Thursday, September 23, 2010

This Weekend's Starting Line

Yet another US Championship on tap this weekend. This time the scene is in beautiful Bend, OR for the USATF National Marathon Trail Championships (Flagline 50k). Yassine Diboun and Scott Dunlap will be toeing the line which will start and finish at the Mt. Bachelor Ski Resort.The 50k course has 4k of climb over single track and dirt roads. Jim Johnson will be running the Codfish Bowl XC Invitational in Boston (Franklin Park) this Saturday. The 8k race is an old College XC meet that allows Open teams and individuals to run and is part of the USATF-New England Cross Country Grand Prix. On Sunday, Amy Lane And Aliza Lapierre will both be racing at the Vermont 50 mile. The race is held at the Ascutney Mountain Resort in Brownsville, VT. There is also a 50k distance option, a 50 mile relay, and a 50 mile mountain bike race.

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