grand canyon ultra?

awesome, thanks.

When I hiked it, I did it in late June and we had to get up and hike at 4 am so that we made it to camp before 11. Even then we ended up hiking in 100+ degree heat, so I'm thinking if I'm going to run it I need to do it earlier or later in the season. I might think about it in 2007, but it depends on whether I choose to do IM AZ or IM MOO.  If I do AZ then I will have a good 5 or 6 months that I can devote to training for it.  If I do IM MOO, it would mean I'd have to either run it within a month of the IM or early in the season, and I don't picture myself up to ultra's by next spring.  So if not next year then definately in 2008.

So, its a self supported race? How is it official?

Looks awesome. I want to do it one day, what a great reason to go to the Grand Canyon!

that would be awesome to get a group together to run this thing.

It is not a suported event, but along the route there are campgrounds with water that serve as aid stations.  If I remember right, they are about every 6 miles, give or take.  So you would defineately have to run with at least a fuel belt if not a camelpack. 

I'll be at the Grand Canyon (my 3rd time) this September for a week hiking trip with my son.  The R2R2R sounds cool.  If you can carry enough water for the first leg, I'd still do the South Kaibab trail on the way down.  There's no water until you reach the river, but the trail is not that bad, and the views are spectacular.  Bright Angel trail is longer, has water stops on the way down at a spring and again at Indian Gardens, but if you're doing it on a weekend, the foot and mule traffic on the trail is horrendous.  It'd be OK on the return run, since you'd be going uphill, but dodging the traffic going down would be nuts.

I've been there mid September and the rim temps were 70's and the temp at the river was 100.  Maybe October would be a better month.

It's definitely not "official"...

From what I've heard it's completely self supported, with no official "race dates".

If anyone is seriously interested in getting a BT R2R run I'm TOTALLY in. I've thought about doing this for while, but just haven't found anyone to tag along. We can have BrianCD sag

haha

count me in!!!

Done!