The Thirteenth Running of the

    

       Race Around Briggs

  

Regretfully ….

 

   THIS RACE has been cancelled for Spring of 2010

   Watch this space for news of any future

   runnings of the Race Around Briggs.

 

    I have moved to North Carolina and had previously indicated that this would be my last round as race director. However, the geographic distance and lack of a proper home base have made logistics such that I have cancelled this year’s event. I regret this, but I have to sign off as Race Director and thank all of you for 12 good years.

 

    But, take note, there are a few other runners who are interested in holding this race, so there is chance of future runnings of this beautiful and challenging course.

 

    Stay tuned.

 

    I am leaving the website up and may even get back to writing about running as in the days of Milanrunning.com. There is lots of running and lots of hills here in Western North Carolina.

 

     Get to running.

 

Van

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RACEAROUNDBRIGGS.COM

formerly known as Milanrunning

 

Over Ten Years of  Racing in the  Hudson Valley

          MHRRC

        Wins 2009

      CLUB TROPHY

 

  Top fifteen runners

     low score wins

 

  MHRRC     248

  ORC          566

  Sullivan

     Striders  701

     

  Milan       1004

 

 

     CLICK HERE

  for team scores

  and some photos

     This race features some hills in the rural setting of Dutchess County, in a spot where going around the block is a 7.2 mile trip. The loop starts at the high point of the course, dips midway down to the creek that is the low point in elevation, and then climbs back up the hill to the starting point.

 

     Most common comment from the past: “What a great course, what a workout.”

 

     Of course, there are two kinds of runners: those that do this course once and say never again; and those who come back year after year.

 

     And growing every year in excitement is the club trophy. This has primarily been between the two local running clubs with Mid Hudson Road Runners dominating over the years. But last year, Sullivan Striders joined the fray fielding a club team. MHRRC once again dominated,  showing  their strength and depth as a running club. 

 

    It is a pleasant and low key competition, but each team member knows that if he/she only pass the person in front of them, they could win it for a their team. It makes those middle of the pack runners very important.

 

    There were just over 136 runners last year.

 

     Hope you all can make it.  Enjoy the pictures in this website, and print out the entry form and send it in.

Thanks.

 

Van,

Forrmer Race Director

Feb 2010

Here is a little story about Mike Slinskey: as he was coming up the final hill in the 2008 race, a local resident was  out walking and going down the hill. She commented to me, later, on how smooth and effortless Mike was running. Graceful might have been the word she used. As she proceeded down the hill, the second and third place runners and others came up the hill. She noted the contrast, as these folks all seemed to be working very hard and climbing that hill, but showing it in their bodies and faces.

 

2010 update: mike’s gracefulness was so noteworthy that the  passerby in question told me this story a second time, well over a year later.