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u 14 Adirondack Sports • o f GOOD KARMA t h e C a p celebrate 1 MILE ON PARADE ROUTE 11:45AM JULY 4, 2024 i t a i o n • l R e g 10TH ANNUAL GOOD KARMA 5K RUN/WALK Saturday, June 15 • 9am Shenendehowa High School, Clifton Park A FUN FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENT – ALL WELCOME! Yoga Warm-Up, Kids’ 0.5M Fun Run, Bollywood Music, Henna Tattoo Artist, Indian Street Food Register: ZippyReg.com Includes popular Good Karma 5K race T-shirt! Virtual option: 6/15-25 • Proceeds benefit AIM for Seva (supporting children’s education in rural India) and Regional Food Bank of NENY Thank you to our sponsors: RUN OR WALK HTTPS://RUNSIGNUP.COM/RACE/NY/CLIFTONPARK/FREEDOMMILE benefits And Gurn Annual Churney Gurney WHERE / GURNEY LANE MTB PARK, QUEENSBURY WHEN / SAT-SUN, AUGUST 3-4 INFO / CHURNEYGURNEY.COM saturday RUNNING RACE Male/Female Overall Awards • Age Group Awards (10-year Categories) • Chip-Timed Race • Course Includes Hills + Single-Track Trails For more information and to register: churneygurney5miletrail race.itsyourrace.com Camp Saratoga Trail Run Series Hosted by the Saratoga Stryders Mondays: July 29 & August 5, 12, 19, 26 Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park’s Camp Saratoga (Scout Rd, 5 min from I-87, Exit 15 or 16) Fun, challenging 5K trail course! Open to all ages and abilities Start: 6:15pm rain/shine Register day of race or online: An affordable family affair with low race and series fees campsaratoga.saratogastryers.org Laura Clark: 518-581-1278, info@saratogastryders.org • Proceeds benefit Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park Mountain Bike Races + 5-Mile Trail Running Race Plus! FREE Kids Mt. Bike Race And! Timed Single Track Downhill Race sunday MTN. BIKE RACE Beginner to Pro/Open Classes • Categories 1-3 (Beginner to Expert) • Kids Race: Ages 12 & Under • Cash Awards to Top Male/Female in Pro/Open Race! • Awards to Top 3 Males/Females in each Category! For more information and to register: BIKEREG.COM COMPETITORS RECEIVE FREE ENTRY TO THE GURNEY LANE POOL FOOD WILL BE SERVED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE RACES! saturday DOWNHILL RACE Male/Female Awards Based on Entry Numbers • Race on Rogue/Rogue Ext. • Race Multiple Laps to Get the Fastest Time! ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE UNDER THE WOODS FOUNDATION ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE UNDER THE WOODS FOUNDATION Plu An BILL & NAOMI ALL PROCEEDS HOFFMAN BENEFIT THE UNDER THE WOODS FOUNDATION ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE U
RUNNING & WALKING continued from 13 can register as a “Route Rooter” and receive a cowbell to enhance their efforts. Afterwards, head to the Commons for a full day of fun with food and craft vendors, carnival and pony rides, and live music – and fireworks at 9:30pm. Age group awards will be a fun assortment of “pick your own prizes.” To register, visit: runsignup.com. And yes, if you are like me, you’re already crunching the numbers. A fair number of people “double” with the early Firecracker in Saratoga, followed by the Freedom Mile in Clifton Park – try it! The other “summer place to be” race is the Silks & Satins 5K, Jeff Clark Memorial Race, traditionally held on the first Saturday of track season, this year on July 13. Originally called the Satins, Silks & Stars, the silks are the jockey’s uniform, representing the horse owner’s colors and logo, and satins, a material that was traditionally used in their construction. The Stars part of the title is a bit less obvious but referred to the celebrity galas that socialite and philanthropist Mary Lou Whitney hosted to inaugurate each track season. Bill and Cathy Taylor originally partnered with Special Olympics to direct the first few events and then my husband, Jeff Clark, took over, backed by Price Chopper’s Golub Foundation. The Saratoga Stryders Running Club still supplies the vast number of course marshals needed to staff all 23 intersections. One of our favorite activities was packet night, where over 1,000 goodie bags were filled with sponsor donations. It was rather like the I Love Lucy show’s assembly line factory episode and quite a challenging race in its own right. Jeff fully embraced the extracurricular duties incumbent on race directors! This included driving a box truck fully loaded with race supplies through downtown’s prerace Hat’s Off celebration; to nearly getting arrested for defacing public property while trying to mark the course at 2am; to making a toilet paper run to address a crucial deficiency – he did it all. After he succumbed to Agent Orange-related cancer in 2014, the event he had cared about so much was renamed in his honor. Beginning and ending at the Fasig-Tipton pavilion, home of the thoroughbred horse yearling sales, where millions of dollars change hands, runners trace a flat and fast route around the East Side track neighborhoods. Plan to arrive early and enjoy a camera-worthy view of the thoroughbreds as they circle the historic Oklahoma Training Track. Feel good about your experience knowing that a part of your race fee supports the Therapeutic Horses of Saratoga, a national nonprofit headquartered in Saratoga Springs. Through their auspices, retired racehorses are offered the peace they deserve in their final years. Others are introduced to forever families and still others become partners in the Second Chances program where intimates care for and bond with the animals. To register, visit: zippyreg.com. Finally, the Saratoga Stryders 22nd annual Camp Saratoga 5K Trail Race Series begins Monday, July 29 at 6:15pm and replays every Monday in August at the Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park. The Trail Series was modeled on the Hudson-Mohawk Road Runners Club’s Tawasentha Cross-Country Series. This is because I got tired of leaving work early in Saratoga, so I could drive my daughter and her running teammates an hour each way for yearly XC tryouts. Like most light bulb moments, there were glitches. While Camp Saratoga was an easy decision for Saratoga locals, as race director, I simply replaced a long drive with all the race preparation tasks! Still, I was happy to give my friends the opportunity for a similar experience closer to home. Unashamedly, I copied Tawasentha’s Dollar Store raffle concept, but gradually it has expanded to include “valuable” yard sale items. Camp offers watermelon and squeeze ices and the final day we celebrate with BJ’s cookies. Saratoga’s iRun Local also brings in a variety of shoe and equipment reps who have running shoes and gear for us to demo. What I enjoy most about this event is that it pretty much runs itself. Many of the same local and out-of-town families show up every year, and for some people this is the only organized race or walk they do. Others enjoy the fact that the casual weekday atmosphere sets it apart from weekend events and they enjoy the friendly rivalries that develop. While there are no formal awards, overall and age-graded winners get first pick at the upgraded final raffle, which features gift cards from iRun Local, and free entries to upcoming local races. We have a family award for the family with the most members (including aunts, cousins, etc.) over the span of the five races. In my mind, the most difficult is the Continual Improvement award for those who run faster during each consecutive race. I achieved that once, and it is the most stressful thing I have ever done as the momentum builds relentlessly over the five weeks. JUNE 2024 15 ◀ PRE-RACE AT CAMP SARATOGA 5K, 2023. DON PROULX ◀ 2023 SILKS & SATINS 5K FINISH. DARRYL CARON As with all popular events, there is always room for change. This year, with Matt Miczek’s considerable mapping skills, we’ve created a slightly revised route that bypasses the endangered Karner Blue habitat. The Saratoga Stryders have also entered the 21st century with online registration via RunSignUp, so visit: campsaratoga. saratogastryders.org. The goal is to make this an accessible family affair, with low race fees: children 1-12 free, 13-18 $5, and adults $10. Before July 29, registration for the complete five-race (or walk/hike) series, online or in-person, is $20 for ages 13-18 and $40 for adults – a bargain. Profits are donated to the Camp Saratoga trails at Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park. My husband Jeff often said, “It’s a privilege to live in Saratoga Springs.” Come and join us this summer and experience the magic! Laura Clark (snowshoegal133@gmail.com) of Saratoga Springs is an avid trail runner, ultramarathoner, snowshoer and cross-country skier. She is a children’s librarian at the Saratoga Springs Public Library.
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