21 Nov 2022

John Calabrese

60th Annual JFK 50 Mile Race

The 60th annual JFK 50 Mile race was held on Saturday November 19. Noteworthy VHTRC performances included Martha Wright, who won her age group with a time of 9:24; Jana Fridichova, who finished 10th among the women and 65th overall in 7:39 (a pace just over 9 minutes per mile); VHTRC Bored member Chelsea Smith, who came in just under 10 hours; and also John Calabrese, who settled into 11 minute mile pace and finished in 9:13. This placed John 212th among the 1,081 runners, on what was a bright, sunny and brisk day in western Maryland. Here is John’s report.

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18 Nov 2022

Quatro Hubbard

New Club SWAG

New club T-shirts have arrived!

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23 Oct 2022

Tracy Cooley

Big Dog’s Backyard Ultra: Together Everyone Achieves More

Credit: This report on the 2023 Big Dog’s Backyard World Championship was compiled by Tracy Cooley, based on posts by Tracey Outlaw and Keith Knipling, and on her experiences while crewing as part of the Blue Train to Bell Buckle, the Tennessee site for this event.

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30 Sep 2022

Keith Knipling

VHTRC Membership Issues

If you wish to be a member of the VHTRC please check your member profile and/or the Club membership roster. Because of a membership system glitch, your membership may have inadvertently expired.

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18 Aug 2022

Keith Knipling

Sara Davidson Joins the VHTRC Board

Sara Davidson fills a vacancy on the VHTRC Board.

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10 Aug 2022

Keith Knipling

2022 VHTRC Summer Party

The VHTRC Summer Party will be on Sunday, September 25. This is a true highlight of the VHTRC social calendar and all club members, their families, and volunteers at our events are invited. This is our chance to raise a glass to those members and volunteers who are so instrumental in making this club work.

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10 Aug 2022

Keith Knipling

Upcoming Trail-Work Opportunities

There are two opportunities in the next month to give back to our public lands and improve the trails for all to use.

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10 May 2022

Keith Knipling

2022 Massanutten Trail Work Party

In the days leading up to MMT, 17 volunteers from the VHTRC have been busy preparing the Massanutten trails by clearing more than 27 miles of trail, removing dozens of trees, and contributed 160 hours of labor to our public lands.

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11 Mar 2022

Keith Knipling

Donate to the Caroline Furnace Lutheran Camp Pavilion

The Caroline Furnace Lutheran Camp is building a new pavilion that will serve as the new finish of MMT. They are breaking ground now and hope to finish by this year’s race. Learn how you can help.

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27 Feb 2022

Keith Knipling

Results for the 2022 Hashawha Hills 50 km

Results for yesterday’s thirteenth annual running of the Hashawha Hills 50 km Trail Run are here.

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