2009 Burning River 100

Starting Saturday morning bright and early at 5 AM, ultra runners took part in the 3rd annual Burning River 100 Mile Endurance Run. The event lasted into the night and ended at 11 AM Sunday morning. Runners were forced to deal with rain most the night and some muddy trails.

Mark Godale won the event this year with a time of 16:16. On the women's side, Connie Gardner won with a time of 19:21. An amazing total of fourteen NEO Trail members ran in the endurance race today. Members that participated include TJ Hawk, Nick Billock, Greg Murray, Kurt Osadchuck, Ron Ross, Brandon Russell, Courtney Baker, Brian Musick, Dave Peterman, Bill Wagner, Frank Dwyer, Mike Halkovich, Kim Love-Ottobre and Paul Lefelhocz.

Race Reports - Nick Billock, Greg Murray, Jeff Musick (pacer)

Nick Billock's Pictures in Video - BR Videos - Greg Murray

Official results will be posted on Burning River's website. Below is a video recap of the race.

Fools 50K & 25K Trail Run

Last Sunday, NEO Trail had a great showing of 15 members at the Fools 50K & 25K Trail Run organized by club member Lloyd Thomas. A total of 191 people crossed the finish line with 67 in the 50K and 124 in the 25K. Click here for full results. Below are the results of NEO Trail members:

50K

• Dave Peterman - 4:51:18
• Ron Ross - 5:10:47
• Frank Dwyer - 5:23:53
• Nick Billock - 5:26:15
• Bob Clark - 5:34:34
• TJ Hawk - 6:01:47
• Paul Lefelhocz - 6:02:00
• Tanya Cady - 6:09:58
• Kurt Osadchuk - 6:13:31
• Courtney Baker - 6:20:28
• Bill Wagner - 6:28:07
• Don Baun - 6:47:00
• Mike Halkovich - 6:47:46
  

25K

• Bob Johnson - 3:38:39
• Bruce McIntosh - 3:38:40

Winter Buckeye Trail 50K

The Winter Buckeye Trail 50K took place this past Sunday in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. The N.E. Ohio Trail Club was well represented with Dave Peterman winning the 50K with a time of 5:35:15 and Jim Harris' son, Heath, winning the half marathon with a time of 1:57:30.

Other NEO Trail members that finished the 50K were Nick Billock (5:56:47), Frank Dwyer (6:39:15), Jim Harris (6:01:53 and 40 extra miles the night before!), Paul Lefelhocz (7:50:16), Kim Love-Ottobre (10:24:54), Brian Musick (6:34:04), Kurt Osadchuk (7:53:00), and Ron Ross (6:12:32).

Half marathon finishers were TJ Hawk (2:39:00), Stephan Kremer (2:45:00), Bruce McMurray, and Rob Truscott (2:18:40).

Also, special thanks to race director Tanya Cady, Lloyd Thomas, and Bill Wagner for volunteering their time.

URINEO FA 50

The 3rd Annual URINEO FA 50 Miler took place today in Mill Creek Park (Youngstown, Ohio). This fun run, organized by the NEO Trail Club, starts at the Lily Pond parking lot and is run on an 8.3 mile loop that is primarily all trail. Click here for more info.

18 total runners showed up today, including the following NEO Trail members - Jim Harris, Frank Dwyer, Bob Combs, Eric Deutsch, Greg Murray, Brian Musick, Jeff Musick, Joe Novicky, Kim Love-Ottobre, Rich Vrboncic, Dave Peterman, Lloyd Thomas, and Bruce McIntosh.

Run with Scissors Results

Click Here for complete results of the Run with Scissors Double Marathon & 60K which took place on October 26th.

NEO Trail Club members that participated were Dave Peterman, Rob Truscott, TJ Hawk, Paul Lefelhocz, Tanya Cady, Frank Dwyer, Michael Kazar, Ron Ross, and Bill Wagner.