Part 10 of a 10 part strategy to finish Leadville

May Queen to the Finish
Total miles 13.5, miles running 0, miles walking 13.5
Cutoff time 30:00, planned arrival 29:45

The May Queen aid station is my favorite one to leave.  I know that once
I head out, my next stop is the finish line.  There are no more decisions
to be made, just keep pushing forward.

It helps to break this into 3 parts, getting to the Tabor boat ramp,
getting to the Boulevard, getting to the finish.  The Tabor boat ramp
is 6.75 miles away with rolling single track trail.  I walk all the
little uphills and try to run the downhills and flats.  After the boat
ramp which is a concrete landing with people waiting for their runners,
the trail widens and flattens.  If you are going to do any more running,
it will need to be over the next 3.5 miles.  If you do run, this section
will go very quick.  Along the way, there are campgrounds with restrooms
close to the trail.  Outside the restrooms are water spigots if you are
running low.  After leaving the lake, you will cross a paved road and
head down a torturous steep downhill for 1/3 mile dropping to a flat
dirt, then paved road.  After the railroad tracks, turn right and follow
to the wide dirt road, the Boulevard.  When you turn left on the
Boulevard, you have 3.25 miles to the finish.  It will be uphill for the
most part and you will be walking.  When you hit pavement again you have
1 mile to go.  At the top of a small hill, you will be able to see the
finish about 1,000 yards away.

At the finish line, don't forget to run the last 10 steps in to break
the ribbon!

Hint for enjoyment:  What can I say, smile the entire last section, you
deserve it.  I have found that as much as I want to walk during this
last section, it gets very long.  Any running will help you get to the
coffee and pancakes that much sooner.

If you missed segments 1 through 9, e-mail me direct and I'll forward
them to you.  Or, Stan Jensen has put them on his homepage if you have
web access, http://www.run100s.com/Pb

Dana Roueche
Boulder, CO
danar@us.ibm.com