2009 Quad Qruncher - Results

 Snow continues to plague the Fools.  The weather Saturday was excellent, but the course conditions weren't what we had hoped for.  The first four kilometers of the clockwise loop were in good condition.  Snow completely covered the top section.  Some of the snow was quite pleasant to run on, but in other places there was 10 to 15 centimeters of fresh snow which made the going very slow.  Since the Fools are not likely to encounter much snow at the Coyote Two Moon 100 miler race just north of Los Angeles it was decided to just do up and down repeats on Road K which generally has very little traffic.  Coming back from the second repeat we encountered a large bulldozer clearing snow off the road.  It left deep tracks in the formerly very nice to run on snow and made the going very difficult.  Since we were both having a tough day we decided to return to the start, do a trip around the normal 10K loop and head for the Black Sheep Pub.  Shortly after that decision had been made we saw someone coming up the road waving at us.  One of the Fools said: "I think that's Kirsten".  The other Fool said: "Oh no, now we'll have to keep going".  There was much relief when the runner turned out to be Cheryl, who isn't mean enough to make us do the full 80K.

Arthur, Matt, Paul and Claudia decided to take a scenic tour of the park and enjoyed areas not generally encountered on the official route.

Lorie and Barry did their own version in the Kamloops area.  Here is Lorie's report:

"We had to change up our plans due to a big cat that decided to follow our  
foot prints. We had planned a 5k up 2000ft climb and down repeat 8x's  
but.....The cougar liked it too. We made 2 trips then headed to Kal park for  
30k more. So put us in for only 50k, 7:08, 10,000ft climb, very wet feet, tons  
of snow.  I want dirt under my feet...........Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrg!!!"