I found myself with the GPS data from the Comrade’s course from the 2005 down year race. The course changes slightly each year, but follows the same general route. I did some data analysis (I’m an engineer – its what I do. I might not be able to string three coherent sentences together, [...]
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The most popular running location in the greater St. Louis metropolitan area has to be Forest Park. This large green space in St. Louis in the place to be, hosting large numbers of runners nearly all the time. Also, it seems that every running group hosts either races or training events there. There [...] Tonight I did my first hill repeat workout. I’m supposed to be working on my weaknesses and running uphill is definitely one of those. Even the slightest grade slows my legs and speeds my heart. And my current training on the St. Louis rollers hasn’t been making my ascending any stronger. So, [...] The Monarch Chesterfield Levee Trail is an asphalt paved trail located (wait for it…) on top of the Monarch Chesterfield Levee (duh!). This partially finished path is one of the newest running recreational trails in the St. Louis Metro area. The map above shows the extent of the full trail – the dotted lines [...] The Katy Trail is a 225 mile trail running from St. Charles to Clinton, Missouri. The trail follows a railroad route of the Missouri – Kansas – Texas (MKT) railroad. This trail came into being as part of the ‘Rail to Trails’ project, a nationwide effort to convert unused railway routes into recreational trails. What [...] |
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