2008 Buffalo Run Training Runs

Once again, we’re going to have a series of both official and unofficial training runs. The distance will vary from 14 to 26 miles, or somewhere in that range. Below are the dates and the most likely distance and route.

There may or may not be aid along the routes. Plan on bringing your own stuff and if there’s some aid, we’ll all be pleasantly surprised.

November 3^rd

We’ll meet at the main gate at 8am and carpool out to the White Rock trailhead. We will run both the White Rock and Split Rock trails. This is the route for all three races. If you want to cut this one short, just run the White Rock trail for a distance of 7.5 miles. If you want to add a few miles, then run the Elephant head trail for an additional 3.6 miles. This trail will probably be part of the 50 mile race. Distance – 13-14 miles

December 1^st

Meet at the main gate at 8am. We’ll go out to the race start/finish and run to the lower Frary parking lot and back on the Mountain View trail. A nice, easy little Saturday morning run. Distance – 14-15 miles

January 5^th

8am, main gate. This time we’ll go to the race start/finish, we’ll run to the fence road then to the Mountain View trail, run south to the lower Frary parking lot, turn around, run back to the fence, go west, then north and run around the north tip of the island on the Lakeside trail and back to the start/finish. Not entirely sure of the distance, but probably around 17-18 miles.

February 2^nd

Once again, meet at the main gate at 8am. This time we’ll go to the Mountain View trailhead and run south to the ranch and back. This is a fairly flat and very runnable trail (except for last year when there was 6” of snow on the ground). If you want to cut this one short, turn around at the lower Frary parking lot, This will get you about 11-12 miles. Distance – 22.8 miles

March 8th

Meet at the main gate at 8am. This will be our last long run and will be the longest. We’ll start at the race start/finish, run over to the White Rock trailhead. We’ll run the White Rock and Split Rock trails, maybe Elephant Head, then for those who want to, we’ll run over to run the trail to Bridger Bay campground and around the Lakeside trail. Good preview for the 50 mile runners. If you run everything, I’m guessing it’s around 23-24 miles. Just the White Rock/Split Rock combo is 15.5 miles.

There will probably be a few unofficial training runs as well. These may be set up by John at Striders Running Store, so check their website at www.stridersrunning.com or get on their e-mail list.