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Posted by JD (aka Jason Dean) Aug 23 '15, 16:22

Is this is a worthwhile goal for Labor Day 2016?

Run to the actual top of a mountain

Or is it just stupid?

I think I could do 7 miles of climbing

But am I gonna die in the first mile as the start is at over a mile of elevation?

I think there's a reason (well actually a bunch of reasons) that they're only at 511 registrants out of a max of 650 for this year

But still, it would be kind of cool, wouldn't it?

Well, actually, there's a really good chance that I could see it being just flat out cold at 10K+ feet.

Labor Day 2016? (run2top.wpengine.com)

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do you have the time to go check out the course this week to see if you want to run it? -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 23, 16:41 8
- He's talking about next year - he can practice a number of times by then :) -- nm - Meg Aug 23, 16:52
- Hmmm...that's a thought. But I'd have like a year to check it out ;-) -- (edited) - JD Aug 23, 16:51 6
  - there are a bunch of factors to consider besides altitude like the angle of how steep some of the run is -- nm* - Peglegpete Aug 23, 17:10 5
    - *nod*. Profile map and Google map fly over give some idea of that - JD Aug 23, 17:15
    - And it looks like the top is the steepest...then you have to walk back down to the chairlift. -- nm - Meg Aug 23, 17:14 3
      - That's one things that had me just laughing / rolling my eyes. Wait. I ran all the way up this mtn and I have to walk back to the chairlift?!?! - JD Aug 23, 17:22
      - yeah. JD needs to know if the course is friendly to his style of running, + 650 others who may be jammed near him for most of the time. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 23, 17:17 1
        
        I'm good on hills compared to average runner on average course - JD Aug 23, 17:24
you should go for it. -- nm - Remlik Aug 23, 16:30
any buildings with stairs you practice on? (there are firemen's challenges where you run up 20 flights with 50lbs of gear) - zeitgeist Aug 23, 16:30 4
- That still doesn't replicate the altitude problem. Takes me a couple of days just to walk around at 7K. -- nm - Meg Aug 23, 16:34 3
  - This is indeed the untrainable part. There's plenty of hills and trails in some of my standard training routes -- nm - JD Aug 23, 16:54 2
    - Heh, I'm almost considering the Alzheimer's walk at Angel Stadium... - Meg Aug 23, 17:12 1
      - Cool. 8-) - JD Aug 23, 17:19

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