Mount Washington Thanks and Photos

Congratulations and thank you to the Miler volunteers who ran the registration and top parking posts that enabled 20 runners to get spots in the race that would not have happened without their efforts:

Ron Newbury
Kevin Callahan
Anne Leonard
Joe Fay
Cathy Dowling
Linda Comeau
Sumner Rupprecht
Jim Berry
Linda Bitner
Andrea Leonard
Rich Leonard
Donna Cormier
Arthur Viens
Carol Viens
Linda Parrish
Suzy Dowling
Miriam Dowling

Thanks to all of the families who hosted out of town runners as well.

Here are some race photos courtesy of local photographer, Joe Viger

Inov-8 Summer Series Results through Week 2

# Name Age Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9
1 Tim Livingston 37 17 38
2 Roger Marcoux 28 36 26 05
3 Joe LaRue 41 26 44 27 16
4 Jean Martel 59 41 38
5 Jonathon Violette 36 23 40
6 Kevin Tilton 29 17 54 17 09
7 Brian Walker 35 22 01
8 Ben Biche 6 35 28
9 Rick Biche 43 26 30 35 29
10 Deb Biche 40
11 Zachary Switaj 19 21 24
12 Ben Wilcox 47 23 46
13 Christie Girouard 54 31 44 30 44
14 Richie Girouard 50 28 52 27 54
15 Eileen Livingston 67 24 14
16 Donna Ulitz 49 38 48
17 Caleb Lucy 22 21 54 20 54
18 Mary Rowland 56 29 53
19 Kirsten Johnson 23 31
20 Eliza Burke 15 27 54
21 Sianna Streeter 16 26 37
22 Kaye Robinson 25 25 54
23 Hailey Johnston 23 28 21
24 Pamela Clay-Storm 43 23 56
25 Jacques Couture 46 23 51
26 Tristan MacLeod 18 28 53
27 Bill Crowley 60 27 29 26 46
28 Jim Soroka 63 26 13 28 32
29 Kathy Steinhagen 52 34 57
30 Bob Benes 58 34 58 29 16
31 Sally McMurdo 59 27 01
32 Darren Piotrow 12 26 23 25 00
33 Steve Piotrow 48 19 45 19 16
34 Jackson Ross-Parent 13 26 22 25 01
35 Vaera C-Poster 8 37 40 38 30
36 Tatum Brett 7 37 22 37 58
37 Andy Poster 35 37 44 38 33
38 Dylan Murphy 19 26 32 24 25
39 Carissa J Lang 23 23 51
40 Darin Brown 44 20 40 20 03
41 Nick Brown 13 20 40
42 Melissa Brown 11 29 58 28 01
43 Alex Brown 15 25 15 24 54
44 Claes Thelemarck 44 20 26 19 54
45 Hannah Thelemarck 10 30 04 27 51
46 Lea Thelemarck 11 30 24 27 48
47 Gabe Flanders 35 20 23
48 Jeff Lane 36 22 20 20 48
49 Doug Armstrong 62 25 04 23 45
50 Nichol Ernst 31 19 57 1943
51 Jami Mantia 28
52 Mary Hanson 39 29 29
53 Jill Barbour 36 28 43
54 Sarah Morrison 24 25 29
55 Anna McGreavy 28 26 22
56 Kathleen Murdough 28 38 30
57 Brian Johnston 36 20 43
58 Chris Solter 18 20 09
59 Kevin Callahan 58 25 16 25 33
60 David McDermott 57 26 03
61 Kim Proulx 34 27 58 27 21
62 Katharine Moore 33 30 38
63 John Lamneck 32 21 53 21 17
64 Kate Lamneck 32 26 46 25 56
65 Brendan Sullivan 48 20 37 20 08
66 Mik Oyler 34 20 48 20 41
67 Anson McNutty 30 26 02 25 13
68 Sean Littlefield 34 24 32 24 11
69 Paul Kirsch
70 Terry Leavitt 46 42 07
71 Gillian Wilcox 14
72 Foster Piotrow 25 43
73 Sally Swenson 68 29 58
74 Heather Kennedy 48 36 13
75 Cindy Shirley 54 40 32
76 Keith Kantack 22 20 15
77 John Beckwith 5 15 00
78 Leslie Beckwith 35
79 Denise Chisari 43 38 33
80 Jared Chisari 11 37 39
81 Liam Chisari 10 27 48
82 Sullivan Gaudrealt 10
83 Dean Rifanburg 38 24 33
84 Nancy Drach 52 27 52
85 Dave Drach 54 22 57
86 Rich Miller 60 22 07
87 Karlene Normandin 56 31 09
88 Jamie Webb 31 27 12
89 Suzie Carrier 51 23 38
90 Tom Webb 32 24 57
91 Erin Small 33 28 34
92 Kerry Oedel 47 23 58
93 Theron Bassett 17 35 29
94 Dave Oedel 54 24 08
95 Sophie Oedel 7 35 26
96 Evan Place 18 23 46
97 Bill Reilly 64 21 51
98 Diane Hutchinson 45 37 40
99 Peter Marcoux 56 37 41
100 Marc Chauvin
101 Julie Everett Hill 37 30 53
102 Debbie Cross 38 34 06
103 Laura McLane 29 27 26
104 Robin Gregg 30 31 38
105 Emma Graham 7 13 04
106 Matthew Cummins 24 21 01
107 Ron Newbury 61 21 16
108 Eric Favreau 23 20 48
109 Rieh Nagdowski 35 25 00
110 Elizabeth Disney 23 24 11
111 Noah Klorner 23
112 Marcelo Maiorano 25 20 11
113 Kathleen Maynard 24 21 59
114 Heather Burnell 30 06
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Top Athletes Vie for Spots on US Mountain Running Team at this year’s Cranmore Hill Climb

LARGEST TRAIL RUNNING PRIZE PURSE IN NEW ENGLAND

North Conway, NH –  May 30, 2011:  For the second year in a row, the entire US Mountain Running Team will be selected at a single race, with this year’s team selection taking place at the 24th annual Cranmore Hill Climb at Cranmore Mountain Resort on Sunday June 26th at 9AM.  The race serves as the 2011 US Mountain Running Championships, with the top 6 men and top 4 women in the US Champs being selected to represent the US at the World Mountain Running Championships in Tirana, Albania on September 11th, 2011.  The field will be competing for a prize purse of $3100, funded primarily by primary race sponsor, Northeast Delta Dental.  The prize purse is the largest known prize purse for a trail race in New England.

“We’re very excited to have Northeast Delta Dental sign on as a sponsor for this year” remarked Race Director Paul Kirsch, who is also president of the White Mountain Milers running club.  “Tom Raffio and Delta Dental have been such phenomenal supporters of top notch racing in New England, with their sponsorship of Mt. Washington, the Bill Luti 5 Miler and Beach to Beacon.  Running is a great sport for anyone to try, and Delta Dental helps give our region National exposure in the running community,” continued Kirsch.

The 2011 Cranmore race will consist of 3 laps up and down the mountain for men, and 2 laps for women, mimicking the distance at the Albanian World Championships course.  Each 3.87 kilometer lap will ascend and descend 206 meters, testing not only the runners climbing and descending abilities, but also their ability to transition between the two.

The field for the race is extremely strong with at least 15 former members of the US Mountain Running Team expected.

The men’s field includes:

Eric Blake (New Britain, CT), a five time member of the mountain team including the 2010 Silver medal team,  previous winner of the Mt Washington Road Race and 2010 winner of the USATF-New England Mountain Running Circuit.

Joe Gray (Lakewood, WA), a three time member of the US Team who finished 10th at the World Mountain Running Championships in Slovenia in 2010 and won the 2009 Cranmore Hill Climb/US Mountain Running Championships.

Max King (Bend, OR), winner of multiple events in 2010, including the US Half Marathon Trail Championships, XTERRA World Championships, and who also placed 16th at the World Mountain Running Championships in Slovenia.  King also was second US finisher at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Spain in March of 2011.

Kevin Tilton (North Conway, NH), a two time member of the US Mountain Running Team, who also won the Cranmore Hill Climb in both 2008 and 2010.

Tommy Manning (Colorado Springs, CO), who was 3rd at the 2010 Cranmore Hill Climb, finished 6th at the US Mountain Running Championships in 2010 at Mt. Washington, and was the third US finisher at the World Mountain Running Championships in Slovenia last year.

Ryan Woods (Boone, NC) who has a personal best of 13:50 at 5000 meters on the track but also is no stranger to mountain and trail running.  He won the La Sportiva Mountain Cup in 2010 and who also finished 2nd at both the 2009 and 2010 10k US Trail Running Championships.

Matt Byrne (Scranton, PA), who finished 3rd at Cranmore in 2009, and 4th at Mt Washington in 2008.  Byrne has been a two time member of the mountain running team, including the 2008 Bronze medal team.

Jared Scott (Flagstaff, AZ), who finished first at the Don’t Fence Me In 30K Trail Race, as well as a 6th place finish at the US Snowshoe National Championships.

Mario Mendoza (Bend, OR), who was the USATF Trail Runner of the year in 2010 and finished 3rd at the USA 15k Trail Championships in 2011.  Mario also finished 3rd at the 2010 XTERRA National Championships.

Peter Maksimow (Manitou Springs, CO), a member of the 2005 mountain running team, who has been showing strong prominence in Colorado with wins at the mostly-uphill Run to the Shrine 10k in 39:16. Maksimow also  recently won the Cheyenne Mountain Trail Race 25k and Greenland Trail 50k.

Judson Cake (Bar Harbor, ME) who has shown dominance in New England in trail running, snowshoe racing and road racing, will compete in his first USA Mountain Running championships.

The women’s field includes:

Brandy Erholtz (Evergreen, CO), a three time member of the US mountain running team,  and two time champion at the Mount Washington Road Race, Erholtz comes in looking to repeat or better her second place win at the 2009 Cranmore Hill Climb.

Chris Lundy (Sausalito, CA) looks to repeat her win at the 2009 Cranmore Hill Climb.  Lundy is a four-time member of the mountain team, and was a member of both of the US Women Gold Medal Teams in 2006 and 2007.

Gina Lucrezi (Natick, MA) finished in fifth at the 2009 Cranmore Hill Climb and won the 2010 edition.  She also was the USATF-NE Mountain Running Champion in 2010, scoring the first ever 600 point perfect score in the 6 race New England mountain circuit.

Kasie Enman (Huntingdon, VT) was the 4th place finisher at the 2009 Cranmore Hill Climb and has been a top 3 finisher at the Mt. Washington Road Race.  Enman was the top New Englander at the 2008 US Olympic Marathon trials in Boston.  Kasie recently set a new course record at the Northfield Mountain race in May 2011.

Laura Haefeli (Del Norte, CO) who is an excellent downhill runner is the sole American woman to win an individual medal at the World Mountain Running Championships (2007) and was a member of the 2004, 2005 teams and gold medal winning women’s team in 2007.  She is also a former record holder of the Masters Record at the Mt. Washington Road Race.  Haefeli finished in 3rd place in 2009 at Cranmore when it last served as the US Mountain Champs.

Megan Lund (Basalt, CO) is a two time member of the mountain running team and two-time Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier.  Megan finished 16th at the 2009 World Mountain Running Championships and finished in 6th Place at the 2009 Cranmore race.

Amber Moran (Skyland, NC) is an accomplished road and trail runner with a 17:00 5km personal best who finished in 8th place at the 2009 Cranmore Hill Climb and in 7th place at the 2010 US Mountain Running Championships at Mt. Washington.

Michele Suszek (Loveland, CO) is an Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier and has won 5 marathons over her career.  Her marathon PR is a 2:38 at the 2009 Seattle Marathon.  Suszek also finished second at the 2010 Xterra National Championships

Ashley Arnold (Carbondale, CO) is a trail and ultra runner with an impressive 3rd place finish at the 2010 edition of the grueling Leadville 100 Mile Ultramarathon.  Ashley is a winner of multiple ultra marathons and most recently took third place at the Jemez Mountain 13 Mile race in Los Alamos, New Mexico.

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The Cranmore Hill Climb is not just for elite athletes but is also open to any runners willing to test themselves against the mountain.  Complete race information and registration can be found at www.whitemountainmilers.com/cranmore.   The race would not be possible without its sponsors, including Northeast Delta Dental, Inov-8, Hammer Nutrition, USATF New England and Julbo USA.

Inov-8 Summer Series starts tonight – 6/7/2011 at 5:30 PM

The first week of the 9 week Inov-8 Summer Series starts tonight at Whitaker Woods. Get there a little early to register. There’s not enough room for everyone to park at the Route 16 entrance so consider parking at John Fuller Elementary School instead.

The series is free and open to runners and walkers of all ages and abilities.

Looking for someone to provide an elite runner a ride from Portland to North Conway at 5PM on Wednesday June 22nd

One of the elite athletes racing at Cranmore is arriving in Portland at 4:40PM on Wednesday June 22nd. I am looking for someone who would be willing to pick him up at the airport and provide him a ride to the Kearsarge area. If you are interested, please email me, Paul Kirsch at pkirsch2@gmail.com or by phone at 603.398.1852

Gas money will be provided as well as free entry to the Cranmore AND/OR Loon races.

Thanks in advance
-Paul Kirsch

Inov-8 Summer Series starts Tuesday June 7th

The Inov-8 Summer Series starts this week on Tuesday. As always, the series is free. Race starts at 5:30 so plan and arrive a bit before that to sign up for the series and sign the waiver.

Race is at Whitaker Woods in North Conway. Not enough room for everyone to park at the parking lot off of Route 16 so please consider parking at John Fuller Elementary School which is on Pine Street, just around the corner.

Sunday 6/5 Trail Run

Sunday Trail Run.  Meet at Christie & Richie Girourd’s at 1748 Brownfield Rd Center Conway. Approx 4.4 from the beginning of Mill St.  Landmarks: Pine Tree School, Center Conway public beach, Earle Family Farm, Hatches Apple Orchard.  Look for  balloons on their mailbox.  House is on the right, black mailbox, can’t see the house from the road.  If you get to the border of Brownfield, ME  you’ve gone 6/10 of a mile too far.

Time: 9:00am
Bring a dish to share for potluck breakfast.
Christie mapped out 7 miles of trail and back dirt roads or you may run a shorter out and back!