2016 Mountain series half-way point

Half-way through the Mountain Circuit

Four of 8 races have been completed in the 2016 USATF NE mountain circuit.  The 50-59 age group has had some great competition so far with a different winner at each race and some very close finishes.  The different styles of mountain racing include: up only, up/down, road, trail, and a mixture of all of these.  Some are stronger on trail, others can descend like madmen, and others prefer a long steady climb.  As such each race may be suited to different runners.  The competition is scored on a “best 6 of 8” so you can miss up to two races and still compete for top honors.  I’ve posted the actual scores elsewhere (scoring is a percent of the winners time), but thought it’d be interesting to see totals based on finishing place in the 50+ at each race.

The action should be very intense at the next race (Loon Mountain) which also serves as the U.S. Mountain running championships. 

			Sleepy Hollow	Wachusett	Pack	Ascutney
4 races			5/15/2016	5/28/2016	6/5/2016	6/12/2016	Total
Dave	Dunham	CMS	2	2	2	1	7
Ed	Sheldon	CMS	6	7	1	2	16
Brian	Ruhm	GCS	5	5	4	4	18
Jeff	Gould	NMC	9	11	9	5	34
David	Lapierre	CMS	10	10	10	6	36
Erik	Wight	aR	11	14	11	9	45
Todd	Brown	NMC	12	17	12	8	49
Arne	Johannessen		15	18	13	10	56
Robert	Thomas	CMS	14	26	16	15	71
3 races
Jeff	Walker	Dirigo	1	6	0	3	10
Christopher	Smith	SRR	4	4	3	0	11
2 races
Erik	Vandendries	CMS	3	1	0	0	4
Craig	Fram	WRT	0	8	5	0	13