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The Plan:
Rain or shine, of course . . . and it's looking like rain :-)
The start of the first stage is Friday at 4am.
The expected finish time is somewhere around 3pm.
Moving pace average will be 9:30 - 13:00 min/mile
A schedule of estimated start times is below.
Your Job:
Review the start times and other details to figure out which stage(s) work for you and let me know in a TXT or email 646.342.5210
Please note that four of the stages are point-to-point. Arrangements can be made to shuttle people back to their cars.
Race Day Support TXT/email: removed for privacy
After the Run:
A swim in the lake will follow the run.
An informal BBQ for runners, supporters, friends, family and party crashers will be ongoing starting mid-afternoon.
Gifts:
See below.
Easy gift: no disposable plastic water bottles :-)
About The Course:
There are 8 stages of various lengths and running surfaces outlined below. Over the 50 miles the course will touch parts of every local race course in the the area with the exception of the John Jay 5K.
4:00 am
STAGE 1 - Long Road to Hayfields ~ 8.1 mi
5:30 am
STAGE 2 - Hayfields to General Store ~ 4.0 mi
6:15 am
STAGE 3 - Mowed Meadows & Keeler Climb ~ 4.5 mi
(1.6 overlap with next stage uphill = 20 minutes)
NEW 6:45 (OLD 7:05 am)
STAGE 4 - Keeler to Cove ~ 7.6 mi
NEW 8:20 (OLD 8:40 am)
STAGE 5 - Cove Coffee Loop ~ 3.0 mi
NEW 9:00 (OLD 9:20 am)
STAGE 6 - Classic Trus-Rez Mixed Surface ~ 10.8 mi
NEW 11:20 (OLD 11:40 am)
STAGE 7 - The 10 Miler Park Loop - 9.6 mi
NEW 1:30 (OLD 1:50 pm)
STAGE 8 - Final Waccabuc Loops ~ 4.0 mi
NEW 2:30 (OLD 3:00 pm)
STAGE 9 - Lake Swim ~ 0.5mi
4:00 pm
STAGE 10 - BBQ ~ till whenever
Race Base Info Again: Private
Anchor 1
TO HAYFIELDS
LONG ROAD TO HAYFIELDS
8.1 Miles / 438ft elevation
Mixed Surface
90 minutes
START TIME
4:00am
START LOCATION
Waccabuc, NY
NOTES
Headlamps and blinking lights required for the first hour. (We have extras).This is a mixed surface night run and trail shoes are suggested. This is a point-to-point run so arrangement will need to be made for pickup.
VAIL RIDGE
HAYFIELDS TO GENERAL STORE
4.0 Miles / 200ft elevation
Mixed Surface Open Roads
45 minutes
START TIME
5:30am
START LOCATION
Hayfields Market
North Salem, NY
NOTES
This is a point-to-point real estate tour of North Salem horse country houses. The meadow views on the ridge line are a warm up for stage 3. If you park at Hayfields we will have to coordinate a pick up.
MEADOWS
MOWED MEADOWS & KEELER CLIMB
4.5 Miles / 495ft elevation
Mowed Meadow Grass Surface
50 minutes
START TIME
6:15am
START LOCATION
General Store
North Salem, NY
NOTES
This is a favorite around Baxter's mowed meadow horse trails. The PB50 adds the 1.5mi. long silly steep Keeler Ln. climb for those who are willing. Loopers get to walk back down to make it 6mi total. Parking at is available at the General Store or across the street at the base of Baxter Road.
KEELER TO COVE
KEELER TO COVE
7.6 Miles / 912ft elevation
Road & Trail
95 Minutes
START TIME
6:45 not 7:05am
START LOCATION
General Store / Keeler Summit
North Salem, NY
NOTES
This is the first of three technical trail stages. It's a point-to-point segment that wraps up just shy of the marathon checkpoint. We zig zag through Mt Lakes park along parts of the Sarah Bishop Bushwack course pausing for a moment to admire the view and to spot the final swim launch from the lookout. From the base of Keeler this is the most challenging stage per mile of the day.
COFFEE
COVE COFFEE LOOP
3.0 Miles
Road
30 minutes + Coffee talk
START TIME
8:20 not 8:40am
START LOCATION
Cove Road
South Salem, NY
NOTES
This flat loop is a well worn favorite for any time of the day and for people of all ages. It's also a great time and place during the PB50 to mark both the half way point and the marathon distances. This short loop precedes the longest and most challenging stage of the day.
TRUS-REZ
CLASSIC TRUS-REZ MIXED SURFACE
10.8 Miles / 747ft. elevation
Road & Trail
140 minutes
START TIME
9:00 not 9:20am
START LOCATION
Cove Rd
South Salem, NY
NOTES
Armed with a false sense of restored pace, the challenge here will be restraint. At the outset we touch on South Salem 10K course before wandering down a few tiny country roads into Pound Ridge Reservation to run parts of the Leatherman's Loop course. If it rains a game time course adjustment to include the overgrown mud flats trail will be made.
10 MILER
THE 10 MILER PARK LOOP
9.6 Miles / 793ft. elevation
Trail
130 minutes
START TIME
11:20 not 11:40am
START LOCATION
Waccabuc, NY
NOTES
Since I can't get ever get enough of Pound Ridge Reservation, we're heading out for another run in the park. This one is probably my most frequented course of the past few years. It seemed fitting to chose a familiar back drop for this unchartered moment. Many moments have been spent happily suffering here, so let's add the PB50 to that list.
Final Laps
FINAL WACCABUC LOOPS
4.0 Miles / 278ft. elevation
Road & Dirt Roads
45 minutes
START TIME
1:30 not 1:50pm
START LOCATION
Waccabuc, NY
NOTES
Now it's time to run around in circles until my watch reads 50. This stage will be modified on the fly to get the job done.
50 Mile Road & Trail Run
PB50
+ Swim
SWIM
GIFTS
ABOUT GIFTS (because people asked)
Your gift on Friday is your company on the trail. I hope the story of this run inspires someone else to get outside for a little longer next time.
If you insist on something more please consider donating to the Mohonk Preserve in New Paltz where -- in 2001 -- my endurance racing all started.
20 years ago, just days before 9/11 I ran my first S.o.S in Mohonk Preserve. That race and that place planted the seed for creating a day like the PB50.
S.O.S was "just someone's training route" for Ironman. Eventually it was turned into an event. Today, it's considered one of the most loved races in the country.
Rock the Ridge is a fundraising run to support the park that makes S.O.S and other events in the preserve possible. It's a way to honor my start
Your help in contributing to that gift would be the best gift I could imagine.
Anchor 2
Critical Gear
TIME TO REST THE LEGS
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