Turns will have volunteers, arrows painted on roadway for turns.
Route:
start in Wurtsboro, go up Wurtsboro Mtn Rd. (Old Rt 17) west, go L
onto K-Line Bridge
Rd, over Rt 17 (pass exit 112), go R up Mt Prosper Rd, L onto Yankee
Lake
Rd at top of hill, L onto Pine Kill Rd, R onto Rt 209, L onto Sullivan
Co Rt 163
(becomes Orange Co Rt 61), L onto Indian Orchard Rd (becomes South Rd)
follow to finish at
Emma Chase School in Wurtsboro.
Getting
To Wurtsboro
Directions to race
Parking
Convenient parking close to finish line at Emma Chase School. From
finish line in front of school, it's only 120 meters to start on
Pennsylvania Avenue (AKA South Rd).
Race day registration, check-in and awards, race bib and
t-shirt pick-up:
Emma Chase School, Wurtsboro, NY. Check-in, registration, parking
and awards are centrally located here. Bathroom facilities are located
inside the school (two male and two female
bathrooms).
Check-in will be quick: check in at the registration table to get your
race
bib and t-shirt. The race will start promptly.
This is very important, as police expect runners to be on
the
race
route and going through key intersections during certain time ranges.
Early starters: Official early start is OK; write
clock time on your bib's tear-off tag at the start and again
at the finish. Make sure you are using the same watch when you do this.
Run next to the finish chute at the end of the race, then pull your
tag,
have your clock time (am/pm) recorded on it, then have finish line
person
set it aside. Tags of early starters should not go on the finish line
helper's spool; the elapsed times of any early starters will be figured
into the
final results later. Early starters will be eligible for
competitive
awards. All finishers receive medals whether they start early or with
everyone
else at official starting time.
More inspirational
quotes for runners
Weather
forecast: never judge a day by
the weather!
Race
management
Individual 30km road race
originally designed and
organized from 2002-2004 by
USATF Certified Coach Brian Cavanagh.
Organized by Sullivan Striders from 2005 on. Relay option added in
2005 by Sullivan Striders officers.
Brian founded the 100km
Catskill Mountain Road Relay, a
five and ten person team relay (with 10km legs) which has been held
annually since 1992. Brian has contributed many hours to
both the Orange Runners Club and Sullivan Striders over the years. A
former 2:48 marathoner (1:56:20 for the Bankathon/Chopathon 30km,
equivalent to about a 2:06 for the WM30K), he saw the need for an
accurate 30km in the
region to give runners a goal to help them develop long-run fitness for
a spring marathon.
In his opinion, "There is no purer sport than
long distance running; it brings us back to our roots as human beings.
Planning
Ahead
Wurtsboro
Mtn 30K affiliated organizations, publications and events:
More than forty links to clubs, publications, calendar of spring
marathons and nearby races.
Salient training advice
In his late 70's, Johnny Kelly,
the famed Boston Marathon runner, was asked how to
train. His response: "Get out the door and put one foot
in front of the other [and run]!"
Likewise, I'll keep it simple here.
Runners will take from 2-5 hours
to complete course. Get some practice running longer than you've been
doing, then up and down longer hills to be ready for this race. Rest up
for 5 days before to supercharge your muscles. Pace yourself on
race day, especially uphill for the first 3.5 miles. Hold back in the
middle stages of the race. In the
later stages,
"hang
tough"; be strong-minded. Don't give up. Believe in your abilities. A
marathon and a 30k are about parcelling out your reserves properly
and thinking positively.
"Brevity is the soul of wit." - Shakespeare
