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Date Event Temescal Canyon Meeting Time Trail Head Start Time Distance
Jan 29 Santa Ynez Canyon/Trippet Ranch/Musch Trail 6:15 6:45 10mi

Meeting Time

The standard meeting time on Temescal Canyon Road at the Palisades High School track is:

6:15 AM

(leaving for the trailhead at 6:30am SHARP!)

See the Run with us page for directions and map.  For trailhead meeting times please see the schedule.  Some special events may have earlier meeting times.

Upcoming Club Runs
Jan 29 Santa Ynez Canyon/Trippet Ranch/Musch Trail
Feb 5 Canyonback Road
Feb 12 Circle X/Sandstone Peak
Feb 19 Bienveneda/Temescal Ridge/Backbone/Rustic Canyon
Feb 26 Will Rogers Loop FROM Temescal Park clockwise

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Run the Backbone--Spring 2012
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Backbone Leg#4--Mishi Mokwa Pk. Lot to Ray Miller
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Backbone--Leg #3 Kanan Road to Mishi Mokwa Parking lot
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Backbone--Leg #2 Schueren Road to Kanan Road
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The Trail Runners Club meets every Sunday morning in Pacific Palisades to run one of many courses throughout the beautiful Santa Monica Mountains. We run primarily on trails and fireroads. If you live in or are visiting the Los Angeles area and enjoy running in natural settings with great people, you will love the Trail Runners Club. For more detailed information about our runs refer to the Run With Us page.

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Lost but happy
Lori's accupuncture
The Group 2011
Up Westridge
Farmer's car
Adam--The Man
Dale the Dart
At the start of the run-in happier times

Which GPS Unit is the Best is for You?

Submitted by ernie on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 9:05pm

Member Bob Pietzke recently sent this article comparing GPS units.  Some of the units varied, and foilage coverage and steep elevation changed considerable. Consistent distances were achieved by asking Ernie.

Run the Backbone--Spring 2012

Submitted by ernie on Sun, 12/11/2011 - 10:04pm
Run The Backbone in Spring 2012
I am pretty excited about this one. This Spring of 2012 will have a unique opportunity to run the entire Backbone Trail with 4 consecutive Sunday legs. The entire trail spans 68 miles from Will Rogers Park to the Ray Miller Trail of Pt. Mugu Park. The 4 legs of 17.8 mi., 18.6 mi., 16.3 mi and 16.0 mi. are sections that will be fairly manageable, and the stringing of these trails will unite the Backbone Trail.
 Leg 1--Will Rogers Park to the top of Hondo Canyon--17.8 miles
From Will Rogers Park we ascend with ocean glimpses of the Santa Monica Bay. The continuation to the Hub will next connect via Eagle Springs Road and Musch Trail. After refreshing-up at Trippet, we casually descend the Dead Horse Trail. After the lush Hondo Canyon, we take one last ascend to the top--finishing the first leg--with a view of the Santa Monica Bay and Catalina Island and the horizon is almost at the curvature of the earth. Beautiful! After one short trail to Schueren Road, there are fossils embedded into rocks seen at the right.

Beautiful Thanksgiving Holiday

Submitted by ernie on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 8:53pm

Our Thanksgiving Day was a beautiful day on our 9.5 mile run from our Santa Ynez trailhead. It was so good to see our friends running the run, chatting and eating. It was good to see Stan recovering--How much can we be more thankful? Photos of Thanksgiving. Many of us rested after Thanksgiving and drifted north to Sycamore Canyon on Sunday for a challenging run to Chamberlain Rock and back. How much better can it get any better? See the Chamberlain Rock photos.

Yosemite --If a picture shows 1,000, then a video shows 1,000,000

Submitted by ernie on Mon, 10/10/2011 - 10:29am

On our TRC trip to Yosemite on Sept.23-25 was a beautiful run from Tenaya Lake to Clouds Rest and down to the Valley.  Our production videos by member James captured our apical reach to Clouds Rest, and his condense  of our trip.  Here is the Clouds Rest climb:

 

And here is a condensed video of the Yosemite trip:

 

The Rich History is in Mt. Lowe

Submitted by ernie on Sun, 10/02/2011 - 3:10pm

Hi guys,
 
All members are welcome October 9th to enjoy a jaunt in the nearby San Gabriel Mts. (about a 45-minute drive from Santa Monica).  Meet at 7 AM at the Trail Head at the end of Lake Avenue in Altadena--We are not starting from the high school on Temescal Canyon Road.
There is no poison oak on this course, and none of those annoying rolling hills.  The out course is up, and the return is down--so at any time you know whether you are going toward your car, or away from it.  There is no water on the course.  This course will be marked with flour arrows.  If you have any questions, let me know echalekson@gmail.com
The San Gabriels are very beautiful and you can still see remnants of its glorious past.  
 

The TRC in theTransRockies--August 21-26

Submitted by ernie on Sun, 08/21/2011 - 8:21am

Several of our TRC members commenced the TransRockies 2011 Race on August 21 for 120 miles for a beautiful but difficult experience.  TransRockies Run course runs from Buena Vista to Beaver Creek, through the heart of the White River and San Isabel National Forests. The course includes a mix of singletrack and forest road with nearly 25,000 feet of elevation gain, reaching altitudes of over 12,500 ft.  Members of TRC coupled in 2-man teams.  Ann and Art as a team and Emmy with a teammate and Lori with a teammate. 

It won't be long and we will hear the stories and experiences of these rugged individuals.  I am so proud for them all and Congratulations!!!

 TransRockies 2011 website

 

Great Morning August 7, 2011 --Ernie's Run

Submitted by ernie on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 1:40pm

Our smiles showed  how much fun we were having!  See all the photos.  Unfortunately, our photographer showed everyone but herself--Lori.  Thanks

The New Running Schedule is Woo Woo!

Submitted by ernie on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 8:43pm

I am pretty excited about the schedule for the rest of this year.  In addition to our old favorite runs, the Bienveneda/Upper Rustic Canyon will be a treat in July 17th.  Then Yosemite to Clouds Rest in September will also be heaven.  Then we will go to Pasadena to run up Echo Mt. and Lowe Mt. in October 9th--driving time is less than 45 minutes to the trail head.  Then you will have the run from our Chantry Flats to Mt. Zion (10 miles) OR Chantry Flats to Mt Wilson (15 miles) on Nov.13.   The club loved this identical trip earlier this year.  Finally, on December 4th, we will discover the Boney Mountains from the Mt. Sierra Vista with spectacular vistas.  It will be great. 

Mark your calendars,

Ernie

 

Santa Cruz Island 2011

Submitted by ernie on Fri, 04/15/2011 - 2:19pm

On April 9, 2011, we had a ball at the island.  The weather was perfect, the run was great, and the downtime after lunch with some bubbly was very relaxing.  See some of the photos.

The Elite Eight Run In The Mud

Submitted by ernie on Sun, 03/27/2011 - 4:11pm

I knew the radar loops in the weather forecasts should have been fine for Sunday morning.  On the drive to La Jolla Valley, this had a bit more dampness on the windshield than I hoped, but it's OK.  We had a small bunch of TRC runners (Elite Eight), but it was quickly apparent that this morning was going to be glorious, and the mud-sliding was a kick.  At least we didn't get muddy above the neck.  Thanks for the marking Ann.

Ernie

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