Slim Pickins 2010

We had the best staging area for the 2010 Slim Pickins. This year, cabins were rented in Linn Run State Park, just a few miles from Donegal, PA. This is on the north side of the PA Turnpike.

Most of the Slim Pickins runs have revolved around a run on the Laurel Highlands Trail. Some runs originated at the south terminus of the LH Trail, in Ohio Pyle. One epic SP run was the Reverse LH in 2007, where the run began at Mile 70, and finished in Ohio Pyle. Only four NEO Trail Members finished the entire 70 miles.

The closing of the Turnpike Bridge-and a severing of the LH Trail made the idea of a cabin at Linn Run State Park a great idea.

The stream outside the cabin

Bob Combs on the Grove Run Trail

Starting at the Linn Run State Park gave us numerous trails to explore, including going over to the LH Trail and running there, and then back to the cabin.

Bruce McMurray, Bob Combs, Kim Love-Ottobre

Kim, Bruce, and Bob were able to get some mileage in on Friday. Rich "The Professor" Vrbonic arrived in time for dinner Friday night.

There was enough food to feed 12 or 15 hungry ultra runners.
The weather was beautiful on Friday night, with a huge full moon. So a night run was organized, getting in six miles in the darkness. In some spots the headlamps were extinguished, and we could run in the dark.
Donning gear for the run on Saturday

Jim "Slim" Harris and Cam "Wrong Way" Baker joined us on Saturday morning.

Cam Baker and Bob Combs

Jim Harris happy to be on the Laurel Higlands Trail again

Cam showing off his rock climbing skills

There are groves of rhododendrons on the LH Trail

Rich had dropped Aid at the Route 30 Parking Lot-thanks Rich!

Various distances were covered. Cam turned at the Aid Spot, going off on his own to run some side trails for future exploration. Rich and Jim ran around 40 miles. Kim, Bob, and Bruce ran around 28 miles.
There was talk of another night run, but the huge offering of food from club members-pirogies, lasagna, sausages, chili, chips, dip, made it too hard to leave the roaring fire and camaraderie.

There are future runs being considered with the Linn Run State Park cabins being used as the meeting place. Come join us sometime!

Bills’ Bad Ass 50K

2nd Annual Bills’ Bad Ass 50K Results
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Place Name Time M/F 

1 Dave Wank 4:41:57 M  
2 John Reynolds 4:51:44 M  
3 Joshua Strzala 5:00:00 M  
4 Crystal Basich 5:05:19 F  
5 Brad Polman 5:12:00 M  
6 George Themelis 5:21:00 M  
7 Terri Lemke 5:22:40 F  
8 Chris Basich 5:26:46 M  
9 Jeannine Nicholson 5:29:03 F first 50K
10 Ladd Clifford 5:29:03 M  
11 Mike Manozzi 5:33:00 M first 50K
12 Dan Bellinger 5:36:00 M  
13 Rich Henderson 5:38:00 M  
14 Michael Moran 5:39:00 M  
15 Radames Colon 5:42:00 M first 50K
16 Matt Swetel 5:45:00 M  
17 Sue Ottogalli 5:50:38 F  
18 Bob Combs 6:08:00 M  
19 Chris Phillips 6:08:00 M  
20 Mike Shaughnessy 6:08:00 M  
21 Kevin Chiuley 6:09:00 M  
22 Todd Keserich 6:09:00 M  
23 Mark Anson 6:11:00 M  
24 Luke Landis 6:12:00 M first 50K
25 Kevin Landis 6:13:00 M  
26 Joe Jurczyk 6:14:00 M  
27 Pete Faith Whitworth 6:14:00 M  
28 Jim Brockman 6:17:00 M  
29 Shannon Fisher 6:17:00 F  
30 Dave Koch 6:20:00 M  
31 Glenn Dumonthier 6:20:00 M  
32 Charlie Bolek 6:22:45 M first 50K
33 Suzanne Weightman 6:24:00 F  
34 Chris Wagner 6:26:00 M  
35 Steve Hawthorne 6:26:00 M  
36 Rachel Nypaver 6:26:00 F  
37 Brian Perusek 6:27:00 M  
38 Bob Drake 6:31:00 M  
39 Mike Erhardt 6:34:00 M  
40 Bob Baldwin 6:34:00 M  
41 Bob Clark 6:34:00 M  
42 Erin Petit Lewis 6:35:00 F  
43 Lou Karl 6:35:00 M  
44 Paul Lefelhocz 6:44:00 M  
45 Gerald Hurd 6:45:00 M  
46 Lisa Fine 6:45:00 F  
47 Liz Ferro 6:45:00 F  
48 Austin Ashwill 6:47:00 M  
49 Suzanne Pokorny 6:48:00 F  
50 Brian Musick 6:49:00 M  
51 Kathy Goad-Wolf 6:50:00 F  
52 Kurt Osadchuk 6:53:00 M  
53 Bruce McMurray 6:55:00 M  
54 Danielle West 6:57:00 F  
55 Kirk Harrison 6:59:58 M  
56 Melissa Cairns 7:01:00 F  
57 Jeannette Spade 7:04:00 F  
58 Patty Roberts 7:05:00 F  
59 Ron Demyan 7:05:00 M  
60 Cheryl Splain 7:10:00 F  
61 Julie Bowen-Miller 7:10:00 F  
62 Tara Schweitzer 7:10:00 F  
63 Desiree Cowie 7:16:00 F  
64 Michael Kazar 7:16:00 M  
65 Daniel Davbner 7:17:00 M  
66 Denise Flores 7:23:00 F  
67 Thomas Patton 7:23:00 M  
68 Heidi Finniff 7:28:00 F  
69 Cindy Antenucci 7:29:00 F  
70 Bob Cassill 7:38:00 M  
71 Debi Glinksek 7:38:00 F  
72 Fred Davis 7:38:00 M  
73 John Herraghty 7:59:00 M first 50K
74 Jade Running 8:19:00    
75 Libby White 8:19:00 F  
76 Betty Sharpe 8:33:00 F  
77 Tim Harber 8:33:00 M  
78 Tapatha Knupile 8:50:00 F first 50K

CANDY ASS LIST     
DNF Angie Kovacs DNF    
DNF Becky Judy DNF    
DNF Beth Ann Miller DNF    
DNF Chris Casa DNF    
DNF Don Holtzapple DNF    
DNF Jennifer Branch DNF    
DNF Hjohn Buerle DNF    
DNF Kristen Perusek DNF    
DNF Mike Keller DNF    
DNF Patrick Murphy DNF    
DNF Carl Di Vita 

Photos by Mark Shelton – CLICK HERE

Photos by Laurie Colon – CLICK HERE

Take a minute to say a pray for our Veterans today.

Forget the PR 50K is filling up fast.

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Run with Scissors Marathon & Double Marathon

Congrats to the following NEO Trail members who completed the Run with Scissors Marathon/Double Marathon this past Sunday:

Double Marathon Finishers
TJ Hawk – 9:10:00 (11th overall)
Ron Ross – 9:17:00 (12th overall)
Eric Deutsch – 9:39:00 (15th overall)
Frank Dwyer – 10:45:00 (19th overall)
Paul Lefelhocz – 10:48:00 (20th overall)

Marathon Finishers
Dave Peterman – 3:49:00 (3rd overall)
Todd Hanks – 4:08:00 (6th overall)
Dan Bellinger – 4:12:00 (8th overall)
Mike Keller – 4:20:00 (13th overall)
Tanya Cady – 5:05:00 (27th overall)
Bill Wagner – 5:16:00 (31st overall)
Tara Schweitzer – 5:18:00 (33rd overall)
Dave Janosko – 5:37:00 (41st overall)
Julie Bowen-Miller – 5:38:00 (43rd overall)
Mike Halkovich – 6:07:00 (45th overall)

For complete results and photos - CLICK HERE

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