This Weekend's Starting Line

The Pineland Farms Trail Running Festival is where you will see Amy Lane, Aliza Lapierre, Serena Wilcox and Chad Denning racing this Sunday, in the 50 mile race option. They are also signed up as Team Inov-8 for the team competition and I do like our chances. The venue is at beautiful Pineland Farms in New Gloucester, ME on a hilly, looped XC trail. Race distances from a barefoot 5k up to 50 miles can be raced over the 2 day festival starting this Saturday. Dwight Shuler will be in his element at the inaugural French Broad Challenge Triathlon. The challenge is a 1.5 mile run, 2.5 mile paddle, 11 mile bike, and finishing with a 2.9 mile run as part of the Mountain Sports Festival here in Asheville, NC. Kevin Tilton will be at the The Wachusett Mountain Road/Trail Race which is part of the USATF-NE Mountain Running Circuit . Kevin was just 4 seconds behind the win last year, running very well here over the last few years. Joe Grant will be racing at the Pocattello 50 mile, a challenging course at the Caribou-Targhee National Forest outside of Pocatello. On Memorial Day, Peter Maksimow will test out his turnover and race the Bolder Boulder 10k, a classic road race with a field of 50, ooo+ runners.