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Latest News from 2008 version of the Scorched Sole Ultra Monday, June9th: Thanks to all of the runners, sponsors and volunteers that made the 2008 version of the Scorched Sole Ultra such a success. As usual, there were a few glitches but nothing of consequence. Special thanks to Shirlee Ross, our race director, for her hard work, dedication and commitment to making sure everything was looked after. Now we debrief and come up with new ideas for next year. Hope everyone is healing and feeling good about their efforts. Please let us know what you thought of the race and what you think might make it better. Friday, June 6th: Hope everyone is injury free and ready to enjoy the race. Andy Daley and Joe Marchand marked the course yesterday. My son and I finished clearing the fall down on Crawford Trail below the KVR. Some massive live trees came down in a wind storm that hit the entire mountain. As of this morning we have 60 entries and expect another 15-20 tomorrow before the start. We wish all a safe trip and good fortune during the race. Thanks to all of the volunteers that came forward. Special thanks to our Race Director, Shirlee Ross and our Volunteer coordinator, Tammy Craig. See you there!
Wednesday, June 4th:
We are ready to go and have close to 30
volunteers this year. Andy Daley and Joe Marchand are marking the course
Thursday. There will be orange ribbon on the course and pie plates at the
junctions. Any new fall down will be cleared tomorrow as well. The
weather forecast is favourable for Saturday with a temp of 16 and possible light
rain. Aid stations will be well stocked and will have powdered electrolyte
(Edge and Gatorade), coke, iced tea, Carbboom gels, chips, fruit and more.
Lots of ice available this year in case it is hot. Friday, May 16th: Sorry to announce at this late date that the course has been changed back to last year's course. We were unable to obtain a permit to use the upper Crawford trail which leads to Little White. This year the race will be run in reverse. We will try next year again to get the race into the upper area and may also include some of the rebuilt trestles. Sunday, May 4th: Today the Fresh Air Experience Trail Clinic group ran the first half of the course up Lost Lake Trail to the KVR. We encountered some fallen trees, very little runoff and just a few patches of snow. Sorry I haven't kept you up too date on happenings but Parks have not been very prompt at getting back to us. It looks like we are not going to get a permit to run in upper Crawford or Little White area due to the amount of blown down trees. They are concerned about liability. I will know by next week if we are going to use last year's course. If we do there will be a minor change. Instead of the loop at the start, we will add an out and back near the Race Classic Crawford Trail Junction down to the Crawford Falls parking lot and new aid station. The Aid station at the junction was not well manned or stocked last year and presented a problem for many runners. We are expecting around 85 entries this year. Hope to see most of you back. We promise more volunteers, better Aid, more food prizes and fun. Hope to have plaques for all age group winners in the 50k. Monday, March 24th: Toni, Margaret & I did 4 hours in Myra Bellevue Park today. Most of the snow is gone below the KVR. What is remaining is very crusty and easy to run on. Most of the trails have been cleared of falldown by the Parks crew. Note that online registration is up and running at Events Online and course description is set. Looks like we are ahead of schedule as far as organizing is concerned. We now are in need of Volunteers!
Saturday, January 19th: Toni &
I ran Lost Lake Trail to the KVR today. We were surprised to find only a
Wednesday, January 9th:
We are frantically working on this years
race to make it better than ever.
This year the race will
be on Saturday, June 7th. Start times are earlier due to extremely hot
conditions as were As mentioned before, the course will be different again this year. See course description page for details. We will be putting on a trail clinic on the
course for those who wish to get in a little training on the trails before the
run. Watch this site for details. |