VHTRC - The Club

Tim has finished all Bull Run Runs. He talks about his streak in his report of this year's run. Tim's BRR Report

Last we looked, Karsten was still entered in MMT.  So he tapered for it by setting a new course record at the Capon Valley 50km in West Virginia on May 8. There were several other VHTRC finishers.  Results

Alex Papadopoulos reports: "The ICY-8 became the ICKY-8 this past Saturday [May 1].  From 30 inches of snow and a cancellation to 90 degrees and sunny, runners took to the trails in Prince William Forest Park to see if the change in venue and temperatures would alter anything.  VHTRCers Brad Hinton and Johanna Lockner took top honous for overall male and female.  Ageless Mike Campbell finished a strong second overall.  Other VHRTCers included David Snipes, James Hinton, Caroline Williams, and Keith Hosman to name a few."  Results 

Over half of the BRR runners responded to the survey that we sent to them. You can see a summary of the results.

Twenty-seven eager VHTRC workers participated in the club's annual work day on the trails of the Massanutten Mountains.  We were helped by three certified sawyers from the PATC. Several trails were cleared and greatly improved. The new Brown Hollow trail is much better, and Gary and Q made improvements on Kerns Mountain.  Carolyn and her crew renewed the blazes on the trail north of Woodstock Tower.  Kerry Owens hosted volunteers after the work.  All trail users, including those on May 15-16, will profit from our efforts Thanks to all!

Bryon Powell reported on the iRunFar Twitter feed that Amy Sproston finished as fourth woman at the MiWok 100K in California on May 1. Amy, who won MMT and BRR in 2009, was five minutes behind third place woman Krissy Moehl, finishing in just over 10 hours. Kami Semick was the first woman in 9:10. Anton Krupicka won in 8:02. Miwok website

Derrick Carr, one of the original members of the VHTRC, ran a good time on a tough course at the Zane Grey Highline Trail 50 mile in Arizona. Scott Mills, who reported this to us, noted this is "one of if not the toughest 50's in the country." Scotty said that Derrick got lost twice and still was 16th in a tough field. Susan Donnelly also finished. Results

Dan Barger, 44, from Auburn, California, won the 2010 MMT in 20:25:48. Sheryl Wheeler, 47, from Rhinebeck, New York, was the first woman in 24:54:45. 

Results and photos are now available on the 2010 MMT Report page.

Bobby Gill was the top VHTRC male finisher at David Horton's Promise Land 50km on April 24. Eva Pastalkova, who was second at Bull Run Run, was a half hour ahead of second place Justine Morrison. Eva now has the second fastest woman's time at Promise Land behind Anne Riddle Lundblad. Eva has the second fastest time at Bull Run Run ahead of Anne's third. There were many other VHTRC finishers in what is often called David's best event. David's Web site

Matt Woods and Annette Bednosky qualified for the US 100K World Cup team at the Mad City Road 100K on Saturday in Madison, Wisconsin. Matt won the USATF 100K National Championship with a time of 7:06:21--an average of 6:51 per mile. Annette, the 2004 MMT women's champ and the 2005 BRR women's champ, finished second in her first 100K road race in 8:05. Results | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article | Annette's race report on her blog