2012
Grand Tree Trail Race Series

• Click the Moose for the 2012 Grand Tree Schedule.
  
  
  
• Next race
  Soapstone Mountain
  9am Sunday May 20th, 14.5 mi (GT distance) & 4 mi, Stafford Springs, CT.
  
  
• On deck - the rescheduled
  Blue Hills Skyline Trail Run
  8am Sunday June 10th 12K, Milton MA.
  
  
• And then...
  Greylock Trail
  10am Sunday June 17th 13.5 & 3 mi, Adams MA.
  
  
• The Nipmuck 50K -
  Sorry to say that the 50K race is cancelled this year (no scheduled "fun run", either). Putting on these events is a lot of work - be thankful to your race directors and their clubs, volunteer to help when you can!
  
  
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  Wapack and Back GT Results | race website.
  
  
• Seven Sisters GT Race Results | Race website
  Race photos at LocallyRun.com (check out their website!)
  and at the Sisters section of Ben Kimball's flickr site, which has some nice pictures of the area.
  
  
  
• Wapack trail race date is confirmed, September 2, 2012, as is Pisgah, September 16, 2012.
  
  
• You know that a marathon is 42.195km, but that is not exactly 26 miles 385 yards. Here's a better approximation:
  Let a = days/year. A marathon is π + e^{π - 1/a} miles - e/2 feet, within 0.1".
  (Let a = 365.24219 days/mean tropical year instead of the 365.25 day Julian calendar value, and the approximation is correct to 0.003".)
  
  

WMAC & Notes

• Wednesday night fun runs...
  The fun runs start from the parking area next to Hoosac Valley High School on Route 116 in Adams near the Cheshire line. We meet at 5:30 pm and everyone is welcome to join us.
  
  
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  Are you between 45 and 65 years old? Want to contribute to running research?
  The Biomechanics Lab at the University of Massachusetts is looking for runners between the ages of 45 and 65 to participate in a research study. The study consists of one visit in our laboratory, taking approximately 2 hours. During this two hour session you will repeatedly run a short distance through our lab with many breaks between. We will measure how you run in 4 different pairs of shoes and 1 barefoot condition. As a benefit for you we will answer any questions you have about your running technique. If you are interested in more information or participating in the study please contact Julia at jfreedman@kin.umass.edu or 413-545-1717.
  
  
• A nice road race...
  Lake Wyola Road Race, 4.8 miles, 10am June 10th, Shutesbury, MA.
  
  
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  A 5K to consider...
  BJ Williams Road Race, 5K, 9:30am July 14th, Wolf Swamp Fields, Longmeadow, MA.
  Benefits the Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts
  
  
• ‘Be good ancestors’...
  Getting a little older and slower? Recalibrate your sense of time - 10,000 Year Clock.
  
  

2012
Dion Snowshoe Series

• Click the snowshoes for the 2012 Dion Racing Series website.