Hear me and rejoice! Week 1 of the 2021 In-Person & Virtual New Paltz XC Summer Series is upon us!

This week is the classic Undercliff / Overcliff course at the West Trapps of the Mohonk Preserve.

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 7/5

• Bib Pick begins at 6pm. (Bibs must be brought back each week)
• The race begins at 6:45pm

The Virtual for those running the course Tues 7/6-7/11

• You must run the actual course this year to submit results

General Notes
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 4.72 miles. I
Starting & Ending at the Trapps side of the West Trapps Bridge you will head out either Undercliff or Overcliff. Depending on which way you go you will then return to the West Trapps Bridge the other way. In general most people run out Undercliff and return Overcliff.
Garmin Map of the course – https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/36525772

Parking
Please carpool to save spots especially on Monday 7/5. It’s a holiday for a lot of people and may be extremely crowded.

Mohonk Preserve West Trapps Parking Lot – https://goo.gl/maps/rEzMS5xSf8vqQ2sr7

Weekends & Holidays are extremely busy and the venue closes if the lots fill. DO NOT PARK on the side of the road…you will get ticketed and/or towed.
Note: If West Trapps is full park at the Visitor Center and hike up the East Trapps Connector Trail to the cliffs, turn left and head towards the start/finish line.

Mohonk Details
The trailhead will be open daily from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for members and from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. for day-use visitors.
This parking lot fills VERY early on peak weekends. On summer and fall weekends, arrive early to ensure a parking space at West Trapps. Or park at the Visitor Center lot and hike up the East Trapps Connector to the Trapps cliffs and to the beginning of the trail and carriage road network.
Take the New Paltz exit 18 off of the NYS Thruway. Go 7 miles west (through New Paltz) on Route 299 to the end: make right on Route 44-55. The Preserve Visitor Center will be 1/2 mile on your right. Go 1.3 miles past the Visitor Center, and turn right into parking area

Results
Results from the in-person event will be posted to: https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/94414/

Virtual results must be posted between 7/6 and 7/11

• Link to submit results won’t show up until 7/6
• Go to this page: https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/94414#resultSetId-260328;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 a lot of you on Monday 7/5!

Registration for the New Paltz Summer Series organized by the Shawangunk Runners Club is now open at https://www.zippyreg.com/online_reg/index.php?e=1550

The series will be in-person on Monday evenings (starting 7/5) for all fully vaccinated individuals and people will also have the option of running the courses Tuesday through Sunday on their own each week. Registration is capped at 200 people. Sign up now and don’t get left out! There will be no children’s races this year.

We’ve recently moved our membership online to help to facilitate tracking, renewing and providing discounts for members to races. This is exciting for us and we want to thank Josh from ZippyReg for helping to bring us into 2021.

You can see the link to join by going to the Membership page
https://shawangunkrunners.com/join/

And coming soon details on the In-person and virtual 2021 Summer Series

I need you to please read and understand the entire post…

There are 2 pickup locations remaining this weekend with different times and different instructions and 1 on Wednesday 11/25

TOMORROW – Keegan Ales parking lot on St James St Kingston Sunday 11/22 11:30 am 12:30 pm.

WEDNESDAY – Kingston Wednesday 11/25 at Dietz Stadium by the track 5-6pm.

For the above you just show up and someone will be there (I’m assuming Steve Schallenkamp) who will have your mittens. You don’t need to text or call or anything.

TODAY & TOMORROW – Fleet Feet Poughkeepsie 11/21 & 11/22 during normal store hours.

We wanted to provide a couple of additional details about mitten pickup at Fleet Feet Poughkeepsie as they are getting very overwhelmed with calls and messages.  They do these pickups for us as a courtesy and we are trying to be as non-disruptive to their business as possible. 

To reiterate, mitten pickup is at Fleet Feet Poughkeepsie on Saturday 11/21 & Sunday 11/22 only.  If you are unable to pick-up during those days, please respond back to this email to make other arrangements.  Please do not contact them about setting stuff aside for pickup at a later date, this is unfortunately not a possibility. 

Also, their address is 1895 South Road, Poughkeepsie, NY at the Shoppes at South Hills.  There are people texting their store phone but showing up for pickup at the wrong location.  Their weekend hours are Saturday 10am-6pm & Sunday 11am-4pm. 

If you don’t plan to shop, once you arrive you can just TEXT their store phone at 845-375-0704 and they will bring the mittens out to you.  They have several different pickups going on currently and it is significantly easier for them if you use the text method vs. calling the store. 

Any questions, concerns or complaints can be sent to me Christopher Regan @ christopher.regan@gmail.com

First, we want to thank you all for participating in our Autumn Series to help raise money for UlsterCorps. It’s been a trying time for everyone and we know they are appreciative to receive any and all help for them to continue their mission.

Now onto the good news. If you completed at least 4 of the runs in the series you can pickup your mittens at the following times and locations…

New Paltz distribution on Saturday 11/21 at 9-10 am
Location: Ulster BOCES parking lot 
Map:https://goo.gl/maps/2ww3U9qo7FtgT589A

Keegan Ales parking lot on St James St Kingston Sunday 11/22 11:30 am 12:30 pm.

Kingston Wednesday 11/25 at Dietz Stadium by the track 5-6pm.

Fleet Feet Poughkeepsie 11/21 & 11/22 during normal store hours.
Thanks to Kim and here team. Please read and follow the instructions below for pickup.

Fleet Feet Poughkeepsie
Shoppes at South Hills
1895 South Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Sat 10am-6pm
Sun 11am-4pm

We offer a curbside pickup method where you can just pull up front or park and stay in your vehicle.  Upon arrival, send a text message to us at 845-375-0704 letting us know your name, that you are picking up for the New Paltz Autumn Series and a brief description of your car and/or where you are parked.  It is significantly easier for our team if you text vs. calling.

First, you still have till Midnight on 11/1 to enter your results for Week 4 – https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/101735#resultSetId-223435;perpage:100

Week 5 of the Shawangunk Runners Sky Lakes and Landscapes Autumn Series brings us back to Minnewaska State Park for the longest run of the series. Similar to the Week 3 course but adding on a loop around Lake Awosting to showcase the After The Leaves course that we have been missing the past few years.

Park Information – https://parks.ny.gov/parks/127
* Contains info on fees, hours, etc

AllTrails Course Link w/ Description:  https://www.alltrails.com/explore/map/tue-13-oct-2020-23-27-0fbce6c 

General Notes
All rules, regulations and fees are required when visiting the actual race courses.

Course
Start – From behind the new visitor center, take the red-marked Minnewaska Carriage Road counter-clockwise around the lake.
.7 miles – Turn right on the yellow-marked Millbrook Mountain Carriage Road..
.9 miles – Bear right on yellow-marked Hamilton Point Carriage Road.
1.0 miles – Bear left to continue on Hamilton Point Carriage Road.
3.8 miles – Bear left on the blue-marked Castle Point Carriage Road.
4.4 miles – Turn left onto the black-marked Lake Awosting Carriage Road and proceed clockwise around Lake Awosting.
7.8 miles – Turn left on the blue-marked Castle Point Carriage Road and proceed up and over Castle Point.
8.4 miles – Bear left to continue on Castle Point Carriage Road.
11.6 miles – Bear right on the yellow-marked Castle Point Connector (“poop chute”)
11.8 miles – Continue straight on the yellow-marked Hamilton Point Carriage Road.
11.9 miles – Continue straight on the yellow-marked Millbrook Mountain Carriage Road.
12.1 miles – Turn right on the red-marked Minnewaska Carriage Road and continue counter-clockwise around the lake.
13.1 miles – Finish where you started, behind the new visitor center.

Parking
The parking area is at the upper levels of Minnewaska State Park near Lake Minnewaska. It’s fairly large but might become full on busy weekends especially with leaf peepers.

Results
Results MUST be posted between 11/02 and 11/08
Go to this page –  https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/102472#resultSetId-226084;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.
On the next page you’ll be able to submit results.
If it doesn’t find you please confirm you registered on zippyreg or email me at christopher.regan@gmail.com (Note: the import to RunSignup from ZippyReg is manual)

Any questions or comments can be emailed to Steve @ ssrun54@aol.com

First, you still have till Midnight on 10/25 to enter your results for Week 3 – https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/101735#resultSetId-223435;perpage:100

Week 4 of the Shawangunk Runners Sky Lakes and Landscapes Autumn Series brings us to the O&W Rail Trail. At this time of year we think you’ll really enjoy the trail as it’s filled with leaves all different colors. This week is also special because it brings you 3 distances you can run. Please make sure you choose the proper distance when you go to submit your results. Distances are 4.5, 7.3 or 9.61.  

AllTrails Course Link w/ Description: https://www.alltrails.com/explore/map/o-w-rail-trail-south-from-leggett-road-6602294
* Note: this shows the longest distance

General Notes
All rules, regulations and fees are required when visiting the actual race courses.

Course
The run starts at the Legett Road trailhead and goes south. It has three option that are all out and back. The first turnaround will be Rest Plaus Rd. and that makes the run 4.5 miles the second turnaround is Kyserike Rd and that will be a 7.3 mile run the final turnaround is Lucas Turnpike/County Route 1. I will lay down flour flags, a cone and some tape at each turnaround. Legget Rd is considered Stone Ridge. Since the parking area is small people can actually run the distances on any stretch of the O&W- there are 8 parking areas starting up near kingston.

Parking
The small parking area is on Legget Rd in Stone Ridge. Since the parking area is small you can actually run the distances on any stretch of the O&W Rail Trail. There are 8 parking areas starting up near Kingston. 

Results
Results MUST be posted between 10/26 and 11/01
Go to this page –  https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/102112#resultSetId-224718;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.
On the next page you’ll be able to submit results for 1 or more of the distances.
If it doesn’t find you please confirm you registered on zippyreg or email me at christopher.regan@gmail.com (Note: the import to RunSignup from ZippyReg is manual)

Any questions or comments can be emailed to Steve @ ssrun54@aol.com

First, you still have till Midnight on 10/18 to enter your results for Week 2 – https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/101291#resultSetId-221981;perpage:100

Week 3 of the Shawangunk Runners Sky Lakes and Landscapes Autumn Series brings us to Minnewaska State Park. If you’re familiar with the Summer Solstice Run I think this will give you a new view in the fall. It’s an absolutely beautiful run with lots of lookouts.

Park Information – https://parks.ny.gov/parks/127
* Contains info on fees, hours, etc

AllTrails Course Link w/ Description:https://www.alltrails.com/explore/map/castle-point-gallop-sky-lakes-series-minnewaska-state-park-8d1de74

General Notes
All rules, regulations and fees are required when visiting the actual race courses.

Course
The course is approximately 8.4 miles. If you aren’t running the actual course you should run 8.4 miles. Reminder that for this virtual series you don’t need to run the actual course but it’s definitely more fun.

NOTE: We did not mark this course in any way – it is a loop and should be quite apparent. 
1. Drive to Upper parking area at Lake Minnewaska [not lower Awosting parking area]. 
2. From Parking area, walk to the start/finish line: stay to the right of the new visitor center, following carriage path to intersection of Lake Minnewaska Carriageway, red trail. At that intersection you will be overlooking the lake, at the top of a hill, with the trail going downhill on your right as you face the lake. That intersection is the START/Finish.  From that intersection, at the rail fence, run down the hill keeping the lake on your left on the RED trail. 
3. Stay LEFT at the bottom of the hill, past the beach area. Go counterclockwise around the lake, staying on Lake Minnewaska Carriageway, RED trail. 
4. Head uphill away from the beach and about a half mile from where you started, make a RIGHT on the blue trail, Castle Point Carriageway. 
5. Stay on Castle Point Carriageway for approximately 2.5 miles, to the overlook at Castle Rock [great views]. The trail will go down hill, through switchbacks, and take you to the black trail, Lake Awosting Carriageway. Go Straight onto Lake Awosting Carriageway. The lake will be on your left. 
6. Stay on the black trail, Lake Awosting Carriageway, about 0.5 miles to the intersection with the green trail, Upper Awosting Carriageway. This should be at about 5.3 miles into the run. Upper Awosting Carriageway, green trail, will be a mostly gradual downhill run back to Lake Minnewaska, about 3.1 miles. It is fast and very runnable. 
7. At the beach area, intersection of Lake Minnewaska Carriageway, go LEFT up the hill to the finish/start [~100 yards uphill] to where you started your watch. 8.4 miles approximately.

AllTrails Map of the course – https://www.alltrails.com/explore/map/castle-point-gallop-sky-lakes-series-minnewaska-state-park-8d1de74

Parking
The parking area is at the upper levels of Minnewaska State Park near Lake Minnewaska. It’s fairly large but might become full on busy weekends especially with leaf peepers.

Results
Results MUST be posted between 10/19 and 10/25
Go to this page –  https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/101735#resultSetId-223435;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 (Note: the import to RunSignup from ZippyReg is manual)

Any questions or comments can be emailed to Steve @ ssrun54@aol.com

First, you still have till Midnight on 10/11 to enter your results for Week 1 – https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/100741#resultSetId-220031;perpage:100

Week 2 of the Shawangunk Runners Sky Lakes and Landscapes Autumn Series will take us to Minnewaska Preserves Sams Point Area. If you’re never been to Sams Point you’re in for a treat. I’d suggest if that you can spend some extra time there to hike up and check out the Ice Caves.

Park Information – https://parks.ny.gov/parks/193
* Contains info on fees, hours, etc

AllTrails Course Link w/ Description: https://www.alltrails.com/explore/map/lake-maratanza-10k-sky-lakes-series-shawangunk-runners-b8b2926

General Notes
All rules, regulations and fees are required when visiting the actual race courses.

Course
The course is approximately 6.2 miles. If you aren’t running the actual course you should run 6.2 miles. Reminder that for this virtual series you don’t need to run the actual course but it’s definitely more fun.

Start at the Sam’s Point Nature Center, Cragsmoor, NY. 
1. Start at the metal gate which separates the parking lot from the trails, see photo. Run across lawn and to the fork. 
2. Bear RIGHT, up switchback trail to to left to Sam’s Point Overlook trail. Go LEFT there and run to the Overlook. Take a gander and maybe a photo to share with us then run back to Loop Rd. 
3. Go LEFT on Loop Rd, and continue counterclockwise around Lake Maratanza. This is flat and fast. 
4. At the far end of lake, go RIGHT on High Point Carriageway. 
5. Continue to the turn around, past the Environmental conservation area. We will have this marked as the turnaround. If you have GPS this should be about 3.5 miles. 
    (Per Steve – At approx 1.2 miles, the High Point Carriageway goes left, there will be a small sign saying Trail. The spot is marked with small orange surveyors tape and some orange tape on bushes and white flour arrows that might survive rain. Continue on, a bit rockier section ,for .3 miles to the turnaround.)
6. Turn around and run back to Loop Rd. 
7. Go right on Loop Rd and run back to the Nature Center. Start and stop your watch at the gate which borders the parking area.

AllTrails Map of the course – https://www.alltrails.com/explore/map/lake-maratanza-10k-sky-lakes-series-shawangunk-runners-b8b2926

Parking
The parking area is at the welcome center. It’s a relatively small parking area and thus might become full on busy weekends.

Results
Results MUST be posted between 10/12 and 10/18
Go to this page –  https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/101291#resultSetId-221981;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 (Note: the import to RunSignup from ZippyReg is manual)

Any questions or comments can be emailed to Steve @ ssrun54@aol.com

For everyone who hasn’t picked up their New Paltz Summer Series mug they are available at Fleet Feet Poughkeepsie and can be picked up anytime during our normal business hours and by following the instructions below for curbside pickup. Please read and follow the instructions so we can continue to work with Fleet Feet to offer pickup in the future.  The Shawangunk Runners would like to thank Fleet Feet, Kim and her team for hosting this final pickup.

Fleet Feet Poughkeepsie
Shoppes at South Hills
1895 South Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-7pm
Sat 10am-6pm
Sun 11am-4pm

We offer a curbside pickup method where you can just pull up front or park and stay in your vehicle.  Upon arrival, send a text message to us at 845-375-0704 letting us know your name, that you are picking up for the New Paltz Summer Series and a brief description of your car and/or where you are parked.  It is significantly easier for our team if you text vs. calling.