12th Annual New Year's Morning Run

Don't forget the 12th annual New Year's morning run from the Boston Store at 8:00 a.m. Friday the 1st day of 2010. We will again be doing our regular loop heading up to Brandywine Falls and back via Brandywine Rd. and the Hike & Bike trail over to Boston Mills Rd.. Bring something to eat or drink afterwards for the 'social' part of the event. Start the New Year out right with a run in our beautiful National Park and with your fellow runners. I was able to get a few more CVNP Calendars that I will be selling for just $8.00 each (please try to have exact amount). All money goes right back to the CVNP Association. Hope to see you then. Happy Holidays!

Ed

Sunday December 6th

We will be running from the Cuyahoga Falls Nat at 7:00 a.m. A one hour loop is planned, more after if you would like. Hope to see you there.

Ed

Bocat Trail Marathon this weekend!

This weekend will be dedicated to the First ever Bobcat Trail Marathon at Burr Oak State Park. The weather looks great for November and the course will give 26.2 miles of new trails to run. good luck to all those running this weekend. More to come on future weekend runs.

Happy Trails! Ed

Zombie Run - November 1st - Driving Directions

We will start at 8:00 a.m. Sunday, November 1st. Don't forget DST ends the night before so you do get an extra hour of sleep. CVNP Calendars will also be available at $8.00 each. Support the National Park! See you all then. Happy Trails! Ed

Directions:

· Starting at Cascade Valley Park (1601 Cuyahoga St.), Oxbow Area (directly across from Valley View Golf Course) at the back parking lot by the sledding hill. Entrance to the park is off of Cuyahoga Street.
· Leaving the park, turn right onto Cuyahoga St. (turns into Northampton Rd.). Travel North for about a mile and you will turn left into parking lot for Schumacher Valley. We will do three trails from this location! Schumacher, Towpath and the Sand Run Parcours. These trails all join by using the Valley Connector Trail.
· Leaving the park, turn left onto Northampton Rd., at the light turn right onto Portage Trail Extension. At State Rd. turn left and travel north for approx. 5 miles until you get to Kendall Park/Barlow Rd. You will turn right at the flashing light; travel under S.R. 8 and about a half a mile on the left will be the Hike & Bike parking lot. This trail is out and back on the Hike & Bike Starting heading south.
· Leaving the Parking Lot, turn right heading back the same way you came in. At State Rd. continue straight across onto Kendall Park Rd. (turns into Truxell Rd.). Continue all the way to Akron-Peninsula Rd. Turn left on to Akron-Peninsula and travel south for about four miles. Hampton Hills Park will be on your left.
· Leaving the park turn right onto Akron-Peninsula Rd. heading north. Turn left onto Ira Rd. (about 1.5 miles). Cross over Riverview Rd. & Railroad tracks and turn a slight left onto Martin Rd. Continue on Martin Rd. until you come to park entrance on your left.
· Leaving the park turn right back onto Martin Rd. travel down to Riverview Rd. Turn left onto Riverview Rd. and continue North for about three miles and you will turn right into Deep Lock Quarry parking lot.
· Leaving the park turn right onto Riverview Rd. Travel north for about one mile. Turn right at light onto S.R. 303. Continue downhill and turn left into Winking Lizard parking lot (directly past the Railroad tracks). You have arrived and survived Zombie Run No.5! Congratulations!

Columbus Sunday / Zombie in 2 Weeks!

Good Luck to all running Columbus this weekend! Great fast course in great town! Hope everyone meets their goals. Don't forget the Zombie Run No.5 is just two weeks away. More to come on that including the driving direction route for the morning. This year's total is just 13 miles so come out and run some great trails!

7th Annual Road Runner Akron Marathon

Time is fast approaching for the 7th annual Road Runner Akron Marathon to be held Saturday September 26th. I will again be running the marathon this year as I have every year of it's existence. If you are looking for a great well run race - look no further than this 'jewel' that we have right in our backyard. Where else can you go and see people that you know all along the course? Besides, you can sleep in your own bed and get home within an hour of the finish. There may be faster race courses out there but this truly is an outstanding event with a very scenic course. Hope to see a lot of my fellow Northeast Ohio runners out there. Good Luck with your training no matter where you will run.

Ed

CVNP Calenders

I again have calenders for sale in which all money benefits the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. They again have beautiful pictures of the park that we all love to run in. Show your support by purchasing one for yourself or as a gift for the upcoming Holidays. They are $8.00 each. You can pay by cash or a check made out to CVNP Association. E-mail me at egoubeaux@neo.rr.com if you are interested. I will have them at upcoming 'Run With Ed' runs, including the Zombie Run No. 5 and the Annual Run With Ed New Year's Day Run.

Thanks- Ed

Zombie Run No. 5

Zombie run number 5
November 1st, 2009
Starting time: 8:00 a.m.
Cascade valley, oxbow trail


This will be the Fifth Edition of the Annual ‘Run with Ed’ Zombie Run. We will again be doing the required eight trails to complete the Summit County Metro Parks Hiking Spree all in one morning. I will have hiking spree forms available to those who need them and will be supplying a brief run down of directions in the order that we will run. The eight trails that we will be doing are as follows and starting with (Official order and directions will follow):

Cascade Valley – Oxbow Trail (Off Cuyahoga Street – Across from Valley View Golf Course)
Cascade Valley – Schumacher Trail (North up the street from the starting trail)
Towpath Trail (Big Bend to Portage Path)
Sand Run – Parcours Trail (via connector trail)
(These three trails will be run together without the need to drive in between!)
O’Neil Woods – Deer Run Trail (Off Martin Road)
Hampton Hills – Spring Hollow Trail (Off Akron-Peninsula Road)
Bike and Hike Trail – Barlow Road Trailhead (Off Barlow Rd.)
Deep Lock Quarry – Quarry Trail (Off Riverview Rd.)

Total Trail Running Distance is approx. 13 miles.

After the run we will be heading over to the Winking Lizard in peninsula on S.R. 303 for a post run lunch celebration. This has been a well attended ‘fun’ run in the past and this year looks to be another. Hope you can make it. See you soon and Happy Trails!

Ed

Sunday Run @ Akron Starting Line

We will be running from the Starting line of the Akron Marathon course this Sunday at 6:45 a.m. We will be doing the entire Half-Marathon course with an additional 7 miles at the end to get in the twenty. Hope to see you there.

Weekend Run's (Roads or Trails)

Choices for this weekend. Saturday will be another VR run from Lock 29. this will be a road run with plenty of hills. Sixteen miles is the estimated mileage. Tis run will start at 6:30 a.m. On Sunday, a different VR run will be taking place from Happy Days and this will be a trail run of around two hours. This run will start at 7:00 a.m. Looks like it's going to be a warm one so plan accordingly.

Happy Trails - Ed

8/8 Saturday Run from Canal Park

There will be a VR group run starting at Canal Park in Downtown Akron at 6:30 a.m. running the last 15 miles of the Akron course tomorrow morning. Add on, cut off options are numerous. Hope to see you all out there.

Burning River Results

Great job to Jim Chaney over the past weekend in the 3rd Annual Burning River 100 mile Endurance race. He finished seventh overall and was 1st Master runner in a time of 19:52. Rest up and we'll see you out there soon! Many others from the area also ran great times including Overall winner Mark Godale and Overall Female Connie Gardner.

See you on the trails!

Ed

Famous Photos

Triplet Tracy Run



Tour de Joey



Baby Stroller Smack Down




Porta-Ed



Rich's Doctorate Work

Saturday June 6th / Sunday June 7th

Saturday June 6th - Race for the Parks!
A great way to come off of your marathon training. A 15K this year on a flat to slight rolling course. Check out www.verticalrunner.com for more information

Sunday June 7th
Meet at Oak Grove for a run of the Buckeye Trail 50K course. We will hook up with the Vertical Runner group. Most will be going to Snowville and back for 12 miles. Some will go longer. See you there.

Sunday May 24th

We will be joining the Vertical Runner group starting at 7am. The run will start at Jaite (near Riverview and Snowville Rd) and will hit the Buckeye Trail to Ottawa Point. Hope to see many of you there.

Pittsburgh Marathon this Sunday, May 3rd. Good luck to all running. For me I just want to finish...........standing up. See you all soon. Looking forward to hitting the trails in preparation
for the Summer Buckeye 50K.

Special Saturday Run - Revised

Easter weekend. We are moving our run to Saturday - 7am - Brugers Bagels on Riverview Road. Goal is 22 easy miles. The first 10 will be out and back....so if you only want to cut it short....here is your chance. The rest of the run will be a 10 mile loop. See you there.

Sunday April 5th

There are a few races going on this weekend, so the run on Sunday is tentative at best. We are scheduled to run from Sand Run Parkway at 7am. If you are the only person there at 7....then just get started! No one else will be there!

Good luck to everyone who is racing.

Next scheduled run is SATURDAY April 11th.

Sunday March 29th

We will hook up with the Vertical Runner training group for the Boston Marathon Preview Run. All of the details are here: http://www.verticalrunner.com/bostonpreview.asp

Sunday March 22nd

Join us for a nice relaxed run on the trails of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. We will start at 7am. The Pine Hollow parking lot will be our starting location. This is also known as the sledding hill at Virginia Kendell, on Quick Road.

March 15th

Meet at Sand Run Parkway and Portage Path parking lot. Some going 22 miles. Places to cut it shorter along the way.

Sunday March 8th

Everyone should be running the Shamrock 15K at Woodridge High School. Noon starting time. Check out www.summitathletic.com for details.

Small group run starting at the Natatorium at 7:30am for those not racing.

Sunday March 1st

Meet at Sand Run Parkway for our weekly run starting at 7am. Hope to see many of you there.

Temporary roadblock for me. Hope to be out there next week for the Shamrock preview. Rehabing a little Achilles issue. Hope your running is going well. Happy Trails! Ed

Winter Buckeye 50K

Sunday morning is the annual Winter 50K Trail Run. Good luck to those running and stay warm!
Look forward to picking up the long weekend runs starting Super Bowl Sunday!

New Years Day Run Photos