Quoted message said:nothing like a pr, congrats V. was this a local club race, fundraiser
for some
Quoted message said:program/cause...lots of trots are foodbank things...
thanks Lance! This was a race put on by a local running club. I suspect
this is probably the only one in my town. There was no mention of
foodbank or fundraising, I suspect these folks must have given it a
miss this year. This was a low key event with an entry fee of $8, so
doubt if there was anything to do with charity at all.
Quoted message said:and this was road and not trails? are most of the runners out there
roadrunners? i'd imagine there are some nice trails out that way.
This was a road race. In fact we ran on surface streets and were at the
mercy of traffic. Of course, there was some police prescence, but still
the RD warned to watch out for vehicles before the start of the race.
It was ironical that we ran on roads that were parallel to dirt trails
where I do my training. I guess they coudn't get permission from the
University (New Mexico State) to put on a race there.
Most of the runners around here are roadrunners. I have met some
hardcore trail runners (ultra-runners), but for the most part they seem
to stay away from road racing events, especially shorter events such as
5K, 10K and half marathons (too short I suppose). I guess most runners
around here do some of their training on trails. There are some nice
trails in the desert around where I live. The nice thing about some of
the trails I have run is that they have hills in them, good strength
training. There are also trails that run along the irrigation canal
around town. These are flat and hence easy.
Quoted message said:i've driven through n.m. 4-5 times....been to las cruces as
well.....isn't there a
Quoted message said:landmark denoting the name?....and "3 huge crosses"?
Yep, hence the name "The city of corsses". I think these are in memory
of people who were killed in the old wild west days. How did you like
NM. NM has lots of geographical diversity which you must have observed
when you drove from north (Santa Fe etc.)to the south (Las Cruces).
Quoted message said:i believe it was actually warmer here in NYC yesterday (61F) than it
was out
Quoted message said:your way. now where you are...there's no visible/observational
change of
Quoted message said:seasons...is there?....colors? you guys don't have any foliage
thing going on
Quoted message said:right?
Well, yes oddly enough it was colder than in NYC. However, that didn't
stop me from turning up in short sleeve shirt and shorts. I regretted
taking of my fleece half hour before the start, but forgot about it
quarter mile into the race. Well, there was snow on the mountains east
of where I live. So, thats gave me an indication of cold weather season
🙂. I think there still is some snow on the peaks (7000+ feet).
The trees on my campus sported very pretty colors in the past six
weeks. Some trees still haee some leaves on 'em, but most are just no
leaves left on them. As for foliage effect, its very windy here for any
leaves to stay put in one place for more than a minute.
Another indicator of season change are the fields in the farms around
here. I do some of my long training runs on backroads along farmlands
and pecan groves. They were very green in september and early (or even
late) october. But right now, the trees are shorn of leaves and the
fields in the farms aren't green any longer.
Quoted message said:do you do any trail running out there V?
Well, a portion of my training runs are on trails. I also ran on trails
in the bay area during the summer. I end up running on trails whenever
I train with ultra-runners. I like running on trails although I do need
to work on running hills.
-Vimal
