Burning River 100 Results

Congrats to everyone who completed the 2010 Burning River 100 Miler.  Click Here for final results.  Click Here for age group awards.

Burning River 100 Volunteer Opportunity

If you are interested in helping out and volunteering at this weekend's Burning River 100 Mile Trail Run, please contact Maria at dividemyinsanity@yahoo.com She is in charge of the Happy Days aid station (mile 64).

Are you entered into YUT-C yet?

The 2010 Youngstown Ultra Trail Classic (YUT-C) 50K & 25K will take place in Mill Creek Park (Youngstown, OH) on Saturday, Sept. 18th.  Entry fees for both distances will go up after Sept. 1st, so make sure you get your entry in as soon as possible!  Click Here to see a list of current entrants.

Buckeye Trail 50K Results

Congrats to the following NEO Trail members for completing the Buckeye Trail 50K on Saturday...

Ron Ross  5:44:01  (26th overall)
TJ Hawk  6:13:45  (43rd overall)
Roy Heger  6:17:59  (55th overall)
Dave Peterman  6:32:51  (67th overall)
Kurt Osadchuk  6:43:53  (76th overall)
Carole Krus  7:07:02  (86th overall)
Tim Knapp  7:10:05  (90th overall)
Mark Anson  7:28:45  (96th overall)
Frank Dwyer  7:41:40  (106th overall)
Nick Billock  7:57:20  (112th overall)
Buck Itrale  8:26:22  (120th overall)
Joe Novicky  8:41:47  (123 overall)

Complete results will be posted here:
http://www.buckeyetrail50k.com

Buckeye Trail 50K Live Webcast

The Buckeye Trail 50K will take place tomorrow morning in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.  Click Here for a live race-day webcast or click here to visit the event website.

Run the Keweenaw 25K

Congrats to NEO Trail member Dan Bellinger for completing the “Run the Keweenaw 25K” in a time of 2:21:47 (2nd age group).  This trail race takes place in Copper Harbor, MI on difficult single-track mountain bike trails.  Click Here to visit the event website.

Hardrock 100 Miler

The 17th running of the Hardrock 100 Mile Endurance Run is scheduled to start at 6:00am tomorrow morning. This year the course will be run in the clockwise direction- a big loop through the San Juan Mountains of beautiful Colorado: Silverton - Ophir - Telluride - Ouray - Sherman - back to Silverton. 33,992 feet of climb and 33,992 feet of descent for a total elevation change of 67,984 feet with an average elevation of 11,186 feet - low point (7,680), high point (14,048).

Good luck to NEO Trail members, Bob Combs (bib #39) and Mike Dobies (bib #34)!!!

Click here for live tracking.

2010 Mohican Results & Photos

Congrats to the following N.E. Ohio Trail Club members:

Mohican 100 Mile Trail Run - 133 starters

Eric Deutsch - 26:15:24 (19th overall)

Roy Heger - 27:26:24 (25th overall)

Ron Ross - 29:28:24 (51st overall)

Mohican 50 Mile Trail Run - 108 starters

Kim Boner - 9:43:14 (6th overall)

Laurie Colon - 9:53:28 (8th overall)

For complete results - Click Here

For photos - Click Here

Mohican 50 & 100 Mile Trail Run

This past weekend NEO Trail members also competed in the 21st Annual Mohican 50 & 100 Mile Trail Runs.  Congratulations to Eric Deutsch for finishing his first 100 miler in a time of 26:15:54!  This placed him 19th out of 150 runners!  Also congrats to Kim Boner and Laurie Colon for taking the top 2 spots in the 50 Miler! 

Click Here to read Eric’s race report and Click Here to read Laurie’s report.

Complete race results will be posted HERE once they become available.

Kim (left) and Laurie coming into the mile 40 aid station

Highlands Sky 40 Mile Trail Run

This past weekend the following NEO Trail Club members finished the 8th Annual Highlands Sky 40 Miler, which is organized by the West Virginia Mountain Trail Runners:

Jim Harris
8:46:20

Bob Combs
9:02:51

Richard Vrboncic
10:52:50

Laurel Highlands Results

Congratulations to Cam Baker (2nd overall) and Jim Harris (8th overall) for both finishing in the top 10 of this past weekend’s Laurel Highlands Ultra. 

Also, congrats to Tara Schweitzer (51st overall) for achieving a new distance PR in a time of 23 hours, 11 minutes, and to Dan Bellinger (56th overall) for finishing in a time of 23 hours, 38 minutes.

Laurel Highlands Ultra this weekend!

Good luck to the following NEO Trail Club members that will be participating in the Laurel Highlands 70.5 mile (77 this year) and 50K tomorrow:  Cam Baker, Dan Bellinger, Mike Halkovich, Jim Harris, Chris Lassen, Kim Love-Ottobre, Bruce McMurray, Tara Schweitzer, and Bill Wagner. 

June Western Reserve Trail Running Newsletter

The June issue of the WRTR (Western Reserve Trail Running) Newsletter has been released!  

Highlights this Month:

- Burning River 100 Mile Endurance Run Updates: now at 230 registrants (far and away a record), the BR100 will be the 2010 USATF 100 Mile Trail Championship.  See newsletter for several other updates.

- Trail Runner Spotlight: Michelle Bichsel, ultra-runner and multiple 100-mile finisher

- XTERRA Races #1 and #2: Race Report by participant, Mindy Bolgrin

- "Staying Hydrated" editorial

- WRTR Race Series Updated Standings after Race #3, Forget the PR 50K/25K

- Updates on the Muddy Paws Trail Runs, the sold out Buckeye Trail 50K, YUT-C 50K, Bobcat Trail Marathon and brand new Bigfoot 50K and 3-person relay

Read it Here!

No Frills, Just Hills FA Results

Hot temperatures and sunshine greeted runners for the 3rd straight year at the No Frills, Just Hills FA. New attendance and course records were set. Click here for photos and results from yesterday's run.

May 29 – No Frills, Just Hills FA

The 3rd Annual No Frills, Just Hills FA will take place this Saturday starting at 8am from the Pine Hollow parking lot (Cuyahoga Valley National Park). 

The objective of this run is to see how many 2 mile loops you can do in a 6 or 12 hour period.  Almost 100% of this run takes place on grass and dirt trails.  Water & restrooms are on the course but no additional aid will be provided since this is an FA run.  There is no entry fee for this run, but everyone is asked to bring food & drinks to share with everyone afterwards.

For more information, please visit - http://www.neotrail.org/nofrills.htm

MMT 100 Miler

Congrats to the following NEO Trail members for successfully completing the 2010 Massanutten Mountain Trails 100 Miler in Virginia this past weekend:

Jim Harris – 25:52:10  (20th overall)
Dave Peterman – 29:38:38  (4th MMT finish)
Bob Combs – 30:09:06  (8th MMT finish)
Roy Heger – 32:06:41  (11th MMT finish)
Brian Musick – 32:53:13  (1st MMT finish)
Bill Losey – 34:57:34  (4th MMT finish)

Laurel Highlands Alternate Route

Due to construction, Click Here to view the alternative route that will be used to pass over the PA Turnpike at this year's Laurel Highlands Ultra.

Fools 50K & 25K Trail Run

Wet and muddy trail conditions were the story of the 2010 Fools 50k & 25k Trail Run. The race started in 40F and overcast skies before a steady rain fell through the entire day.

Jonathan Hastings ran away from the field to easily win the 25k in 1:50:29 while Joan Cottrill led all women in 2:22:51.

In the 50k, three men bettered the old course record of 4:36 led by Mike Selig in 4:25:20. Beth Woodward repeats as 50k champion in 5:05:31.

Here is a list of all N.E. Ohio Trail Club finishers:

50K (overall place, name, finish time)
8  Todd Hanks  4:57:11
29  David Peterman  5:37:21
30  Eric Deutsch  5:38:16
32  Kimberly Boner  5:41:36
37  Bob Combs  5:49:35
38  T.J. Hawk  5:49:37
39  Ron Ross  5:53:35
43  Nick Billock  5:59:47
45  Roy Heger  6:07:13
46  Frank Dwyer  6:07:16
66  Karen Jeffords  6:46:39
70  Paul Lefelhocz  6:56:39
72  Kurt Osadchuk  6:57:35
84  Kim Love-Ottobre  7:45:50

25K (overall place, name, finish time) 71  Courtney Baker  3:02:21
84  Carole Moran-Krus  3:06:56
106  Desiree Cowie  3:23:20

Covered Bridge FA

The annual Covered Bridge FA, which is organized by the N.E. Ohio Trail Club, took place again today in Mill Creek Park (Youngstown, OH).  The official start time was 8am but some showed up at 6am for the optional early start.
 


The weather was awesome – 50 degrees with a cool breeze.  It only got chilly when it was raining and the wind picked up, but there weren’t many times when the rain was very heavy.  The trails were also in pretty good shape.  There was a lot of water and mud but about 95% of the ice on the trail had melted.  Much better than in previous years when the trail had solid inches of ice on it.

Here’s a list of those that participated:

4 Loops (50K)Jim Harris
Dave Peterman
Todd Hanks
Bob Combs
Masahiro Yoshino
Tanya Cady

3 Loops (24 miles)
Brian Musick
Jamie Musick
Joe Novicky

2 Loops (16 miles)
Tim Knapp
Barefoot Johnny O
Brian (last name?)
Bruce McMurray

Other
Pat Dillon
Gavin White

Covered Bridge FA – March 13

When: Saturday, March 13 (8am start, 6am optional start)

Where: Mill Creek Park (Youngstown, Ohio)
(meet at the Lily Pond parking lot)

Course: This run takes place on the Youngstown Ultra Trail Classic (YUT-C) 50K course. You can run as much or as little as you want. Then hang out with a bunch of cool people in the parking lot afterwards!

More Info: Click Here for an ongoing discussion