VHTRC - The Club

Martha Nelson and Matt Bugin were the overall winners of the Richmond Road Runner's 13th annual Willis River 35k. Many VHTRC members took part in this low key event, held on the trails of Bear Creek State Park, including Holly Bugin (2nd female, 35k) and Ryan Nebel (3rd overall, 50k). Results are on the RRRC website.

Darin Dunham, Michael Strzelecki, and Gary Lukacs each correctly picked 25 bowl games to share the win of the VHTRC College Bowl Contest.

Gary submits his report of the start of the year, the Redeye 50km.  There are results and descriptions as only Gary could make them!

A large crowd of happy runners celebrated the oldest VHTRC event -- the Magnus Gluteus Maximus 50km.  This is what the club is all about.  Thanks to Joe Clapper and those who helped him. Results are now available - click on Read more.   Pictures and a video

Keith Knipling captured his second Beast Series championship by finishing David Horton's Hellgate 100k++ in 12:48, just one minute ahead of women's champ Kristin Eddy (VHTRC members may remember Kristin as the 2003 VHTRC Women's Half Champion). Many other club members finished the race, held this year in perfect trail conditions but in record heat, with high temps in upper 60s. Kerry Owens finished her 8th Hellgate and Aaron Schwartzbard finished his 10th (see more of Kerry and Aaron on George Wortley's entertaining video of Hellgate 2012 on Youtube). Results

It looks like the DOW closed UP at 13,169.88.  That makes our starting number for the MMT lottery 988.  (We will confirm the number tomorrow.) If you want to see how this will play out, go to the hypothetical lottery and put in 988 and UP.  If you see a problem or have a question, let us know. Applicants List | MMT Entry

First, congratulations to Bunny Runyan, Jack Evans, and Stephan Dobson for sharing the win for the 2012 season of the VHTRC football contest!

We are again having the college bowl contest.  You pick all the bowls and then sit back and watch the results for the holidays.  You can participate whether you played in the regular season or not. To make your picks, go to the Bowl Contest page.

The annual run of the 71 mile Massanutten Trail, the Ring, was held on September 1-2 in very warm weather. Fifteen people finished the rocky course. Results

The Saturday before Thanksgiving brings two area 50 mile runs. The Stone Mill 50 had many VHTRC participants, and is led by member Doug Sullivan.  The JFK 50 is a bit older, but had fewer VHTRC participants. Results:  Stone Mill | JFK

Take the Read More link to read Jack Andrish's report based upon his experience at the Burning River 100 Mile held July 28-29.  There were a few VHTRC finishers at the event. Results