Northeast Uphill Mountain Series: May 2017

28^th Prospect Mountain Road race

4^th series, race #3

First I’d like to thank the Adirondack Runners, race directors Christine Cifone-Clohosey and Jill Peterson as well as all the wonderful volunteers n helpers for another great event! Neat race article out of a local paper.

The course follows the paved Prospect Mountain Veterans Memorial Highway on the East side of the mountain from the junction of U.S. Route 9 and New York State Route 9N concurrency traveling 5.67 miles to the 2,030’ summit, rising 1,601’ vertical feet.

Who noticed this (pix below) at the summit? It’s the remnants of the Prospect Mountain Cable Incline Railway, which was at one time the longest cable railroad in the world. It was built in 1895 to transport wealthy visitors to the Prospect Mountain House, a hotel previously only accessible by horse-drawn carriage. The hotel eventually burned down, but its fireplace is still visible today atop the mountain…very cool!

Weather on race day was really nice with temp’s in mid to high 60’s. There were 102 runners that completed the race.

We had a great time at this year’s race and “our runners” made a big impact! Meg was 2nd woman n won her age group, Kevin was 3^rd man n won his AG, Jeff was 4^th Man n won his AG, Donna was 5^th woman n won her AG and I won my AG! I want to wish Jill Larson n Paul Jones the best of luck on their move to California, you will be missed!

Winning this year was 16 year old Brian Beyerbach in 43:21! Series runners in order of finish; Kevin(48M) was 3^rd in 46:25, Jeff(52M) was 4^th in 46:39, Josh(41M) was 5^th in 47:26, Meg(32F) was 14^th in 52:10, Sau-Mei(51F) was 18^th in 54:37, Donna(57F) was 19^th in 54:58, I(70M) was 25^th in 57:00, Cris(54M) was 26^th in 57:16, Dennis(66M) was 53^rd in 1:05:42, Darrel(59M) was 67^th in 1:11:57 and Walter(68M) was 73^rd in 1:13:59. Congratulations to everyone, as Dave Dunham might say “You’re 60% Mountain Goat”!!!

We now have 11 runners that are on track to qualify for a 2018 lottery by-pass into the Northeast Delta Dental Mount Washington Road Race! Congratulations n looking forward to seeing everyone @ Ascutney on June 10^th! Please help pass the info about it, here’s the link n thanks!!!

https://www.racemenu.com/events/146516-Ascutney-Mountain-Run

Here are the current stat's for the 4th series, please let me know if you find any errors, thank you!

Series points and standings for the Prospect Mountain Road Race: (102 finishers)

1) Brian Beyerbach(16M) 100.00

3) Kevin Cavanaugh(48M) 93.39

4) Jeff Gould(52M) 92.93

5) Josh Curtis(41M) 91.39

14) Meg Paugh(32F) 83.10

18) Sau-Mei Leung(51F) 79.37

19) Donna Smyth(57F) 78.87

25) Fred Ross III(70M) 76.05

26) Cris Cote(54M) 75.70

53) Dennis Gilyard(66M) 65.98

67) Darrel Lasell(59M) 60.25

73) Walter Kuklinski(68M) 58.59

Current 4^th series standings:

1) Kevin 257.10

2) Jeff 252.68

3) Josh 252.43

4) Meg 224.46

5) Donna 218.28

6) Cris 211.07

7) Sau-Mei 208.47

8) Fred 202.03

9) Dennis 175.94

10) Darrel 173.32

11) Walter 170.13

12) Len 153.70

13) Bob 150.26

14) Paul 128.06

15) Jill 110.17

16) Elaine 109.04

Current Streak:

1) Fred 19

2) Walter 13

3) Donna 10

4) Jeff 8

5) Dennis, Kevin, Josh, Sau-Mei,

Darrel, Cris n Meg 3

All time finishes:

1) Fred 19

2) Donna n Laurel 14

3) Walter 13

4) Jeff 8

5) Len 7

6) Bob 6

7) Dennis 4

8) Kevin, Josh, Sau-Mei, Darrel, Cris, Meg,

Dick Hoch n John Kowalski 3

17) Paul, Jill n Elaine 2

Total all time series points:

1) Fred 1,054.63

2) Donna 940.64

3) Walter 733.51

4) Laurel 678.77

5) Jeff 645.62

6) Len 525.68

7) Bob 437.07

8) Dennis 291.15

9) Kevin 257.10

10) Josh 252.43

11) Meg 224.46

12) Cris 211.07

13) Sau-Mei 208.47

14) John Kowalski 190.97

15) Darrel 173.32

16) Paul 128.06

17) Dick Hoch 121.67

18) Jill 110.17

19) Elaine 109.04

Following are a few pictures from the race. Next up is the Ascutney Mountain Run on June 10^th in Windsor, VT. If you get any pictures there, please send them to me for possibly using in updates. Thanks!