+ Tue morning runs: South Table Mtn (T=3, P=2, N=4)**

+ Thursday evening run: Stonehouse Park, (T=1, P=1-2, N=2)**

+ Saturday Evergreen Runners Circle run: Beaver Brook Trail, Genesee (T=4, P=3, N=4)**

+ Boulder Running Company Holiday Party, Dec 16

+ Karen and Peter's Wedding Reception: Open Invite.

+ X-Mas lights run and party, Dec 23

+ 2^nd annual New Year's day run and pancake breakfast.

+ Incline Club carpool

+ Races (snowshoe), clinics and other upcoming events

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.

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This Thursday evening's run is at Stonehouse Park, (T=1, P=1-2, N=2)**. The main group will start at 6:15pm. An informal group usually meets at 5:30pm.

This is an optional dirt/paved mix, or all pavement run. Thus, you don't need a bright light. After the run, we will head over to the Boulder Running Company party (see below).

Directions (see attached map): From the north, take Wadsworth or Kipling south from hwy 6. From Wadsworth, turn west onto Yale. Yale is ~1mi north of Hampden, and 1/2mi south of Morrison Rd, at the bottom of the hill. Go west on Yale ~1/2 mile to Estes. Turn left. Go 1/4 mile and turn left into the lot. From Kipling, go east at Morrison Rd. for ~1mi. Turn right at the light at Estes/Garrison. Go about 1/2mi then turn left into the lot.

From the east, take hwy 285 to Wadsworth. Go north ~1mi to Yale. Turn left, then follow the directions above.

From the west, take hwy 285 to Kipling. Go north to Dartmouth and turn right. Turn right again at the next street, Dartmouth Place. Continue to the stop sign at Estes. Turn left, go over the creek, then turn right into the lot.

Main Route: This is a fairly easy route to follow. Start on the wide dirt path that is, across the street from the lot, and head west. After ~2/3-mi, it merges with the bike path. Continue west for another 1/4-mi. Jog left, cross Old Kipling, then pick up the path again on the other side. Follow the path as it winds through the condo complex. When you hit the road at the golf course, go left and follow the road/bike path towards the golf clubhouse. Do not take Morrison Rd. Past the clubhouse, the bike path splits right from the road. Follow the path as it climbs to the top of the dam. The run should be about an hour, so turn and return the same way when you hit 30 minutes. To add more, go left at and run across the top of the dam.

If you miss the path we started on, continue east on the bike path. About 200 yards after crossing under Estes, look for a footbridge on your left. Cross here to the finish.

Additional trail/dirt start: By the picnic shelters, head east on the wide dirt path. Follow the path along the south side of two ponds. The path curves left at the far end of the 2^nd pond. There, go right and head east towards Wadsworth. When you hit the paved path, just before Wadsworth, go right and cross the footbridge. Take an immediate right and either take the bike path, or the parallel single track trails west back towards the start. After ~3/4 mi, you can go right, across the bridge, back to the lot. Then, cross the road and follow the main route. Or, skip the bridge and continue west on the bike path.

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This Saturday's Evergreen Runners Circle (ERC) run is at Beaver Brook Trail, Genesee (T=4, P=3, N=4)**. Meet at the park-n-ride lot, on the north side of I-70, at the Genesee exit (#254), by the buffalo overlook.

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:

12/25 & 1/1 - no ERC runs

1/8 - Upper Bear Creek Rd

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The Boulder Running Company (BRC), in Littleton, will be holding a holiday party on Dec 16, 5:30-8:30pm. All regularly priced items will be20% off that night. There will be refreshments, raffles every ½ hour, and music. All DTR runners are welcome. It is on a Thursday, so we will head over to the store immediately after the run. BRC is located on the SE corner of Wadsworth and Bowles, 303-932-6000.

Directions, from the run: Go left, from the lot, heading south on Estes. Just after passing under hwy 285, turn left onto the frontage road. Turn right onto Wadsworth and go ~3 miles to Bowles. Turn left onto Bowles, an immediate right into the shopping center, then right in the lot to BRC.

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Karen Voss and Peter Szymanski are getting married this Saturday (finally, after something like 13 years of living together). They have extended an invite to their reception to everyone on DTR.

First, join Karen at the ERC run in the morning. Then, join Pete and Karen at their reception that evening.

Time: 6:30-9 pm

Dress: Casual

Location: Evergreen Conference Center, 27618 Fireweed Dr.

From I-70 West: Take the Evergreen Parkway, exit #252, to highway 74. Continue on 74 through downtown Evergreen (don’t make a sharp right turn at the bottom of the hill past the lake). Turn left on Meadow Drive (by Bradley-Sinclair Gas Station). Go one block & turn right on Iris. Continue to Fireweed ("T" intersection) & turn right. Go down the hill & turn right into the ECC parking lot.

From HWY. 285: Exit at C470, Morrison exit to Hwy. 74 west 10 miles to Evergreen. Turn right onto Meadow Drive & follow the directions as above.

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Our annual x-mas lights run and dinner will be Dec 23. This is a very casual run. We will go slowly through the neighborhood, looking at x-mas lights, followed by dinner at a nearby restaurant. In the past, we've run the streets around Wash Park, then gone to dinner at Las Margaritas, on South Gaylord. Let me know soon if you know of another neighborhood with good lights.

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Directions: Take C-470 to the Ken Caryl exit and head west. Stay right at the "Y," at the light, and head up the hill past the horse barns, towards the Manor House. Stay to the left at the next fork in the road. Continue through the stop sign. Bradford Intermediate School should be on your right. Park here and then walk across the main road (Valley Parkway) to Dawn Heath Dr. Derek and Jessica's house is on the corner of Dawn Heath and Tecoma Circle at 28 Tecoma Circle.

For more information and detailed driving and running maps, go to:

http://www.coloradorunnermag.com/other/PancakeRunInfo.html

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Contact me if you are interested in carpooling to these runs.

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12/18; Paddy's Eagle-Vail 5k or 10k; snowshoe; Eagle-Vail Pavilion; 970-845-0931

1/19, 5:30pm; Nighthawks Nordic Series, ski & snowshoe races; Eldora Mtn, Nederland; 303-440-8700 x267

1/22; Pazzo's Colorado State Championships at Meadow Mtn.; 9mi snowshoe; Minturn; 970-845-0931

1/26, 5:30pm; Nighthawks Nordic Series, ski & snowshoe races; Eldora Mtn, Nederland; 303-440-8700 x267

1/29; Cordillera Snowshoe Adventure; 5K/10K; Edwards; 970-581-5254

2/5; Snowshoe (and ski) Orienteering; Frisco Nordic Center; www.rmoc.org

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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)