Perfect temperatures, low humidity and a slight breeze all followed by a beautiful sunset. I’m not sure we could have asked for a better June evening at Minnewaska last night for the Summer Solstice 14K Trail Run. We had another record turnout with 361 total runners and Minnewaska did an amazing job making sure everyone got parked. We hope you all had a fantastic evening as we all did as well. Just want to give a huge thank you to all the volunteers who make the race possible.

Results – https://shawangunkrunners.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016-Summer-Solstice-Results_v1.pdf

Pictures were taken but it’ll take a little while for those fine photographers to go through and edit the pictures. I’ll add links to the 2016 Races page once they are up and try to put out another post about it.

If you enjoyed running this type of course we have our Summer Cross Country Series starting on the 11th of July. A series of 4 races plus a fun run ranging from 3 to 4.7 miles at Mohonk Preserve & Minnewaska on Monday Evenings. If you’d like to come please pre-register to make things easier for both yourself and volunteers each night.
Details can be found here: https://shawangunkrunners.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/shxc2016-1.pdf

At the race last night Lauren Voorhes from the Alzheimer’s Association was handing out flyers for a possible entry into the NYC Marathon if you join their team and fundraise. Please find more information here (MarathonFlyerRevised) if you are interested.

Thank you again to everyone and looking forward to seeing many, if not all, of you at the Summer Series races.

Christopher

SUMMER SOLSTICE 14K TRAIL RUN
The weather seems to say it’s Summer and we have just 23 days till the Summer Solstice Trail Run. Things are coming together and we have the BIB’s, Finishers Item and Age Group awards ready to go. I’m going to assume the weather is going to cooperate as well.

Registration numbers are 70% higher than last year and we expect things to continue. We have a cap of 400 and we ask you to register early to make things go more smoothly the night of the race. I personally ask you to register early to save me some stress the night of having to put in lots of registrations into the computer.

Registration is still just $15 (plus processing fee online) | Day of is $20
You can register online at the following link: http://www.areep.com/online_reg/registration.php?eventID=769
You can also mail in a registration: https://shawangunkrunners.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2016-Summer-Solstice-Registration.pdf

THE BERNIE STAHL ONTEORA MILE
While I have you attention I’d also like to mention another wonderful race, The Onteora Mile, coming up on Friday June 10th at 6:15pm on the track at Dietz Stadium in Kingston, NY. Nowadays the mile doesn’t get the same amount of attention from runners as it used to but it’s a fantastic distance to really get to see how fast you really can run. All proceeds from the race go to the Onteora Runners Scholarship Fund and that helps local students. There are multiple heats so runners of all paces are welcome. If you can’t run come out and cheer on some of the local runners as they push themselves to their limits. Registration is just $10.
Registration Flyer

Registration for the 2016 Summer Solstice Trail Run is now open!

Course Description: The race starts at Lake Minnewaska and runs along incredible cliffs (Castle Point), circles pristine glacial lakes (Lake Awosting), and through blooming mountain laurel. This is one of the most beautiful runs, anywhere. This race is sanctioned by USA Track and Field.
Finishers: Receive a special race specific item
Awards: M/F categories 19 & Under | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-59 | 60-69 | 70-79 | 80+

Online Registration: https://www.zippyreg.com/online_reg/registration.php?eventID=769
Mail-in Registration: https://shawangunkrunners.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2016-Summer-Solstice-Registration.pdf

 Facebook Event

Thanks to everyone who came out this morning. We got lucky in that there was no precipitation although it was a bit chilly. I hope everyone who ran had a great time and enjoyed the wonderful trails in Mohonk Preserve. There will be plenty of more chances to run through the year including races like Rock The Ridge, 2 of the New Paltz Summer Series races & the Pfalz Point Challenge. Rock the Ridge is coming up at the end of the month and more details on the other races will be coming soon. Hopefully we’ll get to see some of you there again.

Results from the race this morning are available at: https://shawangunkrunners.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016-Bridge-2-Bridge-Results.pdf

Pictures will be coming over the next couple weeks and i’ll put up a link once I have the links to them.

Thank you!
~ Christopher

The 2016 Spring Youth Track Development Program is beginning next week on April 7th. Providing introductory running, athletic skill, and field event instruction for ages 9 and up. Led by New York State and USA Track and Field-certified coach, representatives of the Shawangunk Running Club, and volunteer high school varsity athletes. Activities will vary and may include: sprinting, distance running, relays, long jump, shot put, turbo javelin, hurdles and team running games.

– See more at: https://shawangunkrunners.com/youth-track/

Hello Everyone

Our meeting which was planned for Friday 1/29/16 has been postponed for 2 weeks. Please mark your calendar for 2/12/16. I will post more info once we know where the meeting will take place. Thanks

~ Shawangunk Board

Our Annual Meeting is coming up on Friday January 29th. We’re still figuring out where the meeting will be but it will most likely be at 7:30. I’ll post more info as we solidify the place and time. We need to select board members for this year so your attendance would be greatly appreciated.

We will soon be switching our Friday night workouts to the indoor track at SUNY.  If you would like your name added to the roster, please contact Beth Glace at lb@nismat.org

Hi Everyone,

It looks like our Friday night track interval workouts will continue at Dietz Stadium till we get indoor at SUNY New Paltz on 1/22/16. We warm up at 5:45pm with faster running beginning at 6:15pm. Starting Wednesday December 2, 2015 we will start tempo run workouts at Dietz Stadium- tempo runs are generally longer, than intervals, and at a slower pace- we are starting up the Wednesday workouts again because the two workout supplement each other well but, also because we know some people cant make Fridays but still want to be part of a group workout experience- Also Geri Owens does our Friday workouts at SUNY New Paltz track on Saturday mornings and is looking for company- at all of our workouts everyone is welcome and of course there is no charge and if you want to join our club well its only $20 and you get benefits like first dibs of being on our winter indoor roster (the college limits us to 30 names) and you get a free entry into the entire New Paltz summer series (5 weeks) info on club membership is Shawangunk Runners Membership Form.

~ Steve (President)

After an incredible 125 registrations in the last 7 days we have reached the event cap of 350 registrants. There will be NO Day-Of Registrations for this event. Parking is limited and we ask everyone who is registered to carpool, not only to save parking spaces, but to split the cost of the $10 entry fee for Minnewaska State Park. With Castle Point trail still being closed there will be changes to the course this year. Steve and I plan to go out and figure out the course soon and I’ll post details of the course once we have it.  As the event grows closer continue to check the site for the latest information as well as your emails.

Here is the demographic for the event…some deep fields in many age groups

 
Finally here are a couple events that we’d like you to think about coming out for…
4th Annual For Paws & Wright Naturals 5K Run / Walk
Date: October 17th, 2015 @ 3pm
Where: Ulster County New Paltz Park
More Info: Facebook Event | For Paws of Ulster Event Page

6th Annual UlsterCorps Zombie Escape
Date: Ocotber 31st, 2015 @ 11am
Where: Williams Lake, Rosendale, NY
More Info: UlsterCorps Event Page

With 26 days left until race day we’re currently at 270 registrants with a cap of 350. We have to cap the number of registrants because of parking constraints at Minnewaska. If you want to run the race please sign up soon as we’re most likely going to sell out and then there will be no race day registration.

Online registration is available at: https://www.zippyreg.com/online_reg/registration.php?eventID=622

Mail-In Registration: Mail-In Form