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Shad, you should have seen the views from the top! ;-)

Nico, best of luck at the Skyrun! I would love to run one of those races... when I'm properly trained for it!

Will, it does seem like there are plenty of DoG invite codes for now. However, I'm still very thankful that folks have shared them! First, it helped some iRF readers in the short term and, second, it showed me that the iRF community can support each other in this way!

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I think I'll run to work and back tomorrow...!

As someone new to trail running with a few road marathons under my belt, I appreciated this article. Even though I have trail access just a few miles from my house, I'm not able to train in dirt as often as I'd like so it's usally long runs on the pavement instead. Incoporating trail running into my routine has greatly improved my road race times though! Thanks for the article.

At the risk of being flamed, I'm not in favor of the "barefoot" movement. With the collection of all or nothing people in running (and, perhaps, even more in ultrarunning. I can see people going overboard with the idea too quickly. That said, I've gradually reduced how structured I like my day-to-day running shoes. I see it as a positive to ... Read Morestrengthen the feet and lower legs, but see no need to bring it to the extreme of running all my mile barefoot. For now, I'll be happy hitting the trails many days in shoes like Salomon's S-Lab 2 or New Balance MT100, while wearing END Footwear or racing shoes on the road.

We enjoyed meeting you, too, Jamie! What a fun weekend in Zion NP!

haaaa haaa

pull that bike down off the car.

I'm in--sounds sweet!

Sounds good to me!

Michael, I'd go for completing the trail in 2010. The snow is gonna start flying fast and furious soon. ;-) Best of luck. I'd love to join the 165-mile club next year as well.

oops...did I say 2009 *cough* I meant 2010. I will drop give you a heads-up when we plan on doing it.

I also agree with the moderator that having some very long days under your belt will really help, not only in terms of fitness but really also to give you a sense of what to expect in terms of discomfort but also to allow you the opportunity to test nutrition, etc. Also good advice is to forget about "racing" for the day-it's really an event to just enjoy and, at least for the first few times, to just finish.
Good luck, I bet you have a great time.

I am not training for any race in particular. I am thinking maybe the Comrades Ultra Marathon in South Africa.