White Salmon Backyard Half - Saturday, June 18th 9:00 am

The 4th Annual White Salmon Backyard Half trail run is happening Saturday, June 18th at 9:00 am. 

Sign up at: http://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=12203

Once again, it is FREE to enter! Or, if you can spare a little change, a suggested donation of $10, or less or more, will go to the White Salmon Columbia High School Cross Country Team. Who, by the way, will be staffing all the aid stations!

It will start and finish right in front of Everybody's Brewing brewpub and loop up and around Hospital Hill, with 1,800+ feet of elevation gain. The motivation to finish the loop will be making it back to the brewpub for some great beer and food!

The other motivation is to get to the top of Hospital Hill to see the awesome views of the Gorge!

Last year we had 109 runners participate, even though the weather was a little on the soggy side! Hopefully this year we will get more people to participate and donate to the cross country team! Also, all the runners donated a total of  $525 for the cross country team last year! Hopefully this year we can get them closer to their goal of $3,000. We got them off to a good start last year! Hopefully this year we can cover their costs for the whole season. The Cross Country team is completely self funded by donations.

EVENT DETAILS:
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EVENT NAME: White Salmon Backyard Half
COST: FREE - (with a suggested donation of $10 for the White Salmon Columbia High School Cross Country team).
WHEN: Saturday, June 18th at 9:00 am
DISTANCE: 13.1 miles
WHERE: White Salmon, WA
START/FINISH: Everybody's Brewing brewpub - Downtown White Salmon - http://www.everybodysbrewing.com/

AID STATIONS: 3 - The aid stations will be staffed by the Columbia High School Cross Country team. The stations will be roughly at the 4, 7, and 10 mile marks. The cross country team will be providing awesome homemade munchies, and other treats, as well as water.
LODGING: Inn of the White Salmon - http://www.innofthewhitesalmon.com/

CONTACT: Allan Dushan, aldushan@yahoo.com

A story and results from the 2010 race can be found here:

http://blog.oregonlive.com/runoregon/2010/06/race_results_2010_white_salmon.html

Trail Runner Announces 2011 Trophy Series

After an exciting year in 2010, the Trail Runner Trophy Series, presented by GORE-TEX®, is back for another round in 2011 with a lineup of more races than ever.


This year, choose from 139 races between March and September across the United States and Canada and be a part of the largest points-based trail-race series in North America.


The 2011 series is divided into two divisions: Non-Marathon (with awards given to male and female winners of five age groups) and Marathon-and-Longer (with awards given to top three male and female participants). Award winners will receive a stellar prize package from our sponsors. We’ll also host a raffle for two random prize giveaways; if you run any race in the series, you’re automatically entered to win.


Read more at: http://www.trailrunnermag.com/trophy.php


The only Oregon race included in this series is the Haulin' Aspen Trail Marathon And Half Marathon

NACAC Mountain Championships in Mexico, July 17th

Invitation for 2009 and 2010 USA Mountain Team Members,

The 2011 NACAC Mountain Championships will be held in Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico on July 17th in conjunction with Carrera de La Chupinaya.  The MUT council is working to put together a team for the event.  Mexico has done a great job of hosting in the past and I feel their efforts deserve a strong US representation.  The selection procedures are below.  I would appreciate a response with your initial interest, whether yes or no.  That will help direct me to contact other mountain runners about applying for a team position.

 

Selection Procedure for NACAC Mountain Team:

1.  Four men and four women will be selected.  Athletes will get uniforms, but sorry there is no travel funding.  (Transportation to and from the airport as well as accommodations are generally provided by host country.)

2.  Members of the 2010 US Mountain Team will be offered a position first, then members of the 2009 US Mountain Team.  

3.  If the team is not filled by procedure 2, athletes will then be selected by resume.  Previous mountain running experience is preferable, but any athletes are welcome to submit resumes.  Running resumes can be sent to Jason Bryant, runningmtn.goat@yahoo.com.

 

4.  The NACAC Mountain Team will be announced by April 15th.

Race info:

The NACAC race will be held in conjunction with Carrera de La Chupinaya in Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico on July 17th.  The race is a one loop 13.8Km(8.57 miles) course that starts at 5020 feet.  The course climbs up to 7875 feet before descending back to the start.  The first mile of the course is on road, then goes onto single track trail.  The course is the same for men and women.  Athletes will fly into Guadalajara Airport.  Ajijic is about 35 miles from Guadalajara.

Regards,

Jason Bryant

336 326-5344

Mountain Mist 50k - Race Report from RVR

From the Rogue Valley Runners blog:

The 16th annual running of the Mountain Mist 50k typified the weather of the past month in northeastern Alabama.  Snow fell on Christmas day for the first time in 100 years..........click here for the complete story,  photos and a video.

Mt. Hood 50 Miler Registration Opens January 30

From Todd Janssen:


Registration for the Mt. Hood 50 Miler (PCT 50) will start on January 30. We weren't able to increase the number of runners allowed this year past 175, so I think it will probably fill fairly fast this year (based on other trail races)! The race is on July 30 this year and the race site is www.mthood50.com.  Also, we can definitely use volunteers - so if you are interested, please send an email to mthood50@gmail.com.

La Sportiva Announces 2011 Mountain Cup Venues

Details at http://www.mountaincup.com