Mt State Trail Run Series

The West Virginia Mountain Trail Runners are again proudly coordinating the 2008 Mountain State Trail Run Series. All seven participating races from 2007 have committed to the series with the rapidly approaching spring schedule locked in and the fall dates almost complete. Pencil in these races on your calendar as the time to start putting those base miles in for the spring races is now! The Babcock Gristmill Grinder will again kick off the series where we hope to see 2007 “Gristmill” race winners Joel Wolpert and Robin Weiner attempt to defend against last year’s overall Mountain State Trail Run Series “top dogs” Michael Bee and Ashley Dolin.

It’s great to have personal goals and we all have our own individual levels of competiveness, however this series is about more than overall titles. Come on out to support participating races and their causes, enjoy some great WV trail running venues/scenery and socialize with a great network of participants. Once again there will even be special recognition given to those individuals who participate in all seven series races; a great personal goal for 2008! Keep an eye on this homepage for upcoming announcements regards new sponsors, new prizes and unique opportunities for participants of all ages and abilities to win at each race. Please note* registering for a race does NOT sign you up for the series. Details follow for registering for the MSTRS via e-mail, mail or alternatively you may sign up on race day.

Hope to see you on the trail!

Babcock Gristmill Grinder Half Marathon - April 19, 2008 - Babcock State Forest Donnie Hudspeth

Big Bear Lake 20k – May 3, 2008 - Bruceton Mills Heather Parks

Dirty Dog 15k Trail Run - May 17, 2008 - Kanawha State Forest Daniel Todd

Helvetia 10k Mountain Run - September 14, 2008 - Helvetia Jody and Dan Lehmann

Mountwood 12 Mile Challenge - September 20, 2008 - Volcano Gary Pennington

Valley Falls 10 Mile Trail Run - October 11, 2008 - Fairmont Mark Flood

New River Gorge-ous Trail Runs - TBA , 2008 - 13.2 and 7.5 mile courses - Oak Hill Jeff Walls

Registration
To enter the Series participants must complete a simple registration form. You must submit the registration before running in order for points will be counted. You may enter the Series at any time, but races run prior to completing the registration will not be counted in your score. Points will not be awarded retroactively. Once registered you are registered for the entire Series. Here is a registration form you can print and mail to the address below, or you can email the same information. Registration forms will also be available on race day.
WVMTR c/o Chrissy Paulson PO Box 9 Philippi, WV 26416.

There is no entry fee.

Scoring System
Final Series scores will be composed of your 4 highest individual race scores. You must run a minimum of 3 races to be considered in the final Series scoring. In the event of a tie score in any Award Category, place will be awarded by the runner with the higher total Series score.

For the purpose of this Series and age group classifications, your "age" will be that on April 19, 2008, the first race.

Results will be posted here following each event.

Point System
Points per race will be a total of the following three factors;

   Finish Place Points - Points based on percentile place in overall finish. For example, if you are first you earn 100
   pts. If you are 30th in a 60 person race you earn 51 pts. If you are 27th in a 100 person race you earn 74 pts.
   Percentiles will be rounded up.

Mileage Points - Earn one point for each mile in the race. Kilometer races will be converted to miles and rounded up.

WVMTR Member Points - 3 points awarded to members in good standing on date of race. New members welcome.

Awards
Awards will be presented to overall series winners and age group winners as described below.

1st and 2nd Place Overall male and female. 1st and 2nd Place male and female in the following age groups;
0-35, 36-49 and 50+. These awards will not be duplicated.

Special recognition will be given to those die hard trail runners who complete all of the 2008 MSTR Series races. These awards may be duplicated with the overall or age group awards.

Help support the Series by purchasing one of the cool MSTR black "Hit The Trail" T-shirts. They are $12 and will be available at each race. MSTR Tee scroll to the bottom of the page.

Further Questions, contact Corey LeBrasseur by email or at home 304 457-2508.

Past Results 2004 2005 2006 2007