Welcome to the Chaffee County Running Club

CCRC news January 2008

Upcoming Chaffee County Running Club snowshoe outings - Check out our recent Snowshoe outing to Waterdog Lakes, Photo Gallery

The next two Sundays, Jan 11 and 18, the CCRC will gather for snowshoe outings. These will continue on Saturday Jan 24 and again on Sunday Feb. 1

We will be leaving from the Salida Area ~8:30 a.m. each day.

Locations are TBA depending on weather and other factors, so if you want to go, please rsvp by replying to this or calling 539-4112. We will likely send out an email the day before to specify our location. Call or email if you want to go and there is the possibility we can pick you up.

We plan to carpool 15-20 minutes to an appropriate snowy and beautiful location to start our ‘shoe. We plan on being out ~1 ½ to 2 hours snowshoeing depending on weather and location.

Most of these snowshoes will be an out and back, uphill out and downhill back, so you will not get lost and can go as far/fast as you like. Many times the faster/stronger/more ambitious snowshoers will be breaking trail in deep snow, and this is a great equalizer. It can be up to 7 times harder/slower to break trail in deep snow than it is to follow along behind, so the slower/ less strong or ambitious snowshoers can keep up with the leaders. We also take turns breaking trail, which tends to keep the group together. You can have a sub 40 minute 10k runner maxing out in heart rate and effort leading through deep snow with a 60+ minute 10k runner easily moving along at a fast walk holding a conversation just a few steps behind. You can jog or fastwalk back down, and the snow softens the impact.

This snowshoeing is fun, interesting, warm and the best form of winter cross training and base building for runners known. You will work on strength, balance, flexibility and endurance, all in a unique, interesting and fun way. If you can walk or run you can snowshoe. Come to a few of these and you will notice the difference.

We have a good core group of over 7+ people doing this and welcome more.

Possible locations include Pass Creek, Rainbow Trail, Colorado Trail and Bear Creek. If there is enough interest we may do some point to points.

We have a few pairs of extra snowshoes that we can loan you if you do not have a pair.

We may also carpool up to the Off track snowshoe race in Leadville in February.

Check out the extensive 2009 Event List

Time to Renew your 2009 membership

If you have not already done so, please renew your membership for 2009. It is still $10 per individual or $15/family. Send a check to the CCRC at POB 1441 Salida 81201, bring it to a CCRC run, or you can drop it off at the treasurers mailbox around the corner at 326 E. 4th St.

CCRC weekly run on the Rainbow Trail

Trail runner Etiquette
The American Trail Runner Association has developed some useful guidelines for responsible trail running and racing. Go to http://trailrunner.com/news/trail_etiquette.htm to read these.

Please Join the CCRC for 2009

If you are receiving this email, you have not renewed your membership for 2008. We will be cleaning up the newsletter email list this winter, so please send your dues in soon to ensure that you continue to get all the benefits of CCRC membership. Download a membership form.

Road Runners Club of America

Chaffee County Running Club is a proud member of the Road Runners Club of America. The Road Runners Club of America is the national association of running clubs, running events, and runners dedicated to promoting long distance running as a competitive sport and as healthful exercise. RRCA's mission is to represent and promote the common interest of its member clubs, events, and individual runners through education, leadership, programs and other services.