Waiting for Allan Holtz and John Holtz at Logan Airport
The start
RV parking
Horse riders checking
Friday pre-race dinner
Friday Pre-race dinner
Horse field
Andy Cable, who ran Sri Chinmoy, and me
Race start checkin
Runners checkin
Finisher tent
Pre-race breakfast
Pre-race
Runners in the huge tent
Me carbo-loading with a bagel
Runners ready to start
The start line
Ready to start
It's still dark at 4-ish in the morning
First aid station
Running at country road
Vermont 100M course markers
Here came the horse racer
The horse racer ran away
Horse racers, started at 5am, kept coming up.
Glaring sun rising up
Euihwa Lee at his third VT100M running
Running with horse riders
The first of two covered bridge crossings
The covered bridge
Andy (100M) and Candi (100K) from the sunshine state
Embracing the foggy woods
The "C" marker means "confidence" - on the right course :-)
100 mile horse riders. One is Pam from my parking neighbor
Runners and horses need to tackle the trail.
Horse pit stop with a brief shower
Running with horse. Hi Pam!
Pretty country side everywhere.
Rarely-seen crowd support for ultra were everywhere and they were great
The volunteer were the best. Thanks for filling up my bottle.
Is this a recently mowed trail? :-)
Some aid stations were unmanned.
A few tree crossings
On the climb
Waiting for a group picture at the top of the climb
Group picture, but check Andy, who has better one.
One of the best view of the day
Going down from the top
Entering the woods.
Andy running down.
Me running down. Thanks Andy!
Scott
Horse riding video
Aid station at mile 30
A steep climb right after the mile 30 aid station.
Working hard on the climb
Keep climbing
Found a great view?
Take a shot and a break
A Korean runner I met in Wasatch last year
Caution: bear crossing
One easy mud pits
Follow the special VT100M trail markers
The official event photographer - Spectrum Photography
Run along the road
The second covered bridge crossing
Uh?
Bernie from Toronto
An aid station
Aid station is in sight
Me at a break at Ten Bear aid station (mile 47) to be over-hydrated
And apply more Vaseline
The leader entering Ten Bear of mile 70 (me at mile 47)
AJW, the eventual winner, not far behind the leader
I spy - a bear?
In a shower rain
A wonderful volunteer ran 50 yd to reach a runner
Thank you!
After the shower
Thanks for enjoying my photo
Flags were everywhere in New England area
An unmanned aid station
One of many party-like aid stations
Tom Noll, an endurance athlete and rider. He ran Leadvile, Wasatch. He rode Tevis and this Vermont. Will that be Run/Ride Grand Slam?
Finishing the 23 mile Ten Bear loop and arriving mile 70
A big mountain climb right after the Ten Bear loop
My RV neighbor with 3 gals in the ride
Awarding ceremony for the ride
Waiting for the last finishers.
Pick up the drop bags
Foot care tent
Medals and Plaques
Hundreds of grilled chickens
Post-race Sunday brunch
Long line for the post-race Sunday brunch
Ready for the awarding ceremony
My meal, Allan Holtz and John Taylor
Awarding ceremony
Tom Noll, an endurance athlete and rider participating the Vermont 100M ride, showed his Tevis cup buckle
Runners in the first Vermont 100M
Top ten finisher, 2 were female.
Top ten finishers. Male/female winners have the bigest goodies.
Gas was cheaper than CA
