100 mile trail race in NJ March 27 - 28, 2010 as a self supported effort (Fat Ass style).
The Paulinskill Valley Trail and the Sussex Branch Trail are echoes
from the past of thriving railroads that connect to the surrounding
cultural and natural environment. Passing through the Highlands, Ridge
and Valley Physiographic provinces of northern New Jersey in Sussex and
Warren counties, these once abandoned railroad corridors cross
landscapes of mostly farmland, forests, streams and towns. The Trails
intersect at Warbasse Junction in Lafayette Township, Sussex County.
Both corridors are part of Kittatinny Valley State Park and the New
Jersey Trails System.
The Paulinskill Valley Trail extends 27 miles from Knowlton in Warren
County eastward through Blairstown, Frelinghuysen, Hardwick,
Stillwater, Fredon, Hampton, and Lafayette, to its eastern terminus at
Sparta Junction in Sussex County. Rock outcroppings, farmlands, small
towns, forests and wetlands are among the diverse landscape features
found along the trail.
The Sussex Branch Trail follows a 20-mile route beginning
from the north at the Frankford Township-Branchville Borough boundary,
and continues south through Lafayette Township, Andover Township, and
Andover Borough to its southern terminus in Byram Township at Waterloo
Road. The trail passes through rural and forested landscapes in
addition to swamps, lakes and small communities.
There are many cross streets and other places to leave aid or have a crew meet you to give aid.
Overview Map
The date will be the last weekend of March (3/27, 3/28). Still cold enough the bugs
shouldn't be an issue and the ground should be in good shape. But it is
far enough in the Spring that daylight won't be as much of an issue and
it should be warmer. Also that Monday is a Full Moon so hope fully we
can run during the night with no headlamp and use the natural moonlight
to guide us.
There is a Wyndham hotel a mile from the southern terminus of the Sussex Branch Trail. This will be a perfect place to start our run. That way if anyone wants to stay over night there is a hotel and for the rest of us we can leave our cars in the parking lot overnight. There is a walkway from the hotel to the trail head.
Please use ultrasignup for quick registration.
Ultrasignup also has a listed registrants page. I want to get all of the names off the list below and up online.
If your name is still listed below please sign up online.
Registered runners:
Loren Thomas
Tom Slocum
Jessi Kennedy
Mike Costello
Rich Luciano
Zsuzsanna Carlson
Monika Kasinova
Tom Haines
Joe Pham
Mylinh Nguyen
John Spangler
Greg Mendina
Catra Corbett
Kevin Flood
Carl Albright
Jennifer Broton
Glenn Butcher
Larry Siegrist
Shannon Stone
Monica Scholz
Phil McColl
Phil Rosenstein
Mike Lynch
Chris Lehman
Kat Clewley
Karen Riddle
Randy Dietz
Ron Farneski
Mike Samuelson
Mike Hanes
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