Cross-Country Racing

Time to start gearing up for the fall cross country season. The Pete Glavin Cross-Country series begins September 26 with a race at Mendon Ponds Park.
The other race dates are:
10/10 at Beaver Island Park on Grand Island
10/31 at Watkins State Park
11/7 at Longbranch Park, Liverpool
11/14 at Centre Park in Fairport (the championship)

Cost is $50 for the series, but it may cost a few bucks more for the FF team and shirts. I will find out soon.

A couple of key changes, there will be 30-39 age group teams and the women 40-49 and 50-59 age groups only need 3 finishers each to qualify for team points.

More information forthcoming.

Bonified and Qualified!

Mike W., Eileen W and myself are officially qualified for the USSSA National Snowshoe championship being held on March 6 near Tully, New York. Mike finished 4th (1:03:54) in his age group (top 5 automatically qualify), Eileen was 2nd (1:15:22)and I was 1st (58:38) among USSSA members. Lou gave a valiant effort, but finished seventh. You can also qualify on time, finishing with 130% of the winning time for your age group, but Lou picked a tough and fast age group to compete in.

Almost 100 snowshoers competed in the 10k at Mendon Ponds on Sunday, January 17. There seemed to be a good representation from around New York state. The warm spell threatened to make the race a running trail run, but fortunately there was just enough snow left on the hilly course to allow us to use snowshoes.

Jan, a past qualifier, opted to save her achilles tendon for summer triathlons and did the smart thing by resting.