2009 CVR Race and Event Schedule

Dates and times listed below are tentative and subject to change. Please contact race directors for up-to-date info.

Sunday April 26, 10 am
CVR Mutt Strutt 3-Miler (21 doggie miles)
Little River State Park, Waterbury
3 mile run for people with dogs on leashes to benefit the Central Vermont Humane Society. Contact: Donna Smyers 802 229-4393 or DoSmyers@cs.com.

Saturday May 2, 11 am
Adamant Black Fly Four Mile Run
Across from the Adamant Co-op
Beautiful flat out and back dirt road along Sodom Pond; to benefit the Adamant Co-op. Contacts: Eric Ryea 802 223-2733 or Donna Smyers 802 229-4393 or DoSmyers@cs.com.

Saturday May 30, 9 am
Barre Town Spring Run 5K, Barre Town Recreation Field
New 5K race on the Barre Town rec path out to the Rock of Ages visitor's center. Contact: Andrea McLaughlin, ajvtskier@msn.com or 802 476-4417.

Saturday June 6, 4:30 pm
Kids Track Meet, Montpelier
Montpelier High School Track
FREE. For kids pre-school through 6th grade. Registration begins at 3:45 pm. Events include softball throw and long jump (all ages), quarter mile and 100 yard dash (all ages), half mile (1st and 2nd grade) and mile (3rd through 6th grade). Contacts: Tim Noonan at 802 223-6216 or Norm Robinson at 802 223-7351.

Saturday June 13, 9 am
Capital City Stampede 10K, Montpelier
Vermont's fastest 10km course. Certified course, part of the CVR ORS Race Series. Registration begins at 7:30 am at the Onion River Sports parking lot off Langdon Street. Contact: John Valentine, jvalentine@tds.net or 802 485-3777.

Sunday June 28*, 8:45 am
*NOTE NEW DATE FROM PREVIOUS LISTINGS*
Paul Mailman Montpelier Ten-Miler
Starts at/finishes near Montpelier High School, part of the CVR ORS Race Series. Longest continuously held road race in Central Vermont. Flat to rolling out and back; 27% paved, 73% gravel roads. Contact: Betty Rose, BRose@nationallife.com or 802 839-0003.

Saturday July 11, 9 am
Bear Swamp Run 5.7 miles, Middlesex
Hilly dirt roads, scenic, part of the CVR ORS Race Series. Race day registration only (8:00-8:45 am), Rumney School, Middlesex. Contact: Tim Noonan 802 223-6216.

Saturday July 25, 12 noon
Barre Homecoming Festival Downtown 5K
3.1 mile course starting at the park in central downtown, looping around a portion of the downtown area to the bike path and returning to the park via South Main Street. Shirts to first 50 entrants. Contact: Bob Bisson, 802 479-2635 or 279-3375 or downtown5k@yahoo.com.

Thursday August 6, 6 pm
Berlin Pond Five Miler
Berlin Town Clerk's office
5 mile loop counterclockwise around Berlin Pond, mix of flat and hilly dirt roads, part of the CVR ORS Race Series. Race day registration only (4:30-5:45 pm), Berlin Town Clerk's office. Contact: Nancy Rice.

Thursday August 27, 6 pm
East Montpelier Center Chase Race
5 miles, Old Meeting House, E. Montpelier
Staggered start race based on age and gender. Loop course on rolling dirt roads. Race day registration only (5:00-5:45 pm), Old Meeting House, E. Montpelier. Contact: Tim Noonan 802 223-6216.

Saturday September 5, 9:30 am / 10:30 am
Northfield Savings Bank 5K and Children's 1-Mile Race
5K course certified, part of the CVR ORS Race Series. Start and finish in front of the Northfield Savings Bank at the Green in downtown Northfield, Vermont. Contact: Timothy Barre, timothyb@nsbvt.com or 802 485-5223.

Wednesday September 16, 6 pm
Sodom Pond Run 4 miles, Adamant
Rolling 4 mile dirt road course around Sodom Pond in Adamant.
Race day registration only (5:00-5:45 pm), across from the Adamant Co-op. Contact: Tim Noonan, 802 223-6216.

Sunday October 4, 11 am
Leaf Peepers Half-Marathon and 5K, State Office Complex, Waterbury
Go direct to online registration 
See Half-Marathon course map      See 5K course map 
Paved and dirt roads, rolling, out and back. Part of the CVR ORS Race Series, USATF certified and RRCA sanctioned. Chip timing! CVR's largest event and fundraiser for the Harwood Union Boosters Club, a co-organizer. Preregistration only. Half marathon limited to 900. (No entrant limit to 5K, but online registration FOR BOTH RACES closes 12 midnight EST Sept. 16.) Number pickup 9-10:30 am at Vermont State Office complex, Waterbury. Contact: Roger Cranse, 802 223-6997 or rcc59@comcast.net.

November 7, 14, 21 (Saturdays) 9 am
Fallen Leaves 5K Series, Montpelier
Montpelier High School Track
This low-key, three-race series is on a flat and fast 5K race course that begins and finishes on the Montpelier High School track, and incorporates the Montpelier bike path. Contact: Tim Noonan, 802 223-6216.

Wednesday December 31, 3 pm
Montpelier First Night 5K, Montpelier
Mostly flat road course with one half-mile uphill section, part of the CVR ORS Race Series. Registration beginning at 1:15 pm in the basement of the Pavilion Building, corner of Governor Davis and Court Streets, just north of the State House, Montpelier. Contact: Tim Shea, 229-3559, sevenshea@gmail.com.