Thursday, January 8, 2009

As one door closes another one…

…doesn’t open!

Over dinner last night Ms Q says “you know if you want to you can find a 100k race that you have to travel to to replace Twin Peaks, but see if you can find one that’s before mid March”, I know you always have to travel to a race but in this instance this means planes and the like. The mid March reference is the time the in-laws depart back the spring thawed UK having hibernated in SoCal for 5 ½ months. So I am on the ‘net pounding the keys and do you know what I find…nada! Well that's not quite true, there's the Orange Curtain 100k which is a 10x10k on a mostly concrete bike path!

The search continues…

11 comments:

  1. What a drag! Orange Curtain just doesn't sound too appealing...

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  2. 10 x 10k on a concrete bike path?

    Now THAT sounds like hell. Hope the search turns up something better.

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  3. I'm glad you found a good substitute :)

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  4. You wife is wonderful!!! Isn't it great to have the support of our spouses?

    How great is that. Did you even finish dinner?

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  5. Yeah...that doesn't sound like too much fun...running around in circles for 60 miles...

    You'll find something...

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  6. FYI, This is the last year they're doing a 100k option for the Coyote Two Moon race. It's also just two weeks after the canceled Twin Peaks.

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  7. That's too bad. Keep looking! I can tell you that in May, there's the Keys 100 and 50 Ultra -- from Key Largo to Key West. But like I said, that's May, a little past March. But still, if you're cleared to travel, perhaps you can negotiate on the timing with the wifey?

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  8. That is such a bummer. Don't give up.

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  9. April 10th or 11th will be the first ever Zumbro Buttoms 100k & 100M in Zumbro, MN. (this is just outside of Rochester, MN - an hour southeast of the Twin Cities.

    Frontier Airlines could get you here cheap.

    No website yet, but check out
    www.uppermidwesttrailrunners.com for updates.

    Maybe we would make some Lutefisk for ya!

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  10. Good luck in your search!!

    Oh and thanks for the nice comment you left over at Runner's Lounge blog this morning. :-)

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