West Virginia Mountain Trail Runners
A Mountain State of Running
Highlands Sky Race Report
Author: Emmy Stocker As my 49th birthday approached, and with training for an upcoming 50 mile race, I decided in a fit of craziness to join several friends of mine who were running in the West Virginia Highland Sky 40 mile trail race –…
HS40 – Heather Griffith
God, this race was so awesome! I just cannot say enough about it. First off, the mountains are the most beautiful place I’ve ever ran in my life and I can’t wait to run the Rattlesnake 50K and other races in WV and VA,…
Highlands Sky Trail Run 2007
Author: Frank Colella I looked forward to running the Highlands Sky Trail Run, but I certainly didn’t look forward to the 7+ hour drive to Davis, West Virginia. So I was thrilled when my friend Emmy decided to run it less than a week…
Highlands Sky and the Ol’ Man
Highlands Sky and the Ol’ Man There once was an Ol’ Man who had a dream, to hold a trail race that would make runners scream. He gathered a group of his closest buddies, and sent them to Canaan to be the subject of…
HS 40M 2006 – Randy Witlicki
Executive summary: I finished the beautiful and challenging 40.7 mile Highlands Sky trail race in Davis, West Virginia on June 17, 2006. My time was 11:18:00 (103 out of 125 finishers). The weather was a clear blue sky and the temperatures climbed into the…
HS 40M 2006 Reward – Alan Gowen
Reward At 6:00 am on June 17, 2006 Pam and I, along with our friends John and Chris jogged across the start line of the Highlands Sky 40 Mile Trail Run. After 15 minutes or so, Chris and I began to move ahead. Chris…
HS 40M 2006 – Michelle Payne
I didn’t decide to race at Highland sky until the Tuesday before. Injury and strep throat had kept me from training for over a month, meaning that since April 21st I’d run a total of 38 miles, with 30 of those occurring before May…
HS 40M 2006 – Bob Haithcock
Highlands Sky 2006 Race Reports – A NJ Perspective What a fine idea picking this race for your first ultra! I kinda thought that running on the beach on Raritan Bay and in our infamous single track courses in Hartshorne & Huber Woods in…
HS 40M 2006 – NATHAN ECHOLS
There are races that you enjoy from the start to the finish. There are days that you feel good for the entire length of the race, and then there are races that are best enjoyed after several days of reflection. The Highlands Sky 40…
HS 40M 2006 – Marianna Inslee
So, why, you ask, did I decide to run an Ultra? Well, I would like to say it was part of my master plan all along, but it is more accurate to say, the Highlands Sky 40 mile race chose me as opposed to…
