Wurtsboro Mountain 30k Run

Ninth Annual

Will be held at 9:00am on Saturday Mar 27, 2010
Preregistration on race day from 7:30 to 8:45am
with three person relay option
USATF Certified Course #NY01046AM

Part of the King & Queen of the Mountains Series
with the Celebrate Life Half Marathon, 100Km Catskill Mountain Road Relay and Roosa Gap Roller Coaster 11.5 Mile Run

Organized under the leadership of the Sullivan Striders since 2005!

A few of our wonderful 30K staff

Above (left to right): Debbie LaBounty, Bill Schneider, Myriam Loor (Race Director), Dave Badalato, Kathleen Rifkin, Dennis Toscano

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

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: There will be two early starts 7:30 if planning on taking 4.30 hrs or more and 8:30 if planning on taking more than 3.30

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