I won't be part of the Saturday run (though I will probably do the Friday run). My plan is to set up at the sluice somewhere with my camera, cooler full of drinks, some shade/awning, snacks, the

, and take
lots of pics.
Somehow that sounds more enjoyable to me than sitting in a bunch of dust waiting for some guy to fix whatever he broke way up the trail.....
For the Friday run can I suggest just the back half, running either forwards or backwards? Running the whole trail is awful long for basically just one serious obstacle.
Of course there's the argument to be made that it allows for trail maintenance.....but wasn't that the point of the pre-run? I got all the nasty tree's out of the way.