Here we are a month out from the final Loup Garou and we are looking forward to having representation from 30 states as well as Calgary, Alberta, and Washington DC on the trails this year! If you are new to our race, one thing you will learn quickly is that we LOVE taking care of people, but we also won't hesitate to kick you out of an aid station if you linger too long.
I went out to the trail recently for a maintenance day, and while it was a little rough. The previous trail maintenance guy, Eric, left for another job and in typical Louisiana fashion, it took them 6 months to replace him. 6 months with no trail maintenance in a heavily wooded forest. You can imagine what it looked like. BUT - we got most of it cleared and re-blazed except for one section that the new trail guy is taking care of before the race.
This trail is blazed by orange marks on the trees on the main trail and blue marks on the campsite trails. Those are nice when you are going out for a training run but for the race they are not as important. Our expert trail marker, Aaron Artigue, is once again handling marking the trail for us. It takes the better part of a day and involves over 300 orange contractor flags with reflective strips on them. You won't get lost unless you REALLY try.
All is coming together on our end - t-shirts and merch will be ordered tomorrow, aid station workers are starting to thaw out and plan their menus, calculations and happening to figure out amounts for our finish line chicken and sausage gumbo and vegan chili and the beer is chilling. All you have to do is finish up your training cycle in one piece and we will take care of the rest.
See you guys next month!
Edie
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