Adirondack Sports February 2022
1 WINTER SPORTS – Play in the Snow! 5 News Briefs & From the Publisher 7 CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING & SNOWSHOEING – Camp Santanoni, Newcomb Lake & Vicinity 9 STAND-UP PADDLEBOARDING – Erie and Hudson: Buffalo to NYC in 21 Days 11 COMMUNITY – Making a Wild Dream Come True at Adirondack Folk School 12-13 ATHLETE PROFILE – Bicycling with Haylee Johnson & Lilli O’Donnell 14-17 CALENDAR OF EVENTS – February to April Things to Do 21 RUNNING – The Two-Year Pandemic 23 RACE RESULTS – Top Finishers in 10 Winter Races
1 WINTER SPORTS – Play in the Snow!
5 News Briefs & From the Publisher
7 CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING & SNOWSHOEING – Camp Santanoni, Newcomb Lake & Vicinity
9 STAND-UP PADDLEBOARDING – Erie and Hudson: Buffalo to NYC in 21 Days
11 COMMUNITY – Making a Wild Dream Come True at Adirondack Folk School
12-13 ATHLETE PROFILE – Bicycling with Haylee Johnson & Lilli O’Donnell
14-17 CALENDAR OF EVENTS – February to April Things to Do
21 RUNNING – The Two-Year Pandemic
23 RACE RESULTS – Top Finishers in 10 Winter Races
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FEBRUARY<br />
<strong>2022</strong><br />
Celebrate<br />
Winter<br />
▶ DEVLIN TROMBLEY LEADS A GROUP OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS ON A SNOWSHOE<br />
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CONTENTS<br />
1 Winter <strong>Sports</strong><br />
Play in the Snow!<br />
5 News Briefs &<br />
From the Publisher<br />
7 Cross-Country Skiing<br />
& Snowshoeing<br />
Camp Santanoni,<br />
Newcomb Lake & Vicinity<br />
9 Stand-Up<br />
Paddleboarding<br />
Erie and Hudson:<br />
Buffalo to NYC in 21 Days<br />
11 Community<br />
Making a Wild Dream<br />
Come True at<br />
<strong>Adirondack</strong> Folk School<br />
12-13 Athlete Profile<br />
Bicycling with<br />
Haylee Johnson &<br />
Lilli O’Donnell<br />
14-17 CALENDAR OF EVENTS<br />
<strong>February</strong> to April<br />
Things to Do<br />
21 Running<br />
The Two-Year Pandemic<br />
23 RACE RESULTS<br />
Top Finishers in<br />
10 Winter Races<br />
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Play in the Snow!<br />
By Darryl Caron<br />
Our winters are short and spring is just over a month away<br />
so get outside and make your own adventures. Many<br />
enthusiasts ignore the naysayers and celebrate winter<br />
with upstate New York activities, destinations, events and races.<br />
It’s a great time to get outside, whether you cruise the wintery<br />
trails by ski, sled, snowshoe or fat bike, we have it all. Snow and<br />
ice are all around us, so get out for a couple of hours, a day trek or<br />
a weekend. Record or stream your favorite winter Olympic events<br />
to watch later, and go play in the snow!<br />
Alpine Skiing – With dozens of ski centers and hundreds of<br />
combined ski trails, it is no wonder the Northeast boasts some of<br />
the best skiing and snowboarding. Plan a day at Whiteface, Gore,<br />
McCauley, Willard or other ski areas, and experience everything<br />
from gentle slopes to challenging steeps. Look for midweek savings<br />
and you’ll often have the slopes to yourself. It’s an ideal time<br />
for ski and stay lodging deals, great food/drink in local restaurants<br />
and more.<br />
Visit your local ski shop or outfitter for mid-season sales on<br />
alpine and cross-country ski gear, plus clothing and accessories,<br />
ski demos for test drive, and ski tune-up specials. We’re gifted with<br />
many great retailers, including <strong>Adirondack</strong> Lakes & Trails, Alpine<br />
Sport Shop, Black Dog, High Adventure, High Peaks Cyclery,<br />
Inside Edge, Mountainman Outdoors, Play It Again <strong>Sports</strong>, St.<br />
Regis Canoe Outfitters – and shops at Garnet Hill, Lapland Lake<br />
and Willard.<br />
Cross-Country Skiing – We’re blessed with many Nordic<br />
centers who offer hundreds of miles of groomed cross-country ski<br />
trails (and beautiful snowshoe trails) across our region – perfect<br />
cross-training for your favorite summer sport!<br />
For groomed and track set trails, visit Dewey, Garnet Hill,<br />
Lapland Lake, McCauley, Mt. Van Hoevenberg and Pineridge.<br />
Most are full-service ski centers with terrain for all abilities, ski/<br />
snowshoe sales/rentals, expert instruction, and welcoming<br />
staff members. The town of Inlet offers free groomed XC ski and<br />
snowshoe trails for all skill levels. As does Cole’s Woods, near<br />
Crandall Park in the city of Glens Falls, who even offers lighted<br />
trails for night skiing. In Greenfield, the Brookhaven Winter Park<br />
has free groomed XC ski and snowshoe trails, plus a full-service<br />
bar and restaurant.<br />
Check out the NYSSRA-Nordic series, including the Garnet<br />
Hill Winter Fest Nordic Ski Races at North River on Feb. 20. All<br />
are welcome to participate with 3K/9K citizens (fun) races and<br />
9K NYSSRA races, plus fabulous prizes and great food. The 42nd<br />
annual Winona Forest (aka Tug Hill) Tourathon classical ski races<br />
are in Mannsville on Feb. 12, with 12.5K, 25K and 50K distances –<br />
again, all skill levels welcome. If touring is more your speed, try a<br />
guided ski or snowshoe trek with High Peaks Cyclery or St. Regis<br />
Canoe Outfitters – both offer rentals, instruction and shuttles.<br />
The <strong>Adirondack</strong> Mountain Club also offers introductory courses<br />
and workshops.<br />
Snowshoeing – You can snowshoe through local preserves,<br />
beautiful state parks, or hike the <strong>Adirondack</strong> backcountry<br />
(depending on the destination, your ability and preparedness).<br />
Two local manufacturers, Dion and NeviTREK Snowshoes, locally<br />
based in Pownal, Vt., offer tough, lightweight and adaptable snowshoes<br />
for running, hiking and walking.<br />
The popular Dion WMAC Snowshoe race series is ongoing<br />
with Brave the Blizzard in Guilderland on Feb. 13, Camp Saratoga<br />
8K in Wilton on Feb. 19, and Garnet Hill 5K in North River on<br />
March 6. Dion Snowshoes rentals are available at all races for only<br />
$5 – give it a try, these running-specific snowshoes are tapered to<br />
allow for a natural running stride!<br />
Ice Climbing – Have you always wanted to try ice climbing<br />
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Tug Hill Challenge Sled Dog Races<br />
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ISSUE<br />
#254<br />
FEBRUARY <strong>2022</strong> 5<br />
FROM THE PUBLISHER<br />
Reclaim Hope<br />
After these past two years, we all need some<br />
hope and inspiration. We might neglect even<br />
thinking about goals, but hope remains a crucial,<br />
learnable skill. Resolutions can change<br />
to reflect different values, offer insight, build<br />
confidence, and make hope seem less delusional. Hope is the<br />
belief that the future will be better than the present, coupled with<br />
the belief you have the power to make it happen.<br />
Optimism contains only the first belief, hope actively says ‘I<br />
have the ability to solve this problem.’ This is why hope is the base<br />
of real goal-setting. As we make plans, we strengthen our own<br />
belief, becoming happier and more productive. Hope and resilience<br />
go together. That’s how hopeful people have an ability to<br />
bounce back after obstacles – it’s an ‘expected challenge.’ Then<br />
come up with revised plans and reach out for support or help.<br />
To become more hopeful, happy, productive and resilient,<br />
figure out what you’re truly excited about. That enthusiasm can<br />
drain into other areas of life as well. These things give us the most<br />
meaning and purpose so spend your time in them. If excitement<br />
doesn’t make itself visible right away, try forgetting about passion,<br />
and instead follow your curiosity. Pursue two to three meaningful<br />
goals, not five or 10. When trying to create change, the key<br />
elements are specificity and clarity – and make sure that it adds<br />
something of benefit (rather than taking it away).<br />
Finally, learn by example. Find the most hopeful person or<br />
people in your life and spend time with them. They’ll teach you<br />
how to come up with multiple plans, overcome setbacks, avoid<br />
burnout, and sustain your energy. They’ll show you how it’s done<br />
and that it’s possible. If you want to feel better<br />
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FEBRUARY <strong>2022</strong> 7<br />
◀ ON THE NEWCOMB<br />
LAKE ROAD.<br />
▲ VIEW OF NEWCOMB<br />
LAKE FROM THE<br />
BOATHOUSE.<br />
▶ ON THE NEWCOMB<br />
LAKE ROAD.<br />
Camp Santanoni,<br />
Newcomb Lake<br />
and Vicinity<br />
▲ TAKING A BREAK AT THE<br />
BOATHOUSE.<br />
▶ GREAT CAMP SANTANONI.<br />
PHOTOS BY RICH MACHA<br />
By Rich Macha<br />
Situated in the heart of the <strong>Adirondack</strong><br />
Park, Camp Santanoni, an excellent<br />
example of what is known as an<br />
“<strong>Adirondack</strong> Great Camp,” is a wonderful<br />
place to visit in any season. In winter, it has<br />
become a popular destination for skiers as<br />
well as snowshoers. Although the roundtrip<br />
distance is close to 10 miles, the terrain<br />
is relatively mild, and the route travels over<br />
a well-maintained dirt/gravel road that only<br />
requires a few inches of snow to make it<br />
ski-worthy. From the same trailhead, there<br />
is also more to explore than may initially<br />
meet the eye.<br />
The 15,000-square-foot main lodge was<br />
built on the eastern shore of Newcomb Lake<br />
in the late 19th century amid 12,900 acres<br />
of land owned by an Albany businessman,<br />
Robert Pruyn, and his wife, Anna. New York<br />
acquired the parcel in 1972. In order to<br />
preserve and maintain the buildings associated<br />
with the camp, the 32.2-acre Camp<br />
Santanoni Historic Area was created, which<br />
includes the 4.75-mile carriage road, the<br />
main camp area, the Gate Lodge Complex,<br />
and the Farm Complex. The balance of<br />
the lands was placed in the High Peaks<br />
Wilderness Area and the Vanderwhacker<br />
Mountain Wild Forest.<br />
The parking area, which is within the<br />
Gate Lodge Complex, is found by driving<br />
north on Newcomb Lake Road for 0.3 miles<br />
from NY Route 28N in the Town of Newcomb.<br />
A trail register kiosk and gate are located<br />
just beyond the parking area. A snowmobile<br />
trail crosses the road just past the gate but<br />
snowmobiles and other motor vehicles are<br />
not allowed anywhere else along the road.<br />
The Newcomb Lake Road Trail, which I will<br />
hereafter refer to as the main trail, is about<br />
12 feet wide, so there is plenty of room for<br />
skiers and snowshoers to make their own<br />
separate tracks.<br />
At 0.3 miles from the gate, a trail on the left<br />
leads 0.5-mile into the lands and the trails of<br />
the <strong>Adirondack</strong> Interpretive Center, a part<br />
of SUNY College of Environmental Sciences<br />
and Forestry’s Newcomb Campus. The<br />
connector trail and the AIC trails that visit<br />
Belden and Rich lakes are a couple of notches<br />
more challenging than the Newcomb<br />
Lake Road Trail, and thus are best for intermediate<br />
skiers.<br />
The buildings of the Farm Complex are<br />
reached after going about one-mile. You<br />
may want to ski up the hill on the left and<br />
take a closer look. A suspicious fire in 2004<br />
burned down the barn which was located to<br />
the right of the trail – if not snow-covered,<br />
you may be able to make out the concrete<br />
floor and foundation to the right of the trail.<br />
Further on, the Moose Pond Horse Trail<br />
bears left off the main trail at the 2.2-mile<br />
mark. It is another old carriage road that<br />
leads to Moose Pond and beyond. For the<br />
most part, the skiing is similar in difficulty<br />
as the main trail, but it is much less traveled<br />
so there is a greater likelihood that you will<br />
be breaking trail, and some blowdown was<br />
recently reported along the route. From the<br />
junction, it is another 4.7 miles to the campsites<br />
on the pond’s south shore where there<br />
is a great view of the Ermine Brook Slide on<br />
Santanoni Peak. The round-trip distance<br />
from your car to Moose Pond and back is<br />
about 14 miles and thus will require a substantial<br />
time and energy commitment.<br />
The main trail tops out at the three-mile<br />
mark, after a gradual elevation gain of 350<br />
feet. You may be able to see Newcomb Lake<br />
and Santanoni Peak through the trees. You<br />
then drop about 250 feet in the next mile.<br />
A trail heads off to the left at 3.6 miles – this<br />
is quite a bit more rugged than the main trail<br />
and some steep sections require at least intermediate<br />
skiing ability but should not be much<br />
trouble for the snowshoer. The Newcomb<br />
Lake Lean-To is reached in 1.4 miles. Past the<br />
lean-to, at the end of the rocky point known as<br />
Fish Rock, there is an outstanding High Peaks<br />
view. It is possible to continue on this trail,<br />
heading northwest and reaching the Moose<br />
Pond Horse Trail in another 3.7 miles, then<br />
you can loop back to the start – a round-trip<br />
of about 15 miles, or 16.4 miles with a visit to<br />
Moose Pond, which I have done once for the<br />
experience but will not likely do again due to<br />
the distance involved.<br />
Back on the main trail, we soon cross the<br />
bridge over the outlet of Newcomb Lake –<br />
Upper Duck Hole is seen downstream to the<br />
right. The trail then bends to the left, passes<br />
some designated campsites, and arrives at<br />
the Main Camp Complex. The first building<br />
you pass on the left is the Boat House – a nice<br />
spot for a lunch break is at the launching<br />
ramp on its lake side. There are also some<br />
picnic tables scattered around the area of<br />
the main lodge. More often than not, you<br />
will find that there is a good wind coming<br />
at you off the lake and you will want to have<br />
extra warm layers in your pack to put on if<br />
you would like to spend some time here.<br />
The view of the lake and of Santanoni Peak<br />
peering over the cedars along the shoreline<br />
is captivating.<br />
If conditions allow, you could ski across<br />
the lake to its western end, where you may<br />
want to visit the two lean-tos and perhaps<br />
get a view of Mount Marcy in the distance<br />
toward the northeast. Happily, the return on<br />
the main trail has more downs than ups –<br />
the longest uphill section comes soon after<br />
leaving the camp so helps to warm you up in<br />
case you got chilled at the lake.<br />
This area has much to offer from a variety<br />
of perspectives, good snow conditions<br />
notwithstanding, so bears repeated visits.<br />
For those who would like more background<br />
and details on the Great Camp complex, you<br />
can find some fascinating information and<br />
maps in the 2016 Camp Santanoni Historic<br />
Area Unit Management Plan which can be<br />
accessed online: dec.ny.gov/docs/lands_<br />
forests_pdf/santanonump1.pdf.<br />
A lover of wild places, Rich Macha<br />
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Mountain Club, and has spent 20 years<br />
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PAUL KINGSBURY<br />
Adventure, boredom, risk, challenge, excitement, peace,<br />
thrills and exhaustion – I found long moments of all<br />
when I departed solo from Buffalo this past September,<br />
360 miles eastbound to the Hudson River then 140 or so miles<br />
south to my hometown of New York City. The first person to<br />
attempt to do so on an inflatable standup paddleboard – with<br />
70 lbs. of gear, except when portaging around a canal lock or to<br />
reach a place to stay. Through-paddling this national historic<br />
corridor on SUP delivered a journey like no other.<br />
There are several reasons I ventured on the trek: 1) I had<br />
the time and need for a reset after my job was restructured<br />
and eliminated in the summer, though the canal’s fall closing<br />
was not far off. 2) Despite having a longstanding historic<br />
interest in the canal, river and upstate towns, they had long<br />
eluded me in previous travels. 3) The romantic allure of a<br />
human being and some kind of a stick standing on log or raft<br />
and venturing out into the world – a wonderous tone long<br />
set by childhood readings of Twain and other stories. And,<br />
4) I simply wanted to see how far I could push myself physically<br />
and how well I could prepare logistically for such a trip.<br />
I had come into paddleboarding at NYC’s Manhattan Kayak<br />
Company where guides had tackled epic journeys down the<br />
East Coast, Mississippi and beyond, as well as local trips like<br />
a circumnavigation of Long Island. So, the concept did not<br />
seem as farfetched to me as it would have a few years before.<br />
My trip kicked off before sunrise along a protected stretch<br />
of Buffalo’s Lake Erie waterfront and on into the canal that<br />
bypasses the often dangerously swift 17 knot main flow of the<br />
Niagara River north out of Lake Erie – between the U.S. and<br />
Canadian shorelines. Many miles before the famous falls, I<br />
turn east off the now placid Niagara and into the Tonawanda<br />
entrance of the Erie Canal. Great blue herons, cormorants,<br />
and the biggest freshwater turtle I’ve seen in the wild were<br />
spotted on the way to my first night camping on Lockport’s<br />
Lock 34 grounds. The fact that nearly every lock on the canal<br />
allows camping for through-paddlers is a part of what makes<br />
this journey unique. I had just paddled 31 miles, about the<br />
same as a circumnavigation of Manhattan Island which I’d<br />
done 10 times before, yet everything about this felt new and<br />
different. I’d cleared my first hurdle and felt energized, so I<br />
resolved to see how much further I could push myself.<br />
I set big mile goals – even hitting 40 miles days three<br />
times, my personal record. When SUPing at a steady pace,<br />
it’s said I am burning 500-1,000 calories an hour depending<br />
on intensity and temperature. Eating the proper amount of<br />
carbs, fats, protein, etc. at the right times was essential, along<br />
with steady supplements of electrolytes and branch chain<br />
amino acids. If there is a perfect activity for which donuts<br />
and ice cream are made to fuel, I’d say its long-distance SUP.<br />
Morning and evening yoga were also in the mix to alleviate<br />
the aches and pains. In the end, I still lost five pounds on this<br />
trip while nearly eating everything in sight.<br />
Proceeding along the route, I came to discover the budding<br />
network of “watertrail angels” that support trekkers on foot,<br />
bike and by paddle. These amazing folks are not only lending<br />
a hand, meal, place to stay, or receiving a package, but are<br />
building a unique culture that fits the canal and will enhance<br />
its future. I can’t thank them enough, along with my girlfriend<br />
and friends who helped with logistics and preparation.<br />
As my journey continued, I saw the landscape evolve<br />
from farmland to forests to postcard-worthy embankments<br />
to swamps to residential lakes to urban backwaters and<br />
everything between. The Erie Canal locks and the lock operators<br />
are portals to each section, each handling a lock on their<br />
own, including much of the maintenance and management<br />
each season. Often using the original antique lock equipment<br />
lovingly and arduously maintained and preserved over the<br />
years. There is a distinct pride that goes with the job and<br />
encountering a traveler like me making full use of the length<br />
of the canal strikes a chord.<br />
A few times I found myself finishing my last few miles<br />
by headlamp, an eerie yet serene prospect. Paddling in the<br />
rain became a favorite of mine, it usually meant I had the<br />
canal or river to myself and with it an extra buoyant joy –<br />
except when I’m setting up or breaking down camp. In fact,<br />
the daytime paddling was often my relaxation away from<br />
all the work, research, coordination and maintenance that<br />
happened after hours and in the early morning. Regardless,<br />
my head was always on a swivel when paddling, searching<br />
ahead and behind regularly for traffic. In one stretch of seven<br />
days encompassing both the Erie and Hudson, I spotted bald<br />
eagles at least once a day.<br />
One distinct aspect of paddling the canal is it being the most<br />
shallow and narrow water I have paddled, which makes for<br />
tranquil water at most times but amplifies boat wakes and limits<br />
maneuverability. When boats passed from the rear, I learned<br />
to quickly turn and take the wake with the nose of my board<br />
as there was no room to maneuver and ride those rear wakes.<br />
Northeast of Syracuse, crossing the notoriously choppy Oneida<br />
Lake for 20 miles challenged my energy, as well as my essentially<br />
redundant tiedown/bungie system that kept my gear together<br />
after a couple of capsizes. In the end, I even managed to catch<br />
some downwind energy on the final stretch of my crossing.<br />
Early fall was a perfect time to paddle the route, though<br />
unseasonably warm and clear weather pushed the fall foliage<br />
peak until well after I passed through. My thin neoprene<br />
layers were essential to have but remained packed the whole<br />
trip. When I eventually emerged onto the Hudson River at<br />
Waterford, a few miles north of Albany, I had completed the<br />
fasted known time for a SUP across the Erie Canal – 14 days.<br />
The transition to the Hudson also welcomed the first significant<br />
current and tidal effects – increasing as I paddled<br />
south through the Hudson’s industrial past and present,<br />
along with the preserved regal homes, lighthouses and waterfront<br />
towns. At one point an early morning fog ensconced the<br />
Beacon waterfront and delayed my departure, missing the<br />
day’s best ebb current ride and necessitating a challenging<br />
paddle against full flood current.<br />
My focus on daily distance came at the expense of spending<br />
more time exploring on land, but I enjoyed the moments<br />
I had in places like Lockport’s town center surrounded by<br />
engineering and architectural marvels; Bushnell Basin’s<br />
quaint landing; St. Johnsville’s historic rough edges; and<br />
Yonkers’ industrial waterfront and robust paddling club.<br />
The classic stops I missed like Medina, Pittsford, Little Falls,<br />
and Kingston, among many others, will leave me with more<br />
opportunities to explore at a slower pace someday. Not just<br />
for the sights, but to again see firsthand how many wonderful<br />
people, from all walks of life, we have in our state.<br />
Once I entered the familiar waters south of the Tappan<br />
Zee bridge, about 11 miles north of NYC, challenging winds<br />
whipped but I knew how to best use the river and geography to<br />
my advantage. The bridges, ferries and cruise ships of NYC soon<br />
came into view… followed by my friends and family cheering<br />
me on to the boathouse dock. Along this journey I shed so many<br />
of the draining survival mechanisms I’d adopted to cope with<br />
work, the pandemic and city stress. Twenty days earlier I left<br />
Buffalo and paddled 500 miles to my hometown. Each stroke<br />
of a paddle finds a “catch” moment in the water when the resistance<br />
propels you forward. That sensation mirrors a life lived<br />
deliberately and I am grateful to have known it!<br />
Abbreviated Gear List – SUP and gear: inflatable SUP<br />
(inflatable boards give you an advantage over rigid boards<br />
when dealing with long portages and rocky landings),<br />
board leash, paddle, air pump. PFD and gear: inherently<br />
buoyant PFD (best when solo, instead of inflatable),<br />
hydration bladder, whistle, signal mirror, compass, PFD<br />
knife. Navigation, safety and tools – charts/chart bag,<br />
locks/cables, multitool and repair materials (patch kit,<br />
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paddle. Bags: drybag backpack, day bag (“cockpit”) bag,<br />
deck bag/water bag. Shelter: sleeping bag, sleeping pad,<br />
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Hydration and kitchen: water bottle, MSR Dromedary<br />
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FORGING A<br />
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THE AUTHOR BUILDING HER<br />
WEE LASSIE CANOE (MIDPOINT).<br />
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If you’ve ever pictured yourself paddling<br />
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the one where you give up your 9-5 gig<br />
to start creating things – to feel the accomplishment<br />
of producing a finished work of<br />
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I moved permanently to Bolton Landing<br />
in December of 2020 and quickly immersed<br />
myself in all things <strong>Adirondack</strong>. Part of that<br />
immersion process was picking back up with<br />
a novel I’d started writing several years ago.<br />
Canoes are part of the narrative, so one day<br />
in <strong>February</strong> of 2021 it dawned on me that it<br />
might be fun and instructive to learn how to<br />
make one. The idea captivated me immediately<br />
so, of course, I googled. Yes, there were<br />
canoe-building courses all over the place – in<br />
Michigan and Maine (and Sweden!) where<br />
you could learn the craft but not necessarily<br />
take a finished canoe home with you. One of<br />
the links further down the results page led<br />
me to the <strong>Adirondack</strong> Folk School in Lake<br />
Luzerne, only a few miles from where I live.<br />
I had never heard of it. The link led to a page<br />
about their canoe-building course. I had<br />
been willing to travel (maybe not to Europe),<br />
but this opportunity was in my backyard.<br />
Serendipity.<br />
I poked around and saw that a variety of<br />
courses were available, but at that point I was<br />
laser-focused. Build a Wee Lassie Canoe<br />
is AFS’s flagship course, and the design is<br />
based on the light canoe constructed in the<br />
late 19th century by legendary <strong>Adirondack</strong><br />
boat builder Henry Rushton. The course<br />
meets for a full 11 days, at the end of which<br />
its four students go home with their own<br />
unique versions of <strong>Adirondack</strong> history that<br />
will be in their families for generations. It’s a<br />
time commitment not everyone can make,<br />
Making a<br />
Wild Dream<br />
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By Kathleen Fagan<br />
WEE LASSIE IS<br />
READY TO GO!<br />
but as a recent retiree I was lucky to be able<br />
to accommodate that schedule.<br />
Just a few days before I started the class<br />
last September, I rewatched The Last of the<br />
Mohicans and immediately afterwards went<br />
down a Daniel Day-Lewis rabbit hole. Yes,<br />
Google is my friend. To my amazement,<br />
I found out that the famous (some would<br />
say insane) method actor made the most<br />
method-acting move of them all, and built<br />
his own canoe before taking on the role<br />
of Hawkeye. But I wasn’t crazy, was I? The<br />
answer turned out to be a resounding no.<br />
From picking out the cedar strips that caught<br />
my eye until I strapped my beauty to the top<br />
of my Mini Cooper Countryman two weeks<br />
later, I learned more than I thought possible<br />
about art and woodworking and mistakes<br />
and teamwork.<br />
It’s impossible to discuss the AFS canoe<br />
course without first talking about its instructor,<br />
Larry Benjamin. He’s been with the<br />
school since its founding in 2010, and came<br />
to the course with 15 years of teaching and<br />
curriculum development experience, having<br />
created certificate programs for a variety of<br />
trades from cabling to fiber optics. (When<br />
you take the canoe course, you must also<br />
ask for the story about his job as an EMT in<br />
Alaska. It won’t disappoint.)<br />
What does Larry enjoy most about teaching<br />
the course? “It’s the interaction with the<br />
students and the never-ending problem<br />
solving.” His Zen demeanor and standard<br />
“IDM” answer, when a student fears that a<br />
sawing error or epoxy disaster means their<br />
canoe is doomed, gradually calms woodworking<br />
beginners down. IDM is “It Doesn’t<br />
Matter” and the lesson finally sinks in that<br />
virtually anything can be fixed.<br />
Larry’s grace and humor is accompanied<br />
by a drive to make the canoes and the course<br />
experience better and better each year. My<br />
class benefitted from the tweaking of the previous<br />
classes, which meant the forms we used<br />
had been refined, the bulkhead-building<br />
process improved, and elegant copper tubing<br />
was now beautifully situated at bow and<br />
stern. And our class likewise paid it forward.<br />
Progress also came with finding the best<br />
home for the canoe class specifically, with its<br />
need to accommodate not only the process,<br />
but the bulk of the forms, materials and tools.<br />
It started outside under tents at the Folk<br />
School, with inclement weather a hindrance<br />
to drying epoxy. From there, the canoe class<br />
moved to a dude ranch, a music school and a<br />
shirt factory, until finding its perfect current<br />
home at the Lake George Outlets.<br />
Steve Fisk, Larry’s assistant, first took the<br />
course in 2016 and has built three canoes<br />
since, determined that each of his grandchildren<br />
will have their own Wee Lassie. His<br />
favorite element of the course is the teamwork<br />
that is so critical to success. From the<br />
initial loading, gluing and tightening down<br />
of the bead-and-cove cedar strips, to the<br />
forming of the bow and stern, to the epoxy<br />
stages at the end, each individual canoe had<br />
moments that called for all-hands-on-deck.<br />
Larry assured us on the first day when we<br />
chose our cedar strips, the ones whose tone<br />
and markings spoke to us and would make<br />
our canoes unique, that we would each leave<br />
with a work of art. And we did… along with<br />
the memories and pride (and fatigue) of<br />
having created such a masterpiece with our<br />
own hands. And the bulkheads I mentioned<br />
earlier? We used the bow one to create our<br />
own personal time capsules, mementos<br />
sealed and waterproofed within the canoe<br />
that will accompany us on all our paddling<br />
adventures.<br />
Final canoe note: I got the snazziest<br />
stripe at the bottom of my hull. Why?<br />
Because I made a big mistake and cut the<br />
final regular cedar strip too wide so that the<br />
darker sapele cedar strip placed at the bottom<br />
wouldn’t cover the gaping hole. Now I<br />
have a wider-than-normal two-tone racing<br />
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how mistakes can be transformed into beauty.<br />
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mission statement: The <strong>Adirondack</strong> Folk<br />
School celebrates and preserves the cultural<br />
heritage of the <strong>Adirondack</strong>s and promotes<br />
creativity and self-reliance by teaching the<br />
arts, crafts and traditions that define our legendary<br />
region.<br />
What’s not to love? For <strong>2022</strong>, that mission<br />
will be fulfilled by 281 offerings of 151 different<br />
courses, all taught by instructors like<br />
Larry Benjamin with immense expertise and<br />
passion for their craft. Courses range from<br />
basketry and blacksmithing to woodturning<br />
and woodworking and the rest of the<br />
alphabetized crafts in between. You might<br />
not know that you want to make soap or<br />
learn wildlife photography or understand<br />
the cheese-making process until you see an<br />
opportunity in the AFS catalog.<br />
Have you always doubted your ability to<br />
create something beautiful? The <strong>Adirondack</strong><br />
Folk School is here to tell you otherwise. You<br />
probably won’t be able to give up that day<br />
job and the canoe may have to wait. But that<br />
dream of becoming a maker, an artisan? It’s<br />
right here within your grasp in our own iconic<br />
<strong>Adirondack</strong> region.<br />
Visit the <strong>Adirondack</strong> Folk School’s main<br />
location and its gift shop at 51 Main Street<br />
in Lake Luzerne. Check out the website and<br />
course catalog at adirondackfolkschool.org.<br />
Kathleen Fagan (kcfagan1@gmail.com)<br />
grew up in Rhode Island, raised her family<br />
in Niskayuna and moved permanently to<br />
Bolton Landing a year ago – where she’s<br />
now living the <strong>Adirondack</strong> dream she<br />
shared with her late husband, Chris.
12 <strong>Adirondack</strong> <strong>Sports</strong><br />
ATHLETE PROFILE<br />
Haylee Johnson<br />
& Lilli O’Donnell<br />
▲ HAYLEE, HEATH (HAYLEE’S<br />
DAD), COACH ANDY, LILLI<br />
AND RYAN (LILLI’S DAD) ON<br />
A CYCLOCROSS NATIONALS<br />
TRAINING RIDE IN ALBANY’S<br />
PINE BUSH PRESERVE.<br />
▲ LILLI WITH HER<br />
GOLD MEDAL.<br />
◀ HAYLEE.<br />
LILLI AGE: 11<br />
FAMILY: Ryan, dad; Staci, mom;<br />
Chase, 9; Jack, 7, brothers<br />
RESIDENCE: Delmar<br />
PRIMARY SPORTS: Cyclocross, mountain<br />
biking, road biking, alpine skiing<br />
HAYLEE AGE: 15<br />
FAMILY: Heath, dad; Linda, mom;<br />
Lindsey, 14, sister<br />
RESIDENCE: West Sand Lake<br />
PRIMARY SPORTS: Road biking,<br />
cyclocross, alpine skiing, gymnastics<br />
▲ LILLI AND HAYLEE AT<br />
2021 BISHOP’S ORCHARD<br />
CROSS IN GUILFORD, CT.<br />
By Alex Kochon<br />
Other kids just don’t get it. It’s not<br />
their fault; the concept of a 15-yearold<br />
riding their bike 70 miles as part<br />
of a weekly training regimen isn’t easy to<br />
grasp. It’s also difficult to fathom an 11-yearold<br />
riding through and carrying her bike<br />
over mud, sand, grass, and manmade obstacles<br />
to win a national championship.<br />
Yet that’s exactly what Haylee Johnson,<br />
15, of West Sand Lake and Lilli O’Donnell,<br />
11, of Delmar do. Last June, Haylee raced to<br />
fifth in the 33-mile road race among 15- and<br />
16-year-old junior women at the USA Cycling<br />
Amateur Road National Championships in<br />
Clay County, Florida. She went on to compete<br />
at the 2021 USA Cycling Cyclocross<br />
National Championships in December<br />
in DuPage County, Illinois, where she placed<br />
eighth in her age group. This success came<br />
in her first full season of racing road bikes in<br />
the summer and cyclocross (hybrid between<br />
mountain biking and road biking) in the fall.<br />
Also last year, her best friend Lilli (who<br />
primarily races mountain bikes and cyclocross)<br />
got more into cyclocross and<br />
ended the year with a national title. At the<br />
Cyclocross National Championships just<br />
outside of Chicago, she beat out the other<br />
11- and 12-year-old junior women on a<br />
multi-lap, 3.5-kilometer course in about 23<br />
minutes, finishing 47 seconds ahead of the<br />
field.<br />
Lilli, a sixth grader at Bethlehem Middle<br />
School, said most kids her age have no idea<br />
what she does outside of school – which generally<br />
involves riding bikes with her family,<br />
friends, and coach, Andy Ruiz, vice-president<br />
of the Capital Bicycle Racing Club.<br />
“I was on the announcements for my<br />
school and [another student] heard and was<br />
like, ‘Oh so that’s what you do,’” Lilli recalled<br />
of having her cyclocross accomplishments<br />
recognized. “But I don’t think they know<br />
how hard it is.”<br />
Haylee, a sophomore at Columbia High<br />
School, said most of her peers don’t really<br />
understand her athletic extracurriculars,<br />
either. “People that I’m in class with don’t<br />
really know what I’m doing, to the level that<br />
I am,” Haylee said. “They know I bike and<br />
when I talk to them about it, they’re like, ‘Oh,<br />
cool I like to bike, too.’”<br />
Most days after school and even weekends<br />
in the winter, Haylee spends about an<br />
hour spinning on the bike trainer<br />
inside. It’s not the most interesting<br />
form of training, but it<br />
gets the job done. Come March,<br />
she’ll be back out on the roads<br />
with her dad, CBRC team members,<br />
and Andy, her coach, riding<br />
30- to 70-mile or longer distances<br />
about twice a week.<br />
“Haylee rides with adults.<br />
She’s that strong,” Andy said of<br />
Haylee’s participation in CBRC<br />
group rides. “She has no problem<br />
drafting, descending, and cornering<br />
at high speeds in a group.<br />
As she’s maturing, she’s getting<br />
stronger and stronger.”<br />
Lilli rides her bike to school most days,<br />
even on a recent -5-degree morning. It’s<br />
only about a quarter of a mile, but it still<br />
shows her dedication. While she spends<br />
her winter weekends racing with the Gore<br />
Mountain alpine ski team, she does indoor<br />
bike-trainer workouts with the Niskayuna<br />
Mohawk “Mountain Goats” mountain bike<br />
team twice a week. In the summer, she rides<br />
almost every day, often on the Wright Lane<br />
Trails near her house. Her father, Ryan, is<br />
the founder of the local Flow Riders youth<br />
mountain bike program (<strong>Adirondack</strong> <strong>Sports</strong>,<br />
July 2021).<br />
“Lilli is probably one of the most talented<br />
technical riders that I’ve ever seen in all of<br />
my years of coaching, already,” Andy said.<br />
While he kept it to himself, he was confident<br />
Lilli would finish in at least the top three<br />
at cyclocross nationals. She previously won<br />
eight out of 15 sanctioned cyclocross races<br />
last fall and moved up from racing against
FEBRUARY <strong>2022</strong> 13<br />
▼ LILLI CHASING DOWN THE LEADER<br />
IN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.<br />
◀ PERFECT CORNERING<br />
BY HAYLEE AT THE<br />
2021 HOMETOWN CX AT<br />
CRANDALL PARK,<br />
GLENS FALLS.<br />
▶ LILLI ON TOP AT<br />
THE CROSS NATIONAL<br />
CHAMPIONSHIPS<br />
PODIUM.<br />
▲ SCREEN CAPTURE<br />
OF LILLI CROSSING<br />
THE FINISH LINE AT<br />
CROSS NATIONALS.<br />
▲ HAYLEE AT<br />
START OF 2021<br />
ROAD NATIONAL<br />
CHAMPIONSHIPS<br />
IN FLORIDA.<br />
▶ HAYLEE CLEARING<br />
A BARRIER AT THE<br />
REALLY RAD FESTIVAL<br />
OF CYCLOCROSS IN<br />
MASSACHUSETTS.<br />
juniors (and winning races by four or five<br />
minutes) to bumping up to the Category 4<br />
and 5 women’s class – where she still won<br />
most races. By the end of the season, she<br />
was upgraded to Cat 3. Lilli also competed<br />
against older kids in local NICA (National<br />
Interscholastic Cycling Association) mountain<br />
bike races last summer.<br />
“The way she was dominating her peers<br />
in New England and around the Northeast<br />
and beating women that were considerably<br />
older… I was a little surprised,” Andy said.<br />
Winning nationals required a little bit of<br />
luck, he added, since so much can happen<br />
in a cyclocross race: crashes, flat tires, etc. It<br />
was a particularly windy and cold day when<br />
Haylee and Lilli competed.<br />
“It snowed a little,” Haylee recalled.<br />
“It was very slippery. In the Northeast, the<br />
conditions are unpredictable. I got to train<br />
in the mud. I raced in the mud. I had some<br />
experience with how to handle the bike in<br />
conditions like that.”<br />
Andy said he was impressed with<br />
Haylee’s national results in both road cycling<br />
and cyclocross in her first year of full-fledged<br />
racing. “In 2019, she did like four races, so<br />
for her to go and get fifth, I was a little bit<br />
more surprised that she did that,” he said of<br />
Haylee’s finish at road nationals. “It was awesome<br />
that the training paid off and she was<br />
learning to race tactically.”<br />
“We were just going there for experience<br />
so I had no idea I was going to win but I think<br />
the conditions and course really favored<br />
me,” Lilli said. “What’s nice about cyclocross<br />
is there’s basically people cheering for<br />
you every turn and the environment there is<br />
really cool.”<br />
It certainly helps that Haylee and Lilli<br />
have each other. They met about two years<br />
ago when Lilli started cycling with CBRC. Lilli<br />
noticed that Haylee laughed at her jokes so<br />
she introduced herself. “Ever since we’ve been<br />
hanging out at races and everything,” Lilli said.<br />
Despite the four-year age gap, the two<br />
have found they train well together and<br />
enjoy each other’s company. “It’s great to<br />
go ride with somebody who understands<br />
you, who you can talk with, and have fun,”<br />
Haylee said. “We’re both really dedicated,<br />
and I think we get along so well because we<br />
want to see each other do well.”<br />
“She’s definitely better [than me], but<br />
it’s nice riding with her because it gives me<br />
more of a challenge,” Lilli said.<br />
KATIE BUSICK PHOTOGRAPHY<br />
According to Andy, Haylee is more<br />
reserved and Lilli is more outgoing personality-wise,<br />
which makes them a special<br />
combo. “Haylee and Lilli are some of the<br />
most dedicated kids that I coach in this<br />
area,” he explained, adding that there are<br />
other promising young juniors on his team.<br />
“Haylee and Lilli have stood out, especially<br />
how young they are, and what they’ve<br />
accomplished in a short amount of time.<br />
That’s what makes them super unique.”<br />
Alex Kochon (alexkochon@gmail.com) of<br />
Gansevoort is a freelance writer, editor,<br />
and outdoor-loving mom of two who enjoys<br />
adventuring in the <strong>Adirondack</strong>s
14 <strong>Adirondack</strong> <strong>Sports</strong><br />
CALENDAR OF EVENTS<br />
FEBRUARY TO APRIL <strong>2022</strong>*<br />
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ALPINE & BACKCOUNTRY SKIING<br />
FEBRUARY<br />
5-11 US Ski & Snowboard Holeshot Cross Tour. Gore<br />
Mountain, North Creek. goremountain.com.<br />
19 Fire on the Mountain. 7-11pm. West Mountain,<br />
Queensbury. westmountain.com.<br />
13-18 US Snowboard & Freeski Futures Tour. Gore<br />
Mountain, North Creek. goremountain.com.<br />
BICYCLING: ROAD & OFF-ROAD<br />
FEBRUARY<br />
12 6th Saratoga Fat Bike Rally. Fun events: Gauntlet race,<br />
Rally ride & Cupid’s Arrowhead couple ride. GGB<br />
partnered w/Common Roots Foundation to support<br />
local wellness, environmental efforts & assist those in<br />
need. Warming Hut, Saratoga Spa State Park, Saratoga<br />
Springs. bikereg.com.<br />
13 Fatnango Fat Bike Race. Weiler Park, Norwich.<br />
bikereg.com.<br />
27 SnowBike Festival. Prattsville. 16M/8M snowy races &<br />
snowy fun guided ride. bikereg.com.<br />
MARCH<br />
5-6 Festival of Flakes Weekend at Winona Forest. Sat:<br />
“IditaFAT” Fat Bike Race/Ride. Sun: “SnoFatShu”<br />
Duathlon – snowshoe & fat bike race/ride for teams/<br />
solo. Plus, Snowshoe 5K Run/Walk. CCC Camp,<br />
Mannsville. winonaforest.com.<br />
12 6th SnowBall’s Chance Mountain Bike Poker Ride & Walk.<br />
All bikes and walkers/hiker’s welcome. Fun fundraiser for<br />
watershed trails of Port Jervis. Port Jervis. bikereg.com.<br />
19-20 16th <strong>Adirondack</strong> <strong>Sports</strong> Expo. Sat: 10am-5pm. Sun:<br />
10am-4pm. NY’s outdoor sports (run, bike, tri, hike,<br />
paddle, ski), health/fitness, recreation and travel show.<br />
175 exhibitors. Sales, clinics/demos, family activities,<br />
education, prizes. Free. Saratoga Springs City Center,<br />
Saratoga Springs. adksports.com.<br />
APRIL<br />
3 1st Toad Strangler Gravel Ride. 39M open/juniors:<br />
10am. 10M family-friendly: 11am. Flow Riders Kids’<br />
Race: 1:30pm. CBRC. Crellin Park, Chatham.<br />
bikereg.com.<br />
9 2nd Great North Gravel Ride. 9am. Gravel: 75M,<br />
55M, 25M. No gravel: 20M. An epic adventure-cycling<br />
challenge in Battenkill Valley. Argyle Brewing,<br />
Cambridge. greatnorthride.com.<br />
4/29-5/1 Women’s Woodstock Cycling Grand Prix. Woodstock.<br />
womens-cycling.com.<br />
MAY<br />
15 8th Farmer’s Daughter Gravel Grinder. 65M: 9am.<br />
CBRC. PS21, Chatham. bikereg.com.<br />
JUNE<br />
24-26 <strong>Adirondack</strong> Women’s Weekend. Hotel Saranac,<br />
Saranac Lake. bikeadirondacks.com.<br />
JULY<br />
10-13 Great Camp Sagamore Experience. Raquette Lake.<br />
bikeadirondacks.com.<br />
17 12th Ride for the River. Lake Everest, Wilmington.<br />
bikeadirondacks.com.<br />
17-23 Multi-Sport Experience. Saranac Lake.<br />
bikeadirondacks.com.<br />
29-31 Weekender at Paul Smith’s College. Paul Smiths.<br />
bikeadirondacks.com.<br />
AUGUST<br />
1-6 Southern <strong>Adirondack</strong>s Bike Tour. North Creek.<br />
bikeadirondacks.com.<br />
7-10 Great Camp Sagamore Experience. Raquette Lake.<br />
bikeadirondacks.com.<br />
14-20 Multi-Sport Experience. Saranac Lake.<br />
bikeadirondacks.com.<br />
21-24 Great Camp Sagamore Experience. Raquette Lake.<br />
bikeadirondacks.com.<br />
27 22nd Pat Stratton Ride. Mt Pisgah, Saranac Lake.<br />
bikeadirondacks.com.<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
18-21 Great Camp Sagamore Experience. Raquette Lake.<br />
bikeadirondacks.com.<br />
24 2nd Handlebarley Ride. Paradox Brewery, North<br />
Hudson. bikeadirondacks.com.<br />
OCTOBER<br />
9-14 Southern <strong>Adirondack</strong>s Bike Tour. North Creek.<br />
bikeadirondacks.com.<br />
CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING & NORDIC SPORTS<br />
ONGOING<br />
M-Tu Maple Ski Ridge Nordic Night. XC skiers, uphill skiers,<br />
snowshoers. 4-7pm. Trails open for practice/fun. Maple<br />
Ski Ridge, Schenectady. mapleskiridge.com.<br />
Tue Shenendehowa Nordic Club: Bill Koch Youth Ski<br />
League. 11/2-3/28, 4pm. Age 4-13. XC ski, Nordic sports,<br />
outdoor activities. Garnsey Park, Clifton Park.<br />
facebook.com.<br />
Tue Dewey Tuesday XC Ski Races. 6th grade-under,<br />
freestyle: 5:15pm. MS/HS & adult, classic: 6:15pm.<br />
Dewey Mountain Recreation Area, Saranac Lake.<br />
deweymountain.com.<br />
Wed Gore Citizens’ 5K Cross-Country Ski (classic/skate) &<br />
Snowshoe Races. 1/12-2/16, 6pm. Gore Nordic Center,<br />
North Creek. goremountain.com.<br />
FEBRUARY<br />
5 Lake George Land Conservancy: XC Ski. 10am. Trek up/<br />
down Cat Mountain w/David Thomas-Train. Free. Bolton<br />
Landing. lglc.org.<br />
10 Thursday Night Winter Racing at Cole’s Woods #4.<br />
6pm. 2K or 4K for XC ski (classic/skate) or snowshoe.<br />
Free, all welcome. Cole’s Woods, Glens Falls.<br />
friendsofcoleswoods.org.<br />
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12 Winona Forest Tourathon XC Ski Race. 12.5K, 25K,<br />
50K classical races (aka Tug Hill Tourathon). CCC<br />
Camp, Winona Forest Recreation Area, Mannsville.<br />
winonaforest.com.<br />
12 HURTathon XC Ski Race. 10am. Skate: 6K & 12K options.<br />
Youth (classic): 11am. Brookhaven Winter Park,<br />
Greenfield. skireg.com.<br />
12 Valentine’s Candlelight XC Ski & Snowshoe. 5pm. Orchard<br />
snowshoe, ski or walk w/200 luminarias. Food/drinks.<br />
Hicks Orchard, Granville. hicksorchard.com.<br />
13 Polar Bears Citizen & Bill Koch Youth Ski League XC Ski<br />
Races. McCauley Mountain, Old Forge. skireg.com.<br />
13 Mansfield Nordic Club’s Citizen & Bill Koch League<br />
Skiathlon. 10am. Switch classic to skate mid-race. Also, 5K<br />
single technique “what the heck” option for new racers.<br />
Sleepy Hollow Nordic Center, Huntington, VT. skireg.com.<br />
18-22 Gatineau Loppet XC Ski Tour. Gatineau, QC.<br />
gatineauloppet.com.<br />
19 Glenville Hills-Adk Vauhti Fling XC Ski Races. 30K skate: 9am.<br />
10K skate: 10am. Sanders Preserve, Glenville. skireg.com.<br />
19 Lake George Land Conservancy: Walk on Water to Dome<br />
Island. 10am & 2pm. Snowshoe, walk or XC ski. Bolton<br />
Landing. Register: lglc.org.<br />
20 Garnet Hill Winter Fest Nordic Ski Races. 3K/9K citizen<br />
races & 9K NYSSRA races. Fabulous prizes, great food.<br />
Garnet Hill Outdoor Center, North River.<br />
garnet-hill.com.<br />
20 Polar Bear & Syracuse Biathlon Modified Pursuit.<br />
McCauley Mountain, Old Forge. skireg.com.<br />
26-27 Craftsbury Marathon. Craftsbury Common, VT.<br />
craftsbury.com.<br />
MARCH<br />
3-4 Lite Back Country Ski Touring. 8:45am. Garnet Hill<br />
Lodge & Outdoor Center, North River. Register:<br />
psia-e.org.<br />
5 Rangely Marathon & Burnt Kettle Classic XC Ski<br />
Races. Rangely Lakes Trails Center, Rangely, ME.<br />
rangelylakestrailcenter.org.<br />
5 Lake Placid Loppet XC Ski Race. Canceled. Mt. Van<br />
Hoevenberg, Lake Placid. mtvanhoevenberg.com.<br />
13 Long Haul Loppet XC Ski Race. Jackson XC, Jackson, NH.<br />
jacksonxc.org.<br />
HEALTH & FITNESS<br />
ONGOING<br />
Mo-Fr Rock Your Fitness: Total Body Workout. M/W/F:<br />
5:15am, 6:30am, 9am. Tue: 5:30pm. Thu 7pm. Malta<br />
Community Center, Malta. Register: 518-522-9765.<br />
facebook.com.<br />
MARCH<br />
19-20 16th <strong>Adirondack</strong> <strong>Sports</strong> Expo. Sat: 10am-5pm. Sun:<br />
10am-4pm. NY’s outdoor sports (run, bike, tri, hike,<br />
paddle, ski), health/fitness, recreation and travel show.<br />
175 exhibitors. Sales, clinics/demos, family activities,<br />
education, prizes. Free. Saratoga Springs City Center,<br />
Saratoga Springs. adksports.com.<br />
HIKING, CLIMBING & NAVIGATION<br />
FEBRUARY<br />
5 Backcountry Skiing for Beginners. 9am-5pm. Lake<br />
Placid. <strong>Adirondack</strong> Mountain Club. adk.org.<br />
6 Advanced Map & Compass Winter Bushwhack. 9am-5pm.<br />
Lake Placid. <strong>Adirondack</strong> Mountain Club. adk.org.<br />
8 ADK Guided Hike: Hurricane Mountain. 8am. Keene.<br />
<strong>Adirondack</strong> Mountain Club. adk.org.<br />
10 Winter 46 High Peaks Workshop. 9am-1pm. Lake<br />
Placid. <strong>Adirondack</strong> Mountain Club. adk.org.<br />
12 Backcountry Snowshoeing for Beginners. 9am-5pm.<br />
Lake Placid. <strong>Adirondack</strong> Mountain Club. adk.org.<br />
12 Learn to Snowshoe. 2-3pm. Five Rivers Environmental<br />
Education Center, Delmar. dec.ny.gov.<br />
12 Snowshoe Lessons. 11am. Sam’s Point Area, Minnewaska<br />
State Park Preserve, Cragsmoor. parks.ny.gov.<br />
12 Valentine’s Candlelight Snowshoe & XC Ski. 5pm. Orchard<br />
snowshoe, ski or walk with 200 luminarias. Food & drinks.<br />
Hicks Orchard, Granville. hicksorchard.com.<br />
13 ADK Guided Hike: Hurricane Mountain. 8am. Keene.<br />
<strong>Adirondack</strong> Mountain Club. adk.org.<br />
14 Winter Bird Walk. 11am. Albany Pine Bush Preserve,<br />
Albany. albanypinebush.org.<br />
18 Map & Compass Fundamentals Workshop. 9am.<br />
Heart Lake Program Center, Lake Placid. <strong>Adirondack</strong><br />
Mountain Club: adk.org.<br />
FEBRUARY <strong>2022</strong> 15<br />
19 Lake George Land Conservancy: Walk on Water to Dome<br />
Island. 10am & 2pm. Snowshoe, walk or XC ski. Bolton<br />
Landing. Register: lglc.org.<br />
20 Guided Hike: Tabletop. 8am. <strong>Adirondack</strong> Loj, Lake<br />
Placid. <strong>Adirondack</strong> Mountain Club. adk.org.<br />
20 Winter Hike. 0.9M. 11am. Albany Pine Bush Preserve,<br />
Albany. albanypinebush.org.<br />
22 Night Hike. 6:30pm. Albany Pine Bush Preserve, Albany.<br />
albanypinebush.org.<br />
26 Guided Walk on the Wild Side. 2M hike/snowshoe. 2pm.<br />
Five Rivers Environmental Education Center, Delmar.<br />
dec.ny.gov.<br />
MARCH<br />
6 Guided Hike: Phelps. 8am. <strong>Adirondack</strong> Loj, Lake Placid.<br />
<strong>Adirondack</strong> Mountain Club. adk.org.<br />
13 Advanced Map & Compass Winter Bushwhack. 9am.<br />
Lake Placid. <strong>Adirondack</strong> Mountain Club. adk.org.<br />
13 Map & Compass Fundamentals Workshop. 9am.<br />
Heart Lake Program Center, Lake Placid. <strong>Adirondack</strong><br />
Mountain Club: adk.org.<br />
18 Wilderness First Responder. 8am. Lake Placid.<br />
<strong>Adirondack</strong> Mountain Club. adk.org.<br />
19-20 16th <strong>Adirondack</strong> <strong>Sports</strong> Expo. Sat: 10am-5pm.<br />
Sun: 10am-4pm. NY’s outdoor sports, health/fitness,<br />
recreation and travel show. 175 exhibitors. Sales,<br />
clinics/demos, family activities, education, prizes.<br />
Free. Saratoga Springs City Center, Saratoga Springs.<br />
adksports.com.<br />
30-4/3 Wilderness First Responder Course. 8am. Lake<br />
Placid. <strong>Adirondack</strong> Mountain Club. adk.org.<br />
APRIL<br />
9-10 Wilderness First Aid Two-Day Course. 8am. <strong>Adirondack</strong><br />
Loj, Lake Placid. <strong>Adirondack</strong> Mountain Club. adk.org.<br />
16 46 High Peaks Workshop. 9am. <strong>Adirondack</strong> Loj, Lake<br />
Placid. <strong>Adirondack</strong> Mountain Club. adk.org.<br />
17 Thru-Hiking 101: Online Workshop. 9am. <strong>Adirondack</strong><br />
Mountain Club. adk.org.<br />
24 Map & Compass Fundamentals Workshop. 9am.<br />
Heart Lake Program Center, Lake Placid. <strong>Adirondack</strong><br />
Mountain Club. adk.org.<br />
29 Hiking 101 Online Workshop. Heart Lake Program Center,<br />
Lake Placid. <strong>Adirondack</strong> Mountain Club. adk.org.<br />
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MARCH<br />
5-6 Festival of Flakes Weekend at Winona Forest. Sat:<br />
“IditaFAT” Fat Bike Race/Ride. Sun: “SnoFatShu”<br />
Duathlon – snowshoe & fat bike race/ride for teams/<br />
solo. Plus, Snowshoe 5K Run/Walk. CCC Camp,<br />
Mannsville. winonaforest.com.<br />
19-20 16th <strong>Adirondack</strong> <strong>Sports</strong> Expo. Sat: 10am-5pm. Sun:<br />
10am-4pm. NY’s outdoor sports (run, bike, tri, hike,<br />
paddle, ski), health/fitness, recreation and travel show.<br />
175 exhibitors. Sales, clinics/demos, family activities,<br />
education, prizes. Free. Saratoga Springs City Center,<br />
Saratoga Springs. adksports.com.<br />
OTHER EVENTS<br />
FEBRUARY<br />
3-6 Empire State Winter Games. Lake Placid & High Peaks<br />
Region. empirestatewintergames.com.<br />
5-6 Banff Center Mtn Film Festival World Tour. Sat: 7pm. Sun:<br />
2pm. Wood Theater, Glens Falls. adk-gfs.org.<br />
4-13 Saranac Lake Winter Carnival. Saranac Lake.<br />
saranaclakewintercarnival.com.<br />
12 Utica Try Curling. 11am-5pm. Utica Curling Club,<br />
Whitesboro. uticacurlingclub.org.<br />
18-23 Intro to Curling: Olympic Open House. Also: register for<br />
year-end Olympic League. Albany Curling Club, Albany.<br />
albanycurlingclub.org.<br />
22-26 Try Curling: Olympic Open House. Schenectady Curling<br />
Club, Schenectady. schenectadycurlingclub.us.<br />
19-20 Tug Hill Challenge Sled Dog Races. Winona Forest<br />
Recreation Area, Mannsville. visitoswegocounty.com.<br />
19 Great Backyard Bird Count. 9:30-11am. Five Rivers<br />
Environmental Education Center, Delmar. dec.ny.gov.<br />
20 Great Backyard Bird Count. 1pm. Nature Center, Thacher<br />
State Park, Voorheesville. parks.ny.gov.<br />
26 Frozen Fire & Lights: Inlet’s Winterfest. Free XC ski<br />
& snowshoe trails, ice skating rink w/warming hut,<br />
sledding hill, more. Inlet. inletny.com.<br />
PADDLING: CANOE, KAYAK & ROW<br />
MARCH<br />
19-20 16th <strong>Adirondack</strong> <strong>Sports</strong> Expo. Sat: 10am-5pm. Sun:<br />
10am-4pm. NY’s outdoor sports (run, bike, tri, hike,<br />
paddle, ski), health/fitness, recreation and travel show.<br />
175 exhibitors. Sales, clinics/demos, family activities,<br />
education, prizes. Free. Saratoga Springs City Center,<br />
Saratoga Springs. adksports.com.<br />
APRIL<br />
1-6/30 Albany Rowing Center: Spring Season Rowing.<br />
Junior Rowing: grades 7-12, novice to varsity rowers.<br />
Adult Rowing & Learn to Row: 3x/week for 4 weeks.<br />
Albany Boathouse, Albany. albanyrowingcenter.com.<br />
JUNE<br />
20-8/19 Albany Rowing Center: Junior Learn to Row<br />
Summer Camp. Ages 12-18. Registration open. ARC<br />
Boathouse, Albany. albanyrowingcenter.com.<br />
RUNNING & SNOWSHOEING<br />
ONGOING<br />
Wed Gore Citizens’ 5K Snowshoe & XC Ski Races. 1/12-2/16,<br />
6pm. Classic/skate. Gore Nordic Center, North Creek.<br />
goremountain.com.<br />
FEBRUARY<br />
5 Brookhaven 5K Snowshoe Race. 10am: 5K/2.5K. Dion<br />
WMAC Snowshoe Series. Brookhaven Winter Park,<br />
Greenfield. runreg.com.<br />
6 22nd Saratoga Winterfest 5K Snowshoe Race. 11am.<br />
Dion WMAC Snowshoe Series. All welcome. Rentals<br />
available. Saratoga Spa State Park, Saratoga Springs.<br />
runsignup.com.<br />
10 Thursday Night Winter Racing at Cole’s Woods #4.<br />
6pm. 2K or 4K for XC ski (classic/skate) or snowshoe.<br />
Free, all welcome. Cole’s Woods, Glens Falls.<br />
friendsofcoleswoods.org.<br />
11-12 Frigus Snowshoe Festival. Fri, 6am: 36hr run on<br />
15K loop. Sat, 8am: 5K, 15K, 26.2M & Kids’ 1M loop or<br />
0.5M out/back. Moreau Lake State Park, Gansevoort.<br />
ultrasignup.com.<br />
12 Cupid 5K Run. 9am. Shelburne, VT.<br />
adirondackcoastevents.com.<br />
13 HMRRC Winter Series #5: 4.5M/10M. 10am. Phys Ed<br />
Building, UAlbany, Albany. hmrrc.com.<br />
13 Brave the Blizzard 5K Snowshoe Race. 10am. Dion<br />
WMAC Snowshoe Series. Festive atmosphere w/music,<br />
Frosty the Snowman, refreshments. All welcome. Rentals<br />
available. Tawasentha Park, Guilderland. areep.com.<br />
13 Snowshoe Hare Extraordinaire 8K Snowshoe Race. 10am.<br />
Osceola Ski & Sport Resort, Camden. runreg.com.<br />
13 Leprechaun Dash 5K/10K. 9am. Shelburne Field House,<br />
Shelburne, VT. racevermont.com.<br />
13-15 iRun Local Valentine’s Race. Virtual Race w/partner or<br />
friend. Sprint: 1.7Mx2 or Distance: 7Mx2. irunlocal.com.<br />
19 18th Camp Saratoga 8K Snowshoe Race. 10:30am.<br />
Dion WMAC Snowshoe Series. All welcome. Rentals<br />
available. Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park, Wilton.<br />
runsignup.com.<br />
19 Get Out Give Back: Special Olympics Vermont 5K. 11am.<br />
Waterfront Park, Burlington, VT. runsignup.com.<br />
20 Stone Bridge Caveman 6K Snowshoe Race. 10:30am.<br />
Dion WMAC Snowshoe Series. Natural Stone Bridge &<br />
Caves, Pottersville. itsyourrace.com.<br />
20 Orange Course 3.65M Snowshoe Race. 10:30am.<br />
Winona Forest Recreation Area, CCC Camp, Mannsville.<br />
runreg.com.<br />
26 Sugarhouse Snowshoe 5K/10K. Shelburne Sugarworks<br />
and 4-Season Outdoor Center, Shelburne, VT.<br />
racevermont.com.<br />
MARCH<br />
5 3rd Irish Sweat-er 5K & 10K Run. Celebrate St. Patrick’s<br />
Day with good health to all runners! To benefit Irish<br />
American Heritage Museum. Jennings Landing, Albany.<br />
zippyreg.com.<br />
5-6 Festival of Flakes Weekend at Winona Forest. Sat:<br />
“IditaFAT” fat bike race/ride. Sun: “SnoFatShu”<br />
Duathlon: snowshoe/fat bike race/ride for team/solo.<br />
Plus, Snowshoe 5K run/walk. CCC Camp, Mannsville.<br />
winonaforest.com.<br />
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Saturday, <strong>February</strong> 19 at 10:30am<br />
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6 Garnet Hill 5K Snowshoe Race. 10am. Dion WMAC<br />
Snowshoe Series. All welcome. Rentals available. Enjoy<br />
a day of racing, fabulous prizes, great food/drink.<br />
Garnet Hill Lodge & Outdoor Center, North River.<br />
runreg.com.<br />
6 Ed Erichson Memorial Races. 5M/10M. 9:15am.<br />
Lagrangeville. mhrrc.com.<br />
12 2nd Electric City 5 Miler. 9:30am. Kick-off the Capital<br />
Region’s spring racing season with a fast loop road race.<br />
Mohawk Harbor, Schenectady. areep.com.<br />
13 19th Celebrate Life Half-Marathon. 10am. Plus, Lucia Rein<br />
Two-People Relay. Rock Hill. celebratelifehalfmarathon.com.<br />
14 Pi Day Run. 3.14159265M. 5:30pm. Jammers <strong>Sports</strong> Bar,<br />
Baldwinsville. willowrunning.com.<br />
19-20 16th <strong>Adirondack</strong> <strong>Sports</strong> Expo. Sat: 10am-5pm. Sun:<br />
10am-4pm. NY’s outdoor sports (run, bike, tri, hike,<br />
paddle, ski), health/fitness, recreation and travel show.<br />
175 exhibitors. Sales, clinics/demos, family activities,<br />
education, prizes. Free. Saratoga Springs City Center,<br />
Saratoga Springs. adksports.com.<br />
20 Syracuse Half-Marathon. 26.2M. 7:45am. Oncenter,<br />
Syracuse. syracusehalf.com.<br />
20 United Airlines NYC Half-Marathon. 7am. Prospect Park<br />
to Central Park, New York City. nyrr.com.<br />
21-6/4 12th Freihofer’s Run for Women Training Challenge.<br />
11-week program for all levels to run/walk your best<br />
Freihofer’s Run for Women 5K on June 6. Launches<br />
3/21. Meet in-person (or virtual) in Albany, Saratoga or<br />
Rensselaer counties & Sat, 8am at Colonie Town Park.<br />
runsignup.com.<br />
26 13th Run 4 Your Life 5K Run/Walk. 9am. USATF-<br />
<strong>Adirondack</strong> Grand Prix. Kids’ fun run: 9:30am.<br />
Chowderfest w/competition. Central Park, Schenectady.<br />
neverfightalone.org.<br />
26 12th Albany Rowing Center Ice Breaker Challenge 5K<br />
Run/Walk. 10am. Race against ARC crew boats on the<br />
Hudson. ARC Boathouse/Launch, Albany. Kids’ 0.5M<br />
fun run: 9:30am. runsignup.com.<br />
26 Raquette River Marathon, Half-Marathon, 10K & 5K.<br />
8:30am. Potsdam Arena, Potsdam. runsignup.com.<br />
27 34th Shamrock Shuffle 5M Road Race. 10am. Kids’<br />
Leprechaun Leap 7/8M Fun Run. Glens Falls High School,<br />
Glens Falls. adirondacksunners.org.<br />
27 41st GMAA Kaynor’s Sap Run. 10K. 11am. Westford, VT.<br />
gmaa.run.<br />
APRIL<br />
2 41st Salem April Fool’s Race. 10K: 9am. 1M Kids’<br />
Run: 10am. 5K: 10:30am. Salem High School, Salem.<br />
aprilfoolsrace.com.<br />
9 International Taste Fest 5K & 10K. 10am. NYS<br />
Fairgrounds, Syracuse. willowrunning.com.<br />
9 Rock & Snow Bridge 2 Bridge 5M Run. Spring Farm<br />
Trailhead, High Falls. shawangunkrunners.com.<br />
10 17th SHAPE + Health Women’s Half-Marathon. 13.1M.<br />
8am. Central Park, New York City. nyrr.com.<br />
16 3rd Helderberg to Hudson Half Marathon. 8:30am.<br />
13.1M on a fast, downhill course. Wallace Town Park,<br />
Slingerlands to Jennings Landing, Albany. areep.com.<br />
16 47th Paul Mailman 10M & 5K. 8:45am. Montpelier, VT.<br />
cvrunners.org.<br />
24 HMRRC Delmar Dash. 5M. 9am. Bethlehem Middle<br />
School, Delmar. hmrrc.com.<br />
24 Kiwanis Kingston Classic. 10K, 5K & 1.5M. 10am. Kingston<br />
Rail Trail, Kingston. kiwaniskingstonclassic.com.<br />
24 Earth Day Half-Marathon, 5K & Relay. 8am. Emmi Farm’s<br />
Greenhouse, Baldwinsville. willowrunning.com.<br />
25 Mutt Strut 3M Race. Dogs & owners welcome. Little River<br />
State Park, Waterbury, VT. crunners.org.<br />
30 Have a Drink on Me 5K. 10am. SingleCut Beersmiths,<br />
Clifton Park. singlecut5k.com.<br />
30 HMRRC Bill Robinson Masters 10K. Guilderland High<br />
School, Guilderland. hmrrc.com.<br />
MAY<br />
1 42nd Doc Lopez Run for Health: Half-Marathon &<br />
5K. 13.1M: 9am. Keene Valley to Elizabethtown. 5K:<br />
10am. Boquet Valley Central School, Elizabethtown.<br />
runsignup.com.<br />
29 2nd Miles on the Mohawk 26.2M, 10M, 5M. 8am. Fast<br />
courses staged from gorgeous venues along the river.<br />
Mohawk Harbor, Schenectady. milesonthemohawk.com.<br />
JUNE<br />
4 44th Freihofer’s Run for Women. 5K run/walk: 9am.<br />
Kids’ Run: 10:45am. Junior 3K: 11:30am. East Capitol<br />
Park, Albany. freihofersrun.com.<br />
FEBRUARY <strong>2022</strong> 17<br />
26 Dodge the Deer 5K & Kids’ Races. Schodack Island State<br />
Park, Schodack. areep.com.<br />
JULY<br />
17 Froggy Five Mile & Hard as Hell Half Marathon. In<br />
conjunction with AREEP Trail Running Camp. Camp<br />
Dippikill, Warrensburg. areep.com.<br />
AUGUST<br />
21 Thacher Park Trail Running Festival. 10K, 13.1M, 26.2M,<br />
50K. Thacher State Park, Voorheesville. areep.com.<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
17-18 26th <strong>Adirondack</strong> Marathon Distance Festival. Sat:<br />
10K & 5K, Chestertown. Sun: Marathon, Half-Marathon<br />
& Relays, Schroon Lake. adirondackmarathon.org.<br />
OCTOBER<br />
9 Mohawk Hudson River Marathon & Half-Marathon.<br />
8am. HMRRC. 26.2: Schenectady to Albany. 13.1M:<br />
Colonie to Albany. mohawkhudsonmarathon.com.<br />
30 Hairy Gorilla Half Marathon & Squirrelly Six Mile. 6M &<br />
13.1M. Thacher State Park, Voorheesville. areep.com.<br />
NOVEMBER<br />
20 Upstate Classic 5K, 13.1M & 26.2M. Altamont<br />
Fairgrounds, Altamont. areep.com.<br />
DECEMBER<br />
10 AREEP Adventure Race. Camp Dippikill, Warrensburg.<br />
areep.com.<br />
SPEED & ICE SKATING<br />
ONGOING<br />
Tu/Th Saratoga Winter Club: Learn to Speed Skate. 2/1, 3,<br />
8, 10 & 15. Call/text or email: 518-430-7600 or info@<br />
saratogawinterclub.com. saratogawinterclub.com.<br />
MARCH<br />
2-5 FISU World University Championship Speed Skating<br />
Races. Wed: women’s 1000m/3000m & men’s<br />
1000m/5000m. Thu: 1,500m. Fri: 500m & team pursuits.<br />
Sat: mixed team sprint & mass start. Olympic Speed<br />
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FEBRUARY <strong>2022</strong> 21<br />
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It’s been two years that our lives have been altered by this<br />
pandemic. People love to ask, “How are you dealing with<br />
it?” I basically give the same answer I did back on my first<br />
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As a sophomore I had shown flashes of being a decent<br />
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I lived in a suburban neighborhood that had a lot of<br />
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fiction section. Running saved me.<br />
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night holding her hand and chatting with her as she would<br />
regain and then lose consciousness, I came home from St.<br />
Peter’s Hospital and told my wife I just needed to go for a<br />
three-mile run. On that run I thought of my mom and how<br />
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Two years later when my dad called to tell me he had<br />
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time I visit that amazing battlefield. He was always so<br />
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Hudson Valley, and even fought against the British in the<br />
Revolutionary War.<br />
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my urologist informed me that I had prostate cancer and<br />
needed surgery. “If you’re going to get cancer,” everyone<br />
told me, “This is the type of cancer you want. No one ever<br />
dies of prostate cancer.” I would smile, nod my head and<br />
think, I don’t want any type of cancer and I also knew that<br />
people could die from this.<br />
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A week before my surgery on March 12, the world shut<br />
down. My wife and I had to cancel a trip we had planned to<br />
France and a trip to Colorado to visit our son Paul. The NBA<br />
stopped playing. The NCAA basketball tournament was canceled.<br />
The Olympics were canceled. I googled, “Can I still run?”<br />
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it was even encouraged, so on March 13, I went out for a run.<br />
On April 9, my 62nd birthday, and three weeks after my<br />
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friends, but what stands out the most that day was being able<br />
to once again run.<br />
The pandemic has been hard on all of us in different ways.<br />
Many suffered the loss of people they loved, and many of us<br />
lost jobs and struggled to put food on the table. I was disappointed<br />
that I could no longer go out to eat at restaurants or<br />
hear live music at concerts, and I also know how frivolous<br />
my complaints were.<br />
My life has slowed down. My wife and I ate dinner outside<br />
more than we ever have. We made fires in our backyard<br />
and drank wine and had dessert late into the night. I’ve been<br />
reading more books than usual these last two years.<br />
What I also did was move. I bought a new Trek bike and<br />
took it out on the road three or four times a week. I bought the<br />
most expensive Nike running shoes I’ve ever owned and ran<br />
at least four times a week. I entered six virtual running races<br />
and brought my 5K time back down in the 23-minute range<br />
for the first time in over five years. During the winter I went<br />
cross-country skiing every chance I could.<br />
Recently I was teaching a class at Siena College. We<br />
were reading “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien,<br />
and I came to this section where Tim is writing about the<br />
typical Vietnam grunt, “They moved like mules. By daylight<br />
they took sniper fire, at night they were mortared, but it<br />
was not battle, it was the endless march, village to village,<br />
without purpose, nothing won or lost. They marched for<br />
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and up again and down, just humping, one step and then<br />
another. Each morning, despite the unknowns, they made<br />
their legs move. They endured.”<br />
I have taught that book numerous times through the<br />
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in these past two years especially, but really my entire life,<br />
I’ve survived like those Vietnam veterans who faced their<br />
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a quick stretch I begin running down the road out of my<br />
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5 Daniel Candy 54 Middle Grove 31:32<br />
6 Richard Starace 59 Greenfield Center 33:49<br />
7 Richard Lynch 63 Saratoga Springs 34:38<br />
8 Shawn Krutz 57 Gloversville 36:03<br />
9 Matthew Miczek 50 Saratoga Springs 37:13<br />
10 Anthony Barksdale 58 Gloversville 39:27<br />
FEMALE OVERALL<br />
1 Julie Scherer Rexford 26:11<br />
2 Stacy Moller Lake George 28:27<br />
3 Jen Ferriss Saratoga Springs 30:51<br />
4 Kim Lengyel Clifton Park 34:10<br />
5 Megan Stewart Burnt Hills 36:42<br />
6 Laura Clark Saratoga Springs 49:03<br />
Courtesy of Gore Mountain & Dion WMAC Snowshoe Series<br />
BROOKHAVEN TRAILS 5K & 2.5K SNOWSHOE RACES<br />
January 9, <strong>2022</strong> • Brookhaven Winter Park, Porter Corners<br />
SCHOLASTIC – 3.75 MILES<br />
MALE AGE GROUP: 16 - 17<br />
1 Trey Naselli Johnstown Nordic 12:10<br />
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 16 - 17<br />
1 Alivia Hopsicker Polar Bear/Old Forge 13:05<br />
2 Kerissa Dunn Polar Bear/Old Forge 17:14<br />
OPEN & MASTERS – 7.5 MILES<br />
MALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 29<br />
1 Andrew Doherty Castleton Nordic 21:03<br />
2 Antonio Mannino Castleton Nordic 21:04<br />
3 Shawn Allen Castleton Nordic 26:29<br />
MALE AGE GROUP: 35 - 39<br />
1 Eric Seyse Glenville Hills/Adk Vauhti 23:16<br />
MALE AG GROUP: 45 - 49<br />
1 Brian Northan Glenville Hills/Adk Vauhti 25:16<br />
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 45 - 49<br />
1 Jessica Northan Glenville Hills/Adk Vauhti 32:20<br />
MALE AGE GROUP: 55 - 59<br />
1 Darrell Rikert Saratoga Biathlon 30:50<br />
2 Scott Brown Cayuga Nordic 32:30<br />
MALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 64<br />
1 Douglas Diehl Glenville Hills/Adk Vauhti 23:52<br />
2 Matthew Brower Glenville Hills/Adk Vauhti 32:44<br />
MALE OVERALL<br />
1 Luke Tighe 25:44<br />
2 Ben Wood 25:56<br />
3 George Young 26:02<br />
FEMALE OVERALL<br />
1 Kim Lengel 34 Saratoga Springs 32:38<br />
2 Jane Labombard 49 Glens Falls 35:47<br />
3 Kathryn Starace 58 Greenfield Center 41:10<br />
4 Maureen Roberts 64 Saratoga Springs 46:54<br />
5 Katherine Allott 67 Wilton 50:02<br />
6 Laura Clark 75 Saratoga Springs 55:26<br />
2.5K SNOWSHOE<br />
FEMALE OVERALL<br />
1 Tamara Lynch 63 Saratoga Springs 29:56<br />
Courtesy of Town of Greenfield<br />
SHENENDEHOWA NORDIC CLUB’S CLASSIC SKI RACE<br />
January 9, <strong>2022</strong> • Gore Nordic Center (Ski Bowl), North Creek<br />
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 64<br />
1 Julia West HURT Nordic 33:35<br />
MALE AGE GROUP: 65 - 69<br />
1 Jack Rueckheim Cayuga Nordic 32:00<br />
MALE AGE GROUP: 70 - 74<br />
1 David Burt Peru Nordic 33:45<br />
MALE AGE GROUP: 75 - 79<br />
1 Eric Hamilton Shenendehowa Nordic 48:38<br />
TRY-IT FUN SKI – 3.75 MILES<br />
FEMALE OVERALL<br />
1 Anne Dew Polar Bear/Old Forge 24:06<br />
BILL KOCH YOUTH SKI LEAGUE – 2.5 MILES<br />
MALE AGE GROUP: 10 - 11<br />
1 Hayden Hopsicker Polar Bear/Old Forge 11:56<br />
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 10 - 11<br />
1 Elsa Dew Polar Bear/Old Forge 14:02<br />
MALE AGE GROUP: 12 - 13<br />
1 Brayden Palermo Polar Bear/Old Forge 13:33<br />
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 12 - 13<br />
1 Jordan Guidry Polar Bear/Old Forge 12:15<br />
2 Asher Murray Polar Bear/Old Forge 15:28<br />
Courtesy of Shenendehowa Nordic Club<br />
NORWAY 5K SNOWSHOE RACE<br />
January 9, <strong>2022</strong> • Winona State Forest, Lorraine<br />
FEMALE OVERALL<br />
1 Kelly MacDonald 27:58<br />
2 Donna Langerfeld 28:20<br />
3 Sara Niccoli 32:31 Courtesy of Winona Adventure Racing<br />
GORE MOUNTAIN JNQ AND NYSSRA NORDIC SKI RACES<br />
January 15-16, <strong>2022</strong> • Gore Nordic Center (Ski Bowl), North Creek<br />
JUNIORS CLASSIC RACE<br />
U16 GIRLS JR CLASS 2<br />
1 Alivia Hopsicker Old Forge Polar Bear 17:08<br />
2 Abigail Van Dorn Lake Placid NYSEF 17:30<br />
3 Ellie Bartlett Old Forge Polar Bear 17:41<br />
U16 JR BOYS CLASS 2<br />
1 Braden Bellizzi Honeoye Falls Rochester Nordic 12:55<br />
2 Benjamin Jenkin Queensbury Queensbury Nordic 13:34<br />
3 Miles Mattern Rochester Rochester Nordic 14:13<br />
U18 GIRLS JR CLASS 1<br />
1 Emelia Jordan Rochester Rochester Nordic 15:29<br />
2 Sophia Kelting Saranac Lake NYSEF 16:05<br />
3 Catherin Anzellotti Rochester Rochester Nordic 16:09<br />
U18 JR BOYS CLASS 1<br />
1 Gordon Fagan Rochester Rochester Nordic 13:14<br />
2 Andrew Scanio Lake Placid NYSEF 13:19<br />
3 Philip Matthews Waterford HURT Nordic 13:35<br />
U20 OLDER JR GIRLS<br />
1 Marlia Richer Newbury, NH St. Lawrence U. 15:44<br />
U20 OLDER JR BOYS<br />
1 Omar Armbruster Honeoye Falls Rochester Nordic 14:32<br />
2 Colin Young Pittsfield, MA 15:45<br />
SENIOR/MASTERS CLASSIC RACE<br />
MASTER MEN 1<br />
1 Daniel Serianni/30-34 Rochester Nordic 28:06<br />
MASTER MEN 2<br />
1 Eric Seyse/35-39 Scotia Glenville/Adk Vauhti 24:56<br />
MASTER MEN 4<br />
1 Phil Matthews/45-49 Waterford HURT Nordic 25:39<br />
MASTER MEN 5<br />
1 Sproule Love/50-54 New York Manhattan Nordic 23:36<br />
2 Nathan Richer/50-54 Newbury, NH Team Pinnacle 24:06<br />
3 Kevin Walter/50-54 Pittsford Syracuse Biathlon 32:47<br />
MASTER MEN 7<br />
1 Andrew Pinney/60-64 Katonah 40:33<br />
MASTER MEN 8<br />
1 David Burt/65-69 Queensbury Peru Nordic 36:41<br />
SENIOR MEN<br />
1 Cameron Brooch/20-29 Canton St. Lawrence U. 31:17<br />
BILL KOCH YOUTH SKI LEAGUE<br />
U10 JR BOYS CLASS 5<br />
1 William Preece Lake Placid NYSEF 12:51<br />
2 Tyler Erenstone Lake Placid NYSEF 14:53<br />
U12 GIRLS JR CLASS 4<br />
1 Jordan Guidry Old Forge Polar Bear 14:39<br />
2 Christina Russell Old Forge Polar Bear 17:13<br />
3 Elsa Dew Eagle Bay Polar Bear 17:18<br />
U12 JR BOYS CLASS 4<br />
1 Collin Bellizzi Honeoye Falls Rochester Nordic 9:05<br />
2 Liam Stoddard Saranac Lake NYSEF 9:54<br />
3 Hayden Hopsicker Old Forge Polar Bear 13:45<br />
U14 JR BOYS CLASS 3<br />
1 Nathan Jenkin Queensbury Friends of Cole’s Woods 10:21<br />
2 Jacob Hermance Queensbury Queensbury Nordic 10:56<br />
3 River Gray NYSEF 10:58<br />
SENIOR/MASTERS SKATE RACE<br />
MASTER MEN 1<br />
1 Daniel Serrani/30-34 Rochester Nordic 39:25<br />
MASTER MEN 2<br />
1 Eric Seyse/35-39 Scotia Glenville/Adk Vauhti 32:53<br />
MASTER MEN 4<br />
1 Matt Bellizzi/45-49 Honeoye Falls Rochester Nordic 26:43<br />
2 Phil Matthews/45-49 Waterford HURT Nordic 33:40<br />
MASTER MEN 5<br />
1 Sproule Love/50-54 New York Manhattan Nordic 29:09<br />
2 Tim Donahue/50-54 29:58<br />
3 Nathan Richer/50-54 Newbury, NH Team Pinnacle 33:20<br />
MASTER MEN 7<br />
1 Andrew Pinney/60-64 Katonah 1:01:16<br />
MASTER MEN 8<br />
1 David Burt/65-69 Queensbury Peru Nordic 53:53<br />
MASTER MEN 9<br />
1 Darwin Roosa/70-74 Altamont Saratoga Biathlon 53:50<br />
SENIOR MEN<br />
1 Cameron Brochu/20-29 Canton St. Lawrence U. 31:52<br />
JUNIORS SKATE RACE<br />
U16 GIRLS JR CLASS 2<br />
1 Alivia Hopsicker Old Forge Polar Bear 16:35<br />
2 Maeve Bernhard Pittsford Rochester Nordic 17:22<br />
3 Ellie Bartlett Old Forge Polar Bear 17:22<br />
U16 JR BOYS CLASS 2<br />
1 Benjamin Jenkin Queensbury Queensbury Nordic 12:42<br />
2 Braden Bellizzi Honeoye Falls Rochester Nordic 12:53<br />
3 Miles Mattern Rochester Rochester Nordic 13:05<br />
U18 GIRLS JR CLASS 1<br />
1 Emelia Jordan Rochester Rochester Nordic 31:39<br />
2 Katrin Schreiner Hadley Saratoga Biathlon 33:33<br />
3 Clara Avery Glens Falls 34:34<br />
U18 JR BOYS CLASS 1<br />
1 Andrew Scanio Lake Placid NYSEF 24:54<br />
2 Gordon Fagan Rochester Rochester Nordic 26:04<br />
3 Simon Goldstein Pittsford Rochester Nordic 26:45<br />
U20 OLDER JR GIRLS<br />
1 Marlia Richer Newbury, NH St. Lawrence U. 33:06<br />
U20 OLDER JR BOYS<br />
1 Omar Armbruster Honeoye Falls Rochester Nordic 27:50<br />
2 Colin Young Pittsfield, MA 29:23<br />
3 Adam Jansen Scotia Glenville/Adk Vauhti 32:14<br />
Courtesy of NYS Ski Racing Association - Nordic<br />
2KCLASSIC SKI<br />
1 Jim Fauchi 16:18<br />
2 Matthew Fitzgerald 16:58<br />
3 Hazel FM 19:28<br />
4 Theresa FM 19:33<br />
2K SKATE SKI<br />
1 Nate Jenkin 8:12<br />
2 Andy Farry 10:15<br />
3 Olly Farry 10:20<br />
4 Ryan Drake 11:29<br />
2K SNOWSHOE<br />
1 Bill Horn 12:17<br />
4K CLASSIC SKI<br />
1 Edward Fitzgerald 7:56<br />
2 Marcus Hanaza 23:51<br />
3 Christine McKee 45:10<br />
4K SKATE SKI<br />
1 Rickert Darrell 8:47<br />
2 Shannon Mulshine 15:30<br />
3 Todd Drake 17:15<br />
FEBRUARY <strong>2022</strong> 23<br />
COLE’S WOODS THURSDAY NIGHT WINTER RACING #1<br />
January 20, <strong>2022</strong> • Cole’s Woods, Glens Falls<br />
MALE OVERALL<br />
1 Alex Benway 21:47<br />
2 Lance Purvis 24:58<br />
3 Will Fortin Johnsburg 26:29<br />
4 Allan Bates 31:31<br />
5 Nick Lamando Queensbury 32:05<br />
6 Devin Ashline Greenfield Center 35:10<br />
7 Anthony Luciano Fort Johnson 35:45<br />
8 Matthew Miczek 36:53<br />
9 Stuart Johnson 37:56<br />
10 Todd Bishop 39:08<br />
11 Mike Hegel 41:24<br />
12 Mark Schachner 43:07<br />
13 Anthony Barksdale Gloversville 43:12<br />
14 Spero Leakas Queensbury 43:33<br />
15 Clark Grabb Glens Falls 47:31<br />
16 Jamie Howard Albany 49:13<br />
4 Taylor David 17:23<br />
5 Ben Sopczyk 21:18<br />
6 Brenda Lee Vanetten 32:28<br />
4K SNOWSHOE<br />
1 Lance Purvis 20:03<br />
2 Will Fortin 28:23<br />
3 Jennifer Russell 28:27<br />
4 Matt Miczek 34:15<br />
Courtesy of Friends of Cole’s Woods<br />
4TH GURNEY LANE 5K SNOWSHOE RACE<br />
January 23, <strong>2022</strong> • Gurney Lane Recreation Area, Queensbury<br />
10-MILE FAT TIRE BIKE RACE<br />
MALE AGE GROUP: 1 - 29<br />
1 Joe Phelps Chestertown 1:31:50<br />
2 Jacob Gilson Niskayuna/AP Junior 1:43:14<br />
MALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 39<br />
1 Tom Williams Queensbury 1:25:31<br />
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 39<br />
1 Kimberly Milton Clifton Park/R-Cubed 1:27:05<br />
MALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 49<br />
1 Erik Morse Forestburgh 1:25:07<br />
2 Jeff Johnson Shaftsbury, VT/North American Velo 1:27:30<br />
3 Brian Galletta Oceanside/Brands Factory 1:27:47<br />
4 Andrew Rizzi Niskayuna/NICA 1:28:06<br />
5 Tom Pellegrino Oceanside/Brands Factory 1:29:13<br />
6 David McCutcheon Saugerties/Table Rock 1:30:56<br />
7 Jeremy Manzolini Pittsfield, MA/Berkshire Cycling 1:35:26<br />
8 Christopher Yates Saratoga Springs/North American Velo 1:39:27<br />
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 49<br />
1 Stephanie Hanaman Ghent/Velo Domestique 1:21:29<br />
2 Bryna Blanchard East Greenbush/BMB Racing 1:37:34<br />
3 Shannon Phelps Chestertown 1:41:02<br />
4 Jennifer Dean Rensselaer/North American Velo 2:05:49<br />
MALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 59<br />
1 Terry Blanchet East Greenbush/North American Velo 1:25:52<br />
2 Sven Migot Westfield, NJ/Closet-Rescue.com 1:53:17<br />
3 Bryan Booth Saratoga Springs 2:00:33<br />
4 Callum Benepe Red Hook/Fats in the Cats 2:22:40<br />
5-MILE FAT TIRE BIKE RACE<br />
MALE AGE GROUP: 1 - 29<br />
1 Jack Quinlan Pittsfield, MA/Berkshire Cycling 43:34<br />
2 Garrett Hanaburgh Red Hook/Niskayuna Mtn Goats 52:59<br />
3 David Verwys Troy/Bottom Bracket 53:50<br />
4 Max Fronhoffer 1:15:35<br />
5 Cameron Einhorn Selkirk/R-Cubed 1:16:41<br />
6 Aiden Sloan Selkirk/R-Cubed 1:39:47<br />
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 1 - 29<br />
1 Brenda Van Etten Saratoga Springs/Rockridge 1:04:11<br />
2 Addison Rizzi Niskayuna/Niskayuna-Mohawk 1:14:26<br />
3 Hannah Manzolini Pittsfield, MA/Berkshire Cycling 1:25:45<br />
4 Allison Gubala 1:31:42<br />
17 Tellman Knudson Guilford, VT 56:25<br />
18 Arthur Stein Ballston Spa 58:43<br />
FEMALE OVERALL<br />
1 Stacie Minchoff 29:01<br />
2 Susan Keely 32:55<br />
3 Jennifer Ferriss Saratoga Springs 34:51<br />
4 Kimberly Lengyel Clifton Park 35:00<br />
5 Jennifer Russell Johnsburg 35:02<br />
6 Jane Labombard Glens Falls 40:17<br />
7 Deborah Briggs Rhinebeck 41:45<br />
8 Deb Johnson 42:47<br />
9 Tracy Watson Johnsburg 44:19<br />
10 Laura Clark Saratoga Springs 55:59<br />
11 Erin Potter Altamont 56:24<br />
12 Meghan Perryman 58:01<br />
13 Kathy Pfeiffer Queensbury 65:26<br />
Courtesy of Queensbury Parks & Recreation<br />
4TH GURNEY LANE FAT TIRE BIKE RACES<br />
January 23, <strong>2022</strong> • Gurney Lane Recreation Area, Queensbury<br />
10K SNOWSHOE RACE<br />
MALE OVERALL<br />
1 Luke Tighe 17 Pulaski 1:04:04<br />
2 Jeremy Drowne 44 West Chazy 1:04:26<br />
3 George Young 40 Liverpool 1:06:58<br />
FEMALE OVERALL<br />
1 Donna Langerfeld 35 Port Byron 1:10:51<br />
2 Kelly MacDonald 32 Sackets Harbor 1:13:13<br />
3 Jessica Northan 46 Guilderland 1:21:15<br />
3.75M ROAD RACE<br />
MALE OVERALL<br />
1 Chuck Terry 39 Albany 22:17<br />
2 Greg Potestio 36 Delmar 23:18<br />
3 Greg Ethier 48 Mechanicville 24:26<br />
FEMALE OVERALL<br />
1 Lisa Chase 35 Albany 25:46<br />
2 Sydney Sericolo 26 Watervliet 29:44<br />
3 Stephanie Wille 46 Voorheesville 32:45<br />
AGE GROUPS<br />
1 Garrick Smith-Growick M10-19 Schenectady 26:02<br />
1 Isaac Menis M20-29 Schenectady 25:00<br />
1 Thomas Rogers M30-39 Altamont 29:15<br />
1 Teagan Hallahan F30-39 Altamont 34:00<br />
1 Mike Austin M40-49 Slingerlands 27:19<br />
1 Victoria Wagner F40-49 Altamont 33:02<br />
1 Bill Bartlett M50-59 Amsterdam 32:53<br />
1 Anne Hurley F50-59 Delmar 36:39<br />
1 Tom McGrath M60-69 Duanesburg 32:52<br />
1 Karen Dott F60-69 Colonie 36:14<br />
1 Edwin Litts M70-79 Schenectady 45:27<br />
1 Uzma Qureshi F70-79 Slingerlands 52:34<br />
1 Anny Stockman F80-89 Rensselaer 1:00:54<br />
15K ROAD RACE<br />
MALE OVERALL<br />
1 Alejandro Gauna 39 Delmar 57:31<br />
2 Jake Kobrin 24 Albany 58:38<br />
3 Matt Brown 22 Minerva 58:39<br />
FEMALE OVERALL<br />
1 Meghan Mortensen 36 Glenville 1:03:39<br />
2 Courtney Breiner 24 Troy 1:06:44<br />
3 Meg Champagne 23 Saratoga Springs 1:06:44<br />
MALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 39<br />
1 Antoine Gendron Albany 43:13<br />
2 James Brown Saratoga Springs/Rockridge 49:32<br />
3 Jeffery Brown Lake George 49:34<br />
4 Ryan Arket Poughquag 54:26<br />
5 Eric Lendrum Queensbury/Rick’s Bike Shop 56:19<br />
6 David Boshek 59:54<br />
7 Kyle Esposito Queensbury 1:21:19<br />
8 Joshua Knapik Cohoes/Bottom Bracket 1:39:51<br />
MALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 49<br />
1 Tyler Romlein 43:33<br />
2 Paul Fronhoffer 44:20<br />
3 Kevin Layman 44:29<br />
4 Scott Wheeler Queensbury 48:49<br />
5 Marc Cass Vermontville 54:48<br />
6 Ian Strever Falls Village, CT/Berkshire Cycling 1:08:18<br />
7 Greg Kaladjian Schenectady/Bottom Bracket 1:11:29<br />
8 Peter Hochsprung Queensbury 1:12:08<br />
9 Trevor Corbett Ballston Spa 1:13:38<br />
10 Matt Einhorn Selkirk/R-Cubed 1:16:42<br />
11 Dave Gilson Niskayuna/Nomad Endurance 1:17:12<br />
12 Terrence Sloan Selkirk/R-Cubed 1:39:49<br />
13 Jeff Andritz 1:48:55<br />
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 49<br />
1 Kerri Thomas Middle Granville 1:04:22<br />
2 Isabelle Dickens South Glens Falls/Spaero 1:05:10<br />
3 Catherine Willis Albany 1:24:48<br />
MALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 59<br />
1 Steve Arket Poughquag 48:54<br />
2 Seth Primack Queensbury 48:59<br />
3 Matthew Landy Glenmont/Capital Bicycle Racing Club54:59<br />
4 Christopher Hogan Delmar 57:02<br />
5 Tim Thomas Middle Granville 1:04:34<br />
6 Steve Hanaburgh Red Hook 1:45:30<br />
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 59<br />
1 Heidi Underwood Kattskill Bay 1:09:50<br />
2 Sarah Hanaburgh Red Hook 1:44:56<br />
Courtesy of Queensbury Parks & Recreation<br />
STONE WALL 5K & 10K SNOWSHOE RACES<br />
January 23, <strong>2022</strong> • Winona Forest Recreation Area, Lorraine<br />
5K SNOWSHOE RACE<br />
MALE OVERALL<br />
1 Ari Kramer 26 Rochester 32:44<br />
2 Carson Wohlers 18 Paul Smith’s College 33:09<br />
3 Justin Frontuto 44 Elmira 33:33<br />
FEMALE OVERALL<br />
1 Sarah Jeon 25 Fort Drum 34:50<br />
2 Sue Fassler 31 Williamstown 38:42<br />
3 Katina Sayers 54 Tully 40:43<br />
Courtesy of Winona Forest Recreation Area<br />
HMRRC WINTER SERIES #4: 3.75M, 15K & 30K<br />
January 23, <strong>2022</strong> • University at Albany, Albany<br />
AGE GROUPS<br />
1 Patrick Graham M10-19 Albany 1:42:51<br />
1 Alyssa Bove F20-29 Schenectady 1:09:57<br />
1 Josh Kron M20-29 Troy 1:00:20<br />
1 Tim Russell M30-39 Saratoga Springs 58:44<br />
1 Lauren Scald F30-39 Albany 1:07:35<br />
1 Jeremy McNamara M40-49 Albany 1:00:21<br />
1 Trudy Boulia F40-49 Delanson 1:15:30<br />
1 Brian Baker M50-59 Walden 1:07:54<br />
1 Michelle Hughes F50-59 Clifton Park 1:12:33<br />
1 Ed Gravelle M60-69 Ballston Lake 1:10:06<br />
1 Maureen Fitzgerald F60-69 Clifton Park 1:25:13<br />
1 Dan Berry M70-79 Delmar 1:29:18<br />
1 Susan Wong F70-79 Glenmont 1:50:10<br />
30K ROAD RACE<br />
MALE OVERALL<br />
1 Liwei Hao 39 Niskayuna 2:04:37<br />
2 Nathan Laing 27 Schenectady 2:05:42<br />
3 Jim Sweeney 40 Albany 2:06:00<br />
FEMALE OVERALL<br />
1 Karen Bertasso 37 Selkirk 2:05:36<br />
2 Caitie Meyer 30 Albany 2:06:21<br />
3 Amber Coppololo 32 Saratoga Springs 2:06:39<br />
AGE GROUPS<br />
1 Wude Girma M20-29 Menands 2:11:26<br />
1 Ben Heller M30-39 Troy 2:18:03<br />
1 Joe Sullivan M40-49 Schenectady 2:20:48<br />
1 Stephanie Monteau F40-49 East Greenbush 2:47:01<br />
1 Frank Horn M50-59 Albany 2:36:11<br />
1 Martha DeGrazia F70-79 Slingerlands 3:15:26<br />
Courtesy of Hudson Mohawk Road Runners Club
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