+ Tue morning runs: South Table Mtn (T=3, P=2, N=4)**
+ Thursday evening run: Chimney Gulch/Lookout Mtn (T=3, P=3, N=2)**
+ Special Evergreen Runners Circle run and ride this Saturday:
Evergreen Lake House (T=3, P=3, N=4)**
+ Races, clinics and other upcoming events

Leigh Singleton will be leading runs every Tue morning at South Table
Mtn (T=3, P=2, N=4). The runs will start at 5:15am. Look for Leigh in
a yellow Xterra, often with a standard poodle. These runs will
continue every week as long as people show up.

Directions: Meet at the NREL visitors' lot. Take I-70 to Denver West
Blvd. Go north to the first street. Turn left. Go 2 blocks to the NREL
lot. From 6th ave, exit at Indiana. Go north to Colfax. Turn right and
continue past the shopping center on the left. Turn left at Denver
West Marriott Blvd. Go over I-70 and follow the directions above.
There are no bathrooms or changing facilities at this site. Look for
Leigh in a yellow Xterra, often with a standard poodle.

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This Thursday's run is at Chimney Gulch/Lookout Mtn (T=3, P=3, N=2)**.
The main group will start at 6:00pm. A smaller group usually starts
around 5:30pm; look for Scott, Ray, Connie or Kim.

Sunset - 6:22pm; end civil twilight - 6:49pm.
This is a good beginner run because the route is easy to follow, and
it is an out-and-back so you can go as far as you want. It's also a
good run without lights. We go up the trail - everyone should be off
the trail before it gets dark - then can run back down on the road.

Directions: Meet at the dirt turnout, at the first hairpin turn, just
above the pillars. Take hwy 6 to Golden. Turn west at Lookout Mtn/19th
ave. The turnout is about 3/4-mile up, just above the pillars. From
Boulder, take hwy 93 south, and continue south on hwy 6. From the east
on I70, take hwy 58 west, through Golden, to hwy 6; turn left at hwy
6, up the hill, to Lookout. From the south, take C470 to the end; just
past I70, it will let you off onto hwy 6. Take hwy 6 west for about
1.5mi to Lookout. There's a porta-potty in the small park on the left,
below the pillars.

From the south, take C-470 to Morrison Rd. Go west, then take the
first right onto Rooney Road, before you enter Morrison, by the Conoco
station. Rooney road goes by Bandimere Speedway, under C-470, then
ends about 2.5 miles up at Alameda. Go left, cross over C-470, then
take the next right onto Rooney Road again. The lot is about 1/2 mile
up on the right.

Route: The main route is out and back. Please keep your run to about
an hour. In other words, you should turn around in about 35 minutes,
30 minutes if going back on the road. There are some additional
options for faster runners.

The road is a good way down for those without good lights. Traffic is
pretty light. Going down the road is longer than going down the trail,
both in time and distance, whether you're coming from Boettcher, the
park, or windy saddle.

Start up the road ~1/2-mi. Go left onto the trail at the small dirt
turnout. Head up the trail for another ~1.5 mi to Windy Saddle.* If
you have lights, cross the road, jog left, and pick up the Beaver
Brook trail on the other side. If you don't have lights, go left and
head up the road until you've hit 30 minutes, then return on the road.

Continuing on the trail, in another 1/4-mi, at the next trail
junction, make a sharp left. At the next junction, about a mile
further up, intermediate runners should stay left. This takes you to a
park* in another ¼ mi. Then, either return on the trail, or go left on
the road and take it down.

Faster runners should take a sharp right at the last junction and
continue another ~1/3-mi to the Boettcher Mansion.*

There are several options for faster runners from there:

1) Go left on the road at the mansion, for ~3/4 mi down the hill. Go
left again at Lookout Mtn Rd, then look for a park on the left. Enter
the park and look for a trail on the far left. This will merge back
with the trail we took up at the last junction before the mansion.
Continue down the same way you came up. 2) For an even longer route,
go right and follow the trail (or road) along the west side of the
mansion, outside the fence for ~1mi. Go left at Lookout Mtn Rd for
another 1.1 mile to the park. Then, either go left and look for the
trail in the park, or continue down the road.

*Regrouping places for slow and intermediate runners:
+ At the Windy Saddle road crossing, both ways;
+ At the park, if you continue up the trail.
+ Boettcher Mansion.

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This Saturday is a special Evergreen Runners Circle (ERC) run and
ride. It's Dave's birthday, and my last workout before my wedding,
later that evening. We'll meet at the Evergreen Lake House (T=3, P=3,
N=4)**. We'll run for about an hour. After the run, join me for a mtn
bike ride from the lake house.

Take the Evergreen Parkway, hwy 74, exit 252 from I-70. Continue on
hwy 74 about 7 miles, towards the lake. As you are coming down the
hill before the lake, just before the road curves left, veer right
onto the short frontage road, then turn right at the Stop sign onto
Upper Bear Creek Rd. Go ~1/4 mi, then turn left into the lake house lot.

The run goes up the Dedise trail, behind the golf course, then joins
the Alderfer/3 Sisters trails.
http://www.co.jefferson.co.us/ext/dpt/comm_res/openspac/alderfer.htm

The ERC runs are usually 60-90 minutes long. Occasionally, some people
will start early, or run longer, to get in more mileage. They usually
go out for coffee/breakfast afterwards. Several of us do the ERC runs,
but I don't organize them. Please forward your questions to Dave via
the ERC link below. For more info about the ERC schedules, go to:
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Lodge/7018/index.html

Schedule:
10/23 - O'Fallon Park
10/30 - Chief Hosa
11/6 - Beaver Brook trail, Genesee
11/13 - Elk Meadow, lower lot

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10/12, 7pm; " ADVENTURE RUNNING: How To Have More Fun Running Than
You Ever Thought Possible!" with Buzz Burrell; REI Flagship Store,
Denver; http://www.rei.com/stores/denverflagship/index.html

10/17; Coal Creek XC Challenge; 5.5mi; Louisville;
http://www.comastersrun.org

10/30; Boulder Basic Mountain Marathon; ~26mi and shorter distances;
underground (i.e., free, no permits); details will be posted here when
available.

11/7; Trophy Series; 10mi; Waterton Canyon; http://www.rmrr.org;
rmrr@...; (303) 871-8366

11/8, 7pm; Winter Training Tips- Free talk and Q&A session with Adam
Feerst; preceded by a fun run at 6pm. Fleet Feet Sports; 1005 W. 120th
Ave., Westminster; 303-451-6964; info@...;
http://www.runuphillracing.com

11/ 9, 7pm. Winter Training Tips- Free talk and Q&A session with Adam
Feerst; Boulder Running Company; 8116 W Bowles, SE corner Bowles &
Wadsworth, Littleton; 303-932-6000; info@...;
http://www.runuphillracing.com

11/ 10, 6:30pm; Winter Training Tips- Free talk and Q&A session with
Adam Feerst; Two Feet To Go; 4340 Tennyson, Denver; 303-458-7700;
info@...; http://www.runuphillracing.com

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** Trail Rating - 1-5 scale, 1 being the easiest.
T = technical difficulty (rocks, narrow, curves, etc.)
P = physical difficulty (length, steepness and number of climbs)
N = navigational difficulty (ease of following the routes)