West Virginia Mountain Trail Runners
A Mountain State of Running
I must have been delusional when I signed up for CMMM because come last week I kept asking myself what I was thinking when I signed up for my first 50-mile NIGHT trail run in the mountains! Knowing I had put the miles required…
I’ve never ran more then 20 miles and that was over a year ago. I had no goal, no watch; one water bottle that broke in the first 10 and a bicycle jersey that Bob Rose once gave me. My shorts were a gift…
What a difference a year makes! During the inaugural running last year, the runners and volunteers were blessed with clear skies and beautiful weather. The ’09 edition of the race was better characterized by rain, mud, and dense fog throughout the night; not what…
So Gregg Holst and I headed over to West Virginia for this inaugural 50 mile race. He ran it, and I volunteered. I guess I’ll let Gregg give his opinion on the course as a whole. But I thought the race was very nice. …
The summer sun set on August 22 and with it the inaugural running of the CMMM 50. A total of 84 hearty souls toed the line for the 9:00 p.m. start deep in the mountains of West Virginia; ready to run into the uncertainty…