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Shenipsit Striders

running around north central Connecticut

Who are we?

The Shenipsit Striders are a running club whose members share a joy of being in the woods. Our membership ranges from walkers and fitness runners to athletes competing in trail races, road races, orienteering and adventure races, snowshoe races and more ranging from sprints all the way up to ultra-marathon distance events.
 

The club sponsors a trail 1/2 marathon and concurrent four mile trail sampler in May, a grueling trail hill assault in the summer, and a moonlight run in the winter.

Weekly training and social runs are held Saturdays at 8:00 am in the Shenipsit State Forest at Soapstone Mountain.

Grab yourself a Membership Application!

Strider News & Notices:

 
Shenipsit Striders congratulate this years scholarship winners. Three graduating seniors from 3 local high schools have been selected as recipients of this years scholarship awards. Congratulations go out to:

  1. Nicholas Braica - Somers
  2. Gregory Burns - Stafford
  3. Andrew Sullivan - Ellington

Good work guys!!  

Strider Blogs & Logs:

 

  • New Strider Ron Starrett chronicles his running related adventures in his blog A Running Fool
  • Life Adventures - Scott Livingstons "somewhat lucid thoughts about a fast paced life"
  • Clint Morse's Attackpoint training log
  • Any other striders with online blogs, training logs or related links? Send them to the Webmaster
Random Sightings:

 


Willi & Tom hanging out with Olympic Gold Medalist Frank Shorter prior to this years Manchester Road Race


Clinton Morse chasing down a 6 second deficit to 2nd place at the 2008 US Sprint Orienteering Championships near Cinncinnati, OH. Wound up tying for 2nd in class. Also took 3rd place at US Ultra-Long Orienteering Champs the following day.

2006 Wyola Race Team

Upcoming Events:

GT indicates Grand Tree Event
Club Events in Green
 
EVERY SATURDAY
Training Runs @ the Forest
Meet at 7:45am at the Gulf Road Entrance
Variety of distance and pace for all runners
Rain or Shine!! All Welcome!!
 
 
SUN 18 MAY 2008
Soapstone Mountain Trail Races
Grab the Application

 
SUN 20 JULY 2008
Soapstone Assault
9am start, more details to follow

2008 Trail Race Schedule:
 

Note: There's a new game in town. In addition to the busy Grand Tree Schedule which is comprised largely of western New England Events, there is now an Eastern New England Trail Race Series. Some of the races appear in both schedules so I've come up with a composite race schedule...

GT = Grand Tree Series
ENE = Eastern New England Series

SAT 5 APR 2008
GT#1 Northern Nipmuck
16 mi, Union, CT, 10am
SAT 12 APR 2008
GT#2
ENE#1
XTERRA Merrimack River Trail Run
10 mi, Andover, MA, 9am
SUN 20 APR 2008
GT#3 Muddy Moose
14 mi + 4 mi, Wolfeboro, NH
SUN 27 APR 2008
ENE#2 Blue Hills Trail Races
10M “Fox Trot” and 3M “Bunny Hop”, Milton, MA
SUN 4 MAY 2008
GT#4 Seven Sisters
12 mi, Amherst, MA
SAT 10 MAY 2008
GT#5 MorFun Wapack
21 mi, Ashburnham, MA, bus at 8am
SUN 18 MAY 2008
GT#6 Soapstone Mountain
14.5 + 4 mi, Stafford Springs, CT, 9am
ENE#3 Trav’s 3 Mile
Newburyport, MA
SUN 1 JUN 2008
GT#7 Nipmuck Marathon
26.4 mi, Ashford CT, 8am
SAT 7 JUN 2008
GT#8 Northfield Mt.
10.3K, Northfield MA, 9am
SUN 8 JUN 2008
ENE#4 NMC Overlook
7 Mile and 5K Walk/Run Trail Race, Fitchburg, MA
TUE 10 JUN 2008 - typo??
ENE#5 Boxford State Forest
10K Trail Race, Boxford, MA
SUN 15 JUN 2008
GT#9 Greylock Trail Races
13.5 + 3 mi, Adams MA, 10am
SUN 22 JUN 2008
Lake Wyola Road Race
4.8 mi, Shutesbury MA
THU 26 JUN 2008
Woodland Trail Series #1
5 Mile Trail Race, Uxbridge, MA
SUN 29 JUN 2008
GT#10 Cranmore Hill Climb
4.3K laps: 3 for men, 2 for women, North Conway NH, 9am
MON 7 JUL 2008
Wickham Park Summer XC Series #1
2.6 mi, Wickham Park, Manchester CT
SUN 13 JUL 2008
GT#11 Skyline Trail Race
7.2 mi, Blue Hills in Milton MA, 8am
MON 14 JUL 2008
Wickham Park Summer XC Series #2
2.6 mi, Wickham Park, Manchester CT
SUN 20 JUL 2008
Soapstone Assault
Soapstone Mountain, Somers, CT 9am
MON 21 JUL 2008
Wickham Park Summer XC Series #3
2.6 mi, Wickham Park, Manchester CT
THU 24 JUL 2008
ENE#6 Woodland Trail Series #2
5 Mile Trail Race, Uxbridge, MA
SUN 27 JUL 2008 (I think, its always last Sunday in July)
Escarpment Trail Race
18 mi, Haines Falls, NY
SAT 2 AUG 2008
GT#12 People's Forest Trail
7 mi, Barkhamsted CT, 9am
MON 4 AUG 2008
Wickham Park Summer XC Series #4
2.6 mi, Wickham Park, Manchester CT
SAT 9 AUG 2008
GT#13
ENE#7
Oxford Dam Race
10.5 mi, Oxford MA, 9am
MON 18 AUG 2008
Wickham Park Summer XC Series #5
2.6 mi, Wickham Park, Manchester CT
SUN 24 AUG 2008
GT#14 Mt. Toby
14 mi, Sunderland MA, 9:30am
ENE#8 Moose On The Loose
10M Trail Race and Relay, Nashua, NH
ENE#9 Thomas Chamberas
5-6K, Carlisle, MA
THU 28 AUG 2008
Woodland Trail Series #3
5 Mile Trail Race, Uxbridge, MA
SUN 31 AUG 2008
GT#15
ENE#10
Wapack
17.5 mi, New Ipswich NH, 9am
SAT 6 SEP 2008
ENE#11 Wrentham 20K
Wrentham, MA
SUN 7 SEP 2008
GT#16 Curly's Marathon or Half-Marathon
Pittsfield MA, 8am
ENE#12 NMC Overlook
7 Mile and 5K Walk/Run Trail Race, Fitchburg, MA
SUN 14 SEP 2008
GT#17 Pisgah Mountain
23K or 50K, Chesterfield NH
SUN 5 OCT 2008
GT#18 Breakneck
20K, Union CT, 10am
ENE#13 Houghton’s Pond
6M Trail Race, Milton, MA
ENE#14 ‘Ready SEF Go’ Holdenwood Trail Run
5K, Shirley, MA
SAT 11 OCT 2008
GT#19
ENE#15
Diamond Hill Run
22.5K, Diamond Hill Park, RI, 10am
SUN 12 OCT 2008
GT#20 Monroe Dunbar Brook
10.5 + 2 mi, Monroe MA, 10am
ENE#16 Wayland 5K XC Challenge
Wayland, MA
SUN 19 OCT 2008
GT#21
ENE#17
Groton Forest
9.5 mi + 3.4 mi, Groton MA, 12:30pm
ENE#18 Ravenswood
4.1M Trail Race, Gloucester, MA
SUN 26 OCT 2008
GT#22 Hairy Gorilla Half Marathon (& Squirrely 6 mi)
Albany NY, John Boyd Thacher State Park
SUN 2 NOV 2008
GT#23
ENE#20
Busa Bushwack
9.3mi + 5.3mi, Framingham MA, 9am
ENE#19 Templeton
6.5M Trail Race, Templeton, MA
SAT 8 NOV 2008
ENE#21 Edaville Rail Run
5M Trail Race and 2M Fun Run, Carver, MA
SUN 23 NOV 2008
ENE#22 Lil’ Rhody Runaround
8M Trail Race, Westerly, RI
??? ?? NOV 2008
GT#24 Stone Cat Ale
26.2 or 50 mi, Ipswich MA, November [TBD], 2008
Latest Strider Results:

SUN APRIL 12 2008
North Face Endurance Challenge
Strider President Deb Livingston won the womens division in the difficult 50 mile race and was also 3rd overall Congratulations!!
 

Race Recap


 


Ginny Patsun enjoying some fine snow at the Hawley Kiln 'Notch' Snowshoe Race in March, 2008


A bunch of less than savory characters hanging around the firetower after the Soapstone Assault


Soapstone Race Directors Deb Livingston and Jerry Stage celebrate another successful year!!

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