Dave Peterman at the Vermont 100

Dave looking a little surprised by the horses..

Dave still managed to smash the course in 20 hours, 23 minutes!!

YUTC Course Preview

Mill Creek Park was established in 1891 by Volney Rogers, a Youngstown attorney. It is the second largest metropolitian park in the United States.

The Parapet Bridge, constructed in 1913, is located on the east side of Lake Glacier in Mill Creek Park. Architect and landscape designer Julius Schweinfurth created this striking masterpiece of massive upright boulders and a graceful arch. From the four viewing platforms, visitors can look east to Spring Brook Ravine and west to Lake Glacier.

You will be running under the bridge and to your left,with Lake Glacier on your right.

A blurry pic of the approach to the infamous Love Log.

 

After the Love Log, a little run on the rest of the  Monkey Trails, up Rainbow Hill, back into woods, across Pinball Ridge and down to the road.

 

Hop across the road and back next to the water, heading for the Covered Bridge and Lanterman's Mill.

When you see the beginning of the boardwalk, you are approaching Lanternman's Mill and the Covered Bridge, where the Aid Station will be set up.

At the end of the 18th century the land surrounding a beautiful, natural waterfall, now known as Lanterman's Falls, belonged to John Young, founder of Youngstown.
The first mill was built of logs from the site. Millstones were cut from granite boulders found in the area of what is now Fifth Avenue at Rayen Avenue. This mill operated from 1799 to 1822.

In 1823 the original mill was replaced by a second mill. Built by Eli Baldwin, this frame structure served only as a gristmill. Baldwin's mill operated until 1843 when a flood washed it away. A grinding stone from this mill can still be seen resting in the creekbed 500 feet downstream of the Falls.

The current frame structure was built in 1845-46 by German Lanterman and his brother-in-law Samuel Kimberly. German and his wife Sally Ann owned a large tract of land around the Falls. Lanterman's Mill was the third mill constructed at the Falls and was used solely as a gristmill.

Lanterman's Mill was restored over a three year period, from 1982 to 1985. 

You will then cross the Covered Bridge, where the Aid Station will be set up.

 

After you cross the Covered Bridge you will be running down the south side of the course, beside Lake Newpoort.

This is the southern end of the YUTC race course, around Lake Newport.

After you round the bottom end of Lake Newport, there is just one section of road to encounter, just less than one mile.

After you have crossed the Covered Bridge and started on the east side of the course, you will come across the Suspenion Bridge.

The Suspension Bridge, located on Valley Drive, was erected in 1895 and spans Mill Creek connecting the east and west sides of the park. Following the wishes of Volney Rogers to create fanciful park entrances, Charles Fowler of the Youngstown Bridge Company designed the structure.

Pioneer Pavilion, is one of the oldest structures in Youngstown, Ohio. Constructed in 1821, this sandstone building served as a mill for carding and fulling wool. The building was later used as a storeroom for the nearby Mill Creek Furnace, then remodeled for party use in 1893. In 1894, the woolen mill was officially named Pioneer Pavilion to honor its pioneer history.

The flagpole is a new addition at Pioneer Pavilion, dedicated 2011 to Gary L Nilsson.

This would be the view as you come out of the woods and make the left turn back down the drive to the Start/Finish Line at the Log Cabin.

Summer is Heating Up!

This was the 24th year of the Vermont Endurance 100 Mile Run.

The Vermont 100 Endurance Race is one of the original 100 mile runs in the USA and a part of the Grand Slam Series of Ultrarunning.    There is also a 100 Mile Endurance Ride happening concurrently with the footrace.

NEO TC members Desiree Cowie and Dave Peterman made the trip to Vermont for the footrace.

Des Cowie finished in 24.54.31, with Wild Bill Wagner pacing her the last thirty miles.

Dave Peterman had a very solid race, finishing in 20.23, with LT (Lloyd Thomas) pacing him.

Nice work, everyone!!

Back in Ohio, Dan Bellinger took home second in his age group, 2nd Grandmasters, in the "Dirty Mo" Trail Race, in Loudonville, Ohio, 1:55:09.

Farther up, in Northern Ohio, The Summer Meltdown 5K was held in Lakewood.

Heidi Finiff finished 3rd in her age group,  at 25.12

Gale Connor finished in 30.06

There was a "Bill Wagner" finishing the 5K also, but we're pretty sure Bill was in Vermont vs Lakewood.

NEO Trail Epicness

It has been a good week of running and racing for NEO TC.

The 2012 Hardrock 100  Run saw four NEO TC members completing the run:

Cam Baker and Jim  Harris finished in 37.00 flat.

Roy Heger came in next, in 47 hours 5 minutes, telling us that Billy Bob was still out there.

Bill Losey came strolling in at 47 hours 40 minutes,well under the 48 hour cut off.

Good job guys.

Back in Ohio, it was also the weekend of the annual Buckeye Trail 50K.  NEO TC had two nice places in age groups:

Courtney Russell was the Female Masters Winner, in 6.05.20.

George Themelis took the GrandMasters Win, in 4.55.52.

Ted Neiman finished in 5.33.25
The Admiral finished the BT50K in 6.27.30
Mark Anson completed the course in 7.04.22


The weekend also marked the start of the Last Annual Vol State Run. Paul "The King" Lefelhocz was again out there on the road, finishing up third overall this year, in a monsoon.  Paul's finishing time was 5:20:05:06 for his 314 miles.

Western States

Congrats to NEO TC members Dave Peterman and Ted Nieman on their Western State finishes!

Dave finished in under 24 hours, well under 24 hours, in 23.14.   Dave has Race #1 down for the Grand Slam.


Ted Nieman finished in 29.15, besting his 2011 time of 29.34.

Well done guys!!

Western States

The Western States Endurance Run, the race that started it all, begins this Saturday in Squaw Valley,California, and ending in Auburn, California, a total of 100 miles. The trail ascends from the Squaw Valley floor (elevation 6,200 feet) to Emigrant Pass (elevation 8,750 feet), a climb of 2,550 vertical feet in the first 4½ miles. From the pass, following the original trails used by the gold and silver miners of the 1850’s, runners travel west, climbing another 15,540 feet and descending 22,970 feet before reaching Auburn.

NEO TC runners are Dave Peterman (Bib 308)  and Ted Niemann (Bib 292)  in it to win it this year.

WS$R will be having a live webcast .  Also follow on Twitter: #WS100  or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Western-States-Endurance-Run/293403870411

Good luck guys! Have fun out there!

Classic Ultra Running Weekend Recap

Summer running season is upon us.

Congratulations to Rich Vrboncic, for his awesome finish at Bighorn, in 32.32!!

In Ohio, the Mohican 100 Race was going on.

Congratulations to the 100 mile finishers:

Eric Deutsch 24.24
Paul Lefelhocz 26.29
Chris Lassen 29.45

In the 50 Mile Race, finishers were:

Tara Schweitzer 13.13
Wild Bill Wagner 13.32
Amie Murphy 14.15
Gale Conor 18.49

Congratulations and recover well!

The Color Run

Julie Curtis at the finish line

The Cleveland Color 5K  Run was held June 16.

The Color Run pretty much has 2 SIMPLE rules. 1. White shirts (any mostly white T will work great) mandatory at the start line and 2. Color plastered EVERYTHING at the finish!  Runner/walkers begin the 5k at the start line like a brand new pristine coloring book, they end looking like they fell into a Willy Wonka… tie dyed… vat of colored goodness.

What is the Color?
Each kilometer of the event is associated with a designated color.  1k is yellow, 2k is blue, 3k is green, 4k is pink, and the 5k finish is a “Color Extravaganza.”  As the runners/walkers hit the Kilometer COLOR RUN Zones, they will be blitzed by our volunteers, sponsors, and staff with COLOR.  The color is a special “elf made” recipe of magical color dust.  All products are 100% natural and safe.  You can eat the stuff if you’d like (we have tried it and don’t suggest it, it is surprisingly high in calories and leaves a chalky aftertaste). 

Sharyn Dimuzio at the finish line

Desiree Cowie at the finish line

Kind of a different "get dirty" mindshift.  Get "painty"?  Looks like all had fun!

Salt Run Challenge

We now have another finisher in the Salt Run Challenge.

On Thursday, June 14th Todd Hanks became the 2nd finisher, when he ran 10 laps of the trail in 6:29.

That gives Todd the 2nd fastest  time on that trail.

Slim, who completed this challenge back in April, is next to last with his effort.

Todd's only comment after he finished was that he was glad to not have to go up any more log steps.

Mohican Runners

Looks like Mohican will be hot and steamy.

Big surprise there.

 23rd year for the Mohican 100.

100 Mile

Eric Deutsch (working on Midwest Slam)

Roy Heger (leads trail marking team)

Chris Lassen

Paul Lefelhocz (ran Laurel last weekend)

Ron Ross (working on #17)

50 Mile

Gale Connor

Amie Murphy

Courtney Russell

Brandon Russell

Tara Schweitzer

Corey Volz

Wild Bill Wagner

Bighorn

A big shout out to "The Professor" Rich Vrboncic, as  he heads out west, to take on the

Bighorn Mountain Wild and Scenic Trail Run June 15.

This is the 10th anniversary of the 100 mile race.

The 100 will start on Friday at 11:00 AM.

Rich finishing the 2011 Massanutten 100 Race

Howl at the Moon 5K

Congrats to Baby Sasquatch as he set a PR and also won the Howl at the Moon 5K.

The race took place in Cortland, Ohio on June 9th..

He finished with a 12 second win in 16:54.

Not bad work after a week with no running after the OHSAA Track Meet.

Wood

The Laurel Highlands Ultra was held Saturday, June 8, 2012.

It was a pretty typical day for the event, nice and hot!

Congratulations to NEOTC Finishers for the 70.5 mile distance:

Paul "The King" Lefelhocz 18.57

Dan Bellinger 20.55

Mark Anson 21.04

Tim Knapp 21.35

 Dave Janosko 21:35

Laurel also has a 50K, and NEOTC had finishers at that distance as well.

Gary Sexton 6:18 (also worked aid later for the 70)

Joe "Moose" Novicky 9:23

Cam Baker 10:02 (sweep for the 50K)

As always, Laurel is a great Ultra.

Many of us are looking forward to it next year already.
NEOTC will most likely operate the Maple Summit Aid Station at Mile 11 next year.
Come out and join in for one of the best east coast ultras around.
 

Weekend Running June 1 through 3

Heidi Finniff completed the Sunburst 1/2 marathon, in South Bend, Indiana, in 1.57.25

Amie Murphy completed the Buckeye Buster 50K, at Salt Fork State Park, in 6.42.05

Chris Kalie ran the Buffalo Stampede, in Freeport, Pennsylvania,

she ran the long course 14.4 miles in 3.20 Eric Deutsch completed his first 100 Mile Race in the Midwest Slam, finishing the Kettle Moraine 100 in 25.04. Don Baun completed marathons 49 and 50 States, in Oregon and Washington.

50th State

Don Baun has completed his 50th State Marathon!

Don ran the Timberline Marathon, in Goverment Camp, Oregon , on June 2.  This was a trail marathon.  Don finished first in his age group, in a time of 5.26.43.  This was marathon 49!

Don then ran the San Juan Island Marathon on Sunday, June 3.  This is at Friday Harbor, Washington.   Yes, you had to take the ferry (or plane) to get to the island.

This was Don's 50th marathon, and he finished first in his age group, in 5.22.48.

Congratulations Don, here's to the next fifty!

Laurel Highlands Ultra 2012

This photo was taken during SP2011.

The bridge now has the cover over it and is finished.

Some NEO Trail members will run over this bridge next weekend.

These runners are attempting the full trail from OP to Seward.

Mark Anson

Dan Bellinger

Dave Janosko
Tim Knapp

Paul Lefelhocz

The following NEOTC members will not run over the bridge, but will still participate in the Laurel 50K.
Moose Novicky
Gary Sexton

Both sets of runners will get to see this section of the trail.

NEOTC will be at the Maple Summit Road Aid Station supporting the runners.