Looking to the summer and setting my calendar to include hopefully 6 of the below Grand Tree Trail Races…. This is a series promoted by the WMAC (Western MA athletic club) and it is a great motivation for me to follow a plan for racing and training – They have a trail marathon that is something I would like to do in the future, and to “qualify” you need to run a 50 miler or 6 of these races. The series has already had 5 races and so I need to get it in gear to get this into my schedule. Originally I was going to work toward being a “Mountain Goat” again, but the trips to NH are very long and I really would love to stay close to home and experience new races as well. So here is the list
BOLD – are those I am truly interested in. The Mountain Goat race benefits with the new sponsor look pretty cool though…. so we shall see.
** – Races I have run before
May:
**Northfield Mt., 10.3K, Northfield MA, 9am Saturday May 22, 2010
USATF-New England Trail Championships
18th Annual Mt Wachusset Mountain Race– Sunday May 29, 2010, 9:30 AM in Princeton, MA
June
Greylock Trail Races, 13.5 & 3 mi, Adams MA, 10am Sunday June 20, 2010
Cranmore Hill Climb, 12K (2 x 5.8K laps, M&F), North Conway NH, June 27, 2010
USA Mountain Running Championship
July:
People’s Forest Trail, 7 mi, Barkhamsted CT, Saturday July 31, 2010
August:
The Dam Trail Race, 11.5mi & 5mi, Oxford MA, 9am Saturday August 7, 2010
Savoy Mountain, 22mi (GT race), 11mi, & 4mi, Florida/Savoy MA, August 15, 2010
**Mt. Toby, 14 mi, Sunderland MA, 9:30am August 22, 2010
Race to the Top of VT – Stowe, VT – 9 AM start – August 29, 2010
September
Wapack, 17.5 mi, New Ipswich NH, 9am September 5, 2010
Curly’s Half-Marathon & 5K, Pittsfield MA, 8am September 12, 2010
Pisgah Mountain, 23K or 50K, Chesterfield NH, September 19, 2010
October
Chicago Marathon, Chicago, IL 10am October 10, 2010
Groton Forest, 9.5 mi & 3.4 mi, Groton MA, 12:30pm October 24, 2010
Hairy Gorilla Half Marathon (& Squirrely 6 mi), Albany NY, John Boyd Thacher State Park, October 31, 2010
Busa Bushwack, 10.0mi & 5.3mi, Framingham MA, 9 am October 31, 2010
