Saturday, Dec 6, 2014

Pond Loops Fat Ass

26 Depot Ave

Windsor, VT 50K

This Event Took Place Sat. Dec 6, 2014

What It Is

This is more than just a fat ass. It's more than just a run. There's a handful of things going on here with the purpose of helping out some special people. Before - or rather, after - you've signed up here, please take the time to visit our website and see what else we have going on.

The Run

The run will begin at the Amtrak Station in Windsor, Vermont at 8:30AM on 12/6/2014. The course will proceed straight up State Street until you get to Marton Road, some 2.1 miles out. Runners will go right on Marton and up another sizeable hill before taking a left on Pond Road. Runners will be at 3.45 miles at this point. The return leg will be the same directions, except in reverse; there is about 1.5-2 miles worth of pavement leading out of and into town, the rest is hardpack dirt roads.

Pond Road eventually peters out and turns into a right-of-way trail that comes out on Weeden Hill Road. Runners will go right on Weeden Hill until they get to Marton Road and will go right once more. When runners reach Pond Road again, they will have completed one loop. Each loop is 2.8 miles long with an elevation change of around 650 feet. There is no pavement on the loops.

If you've done the math, you'll come to the determination that 9 2.8 mile loops plus 6.9 miles of out-and-back come to a little over a mile more than 50k. But 8 loops falls short. Because there is no easy way to add the extra needed for 8 laps, the run will be 9 laps. There will be a 50k marker on the return home. It will be at the runners discretion to either stop at the 50k or continue on to the finish for a 32+ mile run.

Being that it is a loops course, if you get out there and decided to call it a day before nine laps, no one will bother you. If you get out there and decide you want to be an overachiever that's cool too. If some of you want to go a whole 50 miles, I can put out a 50 mile marker special for you - just ask!

Event's current local time: 7:07 PM ET

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