The HAT Run 50K
The 25th running of the HAT Run 50K took place in Susquehanna State Park in Havre de Grace, Maryland on March 23. It’s a fun ultra with great aid stations and plenty of single track trail to play on. Although it’s a big ultra (over 450 runners) it was very well-organized with plenty of aid, fabulous volunteers and great swag, including a technical hat (of course), a technical tee and an Under Armour hooded sweatshirt with the race logo embroidered on it. One to put on the calendar for next spring!
Views of the Susquehanna River
And a few fields tossed in for fun…
Crazy cool tree on the HAT course
Trail on the HAT Run – Susquehanna State Park
Hashawha Hills 50K
A winter 50K put on by the Virginia Happy Trails Running Club – Hashawha Hills starts at the Bear Branch Nature Center in Westminster, Maryland. It’s a 2 loop course that takes runners on a wild ride through frozen and muddy fields, hills, streams, fire roads, and horse trails surrounding the park. Great day playing on trail – and a most fabulous finishers mug made by a local potter.
butt slide hill
one of several ICY stream crossings
as the frozen mud began to thaw….
mud…lots of mud
pine needle trail
- sweet finishers mug
Appalachian Trail in February = Winter Wonderland
A snowy run on the Appalachian Trail from 522 south towards Mt. Marshall.
View from the climb towards Hogwallow Flats
Pristine trails in a winter wonderland
Icy 8
The Icy 8 – an 8 hour race put on by Athletic Equation – was a fun day of 8 mile loops in icy temps at Lake Anna State Park. This was a particularly beautiful section of trail with a cushy bed of pine needles to run on.
Icy 8
White Oak Canyon – Winter Waterfall
Lower Falls
Massanutten Mountains
A winter day on trail from Shawl Gap to Signal Knob and back down the Tuscarora Trail. Icy, snowy, rocky fun with lots of climbing and amazing views as a reward.
The climb from Shawl Gap
Fort Valley Overlook
Bull Run – Occoquan Trail
Winter View
- Rocks
Holiday Lake 50K
Holiday Lake 50K – a beautiful course, great people and a fun race to run!
The view from the bridge - one of many reasons I trail run.
Climbing along the lake
Holiday Lake
