February 2003 Newsletter

                                            Race Calendar                                            

February

February 2003

Feb. 1: The sixth annual Finger Lakes Snowshoe 7.6-mile race and One-Mile Fun Hike, Finger Lakes National Forest, Hector, 11 a.m. Contact Joe Reynolds at flnf10155@yahoo.com; Diane Sherrer at 387-6281. FLRC Web site: www.cee.cornell.edu/flrc/flrc.html. Limited number of Redfeather snowshoes available race day. No snow -- it's a trail run.

Feb. 1: Northfield Mountain 5K and 10K Snowshoe Race, Northfield, Mass., 8 a.m. Web: www.runwmac.com; e-mail Dave Dunham at dave.dunham@verizon.net. This is the USSSA Northeastern Regional Qualifer.

Feb. 2: The fourth annual Saratoga Winterfest Snowshoe 5K, Saratoga Springs, 11 a.m. Contact Laura Clark, 91 Louden Rd., Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 12886; Web: www.saratogastryders.org.

Feb. 2: The 26th annual Fleet Empire State Building Run-Up. Web: www.nyrrc.org.

Feb. 2: Las Vegas Marathon, Las Vegas, Nev. Web: www.lvmarathon.com.

Feb. 2: Miami Tropical Marathon and Half Marathon, Miami Beach, 6 a.m. Web: www.miamitropicalmarathon.com.

Feb. 2: Ocala Marathon and Half Marathon, Ocala, Fla. Web: www.ocalamarathon.com.

Feb. 8: The third annual Crescent Moon Global Snowshoe 5K Challenge, Plattsburgh, 11 a.m. Contact Mark Elmore: snowshoeguy@yahoo.com.

Feb. 8: Glimmerglass State Park 5K Snowshoe Race, Cooperstown. Contact Chuck Hudson at 547-9252.

Feb. 9: Finger Lakes Runners Club Indoor Track Meet, Barton Hall, Cornell. Registration opens at 8 a.m. Contact Tim Ingall at timingall@hotmail.com. Events: 5,000 meters (begins at 9 a.m.), 100 meters, 1,500 meters, 800 meters, Valentine's Day 2 x 400-meter relay.

Feb. 9: The sixth annual Valentine's Day 5K, Big Flats American Legion, noon. Contact Gene Herber at 562-3168 evenings. (Take Olcott Rd. exit off Route 17 west.)

Feb. 9: Hudson Mohawk Road Runners Club Winter Series No. 5 -- 4 miles, 10 miles, 20 miles, 10 a.m. Physical Education Building, University of Albany.

Feb. 9: Crescent Moon Global Snowshoe Challenge 5K

Feb. 22: Myrtle Beach Marathon and Half Marathon, South Carolina. Web: www.myrtlebeachmarathon.org.

Feb. 22: Blue Angel Marathon and Half Marathon, Pensacola, Fla. Web: www.mwr-pcola.navy.mil.

Feb. 21-23: The 23rd annual Empire State Games Winter Games, Lake Placid. Web site: www.empirestategames.org.

Feb. 23: National Bank of Geneva Upstate New York Indoor Distance Festival: 800 meters, one mile, 3000 meters -- and Roger Messenger (Men's) Masters Mile., Hobart College, Geneva, noon. E-mail Bill Quinlisk at billq@frontiernet.net. Web site: www.gvh.net.

Feb. 23: Sheraton Hyannis Marathon & Half Marathon, Hyannis, Mass. Contact Event Promotions, P.O. Box 440103, Somerville, Mass. 02144.








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