New 'yote in the clan. Welcome Colin McKee Phillips. You've got your work cut out for you to keep up with your big brother!

Left Martin Street at 7:30- up to ridgeline-blanton heights-back- around in circles at Spencer's Butt in search of cougars.........found none- 15 miles on the AM.

Departing Cupp's Farm @ 6:15, trailhead by 6:30, service and sacriment at 7:14. We will do our best to adhere to Lane County Codes 6.570 and 6.525 but the Church of Harold can not make any promises. What happens on Pisgah stays on Pisgah.

Can we play "52 Pick-up"?.............or do you have that many cards left?

Spring Equinox walk/run Sat morning summitting no later than the 7:14 for the sunrise. Anyone interested?

Latest quote heard muttered by Yoda, "I knew you weren't dealing with a full deck but I didn't realize you were dealing with no deck"

Guinness

Hey Coyotes! I'm missing you all. Just watched my youngest "pup" run a medly relay at South Eugene track and then he went on to beat the varsity Springfield runner in the 4 x 400. Let me know what's happening this weekend!

Aaron go bra! Bastard Irish for Ireland for ever! Drink one for me Big E

With OG, myself, and Harold not getting much done now
in the way of mileage or running fun, and Colby right there
chomping to be turned loose, it is very nice to see Dave
and JJim out in the hills really getting after it.

Davey is willing to take as much time as he needs, and
keeps knocking off Nebo after Nebo ........ quite amazing.

J J ? OG has been powering hills for a long, strong time now,
but Ginger elevated to another level when he non-stopped
the steep fork on Parsons. Its been done maybe twice
before by anyone we know ........ I sure haven't come close.
So Sat Solo saw the J J fitness display . Impressive.

Part of me would like to see him go run some good races, and yet
I sense that he's enjoying the process more than any results.
He has a major event coming up this summer (not running
related), and so we'll enjoy this time with him ........ at least
watching, and be glad to have such 'talent' in our group.

May we get some days when the pack meets again in numbers.

Old cougar-bait survived another summit- 18 in the snow.......lots of it on top.

My "Pimp Your Run" routes always include hills/trails and end with donuts, mexican gatorade, and/or beer...and they're free of charge!

BTW for a guy who had already busted out 14-15, Ginger made those hills look like speed bumps...he should be running Pikes Peak marathon, not Eugene

Were you two "old ladies" holding hands and singing too???

Sunday is a Seattle Classic, the St Pat's Dash.
4 waves, over 10,000 runners for the nearly 3 3/4 mile dash from Seattle Center.
Ask Solo about the epic St Paddy's Beer Garden at the finish!

http://www.stpatsdash.com/index.html

.......... and I have a freind who, with rain pouring off the brim
of his cap, smiles and sincerely tries to convince me that the only
way this could get any better is if the wind would just pick up
a bit more. As I mentioned a while back, we just do this
stuff, like old ladies, so we can get together and 'visit'.

Well the pace has slowed to a brisk walk. Yoda and me in the rain and wind this morning. I had to remind myself a couple of times that a walk is better than no exercise at all. The old man is still putting up with me after all these years. I'm gratefull!

During a brief chat with OG last night, he thought
my comment below indicated some displeasure with
the new MRTR direction. Not so at all. I think those
guys are doing a great job keeping the event going.
I sure made changes along the way during my years,
and I would expect the same from Mark and Brad.
Got to keep up with the times, and yet try to keep
the original concept alive, and they're doing that.

Jrun has alerted us to the new MRTR registration plan.
The world is an ever rapidly changing place, and even
runs in the woods cannot withstand the forces that work
to bend traditions. Not a good thing or a bad thing, just
another example of trying to cope with the hordes who
all want to participate. I think they had to adjust, and they
have. We can still run in the woods. Enjoy it.

Home from Napa. What a day, what a race! Sunny, clear and 38 at the start, 67 later in the day, capped at 2300. Great marathon. David's goal was 3:15 and we over delivered. The place was like a secret ultra tune up with Arbogast, Meissner and Karnazes in the house.

I'm easy but I'm not interested.

think I might do an easy one tomorrow if anyone is interested.

14m on Nebonice! 3:25 to the ramp and back........got a good case of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo...........dizzy the whole way. All kinds of manuvers that are supposed to give relief. None worked today so I just took off.........staggered all the way up and back. Talk about "Fat Tire".......I had one when I got back. Nice day......for a nausiating but NiceNebo.......see photo on Chaseryotepage.

I deleted my trash talk Coyoda, in favor of praise for doing the cross training. My trash talk for Ginger still firmly stands though...

I got yoda'd today !

Some folks from work said lets do a couple of hours
on the bike ....... 20 miler. Had to be fat tire 'cause
that's all one guy has. Man, fat tires ?

Well, it was just under three hours, with a climb
up Fox Hollow. 33 miles. Put a fork in me ......... !!!

Ginger...17 miles of pavement can almost kill a guy. You need to sign up for the MRTR and stop doing these pavement punishers!

You'll save money, get better swag, enjoy your training more, and enjoy the race more. Other than that they're even!

Harold. Nice Triathlon. Swim seemed like tough duty for sure...BTW I've been fighting nausea for 8 days and that's why I've been MIA.

Made up for it today though. Woke up feeling good finally up here in Portland. I'm at a conference. So I busted up to the Wildwood and ran an awesome 6 miler in perfect weather. The trail is 98% dry, even OGG would have enjoyed it! Hopefully the good stomach sticks around.

Did my version of an old man triathalon yesterday up river. Up before the sun to soak in the hot tub. Biked to the store for the paper. Skied out/back to Craig Lake off the Skyline Trail @ Satiam Pass. Life is good!

It was noted last night that a certain young yote of the rodent family didn't show up. What's up with that?

FMP became FMPL ......... we made it as far as the powerline,
took a left , and descended to finish the loop. Moon, as you
may have noticed, outstanding tonight. My calf asked not to
go to the top, and Harold divulged, for starters, that his achilles
has also become an issue ......... lot of that going around.
It was a nice night to be out, even if all we could do was walk.

But our cover is blown, we just like to go out in the dark and
drink and jawjack for a couple of hours. Our 'group therapy'.
Mission accomplished. Have a good week.

Lame hikers taking off up eastside Sunday night 6:45.
Ceremony on summit 7:30ish.

The "west pack" minus a few members are headed to the top - starting at 6:30 pm ETA summit - 8:00pm for howling and refreshments.

Ginger, didn't I hear you talking about a "kissing booth" in addition to the car washes?.........you know right out there on Hillyard.

chaser

In addition to the trail map Harold mentioned, one of our volunteers at Friends of Buford Park & Mt. Pisgah has a trail map that he has done with a GPS. I don't know much about the techie side of it...that is getting the data from him. He is very nice and trail runner as well. Hey...Colbs...can you help me attach the pdf it to our page? Ronnie

In my dreams. Alas, too many pennies, too many miles.

Found out about two trail ultras in Ireland recently. Up around "mountains" (they're really like hills for you). One is 51k and the other is 52 miles. I propose that the Coyotes start planning for a pack run in Ireland in 2012. Start saving your pennies, and nickels and quarters and come over to the Emerald Isle. What thinks you all? Would anyone be interested?

Ben...There is! Lane County Parks publishes an excellent folded brochure called Guide to: Howard Buford Recreation Area with Trail Map. The inside shows a map of the whole park with all the trails and corresponding numbers. The back has a full description including name, number, length, and restrictions if any. Available through Lane County Parks or FBP. Let me know if you struggle to find one, I have extra copies....Rev Harold

Harold,

Is there a good map of the Pisgah area with mileage for the trails? If so, how do I get one?

Ben

Good news was the Parsons Cr run was beautiful
Bad news was I missed my date with the Reverend the weekend before (read: not present to win)
Good news was it was great to connect with Parson Skinner after a long hiatus
Bad news is I don't know when I'll cross paths with Harold again on a Saturday
Good news was I dodged a Harold's Odyssey through the serpents and sirens of Cirque de Pisgah
Bad news is you had to read all this jibberish

Lawnmower luge for me today.

What a beautiful day to run Parsons! The view of the Sisters and Bachelor and Diamond was great. And loop is about 12.4 miles. The approach is 1.5, so that means a double is 21.8? Surely that can't be...