Monthly Archives: July 2022

New Paltz XC Series Week 3 Info +

First off some exciting news…

The weather gods were not with us, and we had to cancel the Patterson’s Pellet Run on 7/18 at Lake Minnewaska. However, the management at the Minnewaska State Park Preserve has agreed to let us reschedule it to Monday 8/8/22. The park closes at 8 pm. So we will need to start the run EARLIER at 6:30 pm. Kid’s races will start at 6:15 pm. The Patterson’s Pellet Run is 3.2 miles long and is not a hard run. Everyone will need to be finished by 7:30 pm if you need more than one hour to finish, you can start earlier. NEXT WEEK’S race on 8/1/22 is Lou’s Run at the Mohonk Preserve’s Spring Farm Trailhead. It will follow the regular schedule of 6:45 pm for the kids and around 7 pm for the adults start. The Fun Run and Awards Night will now be on 8/15. 

Now onto details for Week 3 – Lou’s Run

This weeks Summer Series run on 8/1 is Lou’s Run at the Mohonk Preserve’s Spring Farm Trailhead.

The entrance is at the end of Upper 27 Knolls Rd in High Falls, NY-
https://goo.gl/maps/J5P5qLpFNR5A4Ccz7
We’ll be parking at the upper grass field (event parking) at the top of the access road with overflow parking in the lower lot.
Please, pretty please, CARPOOL to save parking spots.

There is No parking fee this week just inform the person at the ticket booth that you are there for the race 🙂
Early starters- if you anticipated that it will take you more than one hour to complete the course, please start earlier than 7 pm and inform the timer Christopher Regan of your start.

Remember to Bring back your bibs from previous weeks.

The children’s ½-mile and one-mile races go off together at 6:45 pm, with the Adult run starting as close to 7 pm as possible.

Bib pickup begins at 6 pm.

The races will start and finish at the Slingerlands Pavilion. There will be one water stop out on the course at the intersection of Cedar Drive and Bontcou Rd.

The course is a tough 4.3 miles through grass trails and a bit of single track and carriageways.
Course map – https://www.alltrails.com/explore/map/map-july-27-2022-e464f78

Refreshments are watermelon and cookies.

All rules and regulations of the Mohonk Preserve must be adhered to!

Bathrooms are available right near the pavilion and are clean!

Members of the Onteora Runners Club will be joining us this week as the race serves as the ORC Grand Prix race #5.

Results from previous weeks…
Undercliff / Overcliff (Week `1) – https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/132830#resultSetId-327829;perpage:100
Blueberry Run (Week 2) – https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/132891#resultSetId-330001;perpage:100

I need to work on the program to generate the points and will do that as soon as possible.