Runners-there are still spots open for you
to join us on September 28th!
Click the button above or visit our website: vermont50.c0m
While there you can check out our latest RACE NEWS
See you in September!
RESPECT
We’re asking you all to respect our RACE COMMUNITIES.
Please remember that you are a GUEST in our race communities. You should be proud to REPRESENT the Vermont 50, and act accordingly.
Please don’t give anyone the finger or yell or swear at them.
A lot of the folks you see around race weekend are our friends and neighbors, and by association with our race, they are your friends and neighbors too. Please treat them as such.
Arrogant, impolite, or aggressive behavior WILL NOT be tolerated on course or on the roads or in the businesses of our communities.
Please put on your best face, give everyone a smile or a hand wave (with ALL fingers!) and be sure to THANK THEM for supporting our race.
Enough said, get back to training!
See you in September.
Thank you for supporting our race, a benefit for Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports.
Vermont 50 Race is a Partnership
What makes the Vermont 50 such a unique event is the partnership with 70 landowners and the support of our local race communities.
Race Course on Private Land
When we come and enjoy the generous access to the private land of these landowners, with their special vistas and Vermont landscapes, we ask you to respect this moment in time.
But now our race is threatened by technology! GPS applications!
Some of the landowners are very concerned about the online posting of our very special Vermont 50 course.
Access to these private lands, comes from the generous ONE DAY-RACE DAY ONLY-PERMISSION.
With the online posting of our course map, these private trails are being TRESPASSED on by Mountain bikers who have found these maps online.
PLEASE REMOVE THESE ONLINE MAPS
We do not have access/ability to remove some of these online maps; we NEED your help in removing them as soon as possible.
REMOVE these maps from your personal account, and if you are having difficulty, contact your application for help.
These online maps are threatening our ability of maintaining the spirit of the Vermont 50 and our relationship with our landowners and our communities.
Race Course Maps SHOULD NOT BE ONLINE
The Vermont 50 and its Race Committee, do not issue maps of our course. We NEVER have and NEVER will.
The course travels over MANY Miles of Private Land.
We honor our landowners rights to privacy, you should honor and respect that too.
Train on PUBLIC not Private Land
If you feel the need to trail for our race, please get a VMBA membership
And support and train on the Ascutney Trails Association trails.
PLEASE DO NOT POST OUR RACE COURSE ONLINE.
We will VERY, VERY strict with anyone who continues to do so.
This is a new form trespassing-digital posting of private land trails!
Please help us keep the Vermont 50 the special race that it has been for the past three-plus decades!
Respectfully,
Mike, Nancy, and the Race Committee
What do I need to do to get in NOW?
For either option you must email Mike S. for more details. Photos courtesy of Vermont Adaptive.
Are you getting excited for our 31st Vermont 50 next Sunday, September 29th-cuz we sure are!
-For the VT50 Race Committee and Volunteers-it’s Race Set-up Week. And we will be BUSY! We’re moving race operations to Ascutney Outdoors on Wednesday so please be patient if we’re don’t respond to you quickly!
If you have ANY TIME to spare we could use your help on Thursday, Friday and Monday (clean-up-someone has to do it!)
Please sign up to VOLUNTEER
-For you it’s time to plan your weekend and your race strategy.
First off we’d like to remind you that YOU represent OUR RACE to OUR RACE COMMUNITIES, that being said…
PLEASE be courteous to people you meet
PLEASE do not litter ANYWHERE
PLEASE obey all posted speed limits, when in doubt-go slowly! Gravel roads ~30 mph, paved roads, usually 35-40 mph
PLEASE watch out for horses and riders (see below!)
Last week we wrote about happenings on Saturday (if you missed the email you can catch up on our Race News Page)
We’ve posted your Bib and Bike Plaque numbers on our Race Homepage.
You can use these numbers for setting up your Drop Bags to be dropped off for us to transport, if your crew isn’t carrying them for you (having your crew carry them saves YOU time, you won’t have to wait for an aid station to close +30 minutes for your stuff to be returned to the finish line).
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The Bib/Bike Plaque list on our Race Homepage also shows you which RACE WAVE you’ll be in. |
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Sunday Check List SUNDAY RACE __Walk or Bike over if you are camping with us to the Ascutney Outdoors Lodge __Race Parking opens at 5 AM __Race Meetings 5:30 AM for 50 milers, 7:30 AM for 50 K __Race Start Waves for 50 milers 6:10-6:30 AM __Race Start for 50K 8AM __Post Race Snacks and Meal 10:30 AM-6:45 PM __Drop bag pick up __Race Course Closes at 6:30 PM, however you must be through each Aid Station before it closes or you will be DQ’d |
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If your name is on this list (or if we missed your years with our race either running or mountain biking or a combo) PLEASE Stop By the Merch Table Saturday, Sept. 28th 12 noon-5PM or Sunday, Sept. 29th from 10:30-6:30 PM to pick up your Pint Glass. Thank you all for supporting Vermont Adaptive and all the AWESOME Vermont Adaptive athletes!! |
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Vermont 50 Top Fundraisers Fundraisers please note that you can continue to fund raise until the end of December! |
