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G'Day

Hope your all keeping well. Just to let you know Diane & myself are currently training to compete in the Hali 50km in Sept. Basically it's gonna be a relaxing weekend of camping & spending our Saturday cliping through the beautiful Haliburton Highlands. We plan to clip the course in about 10hrs which will limit the stress on the body. The slower pace will also give us plenty of time to take loads of photos of bears, wolves & all the wonderful things that nature has to offer (hopefully Gartorade) The race will also give us a chance to get some mileage on our legs before the Toronto Marathon in October.

Date: Sat. Sept 10, 2011
Start Time: 6:00 a.m.
Time Limit: 50 km (Cut-Off 14 hours)
Course: 75% Trails & 25% forest roads (double out and back)

http://www.ouser.org/races/hali.htm

Bear

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Posted by Neil on: Thursday July 07 10:12 AM | Quote This Post

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Prez replied ...
Hey Bear,

I'd love to do this race. It unfortunately clashes with my road race marathon training. I will be full on into the trails races next year though....hopefully!

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Posted on: Friday July 08 06:51 AM | Quote This Reply

Prez replied ...
http://thelimberlostchallenge.com/

This a good looking event for next weekend. You can do 14, 28, 42 or 50. We are still up in the air but I'd like to do at least 28. It is a bit less than 3 hours north of Toronto.

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Posted on: Friday July 08 06:54 AM | Quote This Reply

Neil replied ...
Dave

Limberlost looks awesome. Let me know what your plans are as I'm thinking of competing in the trail marathon. It'll be a tough ole race as I've probably only clipped about 20km max over the past 6mths but the 10hr cut-off is plenty of time.

Mate am sold - Tis a weekend of camping, swimming on the lake, barbeques & bonfires - Brilliant!

Bear

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Posted on: Friday July 08 09:43 AM | Quote This Reply

Neil replied ...
Dave

I'm in! The plan is to drive up Friday evening & camp both Fri/Sat

http://www.onlineregistrations.ca/limberlost/list.php

My mobile is 647 522 1355

Bear

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Posted on: Friday July 08 12:11 PM | Quote This Reply

Prez replied ...
Bear, we are still debating but we are wanting to do this. Just working on the logistics. Wil be sure to give you a hopller if we sign up.

Although it goes against my schedule, I may just have to throw in the marathon and a long run! Yikes!

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Posted on: Monday July 11 11:17 AM | Quote This Reply

Neil replied ...

Sounds great mate. Running marathon's as part of your training schedule is always a scary thought but at least you get some recognition for your long runs i.e. another marathon medal in tha bag. Diane & myself clipped a strong 30km over the weekend so feeling good for Sat.

Hope to see you guys there

Bear

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Posted on: Monday July 11 12:47 PM | Quote This Reply

Prez replied ...
Hey Bear & Di,

You may be interested in this email Duff forwared to me

----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Helen Malmberg <helen.malmberg@dhltd.com>
To: "ous-l@yahoogroups.com" <ous-l@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, July 21, 2011 11:13:49 AM
Subject: OUS-l: Haliburton Forest Training Run

Hello - Having a training run in Haliburton Forest Aug 13 - Come and run the trails before the race -Please advise helen.malmberg@dhltd.com if u are coming so I can prepare enough e-load etc.
Happy Trails -helen

Helen Malmberg
Client Service Co-ordinator

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Posted on: Friday July 22 07:49 AM | Quote This Reply

Neil replied ...
Dave

Thanks for the info. Am really looking forward to clipping the Hali 50k. I've read loads of blogs from last year. Sounds like a fantastic course. Heading up to Algonquin Provincial Park next week for the long weekend to do some distance training on the trails. Should be cool we're gonna camp at Tea Lake.

I have a question to ask. Am currently weighing up either TNF Death Race or TransRockies for Aug 2012. So we have a little problem. Tis gonna be hard to train for a mountain race in Toronto. There's not a mountain in sight!! I need to find some elevation close to the city. Say 2hr radius by car. Is the Blue Mts the best place as I think its about 400m high. Do you know if you can run the ski trails?

BTW - We rego'd for the Run for the Toad 50k. Looks awesome!

Bear

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Posted on: Friday July 22 09:17 AM | Quote This Reply

Prez replied ...

The Toad! Nice , we'll see you there tho I will just be clipping the 25k as it's too close to Scotia Marathon fo rme to go too long.

Blue Mt is a long way to go to train but there's not much choice. The Limberlost trail is far too but it would be good.

If you want to just get the hill training in you can go to Kingston Road and Brinley.

map

But if you want trails and hills combo, you'll have to drive a ways.

Try here: http://www.ontariotrails.on.ca/

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Posted on: Friday July 22 12:34 PM | Quote This Reply

Bear replied ...
Hali 50km

http://connect.garmin.com/page/activity/activity.faces?activityId=18982274&actionMethod=page%2Factivity%2Factivity.xhtml%3AuserSwitcher.switchSystem&cid=11274690

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Posted on: Monday August 15 12:57 PM | Quote This Reply

Bear replied ...
Hali 50km: 3 weeks left to go!

http://connect.garmin.com/player/18982274

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Posted on: Monday August 15 01:14 PM | Quote This Reply

Prez replied ...

Piece of cake mate!

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Prez replied ...

Update on the Run For The TOad....SOLD OUT - we hadn't registered yet :(

Next year for sure.

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Posted on: Tuesday August 16 07:09 AM | Quote This Reply

Bear replied ...
Mmmm... Cake! (",)

Sold out. Ah to be Jazuz!

How's ur training going for tha Scotia Waterfront? Am loving de ole blogs in tha Globe & Mail - Awesome!

We'll av to organise a social night out after it! Hopefully I'll get to finish me Guinness this time round.

No more surprise 24hr races!!! (",)

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Posted on: Tuesday August 16 05:04 PM | Quote This Reply

Bear replied ...
G'day

Just a quick update to let you know Diane & myself had a brilliant weekend up in Hali. The 50k was a tough ole race, lots of vertical climbs & descents to test your strength & as always the forest trail will test your concentration to the limits. I had a tough ole time of it after hitting "Tha Wall" about 30k in, so it was a long ole haul to tha finish line. Diane was looking after me so I was in safe hands. Nothing like a woman's touch when ur in a world of pain. I have to say I'm so glad women have kids & not the other way round! Tis probably why some of the best ultra runners on tha planet are women! (",)

My hat goes off to the "100 Milers" i.e. 4 trail marathons under 30hrs!! - Amazing stuff altogether!

Bear

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