West Virginia Mountain Trail Runners

Check out this video of last years Dirty Dog 15k Trail Run:

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My friend Phil, who does triathalons, posted the report below on slowtwitch for his buddies, I thought it was a good one so I thought I’d pass it on.  He summed it up pretty good for us, he agreed to run with me since this was my second attempt to finish my first ultra, and I thought I could use the help after DNFing at Capon last year. He was kind enough to go along, running with me out at KSF on Saturday mornings, and then decided to do the whole thing.  I think he’s hooked now and just doesn’t know it yet, he really liked the scene. I’d never been longer than 20 before, and noticed the second time down Hoffman that I was walking sometimes when I should have been running. I’ll agree with Phil, that we were in the “hurt locker” as he puts it, me more than him actually, but I do take exception to his description of me “doubled over pulling on a tree.” I was in perfect running form as I walked up Lindy the second time, and I was just trying to move that tree out of the trail. He also said there was “no finish line”, which is just his excuse for me taking him by one second at the finish line, which was obviously the crack in the sidewalk.

Thanks to the Dolin’s for the race and the aid stations, and for sticking around waiting on us.

Dave Simmons Continue Reading »

Thanks again to Mike Dolin and Kadra and the two people who manned the race stops, and to all the others who helped out on Saturday.

It was a beautiful day, the course was well marked and it really wasn’t nearly as masochistic as I thought it would be.  Mike picked a nice easy route for us and I was really appreciating all of the sloping downhill.  Greg was as well since it was his first distance run ever.  I had a great time, he says he had a “not too horrible time”, which translates to, “hey that was fun” in Gregease.

The service road got a little muddy in places and the gravelled areas were a little treacherous, especially with all of the leaves covering some of the paths, but the weather was great, if not a tiny bit chill to begin with, but once you got moving all was wonderful. 

I was shocked to find that we had not one but two stops on the loop (four all together – not including the start/finish line).  It was a pleasant surprise.  I had packed enough stuff for us to do the run without any aid, but having them there was great and very  much appreciated. 

Paula Smith

Click the link for a better view: http://www.wvmtr.org/gallery/snowflake50k2009/DSC03818 Continue Reading »

The revived Snowflake 50k (and 25k) was a hit yesterday. Results coming asap. In the mean time check out RD Dolin’s race report and some photos here.