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COURSE MAP HERE <<
Start - Finish: Owens Beach (Aid Station)
Mile 3.51 - 500 year old tree
Mile 3.96 - Gig Harbor view point
Mile 5.22 - SW corner of Ft Nisqually (Aid Station)
Elevation Gain and Loss per loop is 1,306 feet.
the course is approximately three 16.6 kilometer loops through old growth forest. each loop will come by the start - finish.
course is mostly single track and typically dry mid october. train for some hills but the course is 95% runable.
aid will be available at the Start / Finish. each loop comes through the Start / Finish. aid station 2 is located at Ft Nisqually approximately 5.3 miles into the 10.3 mile loop. we recommend carrying one bottle of water.
on the course you will see sweeping views of the Puget Sound, run on soft trails beneath 500 year old giant cedars and firs in one of the top 20 urban parks in the United States.
course design is primarily by Mike Lynes with technical consulting by tony phillippi, both have logged many miles through the forest. |
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2013 Ramblings
Well it's another year, we are excited for the 3rd annual Defiance 50k! We don't see any course changes as of yet. Tune in here for any up to date course info and ramblings from a delirious runner.
thanks!
tp!
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| Course ramblings from tony phillippi.. |
| October 17, 2011 |
| Ran the course today to pickup anything left in the trails, about 4 pieces of ribbon and one of Tony S. trail signs. Great job Bret sweeping the course on race day! Link to today's run HERE << |
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| October 15, 2011 |
The weather could not have been much better for today's race! We started to setup about 6:00 am, got the lights going and packet pickup started on time. The race started on time and we had our last year's champion Andrew Henshaw return for 2011.
The first loop Andrew came through the first lap in 1:14:33 and the women's leader and last years runner up Merita Trohimovich came through in 1:28:57, Andrew's next lap was 1:11:04 and Merita came through in 1:29:05. Neither one was challenged the last lap but they still ran strong! Andrew's 3rd lap was 1:11:03 and Merita's was 1:37:20. Merita won the race in 4:25:23 and took home the $100.00 prize money and also won the overall master division for a total of $150.00 and both award plaques. Andrew finished the race up in an amazing time of 3:36:41 and also took home the $100.00 prize money as well as the bonus of $50.00 for the new course record!
I'm certainly no writer and when I get some more time I'll try to add to the days events.
Thank you to everyone who came out to make this event another success! |
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| October 14, 2011 |
| Tony S. and I headed out about 3:30 pm to start marking the trails and putting out the trail signs. Just before dusk is a awesome time to be running in the trails, the nightlife starts to come alive with deer and racoons coming out. We ran into "The Beast" and Anna out in the trails doing a little course preview before tomorrows race. Who runs a 50k loop course preview the day before?! The Beast does! We finished up with head lamps blazing about 7:30 pm. It's going to be an early morning so off to bed I go! Link to today's trail marking run HERE << |
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| October 13, 2011 |
| Met Tony S. down at Owens Beach, cleaned trail leading to Nelly's Gnarly Descent and hung some ropes. Trail run followed with last years champion joining us at mile 1.5 of the 50k loop. The pace was a little to much for Tony and Andrew so I ended up running the last 4 miles alone. HA, not really they had things to do! Fun run and the trails are in great shape for Saturday's race! Garmin link here to today's run. |
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| October 12, 2011 |
| Met with the the parks dept today, Nelly's Gnarly trail head will be cleared of all logs today! Love Metro Parks! Groomed the Dog Park Trails and man are they looking fast now! |
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| October 11, 2011 |
| Worked on grooming Ellis Alley and the alt trail at the Delco Passage lookout, pouring rain!!! Whoo Hooo! Then got in an easy 50k loop when I was done! Link to run HERE << |
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| October 8, 2011 |
| It's so cool to hear the waking animal sounds from the zoo. If you have never been there just before sunrise you should put it on your to do list! I needed a longer run so I started at 7:00 am solo, Nelly's Gnarly Descent had some more work done on it by Mike Lynes, Mike added some steps which is a huge improvement but we'll still add some ropes for race day. I met with the group after one loop and we stayed together until Achilles Hill where we broke into two groups. Everybody did great, good pace and everyone finished strong. Here is the link to our run HERE << One week to go! Have a great weekend! |
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| October 6, 2011 |
| Did a facebook post and no bites so I ran solo, man the guys have done a great job on the trails! Pushed it a little harder than I was wanting to but... when it's just you, the trees and awesome views the pace is easy to pick up. I am so lucky to have Pt Defiance in my backyard, an easy 10 minute jog and I'm in 700 acres of forest. Saw Mr. Mike's car in the lot as I was leaving and I'm sure he was doing the same thing as I. Link to today's run HERE << |
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| October 3, 2011 |
| Trail run & work with Mike Lynes. Cleared out very bottom of Nelly's Gnarly Descent, trail cleared that pops out onto beach. Link to run HERE << |
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| October 1, 2011 |
| Great day for a run, ran with the Piercy's. On the trail we saw a Tony Seabolt sighting, Romey sighting too, you just never know what you'll see in them thar woods. Stopped at the fixed bathrooms at Ft Nisqually and saw a great vantage point for our race day photographer, just as the runners round the NE corner of the Fort heading across the field would be a great shot! Here is the link to our run today HERE << *we started at the park entrance today not the race day start line at Owens Beach. |
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| September 27, 2011 |
| Easy pace today with Van, started at Owens Beach. Looks like some trail work has been done coming down the Gnarly Nelly finish shoot. Nice steps Mike! Here is the link to my Garmin. HERE<< |
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| September 26, 2011 |
Lots of rain last night and the trails held up good thanks to all the trail work this summer. I flagged the new loop after you cross the Salmon Beach road I also added some new bright pink flagging to the cable that crosses the path in the dog park area. I started and finished at Owens Beach today. Here is the link to my Garmin http://connect.garmin.com/activity/117334047
As usual it's short. The course was measured using a mountain bike with Jones counter. |
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| September 24, 2011 |
| Great morning for a run, we had a couple of new faces with us today and was even joined by the renowned Ultra Marathon runner (Larry Abraham:) Mark set a good pace for us and we finished the loop around 1:40:00. If you do look at my Garmin link the start / finish is not the part of the Ultra Course although all of the trails are the actual course. It's exciting to see how popular the 50k is this year, registrations are way up in the 50k so far. At one point early I forgot to start my watch so I lost about 3/4 of a mile. Here is the link have a great weekend! LINK HERE |
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| September 22, 2011 |
| Its getting close to race day, we have two minor changes to the course this year. The first is after you cross the road to Salmon Beach (after the dog park we added a small loop across the road, I'll mark that section with flagging this weekend so you can see the new addition. Next after you cross the road below Camp 6 (fire hydrant 50) you will now turn directly left we are removing the loop closer to the zoo. The start point is different on this garmin gps map so don't pay attention to that but the changes are on this link, again the start finish is still at Owens Beach. Link HERE << |
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| 2010 ramblings |
| October 7th: Groomed and cleaned (appropriately) Dog Park & Camp 6 trails with Mike. Got in a short run as well. Garmin link HERE << |
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| October 4th: Link to tony's favorite band HERE << |
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| October 2nd: Had a good turn out for the course preview. Swept course with Doug & John. Garmin link HERE << |
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| September 21: Ran the extra add on trails in the dog park, Garmin reads 9.83 miles. Calibrated measurement using USATF Jones Counter puts the actual course at 10.2 mile. Time 1:23:26. Link to Garmin Run HERE << |
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| September 20th: Measured new add on trails in the Dog Park section. Adds 720 meters to existing loop of 15699.7 = 16,419.7 meters or 10.2 miles, course is currently 246.9 meters per loop short of 16,666.6 meters needed. Or 740.8 meters short of 50K |
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| September 19th: Group run, tour of the 50K course link to Garmin HERE << |
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| September 17th: Mike and I cleared a add on trail also measured out another add on trail all in the dog park. Course add on's will be measured and should bring the course very close to 16,666.6 meters needed to make 50K. Stay tuned! |
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September 16th:
Some notes: Measured current 50K loop with calibrated MT bike using USATF Jones Counter. Garmin data HERE <<
Counts in one Kilometer: 11610
Counts in one Mile: 18684
Start count: 531790
Finish count: 714064
Total Distance for one loop: 15,699.7 Meters = 15K 699.7 Meters or 9.7556 Miles
50K course is currently short 2900.8 Meters or 966.9 Meters per loop |
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| July 28th: Started at the top of the stair case at the playground. Garmin Link HERE << |
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| July 21st: First group tour of the 50K course. Thanks for coming out everyone! Didn't get a accurate time with my watch approximately 1:36:00 |
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| July 19th: Ran at noon today just before the sun broke through. Trails are in great shape! Saw two deer near the Zoo parking lot then saw two more deer below Ft. Nisqually and had a Dave Miller sighting too! 1:19:39 |
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| July 14th: Previewed the course with Rich Nelly and Daryl Montgomery today. Rich didn't care much for the newly named descent (Gnarly Nelly trail) to Owens Beach. 1:26:38 |
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| July 12th: 1:20:42, felt good to run a little faster today. Saw a few deer and of course some raccoons! |
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| July 7th: Easy day, still trying to recover from Ironman. 1:26:58 |
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| June 11th: After working all day on the S2N set up with Tony Seabolt, Tony and I hit the trails to run the 50K route. Muddy trails but a fun run. Tony knew most of the course but knows it all now:) 1:24:18 |
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| June 6th: Muddy trails in June? Ran into local ultra runner below Fort Nisqually, gave him the url for Defiance 50K. Burned out but nice to be on the trails! 1:25:08 |
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| May 21st: I'm back from the roads! 1:20:06 felt real good on the legs, muddy trails, Oh yea baby! |
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| March 11th: After yesterdays long run I needed a easy low heart rate day. Pouring rain in the sloppy mud, windy on the east side of the park. 1:27:15. |
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| March 9th: St Patty's Day Party at the Dock... but got a run in first! 14 miles including one loop on the course in 1:20:52. |
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| March 6th: Ran 2 loops plus with Dave M. 44:39 - 38:07 = 1:21:46 / 43:45 - 37:31 = 1:21:16. Trails were pretty dry which for made easier running. |
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| March 2nd: Easy day on the trails with Dave. Bathrooms locked up at Fort Nisqually. Rain - 1:26:30. |
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| March 1st: Reached Fort Nisqually at 44:59 - finish 37:27 = 1:21:27. Thought more about course markings for race day. Laying new bark at all turns with flagging should work well. |
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| February 27th: Ran two loops with Paul, 1:28 & 1:29 for each loop. Heard eagles but didn't see any. Lots of runners on the roads and trails. Fun run! |
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| February 23rd: Ran with Dave today. 6.5 mile section has had some nice trail maintenance done. We got to Ft Nisqually in 44:22 - finish 37:27 = 1:21:50. Got to dark so the last 5 were on the 5 mile drive. Great raining day for a run! |
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| February 20th: Beautiful day for a run. 1:20:36 in the middle of my 20 miler. |
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| February 15th: Not to muddy, ran with Mike. He let me set the pace the first half. We reached Fort Nisqually in 42:51 second half was 34:59. Total time: 1:17:50. |
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| February 13th: Ran the course with Dave Miller. Rain & Mud, quick pace. We reached Fort Nisqaully in 47:00. Total time was 1:21:52 no out & back. Dave's Garmin read 9.6 miles. |
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| February 9th: Ran the course with Van "Pigtails" Phan today. Awesome weather, low 40's, fog lifting as we ran. Took Mike's new finish trail down to the beach. 1:30:42 approximately 9.9 miles on Van's foot pod with no out & back. |
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| January 10th: Ran with Paul, no out and back addition at the start. Time was 1:26:38 Paul's Garmin reading was 9.3 miles. Paul's Garmin course route HERE << |
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