35th Prospect Mountain Road Race

                                    11th series - race 3 of 5

                                          Lake George, New York

Pictures from the race follow the standings. Thanks to Brian Teague, for some of his great pictures, that are included! 

Thank you Brian for all your work over the year AND great pictures!

We were blessed with some awesome running weather! Overcast, a little damp and NO bugs.

 

Darrel Lasell sent this great write up of his race and how he got started, thank you Darrel!

Prospect Mountain Road Race is a race that brings back memories of 35+ years ago when our family used to drive the scenic toll road to the top for a picnic and to see the views of Lake George.

Back then I drove my truck up and never imagined that there were a crazy bunch of runners who would actually race up the 5.67-mile toll road with 1601 feet of elevation.

But back in 2016, after running RTTTOVT I saw that Fred Ross had a race series that I could do to earn an early sign-up to do the MWRR in NH.

So, I consulted my running buddy and we made plans to go to Lake George and run up this Mt.

Back in 2016 I was still very new to running, but finished with a time of 1:02, 6th in AG and 60th overall. I was hooked. I have made the nearly 3 hour drive every year since.

This year my friend Jim Flint from West Rutland said he was curious. He is my age, but a much faster runner, occasionally setting course records for his AG.

I made arrangements to leave home at 5 am to meet up at his house and drive over to NY.

I rained most of the way over but cleared up as we got to Lake George. It was still damp and in the 40s.

We grabbed our bibs and drove to the top of the mountain to stage the car, and caught a ride down with Nancy who was helping another gal drop a car.

Once back at the bottom, we did a little warm up and I had a chance to visit with my mountain goat buddies.

As we neared 9am, Jim and I shed our jackets and got ready with 125 other mountain goats (crazy runners).

Jim got a good start, and was off out of sight. I was a little slower.

After the halfway mark I was able to pass a few and slowly gained on a couple others. I was feeling good and maintained a steady pace.

When I got to the top I was surprised to see that I was 2nd in AG (out of 14) with a time of 1:06 and Jim was first in AG with a time of 52:34 (amazing).

We took some photos and grabbed some of the delicious baked goods and visited with my crazy friends.

Christine and the Adirondack Runners put on a great race.

Next year will be my 10th running and I am already looking forward to it.

Darrel "enjoying" his run up the Mountain!

                   The Ascutney Mountain run is next on Saturday, June 7th

               https://www.pinnaclestrive.com/index.php?n=ascutney_mountain_run_2025

Brian gets this great group shot just before last year's start!

 Congratulations to the winners Michael Bodnar & Erika Abrantes

Michael leading all

Erika close to the finish

Points for Prospect Mountain Road Race: (127 finishers)

 1)     Michael Bodnar    33M      41:29   100.00

     4)      Erika Abrantes      27F       47:46     86.85

     18)    Jeff Gould             60M      52:47     78.59  (1st 60-64)

     30)    Kevin Cavanaugh 56M      56:19     73.66  (1st 55-59)

     32)    Jackie Shakar        65F       56:33     73.57  (1st 65-69)

     35)    Donna Smyth        65F       57:42    71.89  (2nd 65-69)

     57)    Trista Brown          54F    1:03:31    65.31  (3rd 50-54)

     65)    Darrel Lasell          67M   1:06:42    62.19  (2nd 65-69)

     85)    Elaine Dill                76F   1:14:24    55.76  (1st 75-79)

     87)    Fred Ross III          78M   1:14:40    55.56  (1st 75-79)

     93)    Ed Varney               66M  1:20:12     51.72

     95)    Mary Sharkey         75F   1:20:25     51.59  (2nd 75-79)

    102)  Linda Usher             76F   1:23:51     49.47  (3rd 75-79)

    102)  Doug Usher            69M  1:23:51     49.47

Points and standings after Prospect:

     1)   Jeff                     217.55

     2)   Jackie                 202.50

     3)   Donna                196.55

     4)   Kevin                  183.82

     5)   Darrel                 161.13

     6)   Fred                     149.62

     7)   Ed                         142.00

     8)   Alissa Clark        131.98

     9)   Freddie               130.33

     10)   Ross                   129.18

     11)   Trista                 126.99

     12)   Brian                  124.05

     13)   Elaine                 108.64

     14)   Linda & Doug     99.12

     16)   Mary                     94.32

Race Directors Jill, right, and Chris, center, do an awesome job...thank you!!!

I took pictures of the start, and along the way, then joined in :)

Michael, #10, led right from the start!

Toll House just ahead

Really neat mile markers :)

Water was running!

3 aide stations along the way!

Halfway spot just ahead

Thank you volunteers!!!

Elaine was my "carrot" this day, thank you Elaine!

Thank you Donna for bring my clothes as I take pictures

A truly beautiful summit area! 

And great views!

Headed to parking area a short ways down from the finish :)

Thank you Darrel for the ride back down!

Donna & I stopped @ MARTHA'S for our free ice cream on the way home. See you @ Ascutney :)