Central Vermont Runners Club News Archive

Recently Sited on the Web...
(July 2010)

Picasa Web Album - Paul Mailman 10 Miler (link courtesy of 10 Miler race director Betty Rose)
Race participant Thao Nguyen has provided us this photo gallery of images taken at the 2011 Paul Mailman Montpelier Ten Miler.
 

 New Trail 5K on Tap for Barre Heritage Festival
(June 2010)

After a one-year hiatus, our Barre Heritage Festival Downtown 5K has morphed into the Barre Heritage Festival 5K Trail Race at Millstone Touring Center in Barre Town.

It promises to be a fun and scenic trail starting at the Millstone Store on Church Hill Road, Barre Town (across from the post office) running down to Little John Road and on to trails, running by many quarries and historic granite piles. Plus, post-race yoga will be provided by Katy Leadbetter of Fusion Studio and free massages by Kari Powers, Certified Massage Therapists.
 

 CVR Honors Nancy Rice with the '09 Spirit of the Club Award
(January 2010)

On Jan. 21, 2010 CVR awarded Nancy Rice the 2009 annual Spirit of the Club Award. (Past winners include Priscilla Carr, Dave Kissner, Norm Robinson, Tim Noonan, Darragh Ellerson, and Donna Smyers.) Below, see remarks from club president Andrea McLaughlin when she presented the award to Nancy.

Nancy Rice (right, with clipboard) as always helping out at a CVR race... in this case the First in Fitness triathlon directed by Donna Smyers (left).

"At the annual volunteer dinner, Nancy Rice was awarded the 2009 CVR Spirit of the Club Award. For the last 6 years, CVR has presented the award to a volunteer who over the years, has been especially generous and effective in their volunteer efforts for the club. Nancy stepped up to produce the CVR newsletter in 2005. She increased the newsletter frequency from 4 to 5 times per year and has produced over 20 newsletters in her tenure. Nancy also took on co-directing the Berlin Pond race the last 2 years and has been a frequent volunteer at other races. Nancy has recently retired from work and has announced that she will need to give up the newsletter as she moves on and possibly out of the area. CVR thanks her for her service as she will be difficult to replace."

Priscilla Carr Is '08 Spirit of the Club Honoree
(January 2009)

On January 22 at the Steak House Restaurant, club vice president Andrea McLaughlin presented Priscilla Carr the Spirit of the Club award with these remarks:

The Spirit of CVR award is designed to recognize CVR members who have demonstrated consistent and substantial service to CVR over many years. Priscilla Carr has provided that exemplary service since 2004. Priscilla has dedicated many hours of her time to the club as Treasurer since 2005. Pricilla has brought the club from a state of tax chaos to being in harmony with the IRS. In other words, she has straightened out the clubs non-profit tax status and cleared many years of retroactive taxes without CVR having to pay any fines. CVR would not be in such order with out her diligence and attention to detail and numbers. In addition to her duties as the Clubs Treasurer she has volunteered at countless races.

Our Ultras Discuss Lead Up to '08 Vermont 100
(July 19, 2008)

Hundreds of ultra-marathoners hope to complete 100-mile race

Vermont 100 the ultimate test for women (Burlington Free Press)

Vermont 100 Endurance Run official results

Images From May 28 ('08) Run with Barre Town Girls on the Run...

See these and more in our Photo Gallery!
 

Congrats to Donna Smyers For Age Group Honors at the St. Croix Triathlon
(May, 2008)
On May 3, Donna Smyers (left) won her 50-54 age group at the St. Croix Ironman 70.3 Triathlon. The win assures her a spot at the Hawaii Ironman in the fall. Way to go Donna!! See complete St. Croix Triathlon W50-54 results...

And for inspiration for those who ran, or hope to run next year, the VCM... see "Baker returns for 20th Vermont City Marathon" (Barre Montpelier Times-Argus, May 5) which details Newton Baker's many challenges as he hopes to toe the starting line with the 10 other "Hall of Fame" runners who've done all 20 VCMs.

 CVR Honors Dave Kissner (Yours Truly) with the '07 Spirit of the Club Award

On Jan. 24, 2008 CVR awarded Dave Kissner the 2007 annual Spirit of the Club Award. (Past winners include Tim Noonan, Darragh Ellerson, Donna Smyers and Norm Robinson.) Below the photos, see remarks from Tim Noonan when he presented the award to Dave.

"The Spirt of CVR award is designed to recognize CVR members who have a demonstrated consistent and substantial service to CVR over many years. Dave Kissner has provided that exemplary service since the mid-1990's. He demonstrated his leadership in club officer positions, most notably as CVR president. He has been race director of two of CVR's larger races. He was first race director of the First Night 5k and served in that capacity for several years. He also was race director of the Paul Mailman Montpelier Ten Miler for several years. Most recently, he has been the CVR webmaster for many years. He has done an excellent job developing and maintaining a creative, informative and timely website."

Of Recent Interest...
(February 20, 2008)

Are these runners ultra-tough ... or ultra-crazy?: ESPN columnist Jonah Keri, covering ultra runner Scott Jurek and others, attempts to answer this question: Are ultramarathoners thrill seekers, masochists, or maybe just the toughest athletes in sports?

Two Perspectives on Leaf Peepers
(October 7-8, 2007)

This year's Leaf Peepers Half-Marathon and 5K seemed to draw a fair bit of pre-race attention... and now the post-race commentaries are coming in. In two successive editions, the Barre Montpelier Times-Argus has:

Off and Running - Linda Freeman, a personal trainer at First in Fitness, relates her journey from the '05 Barre Homecoming 5K to this year's Leaf Peepers 5K.
Running with the Pack - As Mark Albury states, "for some reason known only to God and my hairdresser, I decided to enter the Leaf Peeper (sic) Half Marathon." To give him some credit, it shows in the results that Mark ran 2:07:22 half for 530th place overall, not the finish in 730th place as he opines in his piece.

  Blue Planet Run Ends; Movement Continues
(September 23, 2007)

Early this month club member Dot Helling -- and 19 other international runners -- returned to the US East Coast to end the The Blue Planet Run. As a wrap up to our coverage, please see:

Dot's Times-Argus Letter to the Editor with thanks to supporters and
WCAX-TV (Channel 3) coverage of Dot's return.

 
 Donna Places Second in Her Age Group at Triathlon Worlds
(May 2007)

Congratulations to Donna for her silver medal performance!
Hamburg BG Triathlon World Championships
Hamburg, Germany / September 2, 2007
swim: 1.5 k / bike: 40k / run: 10k

Age group results, F 50-54
1. Marjke Zeekant (Ned) 2:26:51
2. Donna Smyers (USA) 2:29:18
3. Christiane Holman (Sui) 2:29:28
See complete listing of women's 50-54 finishers
 

CVR Honors Norm Robinson with '06 Spirit of the Club Award

On Jan. 25, 2007 CVR awarded Norm Robinson the annual Spirit of the Club Award. (Past winners include Tim Noonan, Darragh Ellerson and Donna Smyers.) Below these photos -- a montage of similar photos was presented to Norm on Jan. 25 -- see remarks from Donna Smyers when she presented the award to Norm.

"He has held every club office -- President (an office which he held for a stint in the 80's and in the 90's and we hope again in the 2000's), Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer -- the only person to have done that (17 years of service as a club officer). He has also been newsletter editor, publicity chair, mailing list coordinator and nominations chair. He organized teams for the Lake Winnipesaukee Relay and other events. He has been a race director for Kids Track Meet, Capital City Stampede, Sub-Ultimate Runner, Berlin Pond Couples Race and the Montpelier Mile. He continues to be a frequent volunteer at many CVR events."