Other News and Links

Blogs

TC Hazzard wrote about his 2007 50 Mile Run experience.

News/Stories

The Valley News, our local daily paper, had a full-page photo spread in their Sunday edition. Their website also has a one-page article. But the best part is a great multi-media slide show on their website. Turn up your speakers to hear the audio.
Leigh Schmitt's account of the 2003 Vermont 50, originally published in Ultra Running Magazine. Reprinted here with the author's permission.
Bikers Help Raise Thousands
Check out this great Valley News article about the 2002 race!
"Run 50 miles or mountain bike 50 miles - In the VASS 50-miler"
Article from the May 2002 issue of Vermont Sports Today, by Larry Olmsted
Vermont 50 Race Founder's Luck
Laura Farrell, the founder of the Vermont 50 Mile and the Vermont 100 Mile shows that you can make your own luck in her column A Story of Luck.

Other Great Races

Announcing the 2008 New England Ultra Running Series
- Sponsored by LaSportiva and UltraRunning Magazine

April 20, Lake Waramaug Ultras, New Preston, CT
www.roadntracksports.com/lwum/
May 25, Pineland Farms 50K, New Gloucester, ME
www.mainetrackclub.com/pinelandfarms.html
September 7, Pisgah Trail Ultra, 50km, Chesterfield, NH
Gary Montgomery, 603.363.8420
September 28, Vermont 50 Mile, Brownsville, VT
www.vermont50.com
November 8, Stone Cat Trail, 50 miles, Ipswich, MA
www.gaconline.net.scmain.html
December 7, Nifty Fifty, 50 miles, Coventry, RI
don-allison@comcast.net

Look for more details next month!
For more information contact
Joy Grossman at vtultrarunner@tds.net

Check out The Hampshire 100 (k) on August 19, 2007

Primary beneficiary this year is Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center, which is dedicated to serving individuals with disabilities and their families. Funds from this event are targeted to help build a fully accessible trail from their property to Sunset Lake. Additional beneficiaries this season include Eastern Fat Tire Association, a nonprofit organization which promotes and sanctions mountain bike races, recreational bicycle "fun" rides, and works on New England mountain bike trail access issues and Greenfield Trails Association, a nonprofit organization working to restore, maintain, and enhance some of the very trails you may ride on.

Other Sites

Ultra-Running Magazine - A great magazine for the ultra-runner that loves to race.
Eastern Fat Tire Association - An advocate for the mountain biker.
Jay Challenge races - Three different races in three sports: Jay Crossover (water), Jay Marathon (running) and Jay MTB (mt. bike).
ExtremeWorkout.com - A unique workout strategy. They also sponsor and host various ultrarun events.