WRTR Announces Donation to New CVNPA Program

Thank You Letter from CVNPA

Western Reserve Trail Running is proud to announce a $5,000 donation to the new Trails Forever endowment program of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park Association (CVNPA).

View the Thank You Letter from CVNPA.

Green Jewel 100K/50K Fun Runs - May 3

 Green Jewel 100K and 50K Fun Runs

The application and additional info about the Green Jewel 100K and 50K Fun Runs on Saturday, May 3, is now available at greenjewel.org

Fools Run Results

Results from the Fools Run 50K and 25K are available here on Lloyd Thomas’ blog. (Note: link updated on April 11, 2008.)

We’re proud to announce that in 2009, the Fools Run will be part of the Western Reserve Trail Running Series.

Fools FA - April 6

The Fools FA organized by Lloyd Thomas will be held on Sunday, April 6 and includes a course within the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. The distance options are 50K and 25K. More information on the run is available on Lloyd’s blog.

(Note: the Fools FA is not part of the Western Reserve Trail Running Series.)

Sneak Peek - Green Jewel 100K course

Saturday May 3, 5AM

Note: TENTATIVE - Course will have additional distance to get to 100K length.

Winter BT50K Results

The results for the Winter Buckeye Trail 50K, Marathon and Half-Marathon are posted here on the BT50K web site. (Note - revised results posted on 2/4/08.)

As Kurt Osadchuk, the WRTR recordkeeper notes:
We have a 86 way tie for series points and Wyatt Hornsby would win with the lowest time of the BT Winter 50K.”

Updated List of Series Races

January 26 - Winter Buckeye Trail 50K, Marathon and Half-Marathon
July 12 - Muddy Paws 5M and 10M
July 19 - Buckeye Trail 50K
August 2 - Burning River 100 Mile Endurance Run
September 20 - YUT-C 50K
October 12- Towpath Marathon and Half-Marathon
October 26 - Running With Scissors Double Marathon and 60K
(additional races may be added throughout the year)

Coming in 2008

Green Jewel 100K Fun Run
Course Map (draft)

Stay tuned !

YUT-C 50K added to Series

Good news !  The 2008 WRTR Race Series has a new addition - the YUT-C 50K ! The race will be held on September 20, 2008.

2008 Race Series

Rules:
Simple.  Run the races in the series: Winter Buckeye Trail Runs, Muddy Paws, Buckeye Trail 50K, Burning River 100, Towpath Marathon, Running With Scissors.

Collect 1 point for every mile for every WRTR race completed in 2008.
e.g. Finish the Burning River 100 Mile run under 30 hours, get 100 points.
Drop out of the Burning River 100 Mile run at 97 miles, get 0 points.

The runner with the most points at the end of 2008 wins.
Awards for top three males and top three females. 
In the event of a tie, the person with the lowest cumulative time, from all races wins.

Entry:
No entry fee for the series.  Runners are automatically added when they enter one of the series races.

Results:
Results will be updated and posted on the web site by Western Reserve Trail Running.