I would be interested in the run once a date is announced. IF I can make it, I wouldn't mind helping with the financials side.
I would be interested in the run once a date is announced. IF I can make it, I wouldn't mind helping with the financials side.
If you and LaDawn can put your heads together on this, that would be great!
The obstacles would be set up much the same way that competition courses are run, I would imagine. Cones or flagging set up with X distance between them, points taken away from tagging a cone, etc. Kinda like a sick Driver's Ed course. I did a couple a long time ago when I was dating a lady who owned a Jeep and was all about the big Jeep thing that was being put on by Jeep. They had some courses set up, pretty basic, really, that people had to drive through. Something along those lines would be fun and China Wall would lend itself to that rather well.
I had almost forgotten that I had done these. Thing I remember about the last Jeep thing, which was held in Leadville, was that we argued all the way there and when we got there, I left her and her Jeep and hitch hiked back to Denver. Then I went rock climbing and had some fun....
id be game for it love the tah tahs. WHen i was actually in shape id do marathon runs for it but not anymore too fat lol. If we plan this correctly we can get a huge f'ing turn out like post on other forums about it etc.
I wondered about the other forum stuff and my thoughts on that right now are to keep it strictly Front Range and try to avoid having some government service/entity 'wannabe a real cop' get involved and start dictating just what we can and cannot due on land that we pay for with our taxes. Not posting it on other forums maintains a bit of a lower key, off the radar thing.
I personally do not like any government, anywhere I have ever been, and especially DO NOT LIKE some bunch of morons in suits/uniforms of one kind or another telling me what I can do or can't do. Never have, never will.
That said, let's keep this low key and simply contribute what we can.
I haven't seen anyone bring this up, but since it is an organized "event" do we need some sort of permit? Just getting some folks together for a run is one thing, but having an all day event and setting up cones, do we need permission from someone?
I called a friend of ours who is a doctor with a private practice in CA, and he suggested we look into this site as a possible recipient for the funds we raise: http://www.bcrfcure.org/
I haven't read much of it yet, but I will. Other suggestions are welcome as well.
I haven't seen anyone bring this up, but since it is an organized "event" do we need some sort of permit? Just getting some folks together for a run is one thing, but having an all day event and setting up cones, do we need permission from someone?
See my first post on this where I said "as far as anyone is concerned, this is simply a trail run". .
In other words, let's not make a mountain out of a mole hill, especially when we are trying to donate money from our own pockets for a good cause on forest land that we pay for the use of with our taxes.
We can set up flagging instead of cones that we can easily remove later. The Anniversary Runs attract more people than what I expect will show up for this one. We have had them at China Wall with no problem for a number of years and these are all day events. We have also run 'recovery' clinics at China Wall, again with no problems and this was also another all day event with quite a few people attending.
I will repeat what I said earlier: As far as anyone else is concerned, it is simply another trail run.
lol i love it but so right u start getting the government in this kindof thing u loose all control and it becomes something for big brother to control another aspect of our lives in this "free" country. Thats when the heart and integrity of the "run" gets shrouded in a wave of government bs.
lol i love it but so right u start getting the government in this kind of thing u loose all control and it becomes something for big brother to control another aspect of our lives in this "free" country. Thats when the heart and integrity of the "run" gets shrouded in a wave of government bs.
Joshua summed it up rather nicely and with less anger than my original post. I deal with an HOA where we live and having petty bureaucrats getting involved means that all you have are a bunch of petty bureaucratic hoops to jumps through, making a simple thing into a rotting pile of crap. You triple the paper work, you add confusion, committees have to be formed, stuff has to be voted on, requirements have to be met, and what was once a simple thing becomes a ever increasing bunch of idiocy, way out of proportion to what the original idea was.
Personally, I like simplicity....and don't like idiots.
If you want to skip accepting donations, there are nonprofit charities you can donate to using paypal. You pick the charity and we could possibly print our proof of donation to use as a ticket to play type of deal. Just throwing that out there.
good idea
That really is a good idea, Stephen. That way none of has to be responsible for money, receipts etc. We could tally up the amount donated just by keeping a tally on the amount of receipts shown by the participants.
All in favor, say. If you have a better idea let us know.
It would be nice to see more suggestions for charities. This one our friend suggested looks pretty good from what I've read so far: http://www.bcrfcure.org/
(finally!!)
What it would take is to have a couple folks camp out the night before or start up earlier and do a course set up.
Great idea heather!!!!!!!! Some logs and cones set up for certain lines would be interesting thats for certain. A relay of sorts race to one end grab flag and race back kindof thing
I like the relay idea, too!
Depending on the date im definitely in !!!....How bout a rig tug o war ?
I did it alot in highschool kindof happens when u go to mud bogs alot. It is not as cool as u might think 90 percent of the time especially on dirt people just sit there spinning. Let me me know ahead of time so i can drop tire size and get the power back lol
so when we gonna pull the pin on this and have a date and a list of items/materials were gonna need. Iam gonna be off for the rest of the summer looks like so ill help with set up and that kindof thing the day prior.
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