Month: January 2019

Saturday 1/12:

24 racers completed the 1st Gurney Lane 5k Snowshoe Race at the Gurney Lane Recreation Area in Queensbury, NY. While nature was not entirely cooperative in providing good snow cover, RD Bob Underwood pulled together a rolling course with what snow could be found, with the snowshoers followed by fat bike racing in the afternoon. Series regulars Tim Van Orden and Christine Natalie took the 1st place positions. Full results can be found here.

Sunday 1/13:

For the 3rd year in a row RD Mike Owens put together a challenging race in Londonderry VT, this time at Magic Mountain Ski Resort. A late week storm left the Winter Magic course with plenty of snow, resulting in a 2 loop 2.9 km race for series points that 20 racers completed; several attendees completed an untimed single loop as well. Tim Van Orden took his second 1st place finish of the weekend, with Laurie Raffensperger finishing seconds ahead of last year’s womens’ champion Jess Northan. Full results can be found here.

Race information is up-to-date for this weekend’s snowshoeing trifecta:

Fri 1/18 Nor’Easter 5k Night Race Londonderry VT

Sat 1/19 Hoot Toot & Whistle 5k Readsboro VT

Sun 1/20 Cock-a-Doodle-Shoe 5k/10k Saranac NY

Keep an eye out here and on FB over the next couple of days – I’ll be posting updated information as we get it from the race organizers.

Two races that can earn series points this weekend!

The first is the Gurney Lane 5k on Saturday morning at 10 AM, at the Gurney Lane Recreation area in Queensbury. Day of registration is available for $25. Conditions aren’t great but there will likely be enough snow for this to be run on snowshoes; it still might be a good idea to bring running shoes and traction aids (Yaktrax, screwshoes, microspikes, etc) just in case a last minute decision is made to run it as a trail race. All the relevant info can be found on our race page.

Sunday morning at 9 AM is the Winter Magic 5k at Magic Mountain Ski Area in Londonderry, VT. Day of registration is $20. This year the race will be held on the Magic Mountain property, which received sufficient snow over the past few days to actually make the race possible (some portions of the course need snow cover to be usable.) The relevant info can be found at our race page.