Welcome to Week 3 of the 2021 In-Person & Virtual New Paltz XC Summer Series! The best chance of running into a bear while running.
This week is the Blueberry Run course at Minnewaska State Park running through the old golf course filled with wild blueberries.
This year is a bit different. Please read through the whole email as it has details for the following…
The In-Person event for those fully vaccinated to run on Monday 7/19
Bibs are re-used week to week so please bring your bib back from Week 1 / Week 2.
For those who didn’t get their bib, Bib Pick begins at 6pm.
The race begins at @6:45pm
The Virtual for those running the course Tues 7/20-7/25
You must run the actual course this year to submit results
General Notes
Minnewaska State Park charges a $10 per car fee (carpool to save money)
– Empire Pass is accepted
Once you’ve entered the park turn left and go up the mountain towards the visitor center and parking.
All rules, regulations and fees are required when visiting the actual race courses.
This years in-person event will have fewer “frills”…
Water will be limited so we request you to carry your own.
There will be no post-race refreshments.
There are no kids races.
Course
The course is approximately 4 miles.
This is one of the courses used for the Shawangunk Runners’ Cross Country Series. Starting/finish line is on Minnewaska Carriage Rd. If running it virtually, just make sure you start and stop your watch at the exact same spot near the new Visitors Center, over looking the lake. It is a loop race course so just be sure to stop your watch exactly where you started it, or at 4 miles. 1. Start near the Visitor’s Center on Minnewaska Carriage Road [RED markers]. 2. Run down to the beach area. At the beach go RIGHT on Upper Awosting Carriage Rd [GREEN markers]. Go about one mile until the trees thin out and you can see an overgrown meadow on your left. This is the entry to the old golf course. This will be about 1 mile from the beach. 3. TURN LEFT onto the old golf course, running uphill. These trails have no names and are not marked by the Park. They are all mowed grass through the golf course. At the top of the hill you will start running through many tall blueberry bushes. Follow the orange flagging tape and orange ground markers as you wind through the golf course. 4. At the top of the hill, you will exit the golf course turn left on Castle Point Carriage Road [BLUE markers]. This will intersect with Lake Minnewaska Carriage Rd. 5. Turn RIGHT on Lake Minnewaska Carriage Rd [RED markers]. Head counter-clockwise around the lake. This will bring you back to the parking areas. where you will bear left back to the Visitor area where you started your watch. Yellow Flags and surveyors tape marks the course.
Note: If you’re doing the virtual and get lost just stop your watch at 4 miles and provide that as your time. May the odds be ever in your favor.
AllTrails course – https://www.alltrails.com/explore/map/map-jul-1-04-42-pm-6dd4e10
Gamin Course – https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/68234178
Parking
Minnewaska State Park – https://www.google.com/maps/place/Minnewaska+State+Park+Preserve/@41.7300631,-74.2374251,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89dcdf75cd22fec9:0x27e26df1a48a5981!8m2!3d41.7300631!4d-74.2352364
Results
Results from the in-person event will be posted to: https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/115454
Virtual results must be posted between 7/20 and 7/25
Link to submit results won’t show up until 7/20
https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/115454#resultSetId-263683;perpage:100
Click on Submit Virtual Results button under the Post Virtual Results Section
You’ll be brought to a page where you can search for your name or email.
If it doesn’t find you please confirm you registered on zippyreg or email me at christopher.regan@gmail.com
Any questions or comments can be emailed to Steve @ ssrun54@aol.com or Christopher @ christopher.regan@gmail.com
Looking forward to seeing you on Monday 7/12!
Results from Week 1 are available at: https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/94414
Results from Week 2 are available at: https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/94950
I need to write the code to do the points standings still but hoping to get that done this week.
Hoping this week we’ll get better views at Minnewaska.