Upcoming Fun Runs

If you’d like more information about these runs, contact Adam Hill at ultra_rnr @ yahoo.com

April 14th & 15th:  24 hour Run for Africa!!  Hopefully you have assembled your teams (or are going solo as a few people on this list are!!)  and are ready to tackle this fun run for a cause!  If not then check out www.runforafrica.org for more info!

Saturday, April 21st:  Warren Wilson 12k Fun Run!  Come celebrate spring on these superb trails!  This will be a free event…Two different groups led by two different guides (fast pace/slow pace) for those that wish to learn about the great trails that this private land with public access has to offer!

MAY MOUNTAIN MADNESS!!

Sunday, May 6th:  May Mountain Mama’s Half Marathon!  Shake off those post Sunset Stampede hooves out at Trace Ridge Trailhead for this 13 mile loop in celebration of yo mama!  This will be an awesome loop that will surprise us with numerous river crossings and loads of fun!

Saturday, May 19th:  May Mountain Marathon!  Another spectacular loop out at Trace Ridge with lots of river crossings, great single/doubletrack, and lots of ups and downs!  This will be a 27 mile loop that will take us up to some scenic views as well as dip us down into the depths where the cool streams lie.

The Rubber Leg Back to Back – May 4 and May 5 – Asheville, North Carolina

It’s like some sort of convergence.  There are two great up and down races — each quite challenging in their own right — happening with 24 hours of each other (23 actually).

First, Friday May 4th at 5 PM it’s the Rock 2 Rock 10k Trail Race at Camp Rockmont in Swannanoa.  It’s a rugged trail run that’s part of the Asheville Mountain Sports Festival.

Next day, Saturday May 5th at 4 PM, it’s the Sunset Stampede in Asheville.  It’s a 10 mile race (with a 4 mile version for those who seek less rubber in their legs) that climbs Sunset Mountain for five miles and turns around using alternate roads to head back downtown.

Let’s turnout for the Rubber Leg Back to Back.  Who’s up for doing both?

More information of the Rock to Rock 10k visit http://www.rock2rockrun.com

More information on the Sunset Stampede visit http://www.sunsetstampede.org

 

The Sunset Stampede – Asheville, North Carolina – May 5 2007

This is one of my favorite races.  It’s on a Saturday afternoon.  You start in downtown Asheville.  You run pretty much uphill for 5 miles — past The Grove Park, up Old Toll Road and on Town Mountain Road — up to the very tippy top of Sunset Mountain.  Then you catch your breath and — for the most part — fly down hill back to the finish on the square.

Now this year what makes it even more exciting to me is that it happens the day after the Rock 2 Rock 10k trail race in Swannanoa.  Let’s make this the “Rubber Leg Back to Back” for those that will run both races — one day after the other with less than 24 hours in between starts.

For more info on the Sunset Stampede, visit http://www.sunsetstampede.org.

Rock 2 Rock 10k Trail Run – Camp Rockmont – Swannanoa, North Carolina – May 4 2007

OK.  This race just looks too good to pass up.  So you get off work on Friday afternoon and you head over to Swannanoa for the first night of the Asheville Mountain Sports Festival and you stop in at Camp Rockmont for this awesome trail run.

The race starts at about 5 PM.  You can register the day of the race from about 3 PM until 4:30.  It’s a rocky single track trail and dirt roads.  The course climbs about 1500 ft in the first couple of miles to the summit of Eden Rock (about 3,800 feet).  Then it follows the risgeline to Choctaw Rock (about 3,900) feet.  Then it’s downhill to the finish at Lake Eden.

I find that it’s really interesting and challenging to think that this is the day before the Sunset Stampede.  I mentioned to my wife that these two grueling races were back to back and she said “well you can’t do both.”

We’ll see.

Race fees – $25 until April 15.  $30 after April 15 (including race day registration).

Race is co-sponsored by Black Dome Mountain Sports.  For any information that you can’t get from the race website, contact Jay Curwen at jay @ blackdome.com or 828.251.2001.

For more on this great race visit http://www.rock2rockrun.com.

For more on the Asheville Mountain Sports Festival, check out http://www.mountainsportsfestival.com

Results of the Shamrock Race 5k – Asheville, North Carolina, March 17, 2007

PLACE AGE NAME TIME GENDER
1 15 JOHN HARWELL 0:19:06 M
2 37 SESALIE SMATHERS 0:19:39 F
3 15 COREY HART 0:19:44 M
4 34 NICHOLAS MAYERNICK 0:19:51 M
5 16 ETHAN HARDIN 0:20:24 M
6 16 EVERETT HARDIN 0:20:34 M
7 17 NATHANIEL FANN 0:21:20 M
8 18 JOSEPH WILLIAMS 0:22:04 M
9 14 JAKE SKILLINGS 0:22:04 M
10 13 MARIE MAUHAR 0:23:17 F
11 13 JAY WATSON 0:23:24 M
12 24 NATHAN CHRISAWN 0:23:25 M
13 56 DIETRICH FABRICIUS 0:23:29 M
14 15 CLAY GROSS 0:23:29 M
15 20 HANNAH BOHLEN 0:23:42 F
16 54 HARVEY POORBAUGH 0:24:05 M
17 16 JESSICA GOODMAN 0:24:13 F
18 40 DOUG EMBLER 0:24:19 M
19 16 JOSHUA CASEY 0:24:29 M
20 55 RICHARD HOSEY 0:24:41 M
21 41 FRITZ GANTZER 0:24:47 M
22 53 CARL SHEPARD 0:24:48 M
23 45 JIM YANIK 0:24:58 M
24 13 ALEX KENNEDY 0:25:04 M
25 30 DOUG EMBER 0:25:07 M
26 51 DEBBY LEWIS 0:25:15 F
27 16 DANIELLE MESSER 0:25:22 F
28 44 TOM CHISDOCK 0:25:22 M
29 43 PAUL MONAHAN 0:25:27 M
30 32 MATTHEW SMITH 0:25:31 M
31 24 CARRIE KAUFMAN 0:25:32 F
32 38 ANNA WARREN 0:25:32 F
33 29 HEIDI TYSON 0:25:37 F
34 42 ROCKY RITORTO 0:25:40 M
35 30 KARL HINTERKOPF 0:25:48 M
36 35 CANDACE BLANCHARD 0:25:49 F
37 51 JOHN BUTLER 0:25:51 M
38 39 PAUL TAX 0:25:51 M
39 29 JOSE GONZALEZ 0:26:01 M
40 37 JANES ANDERSON 0:26:20 M
41 46 MICHAEL KENNEDY 0:26:24 M
42 16 ERIN MILLER 0:26:25 F
43 16 LESLIE CASTILLO 0:26:27 F
44 15 EVA HUMPHREY 0:26:32 F
45 47 LIZ GOODMAN 0:26:35 F
46 14 KATIE MYRICK 0:26:36 F
47 38 DAVID DUDMAN 0:26:38 M
48 30 TJ THOMASSON 0:27:10 M
49 47 BRUCE HATHERLEE 0:27:15 M
50 57 JIM WOHLGEMUTH 0:27:16 M
51 14 MADISON TAYLOR 0:27:19 F
52 14 SARAH HOSKI 0:27:24 F
53 23 ERIC BERGLAND 0:27:30 M
54 27 JEAN LUC LE BLANC 0:27:39 F
55 39 FRANK ALLEY 0:27:54 M
56 28 DARA DILL 0:27:56 F
57 50 STEVE MANFRED 0:27:59 M
58 13 SAMANTHA GOODMAN 0:28:13 F
59 32 MATTHEW QUEEN 0:28:17 M
60 36 EILEEN CAQUIAS-GONZALEZ 0:28:29 F
61 35 JOSE GONZALEZ 0:28:29 M
62 12 ABBY LENDERMAN 0:28:30 F
63 21 EMILY KNOLLMAN 0:28:33 F
64 43 MARK LENDERMAN 0:28:37 M
65 15 JACK GANTZER 0:28:50 M
66 37 WENDALL TAYLOR 0:29:15 M
67 25 ANNA BRIGGS 0:29:30 F
68 19 MEGAN DEROCHER 0:29:30 F
69 30 AMY TERRELL 0:29:31 F
70 30 JEFF PLACK 0:29:32 M
71 38 SUSIE DUDMAN 0:29:35 F
72 84 CHARLES DOTSON 0:29:38 M
73 11 MAX PEARCE 0:29:50 M
74 56 KEITH HORTON 0:29:54 M
75 49 DONNA COPE 0:29:55 F
76 47 BRETT SCULTHORP 0:30:01 M
77 50 DONNA FARROW 0:30:09 F
78 28 MARIKO WALKER 0:30:10 F
79 32 SHELLIE WHITMIRE 0:30:11 F
80 30 RACHEL ROSE 0:30:29 F
81 43 DAVID TURNER 0:30:29 M
82 7 DAVIS TURNER 0:30:31 M
83 33 MARK DAVIS 0:30:38 M
84 37 ANDRA NUS 0:30:41 F
85 36 KRISTIN WYPER 0:30:45 F
86 34 KAREN WILLIAMS 0:30:47 F
87 35 COLLEEN MCKAY 0:30:47 F
88 27 ANDRA FAULKNER 0:31:05 F
89 51 MARK MILLER 0:31:10 M
90 60 CARL STICKNEY 0:31:25 M
91 42 RICK WIEDEMAN 0:31:32 M
92 35 AMY TUCKER 0:31:34 F
93 36 MOLLY PETERS 0:31:37 F
94 38 ANN SMITH 0:31:43 F
95 61 ED RIESTER 0:31:44 M
96 41 DEBBIE COX 0:31:48 F
97 34 WILL BURKE 0:32:14 M
98 35 RENEE SQUIRES 0:32:29 F
99 22 BETH POTTER 0:32:30 F
100 37 JENNIFER LEITER 0:32:30 F
101 54 MIKE KERR 0:32:38 M
102 16 KATE EVANS 0:32:47 F
103 11 WESLEY UPHAM 0:32:50 M
104 43 THURMAN WILLIAMS 0:32:51 M
105 27 KRISTY MICHAEL 0:33:08 F
106 49 MICHAEL COPE 0:33:40 M
107 59 KITTY CURRAN 0:33:48 F
108 41 DEAN DAVIS 0:33:57 M
109 9 EMMA MYRICK 0:34:01 F
110 49 KEN MYRICK 0:34:02 M
111 78 JACK WITZEL 0:34:06 M
112 42 CAROLE HILDERBRAN 0:34:09 F
113 25 BROOKE SMITH 0:34:23 F
114 36 SUSAN HINCHEY 0:34:33 F
115 28 ERIN STICKNEY 0:34:37 F
116 31 JOSH CALLOWAY 0:34:44 M
117 54 ROBERT STEINGRESS 0:34:45 M
118 45 ROCKY BEACH 0:35:00 M
119 30 KATHY HOLCOMBE 0:35:04 F
120 30 TORI MURDICH 0:35:05 M
121 12 PHILIP DORSEY 0:35:21 M
122 59 DAN SHEA 0:35:31 M
123 28 CRAIG ETMANSKI 0:35:32 M
124 41 BRYAN SCHAFFER 0:35:39 M
125 42 MARY EVANS 0:35:45 F
126 57 BONNIE VESS 0:36:01 F
127 37 PETER VOHAN 0:36:16 M
128 62 RON MOYER 0:36:25 M
129 38 ANGELEIGH DORSEY 0:36:27 F
130 67 ELLIE GRIESHABER 0:36:33 F
131 48 KATHERINE FINCHER 0:36:39 F
132 51 LESLIE KINGSBURY 0:36:50 F
133 11 YVIE LE BLANC 0:36:57 F
134 25 LESLIE-ANN PALMER 0:37:04 F
135 13 SHELDON PALMER 0:37:06 M
136 13 ANTHONY CAMMARATO 0:37:08 M
137 43 ANGELO CAMMARATO 0:37:09 M
138 26 JENNI KRIDER 0:37:13 F
139 8 JERAD PALMER 0:37:23 M
140 12 MATT EVANS 0:37:27 M
141 52 ELAINE ELWOOD 0:37:50 F
142 39 JIM SULLIVAN 0:38:16 M
143 41 MICHAEL PIWOWAR 0:39:10 M
144 29 KAREN MANEY 0:39:48 F
145 48 BLAINE LOGAN 0:40:12 M
146 11 ANDY LOGAN 0:40:13 M
147 31 ELENA MARIA WHITSON 0:40:57 F
148 50 STEVE PALMER 0:40:57 M
149 72 LARRY FINCHER 0:41:29 M
150 49 JENNIFER PALMER 0:41:44 F
151 10 MEGHAN RICHARDSON 0:41:45 F
152 47 JOE MERCER 0:41:47 M
153 54 ELIZABETH KATELL 0:41:50 F
154 8 LEIGHANNE REDMOND 0:41:55 F
155 9 JOLIE CONWAY 0:41:59 F
156 14 CORINNE HUNTSMEN 0:42:03 F
157 61 NANCY DRISCOLL 0:42:08 F
158 14 CICELY UPHAM 0:42:56 F
159 47 CARLTON JONES 0:43:21 M
160 5 LILAH GROOMS 0:43:47 F
161 10 ZENA REDMOND 0:43:47 F
162 76 SR. ANITA SHEERIN 0:45:54 F
163 64 LAURA VOSO 0:54:03 F
164 49 LINDA KIRKMAN 0:54:04 F

Results of Shamrock Race 10k – Asheville, North Carolina – March 17, 2007

PLACE	AGE	NAME	TIME	GENDER
1	25	JOEL COLLIER	0:36:14	M
2	38	MARK LUNDBLAD	0:37:04	M
3	39	GARY CURRAN	0:37:23	M
4	28	SCOTT WILLIAMS	0:37:58	M
5	29	CHRIS LEWIS	0:38:42	M
6	40	JAY CURWEN	0:39:01	M
7	28	DAVID COYLE	0:39:31	M
8	41	MARK LEDYARD	0:40:25	M
9	42	DWIGHT SHULER	0:42:21	M
10	49	MALATY WAIL	0:44:20	M
11	56	FLORINDO FORERO	0:45:00	M
12	38	TONY SPAKE	0:45:40	M
13	25	BRENT FRANCESE	0:45:44	M
14	45	JOHN P KENNEDY JR.	0:45:50	M
15	42	ROGER BATES	0:46:25	M
16	35	MARY ANDREAE	0:46:27	F
17	39	ANDREW BICK	0:46:52	M
18	30	T.J. BRISTLE	0:46:54	M
19	43	BRITT WARREN	0:46:55	M
20	44	DIANE WILSON	0:46:55	F
21	18	KELSEY HOMGER	0:47:09	F
22	40	ROB ARMSTRONG	0:47:14	M
23	30	JEREMY KIMMEL	0:47:15	M
24	18	ASHLEIGH SPENCER	0:47:22	F
25	37	MARK OLANDER	0:47:27	M
26	30	MARK MCNEILL	0:47:34	M
27	35	JOHN SQUIRES	0:47:51	M
28	48	LINCOLN CROSSE	0:47:58	M
29	58	FRANK ELLIS	0:48:02	M
30	36	ERICA BATTLE	0:48:02	F
31	56	GARRY SHERMAN	0:48:12	M
32	35	KYLE FOWLER	0:48:14	M
33	32	MATT MONDAY	0:48:33	M
34	48	DENNIS DUFFY	0:48:33	M
35	34	BRYAN JONES	0:48:54	M
36	20	DANIELLE WALKER	0:48:56	F
37	48	JEFFERY RUTIG	0:49:15	M
38	39	KEN MILLER	0:49:17	M
39	38	AMY ROSE	0:49:30	F
40	50	PAT BURGIN	0:49:31	M
41	38	WILLIAM MCCRACKEN	0:49:38	M
42	56	STEVE PARRIS	0:49:42	M
43	46	STEVE WATSON	0:49:49	M
44	50	AMAL DAS	0:49:50	M
45	63	ALAN CAMERON	0:49:55	M
46	22	CHRIS SHERMAN	0:50:04	M
47	26	JENNIFER LOVE	0:50:05	F
48	47	FRANK MELVIN	0:50:47	M
49	28	JASON GRUEN	0:50:49	M
50	37	AILEEN MASON	0:50:53	F
51	52	JIM GOODE	0:50:58	M
52	23	KASEY GRUEN	0:50:59	F
53	52	GREG PEARCE	0:51:07	M
54	48	DALE RIDDLE	0:51:13	M
55	12	AARON WESTHUSING	0:51:16	M
56	33	SHANNON SHARP-RUTIG	0:51:41	F
57	35	JOHNATHAN SNOW	0:51:53	M
58	55	HEIDI SHERMAN	0:52:00	F
59	55	WANDA BURNETTE	0:52:22	F
60	52	BRENDA CANTER	0:52:37	F
61	45	BARBARA ST. HILAIRE	0:52:38	F
62	54	ROBERT GOODWIN	0:52:42	M
63	35	HAYES MARIBEL	0:52:45	F
64	32	ANGELA CULLEN	0:53:11	F
65	36	DAVID SMITH	0:53:16	M
66	38	JAMES ANDREWS	0:53:24	M
67	36	WILL BUIE	0:53:28	M
68	28	REBECCA BASHTON	0:54:07	F
69	33	KYLEY CROSS	0:54:07	F
70	37	KELLI RICHARDSON	0:54:19	F
71	60	JIM SEMON	0:54:20	M
72	29	ERIC SMITH	0:54:32	M
73	38	SONIA SANTANA	0:54:38	F
74	38	DAVID WIGGINS	0:54:46	M
75	14	BRANDON FETTER	0:54:56	M
76	40	KIMBERLY DIENERT	0:54:57	F
77	47	GARY CHILDERS	0:55:07	M
78	26	ELIZABETH KIMMEL	0:55:11	F
79	27	PHOEBE CALLOWAY	0:55:11	F
80	64	BILL FINLEY	0:55:14	M
81	34	TRACEY MONDAY	0:55:23	F
82	47	ALAN MACNAIR	0:55:44	M
83	45	LISA MURCKO	0:56:06	F
84	52	RICHARD ADAMS	0:56:27	M
85	27	JD LANNING	0:56:32	M
86	41	LORI BRISTLE	0:56:41	F
87	29	JES GARNER	0:56:57	F
88	55	ROGER GOSNELL	0:57:28	M
89	42	LISA FOWLER	0:57:28	F
90	52	NANCY LEIGH DOUGLAS	0:57:32	F
91	44	SANDY AUSTIN	0:57:34	F
92	36	BENJAMIN GILMER	0:57:38	M
93	54	MARCIA TATE	0:57:46	F
94	56	JOHN OLESIUK	0:57:48	M
95	6	MAGGIE O WONDER PUP	0:57:48	F
96	54	LINDA DAVIS	0:58:39	F
97	42	SUE BROWN	0:59:00	F
98	37	LEAH MATHEWS	0:59:02	F
99	32	JEFFREY GRAHAM	0:59:04	M
100	26	KATIE SMITH	0:59:22	F
101	42	BILLY JONAS	0:59:25	M
102	27	JODIE RUSSELL	0:59:31	F
103	20	NAOMIE BROWN	0:59:34	F
104	62	JAMES GREEN	0:59:37	M
105	22	BECKY INCH	0:59:39	F
106	48	THOMAS KOTZ	0:59:51	M
107	45	ANN FETTER	0:59:51	F
108	57	BOB DOUGLAS	1:00:34	M
109	44	RUSS BROWN	1:00:43	M
110	29	JASON VINES	1:01:07	M
111	49	LYNNE EVANS	1:01:15	F
112	50	PETER CIACCIO	1:01:32	M
113	47	HARRY SIEGEL	1:01:37	M
114	53	JAN HIDERBRAND	1:01:38	F
115	39	MARSHALL MANCHE	1:02:28	M
116	38	CRAIG PETERS	1:03:01	M
117	37	LARA SETTI	1:03:37	F
118	25	JESSIE FRANCESE	1:03:38	F
119	36	JENNIFER BUIE	1:03:43	F
120	34	PAM BRICE	1:03:51	F
121	29	DANA MOORE	1:03:53	F
122	55	RAY SMITH	1:04:06	M
123	53	BRIAN DELMAS	1:04:38	M
124	53	TEAGUE DELMAS	1:04:43	F
125	40	LAURA BOWEN	1:05:01	F
126	59	CETTA BROWN	1:05:08	F
127	29	KATIE WILES	1:05:56	F
128	23	HILLARY WOLFE	1:06:01	F
129	29	LINDSAY MOODY	1:06:30	F
130	29	CHASE JOHNSON	1:06:30	F
131	33	KATIE ADAMS	1:06:32	F
132	44	MICHELLE WESTHUSING	1:06:43	F
133	53	INGRID FRIESEN	1:06:49	F
134	28	JAIME BINDE	1:09:18	F
135	43	DOUG TATE	1:09:59	M
136	37	SCOTT RIEPPEL	1:10:41	M
137	61	ROGER WINCHELL	1:11:33	M
138	9	CELINE SKIRVANEK	1:15:54	F
139	62	MARTHA MARSHALL	1:15:56	F
140	44	MARIANNE REDMOND	1:17:00	F
141	52	SYDNOR THOMPSON	1:19:39	M

Running the Shamrock 10K – March 17 2007 – Asheville, North Carolina

It was a cold morning with snow flurries blowing around an 20 mph winds when I left my house to travel to downtown Asheville for the first running of the Shamrock race (5k and 10k).  I was running the 10k and had studied the course a head of time so that I knew what to expect.

The race started with the temperature about 28 degrees.  It’s mostly uphill the first mile and the 2nd and 3rd miles are rolling — on Sunset Road – but skew towards uphill.  The fourth mile is a fast downhill on North Griffing and the last two miles are an easy cruise on Kimberly, Edwin and Charlotte Street.

It was a great race — I hope it’s warmer next year.  I was reasonably pleased with my time — 48:33.

Running the Dupont State Forest 12k Trail Race – March 10 2007

It was a beautiful day at Dupont State Forest just outside Brevard, North Carolina when the race started at 10 AM on March 10, 2007.  Mostly sunny, temperature in the 50s.

Just under 200 runners lined up for this 7.4 mile trail race.  It was my first time on the course and didn’t know just what to expect.  The race starts with about a mile or so on a narrow — one-person wide trail.  This made me keep a gradual starting pace because I was tangled up with lots of people that I might have passed if I had the space to do so.  After that there is a variety of wider forest service roads, wider trails and lots of ups and downs.

It was a great race overall.  I loved the variety and loved the challenge.  I didn’t know what my target should be for such a race but I was happy with my finish time of 1:01:33.