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NJ Trail Series “Makes Running Fun”

Bounce — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:45:06 +0000

I stumbled upon this series last year while looking for some races closer to home. Rick McNulty started this series with a goal in mind. “The goal of the NJ Trail Series is to make running FUN again”. The best part of it is that most of the events are within a two hour drive from most of us, give or take a little. It started with a couple of Fat Ass events and some races, to a year round series that has something for everyone. He has short trail races, an ultra running festival with distances up to 100 miles, and timed events. Well, the timed event is for the running masochist in us all. It is a 2 mile loop that starts at the bottom of a ski slope to the top of the mountain and then back down. It is done in late July and is called Running with the Devil. Each loop has 960′ of elevation gain and 960′ of elevation loss per loop. This year’s 12 hour winner did 18 loops for over 17,000 feet of elevation gain and 17,000 feet of elevation loss.

The Ultra Festival is being held in March and has distances of 26.2 miles, 50K, 50 mile, 100K and 100 miles. The course is a 25 mile T-shaped course on an old rail trail with practically no real hills. Not my cup of tea, but should prove very fast for people looking to PR or go under 24 hours for a 100 miler. The race I have signed up for is the Mountain Madness 50K. It is being held on October 16th and is a short 1 hour and 30 minutes from my house. It also has a 25k and 7.77 mile option plus a 9:00 AM start time for all you late risers. I have plenty of room in my car if anybody is interested.

To find out more about the whole series, click on this link http://sites.google.com/site/xxctrailseries/Home

To find out more about Mountain Madness 50K, click on the link at NJ Trail Series home page or click here: http://sites.google.com/site/xxctrailseries/mountainmadness

TransRockies Update

Mr Bimble — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:33:57 +0000

Current results from the TransRockies Race show Lefty and ShellyGirl to be in 8th place in the mixed team category with a total time of 16:23:32 after 4 stages.

North Cove Outfitters Presents Radical Reels

forrest — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:58:58 +0000

In the past several Bimbler’s have attended these presentations and enjoyed the show. Below are details of the latest offering called The Radical Reels Tour, which hopefully will be of sufficient interest to make it into a mini road trip to see.

National Geographic Adventure and Deuter
Present
The Radical Reels Tour

3 Connecticut Locations
Tickets go on Sale August 23, 2010

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010 7:00pm
Katherine Hepburn Auditorium, Old Saybrook

Friday, September 24th, 2010 7:00pm
The Farmington High School Auditorium, Farmington

Saturday, September 25th, 2010 7:00pm
The Country School Auditorium, Madison

Tickets $15
Available exclusively at North Cove Outfitters
Call 860-388-6585 to reserve your seat. Hurry, limited space available.

Directions
Click Here

2010 Radical Reels Tour Trailer (North America) Faster, Steeper, Higher, Deeper. Radical Reels complements the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour and focuses on dynamic, high-adrenalin films featuring sports such as skiing, climbing, kayaking, BASE jumping and mountain biking. To find a screening near you, visit http://www.banffcentre.ca/mountainculture/tour/radicalreels/
© 2010 YouTube, LLC 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066

The Bluff 2010 “…you decide…”

Mr Bimble — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:46:37 +0000

Registration for the 2010 Bluff 50k has opened! Entries will be accepted until October 2nd via Active.com or snail mail and we are pleased to welcome back Poron Performance Cushioning, who have agreed to sponsor the event for the second year. Full details on the race and how to enter can be found here.

26.2

forrest — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:41:14 +0000

“All people are strange in different ways.”

Ed Whitlock

Read an amazing story in Running Times about how many GREAT races we may all still have ahead of us. This really struck me because, purely coincidentally, I was discussing Ed Whitlock with someone during the Pineland Farms 50 Miler on Sunday, then I found this article yesterday: Ed Whitlock and the Age of Simplicity

Green exercise

Mr Bimble — Mon, 03 May 2010 17:11:26 +0000

As if a bunch of runners need to hear this, details of research published in the Environmental Science and Technology Journal says there is growing evidence that exercise in green spaces such as parks, and one would presume woodland habitats, is good for you.

Run For Rescue

Mr Bimble — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 02:47:09 +0000

Downhill and Ultra lead Sammie and Chase (or was that the other way around) to the finish line at the Run For Rescue, 2 mile run with dog, on April 24

Check out their pictures here.

Click here for results.

We’ve all been there

El Toro — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:24:24 +0000

Great article about Mt. Washington.

http://proxy.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?id=1239256

Scoobie at the NYC Half

Mr Bimble — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:19:32 +0000

It is only a brief glimpse, but she was there!

Bash Update

Mr Bimble — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:29:45 +0000

For those still sitting on the fence as to whether to sign up for the Bash, you may be interested to know that this year’s race shirt will be a wicking technical fabric not cotton. Don’t want to give away too much, but those wearing this years race shirt will definitely get noticed. Can’t say too much more – you’ll have to be there!