Sunday, May 4, 2008

LaSportiva New England Mountain Running Circuit

In three weeks the highly competitive New England Mountain Race Circuit will begin in Princeton, MA with the Wachusett Mountain 4.3 mile race.

The 2008 LaSportiva USATF New England Mountain Running Circuit is the 13th annual series promoting competition in New England Mountain Running. The circuit consists of six races, with runners' points scored from their best five races. The Northfield Mountain race repeats as the USATF-NE Trail Championship, and the Loon Mountain Race serves as the NE Mountain Championship. A series overview, course descriptions, profiles, and color pix can be found on the
La Sportiva site.

The 2008 race schedule and Race Directors are listed below:

May 24 - Wachusett Mountain, Princeton MA, 4.3 miles, 9:30 a.m.Contact: Kevin Fallon 508-835-4262

June 1 - Pack Monadnock, Wilton to Temple NH, 10 Mile, 9:00 a.m. Contact: Damien Rowe - Gate City Striders

June 7 - Northfield Mountain Run, Northfield MA, 9:00 a.m.USATF-NE Trail Running Champs. 10.3Km (6.4 miles) - Contact: Dave Dunham

June 29 - Cranmore Hill Climb North Conway NH, 10K men and women. USATF and USATF-NE Mountain Running ChampionshipMulti-loop up-and-down. 21st annual. Sponsored by Inov-8. Contact: Paul Kirsch

July 6 - Loon Mountain Race NH, 12 km (all uphill). Contact: Dave Dunham or Paul Kirsch Info and story

July 12 - Mt.Ascutney Run to the Summit, Windsor VT, 3.8 mile, 9:30 a.m. Registration; Contact: race@penguincycles.com

Courses and more race info available here.

La Sportiva USATF New England Circuit rules and 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 now based on 100.00 points for the first female finisher. A runner's top 5 of 6 races are totaled.


AWARDS: A combination of cash and gift certificates will be divided among the top 3 men and women in the overall series scoring. USATF New England provides awards for the top finisher in the Open, Masters, Seniors, and Veterans age groups. The circuit awards special T-shirts to "Mountain Goats", USATF members who run all six circuit races.Title and primary sponsor is La Sportiva, with additional support at events from Teva, Inov-8, and the All-American Trail Running Association (AATRA)

2007 La Sportiva USATF NEW ENGLANDMOUNTAIN RUNNING CIRCUIT

The six race, USATF New England mountain running circuit wrapped up at the top of Mount Ascutney, Vermont, on July 15 with Paul Low (CMS) and Dawn Heinrich (PRMM) at the apex of the scoring charts. The top 5 scores were included in the totals.
Low (CMS) again was just one place away from a perfect circuit record; his second place finish at the Cranmore Hill Climb / USA Championship left him with a total of 499.74 points. Circuit founder Dave Dunham (CMS) was second overall as well as masters winner (472.87). The 60+ division was the closest for the men, with Peter Orni (CMS) edging Vincent Rivard (NMC) by less than 2 points. All three of those took their third consecutive series age group titles.
Women's winner Abby Woods (GSH) had to make every second count, edging masters winner and past Olympian in nordic skiing Dorcas Wonsavage (CSU) by a slim .3 points over the 5 race totaling. Lisa Doucett (CSU) continued dominance among the 50+ crowd.
Champions are determined by totaling points earned with the best five counting. The points were determined based on the finisher's percent behind the winner (Example: the winner runs 1:00:00 and Runner-X runs 2:00:00. Runner-X gets 50 points). Women are scored based on the winning woman's time to give them equivalent scores to the men.
USATF New England Mountain running champions (500 possible points)WomenOpen: Abby Woods, GSH, 452.73; 40+: Dorcas Wonsavage, CSU, 452.43; 50+: Lisa Doucett, CSU, 381.70; 60+: Carol Kane, WMAC, 72.67; 70+: Barbara Robinson, GCST, 247.66MenOpen: Paul Low, CMS, 499.74; 40+: Dave Dunham, CMS, 472.89; 50+: Marty Ellowitz, CMS, 396.64; 60+: Peter
Orni, CMS, 354.16; 70+: Paul McDermott, NMC, 260.49;

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