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Philosopher's Way Trail Run - May 31st, 2008

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Philosopher's Way Trail Runs

5.6.08 Update: Registration will close soon. Please sign-up soon and enjoy some time in the local forest!

Check out the Race Page for the following:

- Course Tours: Dates and Info

- T-Shirt Design

- Trail Running Clinic - 5/13, 7pm at Open Eye Cafe

4.25.08 UpdatePWTR is officially a USA Track and Field Sanctioned event.

Race Poster & Design: Tweak has worked up the lovely design for the race. See thumbnail below and link to hi-res jpg.

REGISTER NOW!

New Trail Race in Chapel Hill!

First there was the Pumpkin Trail Run, then The Vine, then The Carrboro 50k, and now the TrailHeads announce a new trail race in Chapel Hill's Carolina North Forest.

For details, news and video, visit the race HQ site.

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

See you all soon! Thanks!

Design by Tweak - thanks Tweak!

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Promise Land 50K

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This year Promise Land was my first truly long run of 2008 with temps above 80 and 100% humidity, not what I had expected for a day in spring in the mountains of Virginia. But I needed to move as fast as I could to cover 31.75M with 8K' elevation gain and loss...after having rain the night before, then sun and steam and sweat until finally getting hit by the rain again as race day was ending...packing up camp got to be as much fun as setting it up...it was great.


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Language Matters

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Most Recent Post: 05/01 10:50PM by Flame

Running Green: Develop Your "Green" Strategy on the Trails

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Conservation[The following article is in the April edition of Endurance Magazine. If you missed it there, check it out here.]



(squonk, Yosemite, 1965)

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Now upon us is a great awakening of “green” technologies and ream after ream of printed documents on the subject of sustainable growth. While I do believe these efforts hold some promise for human future it concerns me that one day I might look up to find a beautifully arranged “green” development where once there was a lovely forest. As a trail runner, the question I keep asking is what do you see when you look at a forest – a resource potentially managed for sustainable development or, simply, a forest?

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JOIN US FOR A WORKOUT!

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General NewsWednesdays – Trail Run – Wilson Park, 7:00 a.m.

45 to 60 minutes followed by coffee at The Open Eye Café. Newbies get free treats at the Eye, compliments of the club.

Thursdays – Thirsty Thursday – Trail Run or Ride, 6:30 p.m. from Unity Church. This is a headlamp run.

About 10k on the trails (if you count downhills, more like 3.2k if you don’t). Often this run is followed by a trip to Tylers.

Fridays – Freak Friday – Trail Run or Mountain Bike Ride, 7:30 a.m. from Unity Church

Saturdays – Trail Run – Wilson Park, 7:30 a.m. An hour or as long as you want to go. Followed by coffee at the Eye
The Trail Heads welcome runners and outdoor enthusiasts of all levels.

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