Welcome to our newest members!
Penny Coon - Elmira, MI
Jodi Hemmila - Ishpeming, MI
Kimberly North - St.Ignace, MI
Joshua Carlson - Ishpeming, MI
Rudyard Pool Committee - Rudyard, MI
Karen Prusi - Negaunee, MI
Sherrye Woodworth - Marquette, MI
Jean Fettig - Pelkie, MI
Amy Pokladowski - Bark River, MI
Gus Olson - Escanaba, MI
Eric & Jessica Hooper - Ishpeming, MI
Jody Parker - Marquette, MI
Friday, May 16, 2014
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
2013 UPRRC Volunteer of the Year
The Upper Peninsula Road Runners Club is proud to announce that our 2013 UPRRC Volunteer of the Year is Annie Trudell of Ishpeming, MI.
Annie has been the force behind the Ishpeming Firecracker 5K held at Al Quaal Park each Fourth of July. About two decades ago, Annie could be seen with shovel, pick, rake, or another hand tool working on improving the trails in the park, not to mention driving a dump truck of fill material to distribute on the trails. The Firecracker was started by Fred Minnich of Ishpeming and after assisting with the race for a few years, Annie took over as race director. Annie is already planning for next year as that will be the 25th Ishpeming Firecracker 5K. She plans to turn the duties of directing the race over to others after next year’s race. This year’s event had 216 finishers from 11 different States.
Please congratulate Annie the next time you see her!
Annie has been the force behind the Ishpeming Firecracker 5K held at Al Quaal Park each Fourth of July. About two decades ago, Annie could be seen with shovel, pick, rake, or another hand tool working on improving the trails in the park, not to mention driving a dump truck of fill material to distribute on the trails. The Firecracker was started by Fred Minnich of Ishpeming and after assisting with the race for a few years, Annie took over as race director. Annie is already planning for next year as that will be the 25th Ishpeming Firecracker 5K. She plans to turn the duties of directing the race over to others after next year’s race. This year’s event had 216 finishers from 11 different States.
Please congratulate Annie the next time you see her!
Friday, March 7, 2014
2014 US National Snowshoe Championships - Fast Eddie
Last weekend at Prospect Mountain in Woodford, Vermont the US National Showshoe Championships were held and the UPPRC was represented proudly by our very own Fast Eddie (Ed Rousseau). At age 75, Eddie was able to capture a silver medal for 2nd place in his age group!
Here were some thoughts that Eddy shared with us (in his own words) that we wanted to pass along to you.
We had a perfect day on Saturday. Sunny, around 20 degrees at the start of my Men's National 10K event. There were 6 qualifiers in my 75 -79 Masters Division, several are veterans of running high altitudes and mountain races in Colorado and the Northeast. The 10k race started above 2,000' and in the first half of the race, there were switchbacks with 700' of climb up the mountain. The course was mostly on a single track snowshoe trail. The second half of the race brought us back down the mountain on some very sharp switchbacks.
I walked fast on the real steep parts going up to preserve my calf muscles. I could see that there was a guy ahead of me by only 4 minutes in my division. Had I recognized him at the start it would have been interesting; I recognized only 2 of my 6 competitors. The guy ahead of me was from New England and was familiar with this course. I did hold on for a silver medal and keep the other 4 guys in my division behind me.
My legs are a bit sore yet after two days, but I am excited to start with some long training runs up to 30 miles in the next few weeks in an effort to be ready for the 100km nationals on April 12 in Madison, WI.
Meanwhile, I'll savor this silver medal.
Cheers! Fast Eddie
Official Results
Here were some thoughts that Eddy shared with us (in his own words) that we wanted to pass along to you.
We had a perfect day on Saturday. Sunny, around 20 degrees at the start of my Men's National 10K event. There were 6 qualifiers in my 75 -79 Masters Division, several are veterans of running high altitudes and mountain races in Colorado and the Northeast. The 10k race started above 2,000' and in the first half of the race, there were switchbacks with 700' of climb up the mountain. The course was mostly on a single track snowshoe trail. The second half of the race brought us back down the mountain on some very sharp switchbacks.
I walked fast on the real steep parts going up to preserve my calf muscles. I could see that there was a guy ahead of me by only 4 minutes in my division. Had I recognized him at the start it would have been interesting; I recognized only 2 of my 6 competitors. The guy ahead of me was from New England and was familiar with this course. I did hold on for a silver medal and keep the other 4 guys in my division behind me.
My legs are a bit sore yet after two days, but I am excited to start with some long training runs up to 30 miles in the next few weeks in an effort to be ready for the 100km nationals on April 12 in Madison, WI.
Meanwhile, I'll savor this silver medal.
Cheers! Fast Eddie
Official Results
| PLACE | TIME | NAME | AGE | DIV | CITY | STATE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 192 | 1:27:26 | Ed Alibozek Jr | 75 | M7579 | Adams | MA |
| 195 | 1:31:48 | Ed Rousseau | 75 | M7579 | Minneapolis | MN |
| 202 | 1:41:59 | Kermit Cadrette | 76 | M7579 | Rome | NY |
| 208 | 1:55:39 | Jerry Levasseur | 77 | M7579 | Brunswick | ME |
| 210 | 1:56:10 | Jim Kauffold | 77 | M7579 | Belmont | CA |
| 211 | 2:01:25 | Jules Seltzer | 78 | M7579 | Pittsfield | MA |
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