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VT50 Trails and Stuff 9/6 UPDATED

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18 days until our 30th race!
All race registration is CLOSED-except our FREE FUN KIDS RACES! (see below)

HELP US REDUCE WASTE
If you need to DROP,  please email MIKE, to help us plan for race weekend water and food
Bring a water bottle to refill during race weekend.
CARPOOL (share gas cost, reduce traffic)

VT50 Trails Remember when I said we might recruit you to help out with the VT50 Trails.. welp, it’s this Sunday folks!

Trail Day Sept.10
Ascutney Trails Association is hosting a Trail Day on Sept. 10 to help clean up some of our course trails.

From ATA blog:

https://www.ascutneytrails.com/post/vt50-trail-day

UPDATE!!
Joe’s Jungle needs a bunch of clean-up, as do other sections of the Vermont 50 course. Meet at “The Triangle” where Bryant Road meets Silver Hill Rd. (about 1600 Silver Hill Rd., West Windsor) at 8:30 on Sunday, 9/10. Bring string-trimmer, leaf blower, loppers, or rake (and, of course, water, gloves and snack).
We’ll organize into small crews and head out from that central location, working until about noon.
This year’s tasks are way more than normal, due to the storms earlier this summer. We’ll reassess progress at the end of the day, and may need to reconvene for another trail day on Saturday the 16th.

Brings gloves, bug spray, water and any trail tools you might have.
THANK YOU for helping us get ready for our 30th Race!

Course Markers

And speaking of trails…when you are on course Sunday, September 24th look for these trail markers to guide you along to the finish line.

50 mile course

50 Km course, where the two courses overlap we DO NOT double mark

Pop quiz–do you know what these markers mean? If not, please attend the mandatory race meeting on Sunday Sept. 24th!!
Even if you KNOW what they mean please attend the race meeting as new and up-to-date info on the course will be revealed…


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Race REMINDERS

On-Site Camping
Make sure you bring cash for camping ($40) payable at camping entrance
If you are camping, please bike or run to start to avoid traffic jams and it’s a nice warmup!)
Email Mike to make your reservation.

We want to keep our race community/landowners happy, so PLEASE, don’t ride/run on our course anytime before Sunday, Sept. 24th.

No one is allowed on the course at any time during RACE DAY, even where some of our course is on public roads. PLEASE Stay OFF the course.

If you are driving an approved Crew Vehicle (you have a crew hang tag!!) please use the directions given to you when you register your vehicle and PLEASE, OBEY THE SPEED LIMITS!

Please Review our Race Handbooks:
Mountain Bike Handbook
Runner Handbook
Crew Handbook

Things that can get you DQ’d
–On race day, ANY contact with racers anywhere but the designated aid stations is grounds for removal from our race
–Absolutely NO HEADPHONES. If you are seen, you will be asked to leave the course on the spot. )
—Disrespect anyone during race weekend.

Things that would help us out on race weekend:
—Carpool
–Come earlier on Saturday to pick up your bib, or plate number (before 7 PM)
–Sunday morning leave plenty of time to park and get settled for our 5:30 AM racer pre-race meeting/briefing.
–If camping onsite, please bike or jog over to the 5:30 morning meeting at the BIG TENT/Ascutney Outdoors Building Race Staging Area.
–When driving in and around Brownsville-OBEY all the speed limits, please
–When driving around the mountain (Ski Tow RD) PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE drive slowly-you will get noticed and count jeopardize our future races.

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14th Annual Kids FREE FUN Races

Bring your kids so they can enjoy our Kids Fun Run or MT Bike Races, followed by a Hay Bale Treasure Hunt (always a BIG HIT!)

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VENDORS and MERCHANDISE

Vendors “A Taste of new England”
Come and enjoy the Expo of about 10-12 vendors on Saturday, Sept. 23 noon-5 PM

Visit our VT50 Merch Table for some SWEET  30th anniversary gear

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Oh those Miles and Years,
THANK YOU for Supporting Vermont Adaptive.


And speaking of the Merch Table, if you’ve been racing for a LONG TIME with us, stop by the Merch Table either Saturday or Sunday to pick up your Years/Mileage Beer Mug.

The List is on our website of all the folks who will be honored this year!

These people have REALLY gone the EXTRA miles supporting Vermont Adaptive.
Todd Alexander-28 years 
Tyler Merritt-26 years
Mark Condon-25 years
Alan Moats-25 years
Robert Brungraber-25 years
Bobby Farrell-25 years
Zane Wenzel-24 years
Bob Kogut-24 years
Dave Kogut-24 years
Jared Katz-24 years

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Help out our friends–Lucy Mac 5K9 Sept. 16th

Our friends at Lucy Mackenzie Humane Society are hosting The Lucy Mac 5K9, one of  their largest fundraising events of the year, offering a great opportunity for animal-lovers to have fun on the trails while raising critical funds to support the work of Lucy Mackenzie.

The 5K9 offers both a 5K route as well as a 1-mile option. Runners and walkers can participate solo or as a team while enjoying the thrilling and beautiful trails of Ascutney Mountain. As always, dogs are welcome to join in on the fun!

The registration fee is $30 for the 5K and $20 for the 1-mile. All participants completing the 5K9 will receive a custom Lucy Mac 5K9 medal!

**The first 50 participants to register for the 5K9 will receive a free race-day t-shirt!**

Click here to register now: https://runsignup.com/Race/VT/Brownsville/LucyMac5K9

Check-in and registration will be 9-10AM at the Ascutney Outdoors Center, located at 449 Ski Tow Road, Brownsville, VT 05037.
The 1-mile race will kick-off at 10AM, and the 5K race will start at 10:30AM.
Please contact them at info@lucymac.org or 802-484-5829 with questions.

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Volunteers Are NEEDED


We are always look for volunteers to help out at our race, before, during and after the race. If you have a few hours to give, we’d love to put your energy and skills to good use!

More info on our Volunteer Page

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Please support our athletes who are fundraising for

Vermont Adaptive
 

DONATE HERE

VERMONT50.com

Our Participant list has been updated-please visit our website.

The 30th Vermont 50 is a GO!!!

The 30th Vermont 50 is a GO!!
The Vermont 50 Race Committee met this past Monday and reviewed all our concerns: Trails / Course, landowners, and community, then we voted unanimously make this Vermont 50-2023-30th anniversary go full steam ahead.

Conditions Could Change
We all need to be adaptable if conditions change. We do not think we will be looking at slower times, but everyone will be challenged with the conditions, so go slowly and safely, watch for caution signs and follow the course marshals, race officials and police officer’s instructions.
This has been the wettest June, July, and August in recent memory in our race communities AND we are heading into hurricane season!

Aid Stations and possible Changes
We have three aid stations on course where participants may have contact with their crew and ONLY at these three locations. Skunk, Greenall’s and Johnson’s 
Please review: Aid Stations

We may need to alter the middle crew station, Greenall’s, it might be eliminated as a crew station.
You will know this in plenty of time to adjust your support through drop bags.
This aid station is also a relay race transfer point, we will have new transfer options for you, if we do have to eliminate this as a crew station.

REMINDER
No one is allowed on the course at any time, even where some of the course is on public roads.
This is a must as some of the roads are now narrow and have caution areas as a result of previous washouts.

Also contact with racers anywhere but the designated aid stations is grounds for removal from our race.

This all said, we hope you will ride or run with safety in mind and respect for others with you.

Please Review our Race Handbooks:
Mountain Bike Handbook
Runner Handbook
Crew Handbook
Absolutely NO HEADPHONES. If you are seen, you will be asked to leave the course on the spot. 

Things that would help us out:
–Carpool
–Come earlier on Saturday to pick up your bib, or plate number (before 7 PM)
–Sunday morning leave plenty of time to park and get settled for our 5:30 AM racer pre-race meeting/briefing.
–If camping onsite, please bike or jog over to the 5:30 morning meeting at the BIG TENT/Ascutney Outdoors Building Race Staging Area.
–When driving in and around Brownsville-OBEY all the speed limits, please
–When driving around the mountain (Ski Tow RD) PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE drive slowly-you will get noticed and your behavior could jeopardize our future races.

On-Site Camping
Make sure you bring cash for camping ($40) payable at camping entrance
Again, if you are camping, please bike or run to start to avoid traffic jams. Email Mike to make your reservation.

14th Annual Kids FREE FUN Races
Bring your kids so they can enjoy our Kids Fun Run or MT Bike Races, followed by a Hay Bale Treasure Hunt (always a BIG HIT!)


Sing up HERE, one registration per child. More info about these race, please Visit: Our Kid’s Page

Vendors “A Taste of new England”
Come and enjoy the Expo of about 10-12 vendors on Saturday noon-5 PM

Visit our Merch Table for some SWEET VT 50 30th anniversary gear

Oh those Miles and Years
And speaking of the Merch Table, if you’ve been racing for a LONG TIME with us, stop by the Merch Table either Saturday or Sunday to pick up your Years/Mileage Beer Mug.
The List is on our website of all the folks who will be honored this year!

Trail Day Sept.10
Ascutney Trails Association is hosting a Trail Day on Sept. 10 to help clean up some of our course trails. Details to follow but please mark your calendar to help us out.

Lucy Mac 5K9

Our friends at Lucy Mackenzie Humane Society are hosting The Lucy Mac 5K9, one of  their largest fundraising events of the year, offering a great opportunity for animal-lovers to have fun on the trails while raising critical funds to support the work of Lucy Mackenzie.

The 5K9 offers both a 5K route as well as a 1-mile option. Runners and walkers can participate solo or as a team while enjoying the thrilling and beautiful trails of Ascutney Mountain. As always, dogs are welcome to join in on the fun!

The registration fee is $30 for the 5K and $20 for the 1-mile. All participants completing the 5K9 will receive a custom Lucy Mac 5K9 medal!

**The first 50 participants to register for the 5K9 will receive a free race-day t-shirt!**

Click here to register now: https://runsignup.com/Race/VT/Brownsville/LucyMac5K9

Check-in and registration will be 9-10AM at the Ascutney Outdoors Center, located at 449 Ski Tow Road, Brownsville, VT 05037.
The 1-mile race will kick-off at 10AM, and the 5K race will start at 10:30AM.
Please contact them at info@lucymac.org or 802-484-5829 with questions.

Volunteers
We are always look for volunteers to help out at our race, before, during and after the race. If you have a few hours to give, we’d love to put your energy and skills to good use! More info on our Volunteer Page

All for now…
Bring LOTS of smiles so we can celebrate our 30th and forget about all the wet weather we have had this summer.

“I am excited we are going to celebrate our 30th anniversary with all of you. We have some great music, great food, great support from Cannondale, Craft clothing, many New England craft vendors and the community. Let’s end the summer with the start of fall foliage with another Vermont 50.” Mike Silverman, VT50 race Director.

Please support our athletes who are fundraising for

Vermont Adaptive
 

DONATE HERE

 

Our Participant list has been updated-please visit our website.

Vermont 50 Trails Update and Time to Confirm Your Race Info

Vermont 50 Trails Update
The Vermont 50 race committee met this past Monday, August 21st, with a focus on the race course.

Some of you may not be aware of the soggy conditions in Vermont but we’ve seen record rainfall amounts for both July and August. (Some of our neighbors’ hay fields are still under water).

With these wet conditions: some key landowners are  pushing back with regard to access to their trails; many of our race community’s dirt roads continue to have washed out areas;  and there is concern of how we can move forward safely.

Course Check
A recon ride was conducted by Brad Farrell, son of the founder of this race and Vermont Adaptive, (with landowner permission granted for this recon ride).
He presented his report at our committee meeting and left us with renewed optimism that our 30th anniversary could move forward.

However, safety for our participants and volunteers and landowner relationships continue to be assessed. We feel our team of dedicated committee members (especially our trail masters!) will do everything possible to give you a great and memorable VT 50.

Trail photos (courtesy of Brad Farrell)




Possible Aid Station Changes
We also want to warn everyone, that with the wet conditions (and more rain expected this weekend), crew access to at least one of the three crew aid stations, Greenall’s, may have to be eliminated due to parking concerns. In addition, some of our volunteer Aid Stations (NO CREW ACCESS) may have to be moved to somewhat different locations. We will firm up these decisions soon.


Our Use of Private Trails
Our race is unique in that we use public and private trails to give you an AWESOME experience mountain biking and trail running in Vermont, in the fall, during foliage season.

Over the years, no matter how many times we say “no pre-riding the course”, some still do.
These individuals have put a strain on our landowner relationships.
THIS year especially,  YOU MUST STAY OFF THE COURSE!

Also this year, the “race course” will most likely be altered due to denial of permission to access some of our prior course trails.


Please, please, please, save your riding of our course for race day, September 24th.

Check Your Information, BIB/Plaques to be printed soon
Please review all your information you signed up with and make sure it is accurate.
Bib/Plaque assignments will be done soon.
Is your emergency contact SOMEONE NOT participating in our race? Our registration coordinator, Yuen will be contacting you if you listed another participant as your contact.
Email MIKE S. with any changes.

Next Monday we will have another committee meeting and Mike hopes to continue with good news that things are looking even better for our 30th Vermont 50 Mt Bike or Ultra Run.

Vermont 50 Race Updates-Hello August

Vt50 2023 logo

Cheers to 30 years! Yup it’s the 30th Anniversary of the Vermont 50 Mountain Bike or Ultra Run.

A few updates as we flip the calendar to August. (How the heck did that happen?)

First: We’ve updated our website and hope it’s easier to navigate ALL our races and ALL of the information associated with them. Check it out: https://vermont50.com/
We’ve also posted the race participant list (as of Aug. 1) so you can check out your competition.

Second: The Mountain Bike Race is SOLD OUT but there are still spots open for 50mile/50K and 50 mile Relay Teams. You have until August 15th to register.
Register Here

As a reminder:
There are NO Registration Fee REFUNDS
These events are fundraisers for Vermont Adaptive. Fees are non-refundable, regardless of injury, lack of adequate training, an irreconcilable schedule conflict, or any other reason, no matter how valid. It cannot be moved to a future year (NO DEFERMENTS).
Registration/Race Bib is also non-transferable.

Third: Our Volunteer online sign-up page is up and running. We’d love to have you help out at the race even if it’s just for a few hours. It takes a village to make this race happen. Please sign up TODAY.
Volunteer Here

Fourth: Our 14th Annual Kids’ FREE FUN RIDES and RUNS registration is open online. Please use one form per child. Spread the word!
Register Your Child Here

 

And finally, On Site Camping sign up is open. Please email MIKE if you’d like to reserve a spot near our race Start/Finish.

If you haven’t already-Book your RACE WEEKEND LODGING
 Area Lodging.

Please support our athletes who are fundraising for Vermont Adaptive
DONATE HERE

VT50 Goes on Sale May 25th

29th Vermont 50 Mountain Bike or Ultra Run

Set Your Reminders, Mark Your Calendars-The Vermont 50 Mountain Bike or Ultra Run is Going On Sale!

The 30th Vermont 50 Mountain Bike or Ultra Run goes on sale Thursday, May 25 at 7 PM ET.

The race will be held on September 24, 2023 at Ascutney Outdoors in Brownsville, VT starting at 6 AM. The course closes at 6:30 PM. Our race course will basically be the same as in years past.

Please visit our Race Registration Page: https://vermont50.com/registration/ for more details about the registration process.

As a reminder:
There are NO Registration Fee REFUNDS
These events are fundraisers for Vermont Adaptive. Fees are non-refundable, regardless of injury, lack of adequate training, an irreconcilable schedule conflict, or any other reason, no matter how valid. It cannot be moved to a future year (NO DEFERMENTS).
Registration/Race Bib is also non-transferable.

BE A VT ADAPTIVE FUNDRAISER
We’re expecting the mountain bike to sell out in under 10 minutes, please consider becoming a VT Adaptive Fundraiser. 

If you commit to raise a minimum of $500 for VERMONT ADAPTIVE before September 7 at noon ET, you can avoid the race registration rush on May 25th and will be entered into the race by the Race Director. You must contact our Race Director, Mike before May 25 at 7 p.m. if you’d like to choose this option.

DIDN’T GET IN, Another option to join our race is to VOLUNTEER with our race.

Book your RACE WEEKEND LODGING
If you DO  Get IN don’t forget to make your lodging arrangements.

Here’s another way to support Vermont Adaptive-Join the 13th Annual Charity Challenge Saturday, June 17




Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports will host the 13th Annual Vermont Adaptive Charity Challenge presented by Killington Resort on Saturday, June 17. The event includes a choice of outdoor activities in the morning followed by an afternoon festival at the Skyeship Base Area at Killington Resort with live music, food trucks, a silent auction, and more.

The multiple road bike ride routes loop through the towns of Killington, Pittsfield, Bethel, Barnard, Woodstock, Ludlow, Bridgewater, and Plymouth, Vermont.  Alternative sports to participate in include mountain biking, a gravel grind, hiking, or paddling.

Following the outdoor morning activities, all participants plus family, friends and festival goers can enjoy an afternoon of food trucks, a silent auction, vendor tents, and a festival featuring live music with Jamie’s Junk Show at the Skyship Base Area at Killington Resort.

Adaptive Athletes and Veterans/Members of the Armed Services participate for FREE. For the general public, registration is $75 registration plus a $150 minimum fundraising requirement.

Registration includes entrance to the festival, food, a beer ticket, live entertainment, and a guaranteed good time. Once the minimum fundraising requirement of $150 is met, participants receive: a commemorative event tee shirt and a Killington Ticket Voucher, valid for one day of skiing or riding during the 2023-24 winter season or one day of mountain biking during the 2023 summer season (not valid during Peak Dates and subject to Resort Operating Schedule).

For those not participating in the morning, party-only tickets may be pre-purchased online or at the door for $10/person. The event is held rain or shine.

This year’s sponsors to date include: Killington Resort, Lookout Tavern, Lawson’s Finest Liquids, Thule, NBT Bank, Vermont Mountain Bike Association, REI Co-Op, Turtle Fur, Zeal Optics, AARP Vermont, Saatva, 14th Star Brewing, Darn Tough, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont, 802 Cars, Luce Farm Wellness, GoPro, Bern, Outdoor Gear Exchange, Ski Vermont, Cabot Creamery, and many in-kind donations.

For more information and to register for the event, visit charitychallenge.vermontadaptive.org.

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Race Location: Ascutney Outdoors, 450 Ski Tow Road, West Windsor VT 05037

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