The Arkansas Traveller 100 has been named as the alternative event in the 2008 Grand Slam following the cancellation of the Western States. The race will be held in the Ouachita National Forest on October 4th – 5th, 2008
Bite of the Bluff 6/29 8am START
The first Bit of the Bluff run starts at Guilford Lakes School at 8am on Sunday June 29th. Various bite size portions will surely be available as it is an out and back run. Don’t miss this opportunity – bring water, maps (if you have them) and bug spray if you dare!!
Latest word on the WSER
Word around the blogs is that the race has officially been cancelled. Haven’t received official word yet but all the reports that I’d seen were not good, so it isn’t really a surprise.
Further to that, the race has now been officially cancelled. 🙁 Bye bye grand slam, over without taking a single step.
Western States under threat of cancellation
Here is some worrying news, it seems there has been discussion about the need to cancel this year’s race due to forest fires. Access to some aid stations is said to be impassable and the level of smoke hanging in the air is reported to be unhealthy. That sucks!
Taking Small Bites Out Of The Bluff
While enjoying coffee, tea and muffins after what was a really warm and beautiful trail run around the lake at Cockaponsett, the requests for training runs on The Bluff course poured in. Sunday dogs runs will be held at various locations along the course so that the course can be experienced in sections. For those of you who have never visited The Mica Ledges, The Bluff or gotten a “fun nun run” from the Monastery, you won’t want to miss out on these opportunities to sample The Bluff in sections. [Read more…] about Taking Small Bites Out Of The Bluff
Welcome to the new BS!
Welcome to the new look BS web site, after three years it was time for a complete overhaul. The Bulletin Board has been built into the site to save you having to toggle back and forth. The picture gallery has a great new feel with a cool lightbox viewer and all the current images for 2008 have been copied into the gallery. The event calendar is bigger and easier to read, click on any date that contains an entry to see more information, plus linked to it is the Event Update page where messages from races can be posted. [Read more…] about Welcome to the new BS!