The Mount Mitchell 40 mile Challenge is this Saturday morning and like last year it will live up to it's name. This time instead of a potential surprising weather change mid-race, there is already deep snow and ice covered trails coupled with blow downs everywhere from recent storms. The course is shortened this year to 35 miles to avoid some of the impassable trails by taking the road up to the summit but it will be a tough struggle nonetheless. Dwight Shuler will brave the conditions and see how well his Kahtoola Microspikes work on the snow covered trail section of the course.
Joe Gray will be at the World Snowshoe Invite this Saturday at Grouse Mountain just outside Vancouver, near the Olympic Games. He will be racing the 10k distance. Eric Charette and DeWayne Satterfield will be racing the point to point course of Mount Cheaha 50k billed as "the race to the top of Alabama". Lainie Callahan will be racing the Pony Express 50 mile at Cameron Park Lake in Cameron Park, California. The course is 50 Miles of groomed horse trail on a 1.25 mile loop-repeated 40 times around the lake.
Kevin Tilton and Jim Johnson will be at the USATF-New England 10 Mile Road Championships (Jones 10 Miler) out in Amherst, MA on Sunday. Peter Maksimow will try to wrap up the Pikes Peak Series overall win this Saturday at the 4th and final race a 20k distance. Amy Lane is back on the snowshoes this time at the Moody Spring snowshoe race this weekend in Hawley, MA.
Friday, February 26, 2010
This Weekend's Starting Line (updated 2/26)
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Best of luck to all this weekend. Kevin Tilton and I will be running in the USATF-New England 10 Mile Road Championships out in Amherst, MA on Sunday.
...in my new f-lite 230s I may add.... glad to have picked up a new pair after running 40+ races in my first pair last year ;)...
Well JJ (and Kevin) - I'm volunteering at the race on Sunday. I'll be cheering you both on from the last turn before the finish line. Good luck!
(I'll be doing the Moody Spring snow shoe race on Saturday, I hope it's better than my snow shoe run last night which was slow and sloppy.)
thanks amy! Good luck today (you are probably done by now though).... I wish I could be out there, but I'd like to try to salvage something for Sunday :).... Don't look too far near the front for me at least :)... Big day for Kevin tomorrow though.
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