Danby Down & Dirty Results

Thank you to the 21 people (not counting myself) who ran the race course and submitted their information. I know several others not listed here also ran one or both of the courses during race week, and a few of you added "bonus mileage". If you ran and forgot to submit your time, you can still do so here and I'll update this page accordingly. Any corrections, contact me or comment below. Shout out to Nick Ruiz, who took a half day off from work to run the 10k on his 40th birthday! 

The Danby trails were uncharacteristically dry for this time of year—race day would have been great for some fast running. Nothing is certain, but I really hope that by fall 2021 I'll be organizing the in-person race once again under the guise of the Finger Lakes Runners Club. 

Place	Name	Gender	Age	Distance	Time
1	Eric Sambolec	Male	42	10k	0:48:12
2	Pete Kresock	Male	37	10k	0:54:47
3	Steven Folsom	Male	41	10k	0:59:08
4	Dave Kania	Male	40	10k	1:00:42
4	Adam Engst	Male	53	10k	1:00:42
4	Jay Hubisz	Male	-	10k	1:00:42
4	Sean Nicholson	Male	-	10k	1:00:42
8	Daniel Longaker	Male	50	10k	1:01:19
9	Bill King	Male	60	10k	1:02:00
10	Damien Steele	Male	44	10k	1:02:52
11	Sarah Ridenour	Female	35	10k	1:15:53
12	Nick Ruiz	Male	40	10k	1:16:03
13	Kristina Harrison	Female	45	10k	1:23:51
14	Robert Talda	Male	59	10k	1:26:37
15	Steve Savage	Male	47	10k	1:30:54
16	Holly Folsom	Female	40	10k	1:33:30
17	Joe Reynolds	Male	-	10k	2:46:00

Place	Name	Gender	Age	Distance	Time
1	Pete Kresock	Male	37	20k	1:56:53
2	Will Fox	Male	45	20k	2:18:14
3	Gabrielle Woo	Female	28	20k	2:18:55
4	Robert Talda	Male	59	20k	2:29:57
5	Lori Johnson	Female	56	20k	2:58:00
6	Dean Johnson	Male	60	20k	3:01:00

Danby Down & Dirty 2020 Virtual Edition

Virtual race results

Welcome to the Danby Down & Dirty 10k/20k Trail Runs 2020 Virtual Race. The Finger Lakes Runners Club and I elected to cancel the in-person race this year due to restrictions and concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. In keeping with the spirit of the race, trail runners are encouraged to run the course on their own. To make it feel more like a race, names and times

Point 2 Point

Something can be said about the merit of a long, point-to-point trail run. A few weeks ago I decided to create my own adventure run on the Finger Lakes Trail (FLT), with a route mapped out that would take me from Brooktondale to my house in the City of Ithaca. The run was to be self supported, so I stashed a jug a water just off the road at what would be the 10 mile point of the route. The mindset was markedly different from a typical long run, since I would be getting further and further from my car and eventually it would be easier to continue on ahead, rather than turn back, if anything went majorly awry. Additionally, I would be following trail blazes and a paper map through some forest areas I'm only vaguely familiar with.

Planning for a long day on my feet with an element of adventure, I parked at the trailhead on the east side of Shindagin Hollow State Forest. From there, I'd follow the FLT west through Shindagin Hollow and Danby State Forest, then north to Lick Brook. At the Sweedler Preserve at Lick Brook, I'd leave the main FLT and follow the Buttermilk Falls Spur Trail east

Fall Recap: A Wedding, a Fat-Ass, and a Six Second PR

So 2014 has come to a close, and with it, the sudden realization that I haven't posted anything on this blog for nearly three months. While in the past few months I haven't been keeping up the mileage quite so much since Green Lakes, that isn't to say I haven't been keeping busy. The highlight of the fall is not running related, but it wouldn't be right not to mention that Hayley and I got married in early September. Wedding preparations, followed by a honeymoon, caused me to take a running break for a few weeks, and subsequently a blogging break ensued. (Bonus link: Strava GPS data for my flight from Philadelphia to the Dominican Republic.)

The first running-related highlight of the fall season was volunteering at the Virgil Crest Ultras. The day before the 50M and 100M trail races, my friend Rusty and I had the pleasure of checking the already-placed course markings on VCU's south half, AKA the alpine section. This entailed running/hiking up and down the ski slopes of Greek Peak in three different places, then running along the singletrack and dirt roads to The Rock Pile - an aid station at the 25 mile mark of the VCU that marks the turn-around point for the out and back. (50 milers run the out-and-back once, 100 milers