VHTRC - The Club

Saturday, May 20, was a beautiful day to race on the trails in the Capon Valley of West Virginia, just across the Virginia border from Winchester and Strasburg.  Brad Hinton (aka trail running's Susan Lucci) was the top VHTRC runner, and, as is often the case with Brad, second overall with a great time of 4:14.  First VHTRC woman, and women's master's winner, was Ragan Petrie in 4:39.  Many more club members finished amongst the field of roughly 200 in this popular 50k, which has been aptly dubbed the "MMT Volunteers" race.
 
Race Report with links to results and photos

Eva Pastalkova lowered her own event record by almost a half hour to be the top woman at the 2012 Massanutten Mountain Trails 100 mile run held in the mountains of the same name on the weekend of May 12-13.  Jason Lantz won the male race.  Jack Pilla broke the senior record in Beamon-like fashion. The evolving Report Page has results and links to photos. Thanks to the many who made this possible!

We hope to have live updates from MMT this weekend.

Thirty people participated in the annual VHTRC trail work party on May 5.  The group worked on trails in the Massanutten Mountains, primarily in the Gap Creek/Scothorn Gap area.  We particularly appreciate the help of PATC district overseer Ed Brimburg.  Thanks to all who worked!

Neal Gorman and Ragan Petrie were the first VHTRC male and female finishers at the Promise Land 50K+. Neal was fifth male in 4:52 and Ragan was fourth female in 5:57. Marty Lindemann was the first Grand Masters female and Gary Knipling was the first Super Masters male finisher. Conditions at the start were ripe for PRs with cloudy skies and temps in the 40s, but five hours later cold sleet, torrential rains, and close lightning strikes made for an "epic" day on the trails around Apple Orchard Falls west of Bedford, VA. Results

VHTRC member Amy Sproston won the World 100km Championship held in Italy on April 22. The U.S. women's team also won. Event Web site
 
Bryon Powell has more information and a picture of Amy's finish on his site.
 
Amy, right, with winners trophy at the 2010 JFK 50. She is also a prior MMT champion.

Aliza Lapierre bettered her BRR record by over 17 minutes at the 20th Bull Run Run 50 mile held on April 14. The course was dry and the weather good.  Full results, reports, and photos

Tracy Dahl has stepped forward to guide the Women's Half Marathon in 2012.  She met with the VHTRC board in early March to formalize her appointment as the race director. 
 
This year's race will be held on September 8.  Entry will open in June.  WHM Web site | More about Tracy

It was just about a perfect day for running the Elizabeth Furnace Fat Ass 50km on Saturday March 10, and the 55 participants in this year's race took full advantage.  Kyle Lawrence, a very very late entrant in the field, led literally from start to finish to win in a time of 5:35.  Michele Harmon was the first woman to the finish, with a time of 7:04.  There were 41 official finishers.        Results | EFA 50km site