CVR Birthdays this week!
Happy Birthday to: Asa Lloyd, Jennifer Dickinson, Maryellen Copping, Gerry Carlson, John Gardner-Morse, Rebecca Somaini, Sarah Richardson, Mary Nealon and Jill Sudhoff-Guerin
Fallen Leaves 5K’s
The last Fallen Leaves 5K is this Saturday! The race begins on the Montpelier High School track at 9am. Just $5! The second one this past Saturday had a good turnout despite the cold, with 47 runners. Results are here.
Congratulations to Alex Jinks and Dylan Broderick won the men’s and women’s races, respectively.
Last Saturday to volunteer for the 2019 Race Series! After Saturday, the series will be final. And last to chance to volunteer if you want to go the Annual Volunteer and Awards Dinner for free! Remember you need to have volunteered in the 2019 race season to get a free dinner.
Clothing
Don’t forget the CVR Clothing Store is open until November 25. Place orders on the site and they will be delivered to Richarda Ericson for distribution the week of December 9.
2020 Races and the CVR/ORO Race Series
At the club meeting last week, we approved the slate of races to be sponsored by the club as well as the races for the race series (which include some GMAA races). Here is the list, note that some of the dates are tentative. The race series rules will be the same as 2019 (best 6 races and points earned in the age group based on top CVR member). Note that there is one more race this year! The race series event changes are two: Barre Heritage Festival 5K Trail Race will replace Barre Town Spring Run 5k (don’t worry, we are still having the race; it just isn’t in the series this year), and GMAA’s Equinox 10K Trail Race will replace the NSB 1 Mile Kid’s Race. And there will be a new feature this year which I will explain next week: the “Mixed Terrain” series. Also next week, I will discuss the new race series awards scheme for next year. But for this week, here is the tentative schedule:
| Race | Date | CVR/ORO Race Series |
| New Years Eve 5K | December 31, 2019 | Yes |
| Kaynor’s Sap Run (GMAA) | March 22 or 29, 2020 | Yes |
| Paul Mailman 10 Miler & 5K | April 25, 2020 | 10 Mile only |
| Mutt Strutt | May 2, 2020 tentative | No |
| Adamant Half Marathon | May 9, 2020 | Yes |
| Barre Town Spring Run | May 16, 2020 | No |
| Kids Track Meet | June 4, 2020 | No |
| Capital City Stampede 10K | June 6, 2020 | Yes |
| Equinox Trail Race 10K | June 14, 2020 tentative | 10K only |
| Montpelier Mile | July 3, 2020 | Yes |
| Bear Swamp | July 11, 2020 | Yes |
| Barre Heritage 5K Trail Race | July 25, 2020 | Yes |
| Berlin Pond 5 Miler | August 13, 2020 | Yes |
| Suffrage Scramble 5K | August 15, 2020 | No |
| NSB 5K | September 5, 2020 | 5K only |
| Groton Trail Run | September 12, 2020 | No |
| Genny Tenny 10 Miler | September 13, 2020 | Yes |
| Sodom Pond 4 Miler | September 23, 2020 | Yes |
| Leaf Peepers Half Marathon & 5K | October 4, 2020 | Yes |
| Fallen Leaves 5Ks | November 7 and 14, 2020 | No |
Andy
Ongoing events
CVR Fun Run Done for the year-will be back first Tuesday in May
CVR Speed Workout Wednesdays – done for the year, will be back in Spring, stay posted
Group Runs you might want to join:
Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5 a.m. Plainfield/EMES/Adamant. Contact Mark Howard.
Wednesdays at 5:30 The Runderachievers run from Good Measure Brewing in Northfield
Fridays at 6:30: Susannah Gravel hosts a trail run from her house in Randolph on the Green Mountain Stock Farms trails. FB info: 802 Trail Running
Upcoming events
->November 16: Fallen Leaves 5K, Montpelier High School , 9am
->November 16: Run Your Can Off, Winooski, 9am, 6 hour race
->November 16: Red Clover Rovers Retreat Farm, 5K trail run, Brattleboro, 10am
->November 16: South Burlington Turkey Trot, 5k, 9am, Veterans Memorial Park
->November 16: Fair Haven High School, Turkey Trot 5K, Fair Haven
->November 17, Stand with Erick Turkey Trot, 5K, Norwich Univ, 10am
->November 23, Westford Turkey Trot, 10K, Westford, 10am
->November 28, Gobble Wobble Turkey Trot, 5K, Barre Town, 9:30am
->November 28, GMAA Turkey Trot, 5K, Burlington (UVM), 10AM
->November 30, Jingle Jog 5K, 10am, Shelburne
*December 31, 2019, New Year’s Eve 5K, Montpelier, 2pm
It’s a good idea to check the race information on the race website as dates and times can change.
* Part of the CVR/ORO Race Series 2020
Feel free to email me any additional events that should be listed here.