Mount Mitchell (Elev. 6,684 ft) is the highest peak east of the Mississippi and lies close to the Great Smoky Mountains of which many of them are over 6000ft. Imagine the Blue Ridge Mountains on steroids (including many more…
Re:New Years Resolution Rendevous Run!
Some impressions of our rendezvous…
Exploregon
While the CATs were up James River way Running through the Blue Ridge On a beautiful day While Bob went delirious And David got serious Joey and Christian did impress And Sophie clinched the L-U-S Jenny coordinated with her mean…
CATs at Masochist
The CATs made a great showing at this year’s running of the Mountain Masochist Trail Run (MMTR) 50-miler, held last Saturday starting at 6:30 am. Counting David Snipes and recent CAT-shirt inductee, Jack Broaddus, we had 12 CAT runners start…
CAT Road Trip November 19, 2011
CATs, Clark Zealand’s Aid Station running store is opening on November 19th with a 5K, and we’re going on a road trip! What: The Aid Station 5K (link)Start Time: 10:00 AMWhere: The Aid Station (1035 Avalon Drive, Forest, VA 24551…
Recap of Beautiful Training Weekend: SMUT and 3 Ridges/Priest
Fall mountain splendor. Courtesy Jenny Nichols Last weekend saw several great training opportunities and for many of us it was the last long-run weekend before the upcoming Mountain Masochist 50 miler. It was also a spectacularly beautiful fall weekend to…
Sophie’s Summer Death March (SSDM)
This past Saturday Sophie Speidel hosted a group run at White Oak Canyon in the Shenandoah National Park. The course was a slightly changed version of the popular VHTRC event Vicki’s Death March that takes places in the winter. Of…
Harry Landers Memorial Trail Run
The gang before the run Report from David and Christian(see links to other reports from the day below. All pictures are by Sophie Speidel). Last Saturday was Sophie’s “Harry Landers Special/Wildcat-Rip Rap run 2011.” This 21+ mile loop begins and…