March Update

Reminder of Annual Meeting

Date: March 15, 2019
Place: Science Hall, Room 272, SUNY New Paltz Campus from 7:30-9:00.

  1.  Recap of 2018 (Steve)
  2. Treasurer’s Report (Dan)
  3. Election of Board Officers: Slate of candidates presented by the board.  Nominations will be taken from the floor during the meeting.
    • President – Steve Schallenkamp
    • Vice President – Beth Glace
    • Treasurer – Dan Freedman
    • Secretary – Greg Cecere
    • Webmaster and General Tech Guru – Christopher Regan
    • Member-at-Large – Diana Karron
  1. 2019 race calendar
  2. Other business
Hope to see you there!

Upcoming Races

25th Annual Rays’ Run
Date: 
Sunday March 31st, 2019
Time: 2M Walk / 4M Run @ 12:30pm | Kids Run for Fun  @ 1:15pm
Place: Dietz Stadium, 170 N Front St, Kingston, NY 12401

More details: https://shawangunkrunners.com/raysrun/
Online Registration: https://www.zippyreg.com/online_reg/index.php?e=1209

Rock and Snow Bridge 2 Bridge Run
Date: Saturday April 13th, 2019
Time: 5 Mile check in begins at 8:00 AM. Race starts at 9:00 AM.
Place: Start and finish at the Mohonk Preserve’s Spring Farm Trailhead on Upper 27 Knolls Road (off Mohonk Road) in High Falls, NY.

More details: https://www.mohonkpreserve.org/events/rock-and-snow-bridge-2-bridge-run.html
Online Registration:
 https://www.zippyreg.com/?event=1185

Annual Membership Meeting is on 3/15

Agenda for annual meeting of the Shawangunk Runners

Date: March 15, 2019
Place: Science Hall, Room 272, SUNY New Paltz Campus from 7:30-9:00.
Food: Pizza will be provided!

  1.  Recap of 2018 (Steve)
  2. Treasurer’s Report (Dan)
  3. Election of Board Officers: Slate of candidates presented by the board.  Nominations will be taken from the floor during the meeting.
    • President – Steve Schallenkamp
    • Vice President – Beth Glace
    • Treasurer – Dan Freedman
    • Secretary – Greg Cecere
    • Webmaster and General Tech Guru – Christopher Regan
    • Member-at-Large – Diana Karron
  1. 2019 race calendar
  2. Other business

If you haven’t renewed your membership for 2019 you can find the form here –
https://shawangunkrunners.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-Shawangunk-Runners-Membership-Form.pdf
You can either mail it in or bring it to the meeting.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact us.

(CANCELLED) 2018 After The Leaves Half Marathon

It is with utmost displeasure I have to write this post.

We have been in discussions with the Mohonk Preserve over the past few days about the impending storm. While we wanted to wait and see how things looked on Saturday the outlook for the mountain is for a significant snowfall amount. Since temperatures on the mountain tend to be lower and there are areas that get little in the way of sunlight it has been determined that there may be some treacherous areas. With wet snow, ice and water on top of a layer of leaves we find it in the best interest of everyone to cancel the After The Leaves Half Marathon.

We understand that many, if not all, will be disappointed with this decision. We too are disappointed we can’t have the race. Many hours by multiple people have gone into having everything ready for you come Sunday.

We have made the decision to refund you the full amount of your entry. Thanks to ZippyReg for allowing us to do this. If you ever need a platform for online registrations for races please consider them, they are a wonderful team out of Albany. http://zippyreg.com

We hope to see you at future events!

P.S. We’re going to try to reschedule the event for early spring (before the trees bud). We’ll make sure to send an email to all those who were registered if we decide to go that route.

Shawangunk Runners

After The Leaves Have Fallen Course Details

I’ve gotten a few questions about the course and figured I’d post so others can have some info about the course they’ll be running…

You start at Spring Farm Trailhead in the Mohonk Preserve
Here’s the directions from Jason Taylor
AFTER THE LEAVES HAVE FALLEN: Spring Farm Course (13.1 miles)
1. START at Cedar Drive/Spring Farm Road junction, heading south.
2. Left on Old Glen Anna Road
3. Right on North Lookout Road
4. Left on Glen Anna Path
5. Left on Huguenot Drive
6. Right on Bridge Road
7. Right on Forest Drive
8. Left on Old Stage Road
9. Left on Oakwood Drive
10. Right on Duck Pond Road
11. Right on Glory Hill Road
12. Left on Oakwood Drive
13. Left across Rhododendron Bridge
14. Right on Laurel Ledge Road
15. Left on Maple Path
16. Left on Mossy Brook Road
17. Right on Cedar Drive
18. Left on Spring Farm Road
19. Right at Spring Farm Pavilion
20. FINISH in fields

Rosendale Runs Results

A beautiful crisp fall day in the Hudson Valley brought us pretty perfect weather for the Rosendale Runs Plains Run and Half Marathon. We had a great turnout and, as far as I could tell, everyone enjoyed themselves. Hopefully there weren’t too many trips, falls, and skinned knees. I hope you got to enjoy the leaves and the beauty that is Rosendale, NY.

I want to thank the race directors Steve & Lisa as I know they put in countless hours getting things ready for all of you. I want to thanks the numerous volunteers who got up early and spent hours making sure you were taken care of on the course. I want to thank the fire, police & the many people from Rosendale who made the streets safe and kept you on track. There would be no races without these people. May I suggest you volunteer for a race sometime to see how much goes into it and get a different perspective. It’s a life changing event that brings great pleasure and joy.

I hope you all liked the mugs, medals & awards. I heard there was some pretty great food. I got to sample the wraps which I thought were great and I always love Chocolate Milk. I heard rumblings of some apple crumb pound cake that was fantastic that I didn’t get to try.

Now that I’ve made you read enough here are links to the results…

Half Marathon Resultshttps://shawangunkrunners.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018-Rosendale-Runs-Half-Marathon-Results.pdf

Plains Runhttps://shawangunkrunners.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018-Rosendale-Runs-Plains-Run-Results.pdf

Once again, thank you for coming out to run with us and we truly hope you enjoyed it. If there’s any issues with results, comments or suggestions please email me @ christopher.regan@gmail.com and i’ll make sure we discuss them.

Rosendale Runs Race Day Information

Hello Rosendale Run runners!!!  

With all this rain, how can we not have a beautiful day on Saturday, October 20, 2018, however, that is one thing we cannot control!  Currently weather is looking mostly cloudy with temps in the lower 50’s.

Just a reminder that the race is at the Rosendale Recreation Center, 1055 NY-32, Rosendale, New York and parking is available at the Recreation Center. Please carpool to make parking easier for everyone. Google Maps Link – https://goo.gl/rBVMoA

Day Of Registration & Bib Pickup begins at 7:15 am
Both the Half Marathon and the 4.4 mile run will go off together at 8:30 a.m.  

Just a few notes for the day of the run.  In view of the fact that a portion of James Street is under construction, we had to change the route slightly.  The start line will still be at the rear of the Rosendale Rec Center on James Street. The 4.4 miler, when on Elting Road, will turn down Sand Hill Road and there will be a volunteer at the top and bottom of Sand Hill to direct you.  The Half Milers will do the same route, running down Elting onto the Trestle and we will have volunteers there as well to direct you. The major change is that both runs (13.1 and 4.4) will go down and through Main Street, looping back around to James Street where the finish line will be.

It is very important that when crossing the bridge from James Street and onto Main Street that all runners stay on the right hand side of the road.  We have been advised to encourage the runners to NOT use the sidewalk on Main Street, however, stay on the right hand side of Main Street, as all roads will remain open to traffic.  There will be one point however, closer to Main Street where you will have to get off the road and run behind the guardrail onto the sidewalk so that you can loop around over the bridge on Rt. 32 staying on the sidewalk.  We will have a volunteer there to direct you. The Rosendale Police Department is kind enough to put out an order that there will be no parking on the right hand side of Main Street where the runners will run during that morning.  

After crossing the finish line you’ll collect your finisher mug. Individual results will be available from the results kiosk and we’ll get the results up online @ shawangunkrunners.com as soon as possible.

See you all in the morning!

After The Leaves Registration Open

After The Leaves Half Marathon registration is open to everyone at this point…
https://www.zippyreg.com/online_reg/index.php?e=1156

Registration is limited to 300 entrants. Once the race is sold out the registration page will go back to “needing a code” but that does not mean spots are available. There is transfers through zippyreg for $5 fee if someone wants to transfer.

May the odds be ever in your favor 😀

Christopher

2018 After The Leaves Half Marathon (Update)

I know people have been waiting for registration to open. Good news is that if you are a Shawangunk Runner Member you should have just received an email from me. If you didn’t get an email please contact me one at christopher.regan@gmail.com.

General registration will open on Monday September 17th @ 8am EST
https://www.zippyreg.com/online_reg/index.php?e=1156

Things are a bit different this year as Minnewaska is doing construction we have had to move the race to the Mohonk Preserve. That means the course will change but it will still be on carriage trails and it will still be beautiful. We’ll have a course available as soon as we get it just right. Because of the change to Mohonk Preserve, prices for the race have needed to change to take into account the Mohonk Preserve Membership. If you have a Mohonk Preserve Membership you will continue to pay the usual $20. If you don’t have one then the price will be $35 which will include entry to the preserve on 11/18 and include another day pass to be used in the future. As we are not in Minnewaska there will not be a $10 charge per car. Please car pool to save parking spaces as parking will be tight. If you have any questions you can email me at christopher.regan@gmail.com

Race Details
Date: Sunday November 18th, 2018
Place: Spring Farm Trailhead (Mohonk Preserve)
Time: 11 am start (10:30 am early start)
Course: Details to come here.

We are limited to 300 entries into the race. Registration transfers will be available through zippyreg with a $5 fee. Once the race has sold out we won’t be keeping a waiting list but you’re welcome to post to the Shawangunk Runners facebook page or other places seeing if anyone is willing to transfer.

Hope you’re all excited. The finisher pint glasses arrived today and i’ll be making a post showing them plus some other stuff as we get closer.

Christopher

Shawangunk Runners 2018 Summer Series Finale

Tonight is the finale of the 2018 Summer Series…information can be found below. Thanks to Allan Serrano for putting the information together each week.

Location
The Fun Run is held on the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail at the intersection of Huguenot Street.
Parking is at the Ulster Boces on Old Kingston Road. Go to the lot on the North end of the campus. There is a trail in the Northwest corner of that lot that leads to the trail.
Here is a map the shows the location of the parking, run course, and awards.

Start Time
We gather at Garvan’s Gastropub at the Golf Course and then walk to the start on the Rail Trail -Kid’s run starts at 6:45 pm and the rest to follow after the completion, approximately 7:00 pm.

The Run
The run start from on the rail trail just a bit north of Huguenot Street heads north on the rail trail for 2.45 miles to the intersection of Portuese Lane where the turn around is marked to head back to the start. Runners are welcome to turn back at any point. Everyone needs to be finished by 7:45 for the awards.
Please, no running with dogs!

Refreshments
There is one water station on the course located about mid route on the bridge crossing the Wallkill River.
Watermelon, cookies, and water are available at the Awards.

Awards
Series awards will be handed out beginning at 7:45 at Garvan’s Gastropub located at the New paltz Golf Course, 800 feet from the start/finish. All runners who run in at least two series races and earn four or more points will be awarded a commemorative piece of pottery handmade by Solveig Comer. There are special awards for kids that have accumulated 4 points or more and kids who have 3 points can get one more for the fun run. .

Here is the final ranking for the 2018 series. Any questions about the rankings, email Christopher Regan and he can help you.

Kid’s Run
There is a 1⁄2 mile and 1 mile run option for kids starting in the same location with turn around marked for each distance.

2018 New Paltz XC Summer Series Point Totals (Hopefully Fixed)

Thanks to all that pointed out there was an issue with the overall points. I went back and noticed instead of including Lou’s Run I had pulled Undercliff Overcliff into the results twice.

Saying that…here’s the new update
2018 Summer Series Point Totals (4 Weeks)

Again, if you see any issues please don’t hesitate to contact me so I can fix my code.

Christopher