Running Tip of the Month!

REDUCE FRICTION!
Landing heavy, breaking on your heels, bounding on your forefoot and pushing off too hard with the toes all create friction.   Excessive pounding creates more shock to your muscles, tendons, and bones.   Land lightly and run smoothly and efficiently. 

Remember, you want to run like a Deer, not a Moose ;-)

Gill

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 Francesca and Gill
Owners of Charlottesville Running Company & Bad to the Bone Endurance Sports
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Great Eastern Endurance Run

THE START!

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8th Annual

Great Eastern

Endurance Run 100K

September 25, 2010

50K and Half Marathon Trail Races

Start Time:  6:00AM 100K/50K 

Half Marathon start 7:00AM 

Time Limit:  19 Hours/100K 

News/Updates

 

 Check back for BIG news regarding the 2010 GEER!


Training Runs

Questions, contact David Snipes at: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

Race Directors:  Gill/Francesca 

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LOCATION

GEORGE WASHINTON NATIONAL FOREST

The race starts and finishes at the Sherando Lake Recreation Area,  3483 Mt.Torrey Road
Lyndhurst, VA 22952-2801

A truly scenic course offering the best in East Coast trail running.

COURSE RECORDS
 

*New course starting in 2007

 

*100K Male-Mark Lundblad, NC 10:01:40 (09)

*100K Female- Michele Harmon, MD 13:17:58 (07)

 

*50K Female- Anne Lundblad, NC  5:02:46 (09)

*50K Male- Sean Andrish, VA  4:47:18 (09)

 

Old Course

100K Male-Eric Grossman, VA 9:38:29 (06)

100K Female-Annette Bednosky, NC 9:52:38 (05)

 

50K Male-Eric Grossman, VA 4:45:08 (05)

50K Female-Anne Lundblad, NC 5:22:04 (05)

ENTRY FEES
* 100K-$125 until August 15th, $140 Thereafter

50K-$85 until August 15th, $100 Thereafter

Half Marathon-$60 until August 15th, $75 Thereafter

*Note we will limit the field to the first 300 entrants combined for all events. So please send your application in early to ensure a spot in the race.


No switching between races.

RACE PICTURES

JMK professional event photography will be out on the trails photographing participants in the Great Eastern Endurance Run so remember to smile :-)
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Life Time Free Entry to GEER Male & Female 100K Champions...

Mark Lundblad, NC 2009
 
Mary Kries, PA 2009
 
Brian Schmidt, VA 2008

Alyssa Godesky, MD 2008

Nathan Echols, NJ 2007

Harlan Peelle, VA 2007

Michele Harmon, MD 2007

Eric Grossman, KY 2004 & 2006

Sarah Alomodovar, CT 2004 & 2006

Annette Bednosky, NC 2005

Dink Taylor, AL 2005

*2003 - 100K was canceled due to hurricane Isabel.

Free Entry into the following years event for GEER Male & Female 50K Champions!

Anne Lundblad, NC
Sean Andrish, VA


COURSE INFORMATION

The course will be run in the scenic George Washington National Forest "Blue Ridge Mountains" on predominately single track trails and forest roads. This is a challenging course with 15,062 feet of climb in the 100K and 8,808 feet of climb in the 50K. For detailed course descriptions, select a tab from the left.

Course profiles and descriptions for both the 100K and 50K are located to the upper left.

GEER CANDID PICTURES  

For additional pictures select the candid link from the drop down menu.

Sunrise 6:46 AM
Sunset 7:20 PM
Average High 68F
Average Low 46F

Directions to Start/Finish area:
Take Interstate 64 from Charlottesville westbound.

The pre-race briefing will be conducted at the Start/Finish area just prior to the race.

Accomodation Options

-Waynesboro area Hotels; all hotels options in Waynesboro, Va should be no more than 15 minutes from the start/finish area. You can use this web-link to search for Wayneboro hotels:
http://hotelsanddeals.com/US/VA/Waynesboro.html

FRIDAY ITINERARY

Packet Pickup will be held at Charlottesville Running Company, 110 Old Preston Avenue, from 12pm to 6pm. 434-293-7115.

 

SATURDAY RACE DAY ITINERARY

Packet Pickup will start at 5:00 AM at the Shernado Lake beach pavillion.  This is also when the 100k runners will have their weight recorded.
 
Day of Race Course Briefing: 5:30 AM.

Race Check-in: Saturday, from 5:15 AM - 5:30 AM. Note: All runners will be required to "Check-in" on race morning. We will have a person taking your name/bib number at the start/finish area; this allows us to know how many people have started the race.

RACE START: Saturday at 6:00 AM SHARP.

We will post race results at the Scores tent (located at the start/finish area) and awards will be presented as they are determined.

Course closes at 1:00AM
(19:00hour time limit)

Pacer Information: Pacer's will be allowed in the 100K. Note: Pacers must sign in (waiver) on Saturday AM. Pacers are welcome to any foods/fluids or other services at the Aid Stations.

Drop Bags will be collected for distribution to designated "Aid Stations" on Saturday morning at race packet pickup by 5:30AM. Runners please have your Name, Bib number (these will be posted on the race website) and Aid Station names on your Drop Bags. Note: Drop Bags will not be returned to the start/finish area until the race is over and we will not be able mail Drop Bags to you.

Race Results: Results will be posted in the awards tent during the race, then the Official Results will be up on the race website within 48 hours.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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