No one was there for the Minor Park run on Saturday so I had to do it myself.  Do runners usually show up for this one?

I'm going on a two-week vacation (starting tomorrow).  I won't be at the trail
training runs, but this group has enough momentum to cruise on just fine,
without me.  I'm posting the normal Thursday night and Saturday locations.  If
you folks want to get together on Sunday or whatever, just post to
kctrailrunning@yahoogroups.com and work it out.

Happy trails,

Ben
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Special Weather Note:
There is always a chance of severe weather for these runs. We will usually run
in a light rain, but we will NOT meet if there are severe thunderstorms or high
winds (at the time of the run).  A little mud here and there is not bad, but
trees or branches falling onto us or lightning zapping near us is not cool.
Weather link:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ifps/MapClick.php?CityName=Kansas+City&state=KS&site=eax
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SATURDAY MORNING:

SATURDAY MORNING, 6:30 AM meeting time, 6:40 starting time:

We will run a 6 to 8-mile trail run loop, starting in Minor Park and continuing
on the Blue River Parkway trails.  You will get your feet wet on at least 2 to
river crossings, and multiple stream crossings.  "Normal" running shoes work
fine on this trail system.  If you want to do multiple loops, that's cool.

Here are the directions to the park:
At the south end of the I-435 loop, take I-435 (east/west) to the Holmes Road
exit. Go south on Holmes to Red Bridge Road (Burger King on left, Amoco &
Phillips 66 on the right). Go left (east) on Red Bridge, and cross the "Red"
bridge. The park entrance is the first right just past the bridge. You will see
a green porta-potty in the parking lot.  We call this the "alternate" trail
access to the BuRP Trail System.

Here's a MapQuest map to the entrance to the park:
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=address&country=US&addtohistory=&searchtab=home&address=%5B1586-1669%5D+E+Red+Bridge+Rd&city=kansas+City+&state=mo&zipcode=

More park information: http://www.psychowyco.com/id3.html
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THURSDAY NIGHT:

Trail Running Thursday Night (prior to sunset), 8:30 PM

This Thursday Night trailrunning group has been a BLAST, lately!

Tonight, we'll be running on rocky & rooty trails in Shawnee Mission Park, (near
sunset), at 8:30 PM.  This is an all-comers, non-organized, night trail-training
event.  Dress will be "trail casual" and flashlights and/or headlamps are a
must, unless you like falling on your face.  Our pace will be such that we will
start slow, and will always wait for the slowest runner to catch up.  We will
run for 45 minutes to 1 hour.  This translates into about 5 miles, for you
anal-mileage-types.

This is a really good way to increase "trail feel" and to get your "trail legs"
if you are training for trailrunning events.  It's also real fun.

Meeting Time:  Thursday, 8:30 PM...we'll start running at 8:40 PM.

Map to Entrance of park:  7900 Renner Rd, Lenexa, KS
Mapquest Map to entrance of park:
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=US&countryid=250&addtohistory=&address=7900+Renner+Road&city=Lenexa&state=KS&zipcode=&submit=Get+Map

Directions to parking:
We park on the road just north of the lake's dam, just west of Shelter # 7.
Mapquest map to exact location:
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=US&countryid=US&addtohistory=&searchtab=address&searchtype=address&address=barkley+dr+%26+marina+dr&city=Lenexa&state=ks&zipcode=&search=++Search++

More park information: http://www.psychowyco.com/id14.html

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Informational disclaimer: http://www.psychowyco.com/id23.html

Happy trails,

Ben Holmes