Hey all you runners out there coming from the NYC area ... there is a runner looking for some help with a ride to the race. If you think you might be able to help or want to find out more, please e-mail Linda_Martello@mcgraw-hill.com.
Thanks!
FINGER LAKES FIFTIES TRAIL RUNS - Saturday, July 6, 2013
25K (16.5 miles), 50K (32.9 miles), AND 50MILE RACES RUN IN THE FINGER LAKES NATIONAL FOREST, HECTOR, NY. ALL 3 RACES PART OF THE FINGER LAKES RUNNERS CLUB TRAIL CIRCUIT. REMEMBER: DON'T LET THE COWS OUT!!
Please direct all questions to fl50s@yahoo.com.
Registration for the 2013 Finger Lakes Fifties has reached the limit of 250 runners for all three distances combined (25k, 50k, 50 mile). Registration for the WAITLIST is open. Individuals will be taken from the waitlist as cancellations come in and openings are available - individuals will be taken in order of the date they came onto the waitlist, not by the race distance (so say you were #1 on the 50 mile list on on Ultra Signup, if someone entered on the 25k list on a date before you, they would be chosen first). UltraSignup maintains waitlist entrants in order by race distance; waitlist entrants in order of date of entry onto the waitlist will be found on this site). PLEASE NOTE: Although UltraSignup asks for your credit card information when you sign up for the waitlist, you DO NOT pay prior to getting off of the waitlist. If you are chosen from the waitlist and ACCEPT the invitation, only then will your credit card be charged. Also, if you are chosen from the waitlist and decline the invitation, your card will not be charged.
Registration for the 2013 Finger Lakes Fifties has reached the limit of 250 runners for all three distances combined (25k, 50k, 50 mile). Registration for the WAITLIST is open. Individuals will be taken from the waitlist as cancellations come in and openings are available - individuals will be taken in order of the date they came onto the waitlist, not by the race distance (so say you were #1 on the 50 mile list on on Ultra Signup, if someone entered on the 25k list on a date before you, they would be chosen first). UltraSignup maintains waitlist entrants in order by race distance; waitlist entrants in order of date of entry onto the waitlist will be found on this site). PLEASE NOTE: Although UltraSignup asks for your credit card information when you sign up for the waitlist, you DO NOT pay prior to getting off of the waitlist. If you are chosen from the waitlist and ACCEPT the invitation, only then will your credit card be charged. Also, if you are chosen from the waitlist and decline the invitation, your card will not be charged.
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO SUPPORT OUR EVENT!
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Just A Quick Note ...
Hi All. I hope that Spring is finally here to stay and that you all are finally getting to get out on the trails for some mud and fun. I just wanted to thank all those who have registered for the event for your continued support and thank you to all those who are patiently waiting on the wait list. Of course, I hope that all who have registered for the event will be able to make it and I look forward to seeing you, but I also understand that things happen. Injuries happen. Life happens. PLEASE ... if you know at any time that you will not be able to make it to the event, shoot me an e-mail. There is an extensive list of runners waiting to get in if the opportunity arises. Remember that there is a 50% refund of your registration fee until May 1.
Best of luck with your spring training and racing and I look forward to seeing you all in July!
Best of luck with your spring training and racing and I look forward to seeing you all in July!
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10:00 AM
Thursday, January 10, 2013
REGISTRATION and WAITLIST
Thank you to all of you who made the early decision to register for the 2013 Finger Lakes Fifties. I am excited to have so many of you who support this event! As of last night the limit of 250 runners was met and registration has now switched over to registration on the waitlist.
Again, THANK YOU all for your support and I am looking forward to seeing you all in July!
Again, THANK YOU all for your support and I am looking forward to seeing you all in July!
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9:15 AM
Monday, December 31, 2012
REGISTRATION FOR 2013 EVENT OPENS JANUARY 1!!!!!
If you are reading this, then you are in the right spot! Registration for the 25th Annivesary Finger Lakes Fifties Trail Runs opens on January 1 at 10am. Just click on the link at the top of the page ... this will take you to UltraSignup to register for the event. Again, we are going with no paper registration forms; the only way you can register is via UltraSignup. Again, there will be a 250 runner limit for all three races combined. Once this limit has been met, for those who missed their opportunity to register, there will be an opportunity to hop on the wait list. (UltraSignup lists wait-listers in order by the race they sign up for; I remove people and enter them into the event, when the opportunity arises, by the date they entered the waitlist, not by race distance ... but more to come on that when it becomes a reality).
Again, 2013 celebrates the 25th Anniversary of The Fifties and I hope to see many old friends and new ones out there! It is sure to be a great party and I can't imagine a better way to spend a summer day than with friends running on the trails of The Finger Lakes National Forest.
I would like to thank The Finger Lakes Runners Club for creating and continuing this race, Hammer Nutrition for once again supplying us with fuel at our aid stations, and Albany Running Exchange for agreeing to time the event this year!
Again, 2013 celebrates the 25th Anniversary of The Fifties and I hope to see many old friends and new ones out there! It is sure to be a great party and I can't imagine a better way to spend a summer day than with friends running on the trails of The Finger Lakes National Forest.
I would like to thank The Finger Lakes Runners Club for creating and continuing this race, Hammer Nutrition for once again supplying us with fuel at our aid stations, and Albany Running Exchange for agreeing to time the event this year!
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12:50 PM
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Results Are Up!
Results for the 2012 Finger Lakes Fifties Trail Races can be found at http://www.coolrunning.com/results/12/ny/Jun30_Finger_set1.shtml
Numerous course records were also set this year ... the updated records can be found under "Course Records" (Table of Contents).
Some really beautiful pictures taken by Natalie Werner for the Western NY Ultra Series can be found at http://wnyultra.shutterfly.com/pictures
Thank you all, once again, for joining me for a wonderful day in the forest! If you have any race reports or photos that you would like to share, please send them to me at fl50s@yahoo.com.
Numerous course records were also set this year ... the updated records can be found under "Course Records" (Table of Contents).
Some really beautiful pictures taken by Natalie Werner for the Western NY Ultra Series can be found at http://wnyultra.shutterfly.com/pictures
Thank you all, once again, for joining me for a wonderful day in the forest! If you have any race reports or photos that you would like to share, please send them to me at fl50s@yahoo.com.
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8:04 AM
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Post Race
THANK YOU to all of you who ran, cheered, volunteered, or just plain hung out and enjoyed the day with us on Saturday! It was a pleasure to be out there with all of you! I am currently still buried under most of the race stuff here at my house and am hoping to dig out by the end of the week! Crazy! My apologies to all of you for not having the results available yet ... there were some corrections that needed to be made - mostly with individuals in the 50K/50Mile who had switched distances - and these people appeared in the wrong set of results. This is currently in the process of being corrected and I hope to have these results available to you soon. Thank you for your patience with this. There were numerous course records also set and I will have that updated soon, as well.
I hope that you all enjoyed yourselves and if you have any photos or race reports that you would like to share, please send them to me at fl50s@yahoo.com. I am also waiting for the photographer to send me a link to all the pictures that were taken throughout the course and once I have that I will get that posted for you all to check out. Here is a link to some photos taken by Elena Makovskaya ... https://picasaweb.google.com/113439323236058412063/06302012FingerLakes50s
Thanks again, everyone, for a great day in the forest. 2013 registration will open on January 1, 2013 ... I hope to see you back again next year!
I hope that you all enjoyed yourselves and if you have any photos or race reports that you would like to share, please send them to me at fl50s@yahoo.com. I am also waiting for the photographer to send me a link to all the pictures that were taken throughout the course and once I have that I will get that posted for you all to check out. Here is a link to some photos taken by Elena Makovskaya ... https://picasaweb.google.com/113439323236058412063/06302012FingerLakes50s
Thanks again, everyone, for a great day in the forest. 2013 registration will open on January 1, 2013 ... I hope to see you back again next year!
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10:12 AM
Monday, July 2, 2012
Race Recap and Results
Hi everyone! First and foremost, I would like to thank all of you who were able to join us for the 2012 race on Saturday.
I hope that everyone had a wonderful time and are now relaxing and recovering. I know that some of you have already checked-out the results from our timing company, FastFinishes. Please note that there are some errors in the results at this time due to people changing between 50K and 50Mile races. I am currently in the process of going through the results and working with the timing company to resolve the errors and hope to have a corrected version of the results up by tomorrow (Tuesday). So I ask that you please be patient and refrain from e-mailing any questions to me about the results until the corrected version is up tomorrow. I know that there are multiple changes to be made. This is only our second year in using chip timing and we are still working out the kinks with how to smoothly handle the changing of 50K/50Mile runners. I thank you for your patience with this.
If you have any feedback on things that you think could be changed to help make our event better, I would love to hear from you. Please e-mail me at fl50s@yahoo.com with your comments/suggestions. We can always improve on what we can do for you!
I would like to thank you all for coming out and running - without you all there would not be a race! And thanks to all who volunteered their help and their families' and friends' help before and after the race. I can't tell you how much this meant to me!
I hope to see you all again next year as we celebrate our 25th anniversay. Until then, rest and recover and continue to enjoy the trails. Best of luck with the rest of your racing season!
Happy trails -
Chris
I hope that everyone had a wonderful time and are now relaxing and recovering. I know that some of you have already checked-out the results from our timing company, FastFinishes. Please note that there are some errors in the results at this time due to people changing between 50K and 50Mile races. I am currently in the process of going through the results and working with the timing company to resolve the errors and hope to have a corrected version of the results up by tomorrow (Tuesday). So I ask that you please be patient and refrain from e-mailing any questions to me about the results until the corrected version is up tomorrow. I know that there are multiple changes to be made. This is only our second year in using chip timing and we are still working out the kinks with how to smoothly handle the changing of 50K/50Mile runners. I thank you for your patience with this.
If you have any feedback on things that you think could be changed to help make our event better, I would love to hear from you. Please e-mail me at fl50s@yahoo.com with your comments/suggestions. We can always improve on what we can do for you!
I would like to thank you all for coming out and running - without you all there would not be a race! And thanks to all who volunteered their help and their families' and friends' help before and after the race. I can't tell you how much this meant to me!
I hope to see you all again next year as we celebrate our 25th anniversay. Until then, rest and recover and continue to enjoy the trails. Best of luck with the rest of your racing season!
Happy trails -
Chris
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10:13 AM
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