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Holiday Classic 5k & Viking Run

While the Shawangunk Runners don’t have any races coming up there are 2 nice winter races coming up in the area.

Saturday 10/20 @ 10am
The Holiday Classic 5k at Columbia-Greene Community College on Rt. 23 in Hudson, NY.
Please check out the race flyer for more details – Flyer | Online Registration
Smaller age groups for awards and gloves to the first 150 registrants.
Please bring a unexpired dry good item with you to donate

Sunday 10/28 @ 1pm
The Viking Run (10k) at St. Peters Church in Rosendale, NY.
Race day sign-up only with a donation of $5.
I’ve heard this is one doozy of a course. 😉

After The Leaves Have Fallen Results

We had a magnificent November day in Minnewaska State Park with partly cloudy skies, temperatures in the low 50’s and no precipitation. With a change to a Half Marathon course we had over a 100 runner increase from last year. 315 people crossed the finish line and received their finisher glass.

I’d like to thank runners for participating, all the volunteers who gave their time without which we couldn’t put on a successful race, and of course Steve Schallenkamp the race director. It takes a lot of time and effort both behind the scenes and day of to put on a race. Luckily the Shawangunk Runners have a great group to make it possible.

Charlotte & Roger Kopp were out on the course taking pictures as well as Bob Kopac. I’m sure they’ll be working hard on looking through and touching up photos. I’ll get links posted as soon as they are ready so keep your eyes peeled for that. Another wonderful set of people who come out and spend their time to take pictures of our runners.

I had a few issues with the timing but have done my best. Please find the results here – Results
* If there are any corrections please email me and I’ll see what needs to be done.

Thank you once again and we look forward to the 2015 race season

After The Leaves Have Fallen details for Sunday

After The Leaves Hallen Fallen Participants!

A few things about the race for this coming Sunday…

We have passed the 300 pre-registrant mark and the cap is 350!

1) Race starts at 11am
– Early start at 10:30am if you plan to finish in over 2:45
– Early starters please wear your bibs backwards so the numbers do not show
2) Registration starts at 9:30am
– Day of cost is $25
3) Minnewaska State Park opens at 9am
– There is a $8 fee per car
– Empire Passport is excepted
4) Parking space is limited.
– Arrive early!
– Car pool to save spaces and money
– Pre-registration to the race does not guarantee a parking spot.
– Once all parking spots are filled they close the park.
5) There will be shuttles running from the lower parking lot to the upper lot.
6) Water Stops (3)
– Intersection of Green & Black ~ 4.1 miles
– Castle Point ~ 8.5 miles
– Intersection of Blue & Red ~ 11.7 miles
Directions: Exit 18 off the NY State Thruway. Make left onto Route 299 and follow to
intersection with Route 44/55. Make right onto 44/55; continue approx. 5 miles to
Minnewaska State Park, on left.

Course Preview: After The Leaves Have Fallen by Greg Cecere

Creg Cecere of Momentum Physical Therapy of New Paltz has written a nice little article previewing the upcoming After The Leaves Have Fallen Half Marathon.

Take a look and get a preview of what you have in store for Sunday.
http://www.momentumptnp.com/blog/course-preview-after-the-leaves-have-fallen-half-marathon

Registrants will be receiving an email with final details later in the week.

After The Leaves Training Run (10/24 @ 3:30pm)

A few people are getting together to do part of the After The Leaves course as a training run on Friday 10/24. We’ll meet at the top of Minnewaska a little before 3:30pm where the race will start. The plan is to skip the first out and back loop and head out towards Lake Awosting but instead of going around it like the race, since it’s mainly flat, we’ll head straight up to Castle Point, back to Lake Minnewaska and around back to the starting point. Mapped out it looks to be just about 9.4 miles. Please bring your own fluids since there won’t be any on the run.

ATL Training Run

Weather currently looks good with temperatures in the high 50’s and cloudy.

If you have any questions you can contact me by email or text me at (914) 456-9779.

– Christopher

 

 

 

2014 Rock and Snow “Bridge 2 Bridge” 5 Mile Run Results

I’m not sure we could have had a better early August morning for the 2014 Rock and Snow “Bridge 2 Bridge” 5 Mile Run benefiting the Mohonk Preserve. There was a lot of good and positive energy at the Spring Farm Pavilion and lots of smiles. Everyone I talked to loved the course and, of course, the beauty they were running in. I personally could have done without the hill at mile 2 though. 🙂

As always, a race would be nothing without the tremendous effort of the volunteers. I’d like to personally thank all those out on the course making sure people went the right way, the people at the water stop, the finish line crew and all those others who helped before, during, and after the race.

There was also plenty of food to fuel the runners and I’d like to thank Yvonne for making the Veggie Salad. I may have eaten a few more cookies than I should have…oh well.

Here are the results from this morning – Results

Thanks again to all the runners and the volunteers!

2014 New Paltz Summer XC Series Finale

MugsLast night saw the conclusion of the 2014 Summer Cross Country Series. Another wonderful night for everyone to go out and run the distance of their choice without that pesky clock or others to race against. Even I, the timer, got to leave the computer in the car and go for a nice 8 mile run. We had beautiful mugs for awards this year designed and hand crafted by Solveig Comer of Most Precious Pottery.

I’d like to thank all the amazing volunteers, without them we wouldn’t be able to attend to all you racers. A special thanks goes out to Beth Glace, Steve Schallenkamp, Christine Kelton & Mendy Taylor who were the race directors for the 4 races. It takes a lot of time and effort to put those races on and I’m thankful we have such a wonderful group of leaders.

I’d also like to thank Charlotte Kopp for taking pictures at the races. She recently posted up her pictures from last weeks Blueberry Run – Photos

High Points
Here’s a link to a few pictures I took at the Fun Run last night – Photos

Finally I’d like to put a plug in for the Rock and Snow “Bridge 2 Bridge” Run that is coming up on Saturday August 9th, 2014.  It’s a benefit run for the Mohonk Preserve. There is no day of registration so make sure you sign up early.

After The Leaves will be coming up in November and is the last of the Shawangunk Runners races for the year. Keep an eye out for a post on that.

Thanks again!