Old West Trails “sneak preview” training run INVITATION.
Saturday, January 31st, 7:30 am, distance 16.1 mile
Registration for Old
West Trails is NOT required to attend. We
ask only that you bring a warm smile, and any trail pals you may wish to
invite. ( and a
pot luck snack for a post run social)
RSVP Please to:
racedirectoroldwesttrails50k@
You will run from point
to point! Hooray! A water refill
location complete with cookies will be present on the trail after 7.6
miles! Hooray! Shelter Valley’s
finest volunteers will monitor your progress with their excellent radio
communications. Hooray! After completing
this preview run, you will have experienced the entire Old West course, and
having run just over half of it! Hooray!
Please
arrive at the staging area ahead of 7:30 am, as we need to promptly shuttle all
of you to the remote start location for this run.
After completion, all runners are encouraged to
attend a “pot luck social” at the Shelter Valley Citizen’s Community Center, on
Hwy S-2. ( next door to the Fire Station).
You drive right past the Community Center and Fire Station before
arriving at the staging area for this “sneak preview”.
Please
arrive at the staging area ahead of 7:30 am, as we need to promptly shuttle all
of you to the remote start location for this run.
STAGING AREA/TRAILHEAD PARKING/ASSEMBLY: (Exactly the same as last season’s preview
runs) From Hwy 78 turn south onto
paved county road S-2. Continue south
past mile marker 18, 19, 20, and mile marker 21. At mile marker 21you will see Stagecoach
Trails RV and Horse Camp Resort on your right.
Continue driving past the campground entrance for 1/4 mile….then turn
left onto a wide dirt road, entering a large dirt parking area within 200 yards. We will have “ribbons” decorating a bush at
this left turn. No facilities are
present at this trailhead.
You are expected to
bring a trail map, or course diagram, or point to point course
description. The preview run course is only being marked at major intersections. If you come alone, then partner up with
others who are attending. These trail
aids are available at the “race info” tab at:
The training run
briefing is as follows: Arrive
before 7:30 am!
All runners will leave
their cars at the staging area, and be shuttled to the start of today’s
training run (the race day location of Plum Canyon Turn Around Aid Station).
Please
arrive at the staging area ahead of 7:30 am, as we need to promptly shuttle all
of you to the remote start location for this run.
The runners will then
run south on jeep road (CRHT, California Riding & Hiking Trail) for 1.5
miles. Then at roads end, continue
straight into Plum Canyon following the CRHT and reaching the summit after yet
another 1.5 miles.
Continuing south along
the CRHT on single track trail through the basin, across two sandy jeep roads,
before reaching the aid station at Little Blair Valley road (known as the
Stagecoach Saddle aid station on race day).
At this point you have run about 7.6 miles. Turn left at Little Blair Valley Road, and
remain on this “main” road for an additional 6.5 miles, arriving at what is
known on race day as the Blair Valley Turn around aid station. You have now run about 14.1 miles. Caution:
many “lessor” roads lead you ‘off’ the main road in both Little Blair and Blair
Valleys. Remain at all times on the
‘obvious’ main road.
A volunteer at this
location will “send you over the SECRECT SHORTCUT” past the aid station on
Little Blair Valley Road, and back to your car…some 2 more miles from this
point. You will see the staging area
where your cars are parked, long before you even reach this aid station the
first time.
While this may seem
confusing, if you print out the aids from the website, bring them with you, and
also this briefing, the ‘mystery’ will resolve itself …and get you to the
potluck before the foods all gone!
Happy Trails, and keep safe out there!
Geezer Larry, RD rsvp racedirectoroldwesttrails50k@
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