VHTRC - The Club

55+ runners came to Gap to Gap this year for MMT training and fellowship on the rocks. No doubt Q will be posting a report on this year's run in the Massanuttens...but in the meantime, enjoy these photos from the run and the party by the bonfire. Many thanks to Quatro and the many volunteers who made G2G so much fun!

While the rest of us were freezing our pants off in the Massanuttens this weekend, a few of our fellow club members were braving the roots, humidity, and mud at the HURT 100 on the trails near Honolulu. Alyssa Godesky finished as second female and ninth overall in 30:06. Alex Papadopoulos was 14th in 33:35. Laura and Mike Bur finished the 100K option in 24:34, as well as Dave Yeakel in 25:24. Live webcast results | HURT 100 website | Alyssa's report on her blog

Jack shared the week one win, and then never looked back. He had at least 10 correct picks each week.  Gary Lukacs was second and he also won the last week's contest. Gary was one of only three people who picked the Chargers over the Colts.  Gary Knipling was third overall.    Final season results | Week Twelve Results.

We will set up the College Bowl Contest when the bowl schedule comes out.

While many VHTRC members were racing at Masochists or enjoying the shenanigans and trail miles at Potomac Heritage 50K last weekend, Neal was regaining his winning ways by capturing the Pinhoti 100 in Alabama. He gives a detailed recap of Pinhoti, and of chasing Karl Meltzer at Grindstone 100, in a report on his blog here.

Rhonda Stricklett was the third overall female in the West Virginia Mountain Trail Runners Trilogy, a three-day stage race that uses some of the most beautiful trails the Mountain State has to offer. The Trilogy starts with a 50k on Friday, followed by a 50 miler Saturday and half marathon on Sunday. Ragan Petrie chicked all the men to win the 50 outright. VHTRC members Matt Smythe and Marlin Yoder also finished the Trilogy. Results 

In coming up with a way to express and share some of my observations and comments about the recent 2012 UTMB in and around Chamonix, France, I will borrow a method used by Anita Finkle to recognize her “top 10” memories/reflections from past runs she has done. Here goes (I’ve gone over Anita’s allotment of 10 — sorry!):

We hope to have live updates from MMT this weekend.

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.

Based on a ground swell of one or two users, we have made the old stuff on the Web site available.  John Dodds's posts, the crazy pictures, and the stuff from the infancy of the club. It's all there but - many of the links are broken and the navigation is out of date. It's like wandering in the woods without trails.  But you will stumble on interesting things like, to the right, the club's first logo as sent out in a fax from Chris Scott. Also, breathless headlines like, "180 Finish Bull Run Run!"  This new section has the sophisticated name: Old Stuff. The link is on the top, right of every page.

Over in Appomattox, VA, Matt Woods was second male and Martha Nelson was third female at David Horton's 17th annual Holiday Lake 50K on Saturday. Marty Lindemann was the first female over 50 in a PR. Many VHTRC members reported PRs and fast times on the two-loop course. Results are on the Holiday Lake website.