Harvard Road Race Series

The Harvard Road Race Association is excited to be hosting three races again for the 2012 racing season : The Great Harvard 4th of July Race, The Apple Harvard Ramble 5 and 10 milers and the Harvard Kids Trail race. On-line and mail-in registration will be posted within a week. And, the Harvard Conservation Trust (HCT), will once again, be hosting the Run for the Hills Trail Race.

The Nashoba Valley Grand Prix (aka the NVGP) running series has just concluded its 2011 innagural season. The runners completed the final race (Ayer Firefighter Thanksgiving Day 5k) yesterday and the full results have been posted.

The cash prizes for first, second and third will be mailed out on Monday, 11/28.

All runners who completed the series received a pint glass with NVGP logo and a pair of knit gloves. We hope that everyone enjoyed the series and comes back to run next year. Please check the web-site in January of 2012 for the races in next year’s series.

Despite an ice storm that knocked out power to most of Massachusetts and 100% of Harvard, the kids trail race went on with some big efforts from Marisa and Bob Steele clearing the course. Thanks to both of them as well as all of the volunteers and the Bolton Conservation Commission for allowing us to host the event at beautiful Bowers Springs .

We held two races today, one for the kids 8 and under and one for kids 9 – 12. It appears that all had fun. The results and pictures have been posted.

We hope that everyone enjoyed our races this year and comes back next year. Enjoy the Fall and Winter!

Some more pictures of the Ramble 2011 have been posted for the 5-miler … enjoy!

The NVGP points have been updated after the Apple Harvest Ramble 10-miler. Jen Schoenberg and Mark Mayall hold commanding leads in the Women’s and Men’s categories.

With one final race to go (Ayer 5k on 11/24), the Men’s top-3 standings appears set but the Women’s race could have some changes after Ayer. Of course, anything can happen.

The current standings for the Women:

The current standings for the Men:

The full race calculation for the Men and Women can be downloaded.

Well, another Apple Harvest Ramble is in the books. The winners of the 10 miler were Kim Webster (1:02:17, 6:14/mi) and Mark Mayall (1:00:17, 6:02/mi) and the winners of the 5 miler were Adrienne Cyrulik (36:49, 7:22/mi) and Nash MacDara (29:42, 5:57/mi). Congratulations to all finishers.

The results have been posted as well as some initial pictures.

The Harvard Kids Trail Race at Bowers Springs (starts off Flanagan Rd.) in Bolton, MA is up next on 11/6/2011, 2:30pm.

The 20th edition of the Apple Harvest Ramble will be kicking off tomorrow. We still have some openings for runners who want to register on race day. There are long-sleeve, high-tech, New Balance shirts available for the first 100 runners who register tomorrow.

Please email racedirector@harvardraces.org with any late minute questions.

Rain or shine, it will be a beautiful day!

The 2nd annual Run for the Hills 5k trail run is now in the books with another successful event. The race was won by Nick Parker (17:08, 5:32/mile) for the Men and Alexia Lipman (21:58, 7:06/mi) for the Women. Congratulations to all runners for coming out to run and supporting the Harvard Conversation Trust.

The pictures have been posted.

We hope to see you soon at the Apple Harvest Ramble on 10/2.

The Nashoba Valley Grand Prix series points have been updated with results from the Harvard 5-miler. If you find any errors, please email to nvgp@harvardraces.org and we’ll promptly correct any issues.

The current points leaders are Mark Mayall from Maynard, MA and Jennifer Schoenberg from Harvard, MA with 2 races left to go : Apple Harvard Ramble 10-miler in October and The Ayer Fire Department Thanksgiving Day 5k in November.

The pictures from the July 4th 5-miler and Fun Run have been posted to the web-site. Enjoy!