Here is it, the September edition of the Wicked Running Register! Lots of great stuff happened in August, so don’t delay and download the WRR today!
- Click on the link below to download the September edition of the Wicked Running Register
A brand new trail race series has hit the North Shore and it’s pretty amazing! The New England Running Company has teamed up with Montrail to bring together 6 of the best trail races from across the area for the Inaugural North Shore Trail Series. Check out http://www.northshoretrailseries.com/ for more details.
Please note that many of these races have a participation limit. Register early to ensure your entry.
Race# 1: June 5: Kupenda 5K Trail Race Results
Race# 2: July 17: ECG’s Run For The Hills Results
Race# 3: August 28: ECG’s Beverly Commons 8 Mile Trail Run Results
Race# 4: September 18: ECTA 10 Mile Trail Run
Race# 5: October 17: Ravenswood 4.1 Mile Trail Race
Race# 6: November 6: Stonecat 26.2 Mile Trail Run (Closed)
Introducing the 2010 Inaugural North Shore Trail Series, brought to you by New England Running Company and Montrail!
The North Shore Trail Series features six local trail races spread across six months. We’ve worked hard to put together a series that showcases the best trail running the North Shore has to offer. Over the course of the series you will experience gentle carriage roads, rocky single track, ocean vistas, and private estates normally closed to the public. With races ranging from a 5k to marathon, by the end of the series you will have experienced the full gamut of trail racing here on the North Shore of Massachusetts. Though the emphasis is on participation, we will be offering awards to top overall finishers and to top age group finishers.
Packet pick up will be held at New England Running Company the day before each race from 10-7PM. Those who pick up their number early will be eligible to enter to win a pair of Montrail shoes. Winners will be announced after each race. In addition, all non sale Montrail shoes will be discounted 20% for the day.
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 based on 100.00 points for the first female finisher. A runner’s top 5 of 6 races are totaled. Twentyfive bonus points will be awarded to any runner completing all 6 races.
Awards:
Runners who complete all six races will be awarded a Montrail series sweatshirt. Runners who complete 5 of 6 races will be awarded a series t-shirt.
Overall male/female winners will be awarded one free pair of Montrail shoes along with a $250.00 gift certificate to New England Running Company and a gift package from the Essex County Greenbelt Association.
Age group male/female winners will receive awards in the following four divisions:
- 39 and under
- 40-49
- 50-59
- 60 and over
There will be an awards banquet at New England Running Company on November 17, at 7PM.
Heading into the fourth straight day of rain, the Lynn Woods Website proudly posted a scrolling banner that read: ….Realy…Realy…Rain or Shine. So at 6 p.m. 69 teams started the 2010 Lynn Woods Relay!
Wicked posted 5 teams this year after bringing an incredible 12 teams to the 2009 edition of the relay. Many Wicked Runners have been battling various injuries which contributed to the low number of teams for 2010, but in the end everyone did a fantastic job and had a blast even if the conditions were a little sloppy!
For the second year in a row a Masters team from WRC took home first place in the Mens Masters Division! This years teams had the following Wicked Runners: TR Ramsdell, Patrick Smith, Colin Maclay and John Ayers. The Wicked Masters ran a very strong combined time of 1:06:29. Congratulations guys!
Thank you to the following Wicked Runners who volunteered, thus making life a little easier for all the participants who ran: Dan Sullivan, Julie Arrison, Liz Touchette and Deb Touchette.
Results:
8. Wicked Masters (1st in Mens Masters Division) 1:06:29
Patrick Smith, TR Ramsdell, Colin Maclay and Joyn Ayers
30. Wicked Wild (AKA Wicked Coed #1) 1:15:30
Sarah Coffey, Mark Ponikvar, Rachel Hunt and Tim Short
41. Wicked Sassy (AKA Wicked Coed #2, but with all females?) 1:22:49
Alison Phelan, Bethany Hyde Radabaugh(ran two legs!) and Dawn Cobak
47. Wicked Men 1:26:09
Colin Doherty, Kenny Hewson, Peter Raymond and Frank Lanzillo
54. Wicked Mixed Up (AKA Wicked Coed #4) 1:28:28
Bill Morse, Amber Wolfenden, Chris Burrbridge and Steve Touchette
Check out the start of the relay in this quick video:
In our on going efforts to be close with the BAA (and someday qualify to get club numbers for the Boston Marathon), we are gathering a group to volunteer for the BAA Half Marathon on Sunday, October 10, 2010.
We need volunteers to sign up sooner rather than later so the BAA can count on us. If there are any questions please email John Mahoney.
The BAA has asked us to be their “Course Monitors.” The description for this job is:
Course Monitors
Team Captain: Josh Nemzer
Check-in Time: 6:30 a.m. – Noon
Course Monitors will be relied upon to provide the runners with both direction, as well as safety along the course. Course Monitors will meet at Playstead Park and be dispatched from there via bus. They should remain at their location until picked up again by bus.
I hope you will join us to help with this event. Feel free to ask your friends and family if they want to join us too. We will be happy to include them.
Here are the instructions for the BAA online volunteering – be sure to ask me if you have any questions. (If you do volunteer, be sure to send me your “online application confirmation number!”)
1)
Go to:
http://www.baa.org/Volunteering/HalfVolunteer.asp
2)
Select the “APPLY ONLINE” link.
3)
If you have volunteered for the BAA in the past, enter your volunteer ID. If you do not remember your ID, there is a link to have the BAA find it for you.
If you have not volunteered with the BAA before, you will have to enter your contact information.
Whatever you do, get your info entered.
4)
At the “Volunteer Registration” page, select
“Join: I want to join an existing Volunteer Group.”
5)
From the drop down menu, select the group: Wicked Running Club
The password is: go_wicked
6)
I suspect most of you will have no special requests at the “ADDITIONAL INFORMATION” page and can just click “next.”
7)
Check the box to acknowlwdge that you accept the terms in the “VOLUNTEER’S AGREEMENT, WAIVER, RELEASE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT” and click “next” again.
Review your “PERSONAL INFORMATION” entries. If there are errors, click the “modify entries” link. Otherwise click the “submit as shown” link.
9)
You should soon receive an email from the BAA that gives you your “Volunteer Application Confirmation.” Please either forward this email to me or send me your “online application confirmation number.” I will need this to keep track of who is volunteering in our group and to coordinate race day efforts.
Susannah Barnes, Alfred Rossi and Michael Nickerson at yesterdays Wicked Summer Outing Party. Kristy Henrich was unable to attend as she was on her way to Standford University.
The Wicked Running Club held its annual Wicked Summer Outing Party at Camp Naumkeag over this past weekend. The event means much more to the Club than just a chance to have hot dogs and cold beers. It’s a chance to honor those who have been selected to receive the Wicked Frosty Four Scholarship. For 2010, there were 10 amazing applicants, and the Scholarship Committee had a difficult time picking the four who who recieve the award as all of the applicants are standout Student-Athletes.
Congratulations to Susannah Barnes, Alfred Rossi, Kristy Henrich and Michael Nickerson for being selected at this year’s recipents of the Wicked Frosty Four Scholarship! Along with the $1000.00, each recipient also received the first Wicked Frosty Four technical shirt and a one year membership to the Wicked Running Club.
A big thank you to Shannon O’Donnell for organizing the event. Peter Raymond was excellent on the grill serving up tasty hot dogs and hamburgers. Check out photos from the party on Facebook.
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