Norrie Point: 20 years, and running

Today was our annual Mid-Hudson Road Runners Club Recover from the Holidays (Fat Ass) 50K race. Charlie Sprauer (upper right in photo) and I have been directing and organizing this low-key event since 1996 -- holy smokes, that made this year the 20th annual! Yeah. We're getting OLD. Much like last year, we had the fire pit going this year -- always a good thing on a long, cold day. The weather was much better this year ... until it wasn't. It was cold and gray, but no wind and no ice. Then! At around 1:30 p.m., it started snowing hard, and that made things slippery and messy. Oh well, what do you expect for early January in the mid-Hudson Valley.

Above is a ridiculous selfie taken by our good friends from the Junk Yard Dogs: Doc Dog and Stalwart Dog. In the background, you can see the keepers of the flame for 2015 -- yes, that's a Vassar hat I'm wearing, given generously to us by Jut Harris. For those keeping score at home, here are today's results.

Recover From the Holidays (Fat Ass) 50-kilometer race

Norrie Point, Staatsburg, NY

Saturday, January 3, 2015

1-Jason Friedman (New Paltz, 39) 3:48:05

2-Philip Vondra (New Paltz, 46) 3:56:58

3-Byron Lane (Stony Brook, 47) 4:02:55

4-Henry Pratt (Highland, 41) 4:05:19

5-Matt Kane (Beacon, 39) 4:26:55

6-Paul Dubetsky (Clinton Corners, 52) 4:28:47

7-Steven Sweeney (Delanson, 59) 4:40:29

8-Colin McComb (Lagrangeville, 42) 4:43:38

9-Keith Melara (Poughkeepsie, 39) 4:46:46

10-Kevin Burns (Clinton Corners, 43) 4:54:20

11-Jacque Schiffer (Olivebridge, 50) 4:55:10

12-Krys Wasielewski (Dover Plains, 61) 4:58:52

13-David Walker (Clinton Corners, 46) 4:59:34

14-Thomas DeHaan (Kingston, 52) 5:02:35

15-Kim Didrich (Alplaus, 34) 5:04:52

16-Jack Armitage (Latham, 54) 5:23:52

17-Jenny Lee (Selkirk, 54) 5:26:11

18-Jeanine Armbrust (Staatsburg, 48) 5:38:30

19-Marie Dusault (Washingtonville, 51) 5:41:46

20-Steve Sansola (Rhinebeck, 59) 5:44:02

21-Russ Porter (Ridgefield, CT, 43) 5:46:30

22-Palash Bosgang (Red Hook, 43) 6:35:21