in Westridge Rd, CA

4/29/2012 - Review and a course map of a trail run in Westridge Rd, CA (singleH / H)

This run was about 10.9 miles on Mandeville and Canyonback fire roads Weather was good, course was hilly, singleH / H on my hRank system!

More details and review of the course with a map are below.

Ranking: singleH, weather conditions were good, hills on the ridge and the climb up to canyonback rd., no wind. 

Distance: 10.9 miles

Course: The trail run started at the end of Westridge rd. plenty of street parking and in the lot at the top of the hill. I ran north on Mandeville fireroad and after about 3 miles ran down to Mandeville Canyon Rd. I ran south for about 0.25 of a mile and turned left at Hollyhock road, a ~0.75 mile climb to Canyonback rd. once up at the ridge I ran north to the Nike Radar station and back south to the starting point.
Crowd: Recreational

The easy part: not very technical

The challenging part: Hollyhock climb to Canyonback

Price: N/A

Pacers: None

Timing:N/A

Qualifying: None

Official website: N/A

My 2 cents: On this run I saw a pretty big deer on my way down to the canyon, we ran in parallel for about 50 feet, I am on the road and the deer on the slopes to my right. It was quite an experience. It is likely you will meet some "local" on this course, look for them!



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Review and a course map of a 12 miles run in Central Park New York

5/6/2012 - Review and a course map of a run in Central Park New York (nixH)

This run was about 12.1 miles mostly on the paved road surrounding Central Park in New York. Weather was good, course was relatively flat, nixH on my hRank system!

More details and review of the course with a map are below.

Ranking: nixH, Weather conditions were good, small hills, water fountains are scattered around the course, no wind. 

Distance: 12.1 miles

Course: The run started at W72nd street's entrance to Central Park. generally speaking, running and cycling in the park is counter-clock-wise so I headed south and just followed the paved road. after the Harlem Hill I had the option to stay on the road or mix it up and jump over to the unpaved road that took me up to the reservoir and back down to w72nd, once I got back to the start..... I did it again!
Crowd: Recreational

The easy part:paved road, good weather, good company of fellow runners

The challenging part: Harlem hill anybody?

Price: N/A

Pacers: None

Timing:N/A

Qualifying: None

Official website: N/A

My 2 cents: One of my favorite runs....



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