Stone Cat Ale Trail Marathon and 50 Miler

Thanks to Dan Cooper for his recount of the Stone Cat Ale Trail Marathon and 50 Miler run by many of our members this past Saturday:

The alarm clock goes off at 4am; it must be time for Stone Cat. 

This year Wicked was well represented at the infamous GAC Stone Cat.  Repeat Stone Cats’ Dan and Steph Cooper, Jay Curry, Bill Morse, and Bruce Campbell were joined by recent trail converts Deb, Liz, and Steve Touchette, Danny Leadvaro, James Deluca, and Billy Shea.  Tim Clarke was on hand to provide pacing support to a friend in the 50 miler and all the Wicked runners were cheered on by Alison and Kerry Phelan, and Kathey Moskal.  This impressive Wicked crew was joined by Wicked friends and hopefully future Wicked runners Sarah Hudson, Richey Lewis, Larry Godbout, Eric Finney, and Paul Copeland.  Those of you that run the Lynn Woods series may know them.

We had a gorgeous day with grand performances by all.  GAC outdid themselves once again providing a scenic, challenging, well supported course for the 8^th annual Stone Cat Ale Marathon and 50 miler.  The aid stations out on the course (Alcat’s Lounge, and Fast Fred’s) and one at the turnaround were awesome.  GAC members offered up a spread that consisted of water, Gatorade, Coke, potatoes, PB-n -J, grilled cheese, hamburgers, hot dogs, power bars, assorted candies, and chips.  There was even talk of some runners (with valid ID of course) sampling the “adult beverages” on hand,  making it difficult to reap the typical weight loss benefits one usually gets from running a marathon.   After the race many of us had the opportunity to speak with Jeff Washburn, notable GAC alum, former Stone Cat Race Director, and ultra running guru who is recovering from a near fatal stroke that occurred this time last year!  Way to go GAC, thanks again, and I am certain many more Wicked runners will be vying for the precious few slots in next year’s race, especially after seeing those sleek, red, very Wicked like looking, jackets all the finishers received.  As of “press time” results had not been posted.