Montrail-Mountain Hardwear USATF-NE Mountain Circuit 2010 Schedule
05/22 Northfield
Mountain
New England Trail Championships
05/29 Wachusett Mountain
06/06 Pack Monadnock
06/27 Cranmore Hill
Climb
New England Mountain Championships
07/04 Loon Mountain Race
07/11 Ascutney
Mt. Challenge
Paul Kirsch is the current NE Mountain/Ultra/Trail chair
Contact Info:
pkirsch at roadrunner.com
603-367-8676
Current 2010 Mountain Circuit Standings Through 5 races: Click Here
Don't see your name in the results? Contact Paul Kirsch and send him your USATF Number. Email: pkirsch2@gmail.com
NOTE: THE ABOVE RESULTS LIST IF WHAT WE WILL BE USING FOR MOUNTAIN GOATS. IF YOU DON'T SEE YOUR NAME OR THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN SCORED IN A RACE, PLEASE CONTACT PAUL KIRSCH AT THE ABOVE EMAIL ADDRESS BEFORE ASCUTNEY.
The USATF-NE Mountain Running Circuit
has a new sponsor!
Montrail &
Mountain Hardwear have signed on as the title sponsor for the 2010 USATF-NE
Mountain Running Circuit. They will be providing $1000 in cash
prizes for the series, advertising money, and for the Mountain Goats, a
really cool Mountain Hardwear technical shirt! Look for the Montrail-Mountain
Hardwear crew at all 6 of the Mountain Circuit races, where they will be
selling shoes, showing off their latest products and maybe even racing at
some of the events.
Hammer Nutrition Products signs on as a series sponsor
for 3rd year
Hammer Nutrition,
makers of Heed and Hammer Gel, has again signed on to provide both gel and
sports drinks for the 2010 Mountain Circuit.
Larabar signs on as a product sponsor for 2010
Larabar will
be providing samples of their products at all of the 2010 Mountain Circuit
races.
Thanks to Scott Mason for providing
photos at the 2009 Mountain Circuit
If you haven't already seen them, check out Scott's
amazing photos from some of the 2009 races. We look forward to Scott's
photos again in 2010!
Mount Washington Road Race Alert
BECOME A MOUNTAIN GOAT AND BYPASS THE 2011 MT. WASHINGTON LOTTERY!
The Montrail-Mountain Hardwear USATF-New England Mountain Running Circuit has teamed up with the Mt. Washington Road Race to offer you a special opportunity to bypass the Mt. Washington Road Race Lottery in 2011. To qualify for the lottery bypass, you need to do the following:
* Become a USATF Member (www.usatf.org)
* Complete all 6 races in the Montrail-Mountain Hardwear
USATF-NE Mountain Running Circuit in 2010 so that you are awarded the status
of Mountain Goat.
Note: If you achieved Mountain Goat status in 2009, you are eligible to bypass the 2010 lottery. MUT Chair Paul Kirsch will be providing the Mt. Washington Race with a list of 2009 MUTs. Here is the list of goats. But remember all you Mt. Goats, you still need to register for the lottery to compete at Mt. Washington! Just pick lottery bypass when you do and give your reason as USATF-NE Mountain Goat. Entry is by online lottery only, and closes within a week of entry! (Entry runs March 1 to March 15). www.mountwashingtonroadrace.com.
If you have a question about your eligibility for Mountain Goat status, please email Paul Kirsch at pkirsch@roadrunner.com. Don't ask the Mt. Washington Race please.
05/22 Northfield
Mountain Northfield, MA 10.3 km New England Trail Championships
05/29Wachusett Mountain
Princeton, MA 4.3 Miles
06/06 Pack Monadnock
Wilton to Temple, NH 10 Miles
06/27 Cranmore Hill
Climb North Conway, NH 12 km New England Mountain Championships
07/04 Loon Mountain Race
Lincoln, NH 5.7 Miles
07/11 Ascutney
Mt. Challenge Windsor, VT 3.8 Miles
SCORING: Runners score points based on their time as a percentage of the winner's overall time, making every second count! For example, a winning time of 41:08 gets 100.00 points; a time of 42:21 is worth 97.13, and 1:20:32 gets 51.08 (the winning time being just about 50 percent of that runner's time). Women's scoring is now based on 100.00 points for the first female finisher. A runner's top 5 of 6 races are totaled.
SCORING ELIGIBILITY CUTOFF: Because the primary goals of the series are to promote the sport of Mountain Running and encourage membership in USATF, runners' scores for all races they participate in will be counted in scoring if they join USATF before the start of the third event in the circuit. This year's 3rd race is the Pack Monadnock Race on June 6th.
AWARDS: A combination of cash
and gift certificates will be divided among the top 3 men and women in the
overall series scoring. USATF New England provides awards for the top finisher
in the Open, Masters, Seniors, and Veterans age groups. The circuit awards
special T-shirts to "Mountain Goats", USATF members who run all
six circuit races.
Title and primary sponsor is Montrail-Mountain Hardwear; Hammer Nutrition
is the official endurance drink and energy gel supplier. Larabar will also
be providing product samples at all events.
As a USATF-New England program, circuit scoring eligibility is limited to individuals who are USATF members. Though all races are open to all runners, USATF membership is required to score and win awards in the circuit. If you have additional questions, feel free to email or call the USATF-NE office, (617)566-7600.
The circuit was founded by Dave Dunham and continues under current USATF-NE Mountain / Trail Running chairman Paul Kirsch. Series Founder Dave Dunham still does the scoring for the series. Thanks for your interest in Mountain Running!
The Rhode Island 6 Hour Ultra Marathon and Relay will again serve as the 2010 USATF-NE Ultrarunning Championships. Congrats to 2010 USATF-NE Ultra Champions, Ben Nephew (CMS-Inov-8) and Lisa Mikkelsen (Inov-8). Ben won a hard fought battle with Martin Tighe, running over 50 miles in the 6 hour event. The 1st annual RI 6 Hour Ultra was an amazingly well run event and we're happy to have it back as the 2010 Championships. Check out some of Scott Mason's great photos from the event.
Low (CMS) again was just one place away from a perfect circuit record; his second place finish at the Cranmore Hill Climb / USA Championship left him with a total of 499.74 points. Circuit founder Dave Dunham (CMS) was second overall as well as masters winner (472.87). The 60+ division was the closest for the men, with Peter Orni (CMS) edging Vincent Rivard (NMC) by less than 2 points. All three of those took their third consecutive series age group titles.
Women's winner Abby Woods (GSH) had to make every second count, edging masters winner and past Olympian in nordic skiing Dorcas Wonsavage (CSU) by a slim .3 points over the 5 race totaling. Lisa Doucett (CSU) continued dominance among the 50+ crowd.
Champions are determined by totaling points earned with the best five counting. The points were determined based on the finisher's percent behind the winner (Example: the winner runs 1:00:00 and Runner-X runs 2:00:00. Runner-X gets 50 points). Women are scored based on the winning woman's time to give them equivalent scores to the men.
USATF New England Mountain running champions (500 possible points)
Women
Open: Abby Woods, GSH, 452.73; 40+: Dorcas Wonsavage, CSU, 452.43; 50+:
Lisa Doucett, CSU, 381.70; 60+: Carol Kane, WMAC, 72.67; 70+: Barbara
Robinson, GCST, 247.66
Men
Open: Paul Low, CMS, 499.74; 40+: Dave Dunham, CMS, 472.89; 50+: Marty
Ellowitz, CMS, 396.64; 60+: Peter Orni, CMS, 354.16; 70+: Paul McDermott,
NMC, 260.49;
2007 circuit
results
Nineteeen runners completed the full six race circuit, earning the distinction
of being dubbed "Mountain Goats".
The USATF champions were determined by totaling points earned with the
best five counting. The points were determined based on the finisher's
percent behind the winner (Example: the winner runs 1:00:00 and Runner-X
runs 2:00:00. Runner-X gets 50 points). Women scored based on the winning
woman's time to give women equivalent scores to the men.
Low was just one place out of a perfect record, his 499.26 only off by a runner-up spot at Northfield. Dave Dunham, masters winner, had the 2nd highest score at 457.57; both were repeat winners. Closest division standing was the men's 50-59 group where Paul Bazanchuk was just over 4 points better than Len Hall; both battled through the full sixpack. Peter Orni and Richard Snyder led the 60+ and 70+ divisions, respectively.
In the women's ranks, Heinrich and Donna Smyth were 1-2 among masters as well as overall. Kate Naples was tops in the open division and third overall with 381.38 points in five attempts. Lisa Doucett took 50+ honors, and Carol Kane with a single race was atop the 60's. Scoring well - fourth overall - was 13 year old Haley Heinrich, the best junior total ever.
USATF New England Mountain running champions (500 possible points)
Women
Open: Kate Naples, CCAC, 381.38; 40+: Dawn Heinrich, PRMM 458.08; 50+:
Lisa Doucett, CSU, 325.91; 60+: Carol Kane, WMAC, 79.55
Men
Open: Paul Low, CMS, 499.26; 40+: Dave Dunham, CMS, 457.67; 50+: Paul
Bazanchuk, GSH, 391.13; 60+: Peter Orni, CMS, 341.53; 70+: Richard Snyder,
GLRR, 142.77;
2006 circuit
results
Twenty-one runners completed all six races earning the distinction of being dubbed "Mountain Goats", and an additional 16 runners completed five races. The USATF champions were determined by totaling points earned with the best five counting. Points were determined based on the finisher's percent behind the winner (Example: the winner runs 1:00:00 and Runner-X runs 2:00:00. Runner-X gets 50 points). For the first time in the circuit's ten year history, women were scored based on the winning woman's time to give women equivalent scores to the men.
Many of the age group victories were close, going down to the last race. Low took the overall victory with 488.48 points, narrowly topping teammate Kevin Tilton who finished 9 points back. West was the top female point totaler as well as leader in the masters (age 40+) division. The 50+ men's age group was one of the deepest fields with the top seven runners within 80 points. Robert 'Doc' Chasen took the victory with 387.91 points.
A total of 109 USATF members scored points in 2005. Points and race finishes have been totaled since the first race in 1996. Eldon Burkinshaw (Gate City Striders) leads with 35 finishes out of 40 races and Donna Smyth (CSU) is the top woman with 28 finishes. Dave Dunham (CMS) leads the lifetime scoring with 3,166.92 points and Smyth leads the women's point parade with 1,958.15. Emer O'Donoghue (SRR) has a string of 24 straight finishes.
USATF New England Mountain running champions (500 possible points)
Women
Open: Kathy Hurst, unattached, 427.54; 40+: Suzy West, CSU, 473.49; 50+:
Jacqueline Keith, NMC, 309.93; 60+: No competitors; 70+: Barbara Robinson,
MMM, 71.01
Men
Open: Paul Low, CMS, 488.48; 40+: Dave Dunham, CMS, 439.81; 50+: Robert
Chasen, Tri-Valley, 387.91; 60+: Peter Orni, CMS, 325.87; 70+: Paul McDermott,
NMC, 186.25;
2005 circuit
results
Series Summary
Mountain running newcomer Josh Ferenc (Keene NH) outdueled Kevin
Tilton (CMS/Conway NH) to win the 2004 USATF New England Mountain
Running Circuit. Each had a race win (with Paul Low taking two races),
but the points earned by Ferenc in a 3-1 man-to-man match gave him the
edge, 392.42-383.48.
Masters winner was Mark Pitts (Moose Milers) with 350.73, with
top 50 runner Rob Higley (Western MA AC) not far back at 339.08.
Acing the 60+ division was Eldon Burkinshaw (Gate City Striders)
who not only was a grand slammer, but moved into the lead for all-time
race appearances.
Women's winner was also the masters' master; Helen Bradler (MRM)
scored 269.77 and was the top Goat as well. Open division winner Kelli
Lusk (CMS) ran just 3 races in totalling 242.68 points, while Anne
Kucharski was highest among W50's with 120.88 in two appearances.
New this year, the top three scorers from teams were totaled, and the
Moose Milers and Marathoners upset CMS 1022 to 1009 points; Team
Gloucester was top mixed team (at least 1 female), and CMS was the top
women's team. 25 clubs were represented in the scoring, and 23 runners
earned Mountain Goat status by completing all four events.
2004 circuit
results
Green Mountain runners Eric Morse (CMS/Berlin VT) and Suzy
West (CSU/Putney VT) are the king and queen of the hills, winning
the 2003 USATF-NE Mountain Running Circuit following the Mt.Ascutney 3.8
mile hill run on June 28.
Morse won his fifth straight crown - and sixth in the circuit's 8 year
history. He had two overall race wins, but if it's any consolation for
his opponents, his 396.64 points were the lowest average total of his
winning years. West won her second circuit title while also finishing
as first master.
Also garnering repeat wins were Richard Stockdale, with a three-peat in the 50-59 division (and his fourth overall, having won the 40-49 division in 2000), and Anne Kucharski, with a repeat among the F50-59 crowd.
In the quest for the "Mountain Goat" award, 11 runners finished the full 5 race calendar, with 34 runners completing 4 of 5 races necessary for the special honors. Mountain running popularity grows, as 510 different runners finished at least one race. Only USATF members are eligible for circuit scoring.
2003 supporters and participating sponsors included: All American
Trail Running Association (cash), Red Bull Energy Drink, BioFreeze,
Nancy Hobbs / Adam Chase, and Running Times magazine (product).
Click here for Final
2003 Standings.
Paul Kirsch of Madison, NH took over the position of Mountain/Ultra/Trail Chair for USATF-New England in September 2006, replacing Richard Bolt who relocated to Oregon in the Spring of '06. Rich continues to hold a prominent position in US Mountain Running as a member of the USATF-MUT council.
Paul is an avid trail, mountain and snowshoe runner who got his start in mountain running with his first Mount Washington race in 1998. He is President of the White Mountain Milers (Conway, NH), a member of the national USATF MUT Council, and race director of the Cranmore Hill Climb and Loon Mountain Race, which are both part of the USATF-NE Mountain Circuit. He has the good fortune to live in the Mount Washington Valley, where he does almost all of his running on trails.
Paul's goals for Mountain/Ultra/Traul running follow
those of his predecessors:
You can contact Paul via email at pkirsch@roadrunner.com.
CHAIR HISTORY:
2006-present - Paul Kirsch
2002-2006 - Rich Bolt
1995-2002 - Dave Dunham.
Does anyone ever ask you "what is mountain running"? The answer may depend on where you live and what type of terrain is available. According to the WMRA, a WMRT "mountain race" has to meet a specific set of criteria. Those criteria can be found at: www.wmra.info/rulesc.htm.
At the WMRA website you will also find results from past World Mountain Running Trophy (WMRT) races, the WMRA Grand Prix, the European Mountain Running Championships and much more. Search their database of World and European Trophy races from 1985 to present at: www.wmra.info/statistics.htm.
Who is the WMRA? The current WMRA Council can be found at: www.wmra.info/council.htm.
The World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) has introduced an e-mail newsletter to keep you up to date with mountain running happenings at the international level. To subscribe to this free service go to: www.wmra.info/abonnieren.php.
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