Running | Hiking | Biking | Paddling Triathlon | Skiing | Fitness | Travel FREE! OCTOBER 20,000 CIRCULATION COVERING UPSTATE NEW YORK SINCE 2000 2014 2013 MOHAWK HUDSON RIVER MARATHON AND HALF MARATHON. PHOTOS BY CHRIS BISHOP, CHARLES BISHOP, BILL Top Runners and MEEHAN, NEIL SERGOTT Visit Us on the Web! AdkSports.com Marathon Facebook.com/AdirondackSports By Christine Bishop CONTENTS History uspense always hangs over a marathon event. Who will 1 Running & Walking HALF MARATHONERS win? Will records be broken and by whom? To help you, Female – Nicole Blood, 26, of Hoboken, NJ is originally Mohawk Hudson River Sthe lead runners for the Mohawk Hudson River Marathon from Saratoga Springs where she won a myriad of high school Marathon and Half Marathon and Half Marathon on Sunday, October 12 will be featured. honors including national awards. She attended the University The marathon starts from Central Park in Schenectady, while of Oregon where she graduated as a nine-time All-American 3 Kayaking, Canoeing & SUP the half marathon starts midway at Colonie Town Park in and ran professionally for Nike. She now works as an assistant Latham, with both finishing at the Corning Preserve in Albany. cross-country and track coach at Columbia University. Last Fall Paddling and Hiking Ideas The race is organized and directed by the Hudson-Mohawk year she ran the MHR Marathon and finished second in 2:54:20, and in August this year won the Altamont 5K in 17:32, finishing 4-7 CALENDAR OF EVENTS Road Runners Club. Club member Ed Neiles manages the elite runners and has second overall. Genna Hartung, 23, of Morrisonville, was October - December Events provided background information on some of the top runners. the half-marathon winner in 2013 with a time of 1:22:06. She was a top athlete on the Cornell University track team and 9 Running & Walking MARATHONERS graduated with a degree in nutritional sciences in 2013. She Male – Bryan Morseman, 29, of Addison won the MHR Crossing the Threshold into Fall is now a pre-college instructor at Kaplan Professional Athlete Marathon last year in 2:24:24. This year on May 18 at the Run and NJ-NY Track Club. Her career is laced with wins and the 11 Athlete Profile for the Red Marathon in the Poconos, Bryan ran a 2:19:57 at duel for first place should be thrilling. a 5:20 pace. Bryan has the potential to beat Dale Keenan’s Renee Tolan, 38, of Clifton Park, will also present a Bicycling with course record that has lasted for 30 years. His goal is to qualify potent challenge. She came in second last year in 1:24:42 Heather & Andrew Rizzi for the 2016 US Olympic Marathon Trials. Dereje Deme, 30, and is not to be underestimated. She trains hard and is a of Ethiopia placed second at the Vermont City Marathon this consistent racer. Nicole Soblosky, 28, of Albany, further 13 Bicycling & Triathlon past May in 2:22:04. Dereje’s specialty is the half-marathon. rounds out the race with a fourth place last year in 1:26:33, Performance Booster: His PRs are 10K 28:08, 15K 42:30, and half-marathon 1:00:00. but is stronger this year with a first place win at the SEFCU Mike Roda, 38, of Albany, has a 2:30:14 marathon PR run 5K on Labor Day in 19:01. Sara Dunham, 38, of Plattsburgh Focus Now for Gains in 2015 at the Boston Marathon in 2013. In last year’s MHR Marathon is the 2011 MHR Marathon winner and ran a half in 1:19:00 earlier this year. The women’s half-marathon will likely be a 15-17 RACE RESULTS Mike placed third in 2:36:04. This year he has been running battle between Nicole, Genna and Sara. well and training hard with 140-mile running weeks. Keep in Male – Thomas O’Grady, 29, of Latham, is a distin- Top Finishers in 20 Events mind that Meb Keflezighi won the Boston Marathon this year guished marathoner and half-marathoner. He has run the at age 38, a week before he turned 39. These runners should 18 Nutrition Boston Marathon three times, each time setting a PR. This be watched as they consistently run well: Kyle Marks, 24, year he finished Boston in 2:28:00 – the first upstate New York Nourishing Benefits of the Fall 2:36:30; Juan Martinez, 36, 2:37:14; Jim Sweeney, 33, finisher and fourth NYS finisher. His PR in the half-marathon Harvest: Try Something New! 2:37:27; and Justin Renz, 42, 2:39:36. is 1:10:56. Since 2010, Tom has run over 5,000 miles each Female – Sarah Manning, 31, of Winooski, Vt. recently year and from 2007 to 2014 has only missed five days of 19 Hiking & Backpacking ran a sub 3:00:00 marathon. Elena Shemyakina, 55, of running. He recently received his PhD in epidemiology and Geneva, Ill. ran the Boston Marathon in 3:02:00 this year. Huntersfield Mountain: A Gem works for the NYS Dept. of Health where he often commutes Jodie Robertson, 29 of Melville, ran in the Olympic Trials by running. Aaron Lozier, 26, of Guilderland, ran the 2014 in the Northwest Catskills and recently clocked a 2:24:31 marathon. Boilermaker in 55:52, the NYC Half Marathon in 1:12:16, and See RUNNING, 14 ▶ 2 Adirondack Sports & Fitness Make Our Boathouses Your Next Destination! The Paddleshop at 5 Boathouse Lane kayak c o Clear the Deck lake george SALE! 30-50% OFF Please Support and Tell Them All Clothing and Footwear Where You Saw Their Ad! Our Advertisers lakegeorgekayak.com (518) 644-9366 3 Boathouse Lane, Bolton Landing, NY Our Newest T-Shirt… SUP Sale! 30% to 50% Off Every For Adirondack lovers! Celtic Treasures Stop in or order online: 456 Broadway, Saratoga Springs Paddleboard in Stock! 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Low, the entrepreneur- ◀ HUDSON RIVER NEXT TO or many of us outdoorsy types fall foli- ial landowner of the early 1900s. There’s a ROGERS ISLAND NEAR CATSKILL. age season is our favorite time of year. lot more water here to be paddled if you so ▼ CLIFFS ON GRASS POND SECTION OF LOWS LAKE. F The biting bugs are gone, tempera- desire as you can continue further up the tures are comfortable and the waterways widening Bog River to Lows Lake. ▼ ▼ VIEW ACROSS HENDERSON LAKE FROM SANTANONI BROOK. of upstate New York see less use. Adding In the heart of the Adirondacks lies Blue a splash of color to any outdoor scene ▼ ▼ ▼ LEWEY LAKE WITH SNOWY Mountain Lake with its namesake fire tower MOUNTAIN IN VIEW. increases its visual appeal; the ordinary peak to its east. Blue Mountain Lake has PHOTOS BY RICH MACHA becomes extraordinary and the beautiful some development and there might be some becomes stunning. light motorboat use, but the surroundings are In the Adirondacks prime fall foliage a delight and there are some state-owned season lasts from the middle of September islands and shoreline you can land and camp through early October. After Columbus on. On its north shore, a little west of Bluff Day there are very few leaves left on the Point, there is a rough (rocks and roots) 0.9- deciduous trees, perhaps some beeches mile trail that climbs steeply 670 feet up to are hanging on to their golden leaves but Castle Rock – the view is awesome for such maple leaves with their reds, oranges and little effort. The view includes Blue Ridge as yellows are long gone. If you, like me, like well as Blue Mountain itself, which gives you your reds then get out there before the end of some “blues” to add to the reds, oranges and September. Lowland red maples in wet areas yellows. From the town beach it is a two-mile especially near streams often turn bright red paddle past several islands to a small sandy in early September so that is a good time landing. Follow blue markers to a junction to be on the water in your canoe, kayak or with a yellow-marked trail and take a left. paddleboard. Further southeast is Thirteenth Lake. When I am paddling I like to have views Most of the shoreline is state land and there of mountains around me, when I hike I like to are plenty of birches and other hardwoods gain some elevation to find views of ponds that add color in early fall.