south+mountains

[|MOHAMMED'S WRITE UP ON THE BIRTHDAY RUN] = = =The Mohammed Birthday Run, January 24th, 2009=

AKA South Mountains Crossing 50K+
Dirt/Gravel and Singletrack

Course: Start/Finish will be at the Roper Hollow Rd. at 10:00am. The course is an out and back with a small lolly pop waterfall loop option at the turnaround. There's about 6200' elevation gain, the 16 mile cut-off time will be 4 hours. The route will not be marked. Runners will be given a map highlighting the 11 miles of route in the park. The course outside the park is straightforward and will be explained in the pre-run briefing.

Support: Remember this is a gathering of friends, low-key aid will be provided at the 16 mile turnaround at the Jacob Fork River Gorge parking area inside South Mountains State Park. Folks who are not running can celebrate with a nice waterfall hike.

Interested? This is a no-fee unofficial gathering of trail runners. Please RSVP that you're interested in coming by shooting an email to midlibi@gmail.com. We will likely cap the run at twenty runners to keep it low-profile. Stay posted for the start time and directions to the start. Any questions should be posted on this page's discussion board. See you there!

Runners (as of 1/20):

Mohammed Idlibi David Kirk Matt Kirk Jeff McGonnell DC Lucchesi John Teed Melinda Yelton Ashley Funderburk Mike Mason Charlie Roberts Kevin Lane Brian Beduhn Stu Gibeau Dave Pryor John Lewis Annette Bednosky Don Shatz Jason Hayward Elizabeth Hayward Richard Lilly = =