Running | Hiking | Biking | Paddling Triathlon | Skiing | Fitness | Travel FREE! OCTOBER 20,000 CIRCULATION CAPITAL REGION • SARATOGA • GLENS FALLS • ADIRONDACKS 2012 OU AT OUR SEE Y NTER WI O! XP 27-28 R E , OCT ENTE -SUN CITY C SAT SPRINGS Y atOGA adwa SAR 522 BRO Visit Us on the Web! AdkSports.com Facebook.com/AdirondackSports CONTENTS Enjoy Winter and Be Fit For Life at the 1 Adirondack Sports & Fitness Winter Expo Alpine Skiing/Riding, XC Skiing, Snowshoeing, Cross-Training, WINTER EXPO Healthy Living, Fitness & Travel apital Region residents eager to find everything near the Dion Snowshoes booth; and 25-foot rock climb- 3 Running & Walking you need for winter sports, get into shape, and ing wall at the Rock Solid Fun area. All are exciting, safe Gazette Stockade-athon 15K: C save money on clothing and gear are invited to experiences for kids and adults! A Growing Northeast Tradition attend our fifth annual Adirondack Sports & Fitness The show includes great sales, with a nice mix of 4 Snow Sports Winter Expo on October 27-28 at the Saratoga Springs retailers selling and marketing their products and ser- City Center. Winter Revisited vices. These exhibitors include Mountainman Outdoors, Set for Saturday and Sunday, the FREE ADMISSION Plaine and Son Ski & Bike, Broadway Bicycle, Alpine 5 Around the Region News Briefs show features ALL winter sports including alpine ski- Sport Shop, Fountain Square Outfitters, organics from 5 From the Publisher & Editor ing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, Tierra Farm and more. 6-9 CALENDAR OF EVENTS cross-training, healthy living, travel and more. With 100 Outdoor recreation clubs and events will be repre- October - December Events exhibitors, there will be great sales on skis, gear, cloth- sented, including New York Ski Racing Assn-Nordic, ing and footwear, plus demos, clinics, Rock Solid Fun’s Adirondack Mountain Club, Canadian Ski Marathon, 11-13 WINTER EXPO 25-foot rock climbing wall, and fun family activities. Hudson-Mohawk Road Runners Club, and USA Track & ATTENDEE GUIDE New to this year’s show are $4,000 in prizes and give- Field-Adirondack and more. Exhibitors, Prizes & Activities aways for attendees – from ski centers, events, products Non-profit organizations, events and destinations 15 Athlete Profile and services. Prizes include ski passes, gift certificates, race include ADA Tour de Cure, Adirondack Recreation Trail Cyclocross with Emma White entries, gift baskets, lodging packages and much more. Advocates, Leukemia & Lymphoma Team In Training, 16 Running & Walking The fall timing of the Winter Expo is perfect for out- NYS Outdoor Guides Association, and YMCA Camp door lovers, competitive athletes, weekend warriors, and Chingachgook. Run Safely Out There! newcomers to pick-up gear, information and motivation A new effort, Bicycles for Humanity-Adirondack, will 17-21 RACE RESULTS to plan winter adventures and fitness opportunities. Reps be there collecting bicycle donations at their booth, Top Finishers in 20 Events will be on hand from Gore, Whiteface, Willard, Hickory, which will be shipped to people in remote Uganda. 22 Health & Fitness Oak, Stowe, Bromley, Lapland Lake, Garnet Hill Lodge, If you’re a cyclist, you might also be interested in the Cascade, Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park and more. Haunted Hundred Overnight Century, which will start at The Zumba Party Family-friendly activities include laser rifle biathlon 6pm from the City Center and be ridden entirely at night. 23 Hiking & Backpacking target shooting in the NY Ski Racing Assn-Nordic booth The organizer, Adirondack Ultra Cycling, will be exhibiting Puffer Pond: A Favorite for (they’ll also have ski waxing clinics); an indoor snowshoe and same day registration will be available. For more info, Many Hikers running and walking demo area on our “magic” snow visit adkultracycling.com. See ATTENDEE GUIDE, 11 ▶ 2 Adirondack Sports & Fitness Will You Survive? Trail run… where the obstacles are Escape the Join the Mob! 5k zombies! Virus! Zombies can be There are two Sunday October 28th “Hunters” who runner divisions, are allowed to “All You Can Eat,” Saratoga Springs chase runners a non-competitive for a short flight and “Fast State Park distance or Food,” a “Crawlers” who competitive flight. Registration starts 7:30am can walk, You’ll get three Race at 9:30am stumble, shuffle flags on a belt, or band together Runners = $30 pre registered keep them all and to strategically $35 Day of you’ve survived, remove flags. Zombies = $15 pre registered lose them and the Each zombie will $20 day of zombies have be transformed won! All registrants get a race day shirt and in our Mob Tent. access to the festivities! www.theRUNDEAD.org facebook.com/TheRUNDEAD A Family Fitness Tradition Get a leg upSince on your festivities this Thanksgiving1916. and be part of a great tradition. Join runners, joggers and walkers at the 65th annual Troy Turkey Trot — the nation’s 12th oldest road race. Our 5K, 10K, Grade School Mile and Turkey Walk are now “stuffed” with upgrades, including: 8 New event management (USATF Adirondack) 8 A return to an “out and back” course along River Street 8 New team categories 8 New event schedule 8 Gender-specific, moisture-wicking t-shirts 8 Gender-specific awards Benefitting the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York. Help the less fortunate. Bring a non- perishable food item to the Troy Atrium. Ample free event parking available. For more information and to register, visit www.TroyTurkeyTrot.com, or call 518.273.5552. And be sure to “like” us on Facebook for all the latest news and information! TURK_5207_AS_Half_Horiz.indd 1 9/28/12 11:31 AM www.AdkSports.com OCTOBER 2012 3 Mc Cl ell MAP an + S Ellis t NOT TO . RUNNING & waLKING Hospital STOCKADE-ATHON SCALE 15k (9.3 miles) Central Pkwy. Central Pkwy. Gazette Stockade-athon 15K Grand Blvd. Maxon START A Growing Tradition Rd. Wendell M3 Ave. Stockade d. Rugby Tennis Courts in the Northeast Rd. Central District Lenox Park M2 Rose By Anne Benson St. Douglas R Garden he 37th annual running of the Gazette + Nott St. Ellis TStockade-athon, on Sunday, November Central Park Union Union St. Health 11 at 9am, will start and finish in Center Pavilion Schenectady’s scenic Central Park. The College Erie Blvd. Ave. M4 local road race has expanded over its 37 Iroquois years to become one of the most popular Brandywine Bradley St. Lake Ashmore Ave. and prestigious road races in New York. M9 FINISH Talented athletes from across the states Nott M7 and Canada are drawn to this highly com- Franklin St. Vale Union St. Cemetery M8 petitive contest year after year due to its Front St. St. M6 professional, yet quaint atmosphere. The START: 9 a.m. Church St. Terr. Stockade-athon is one of the top three Duck Pond Central Parkway competitive 15K road races in the USA. FINISH: Clinton Dr. Central Park Pavilion Last year, three of the top six male finishers Catherine St. Washington ran in the Boston Marathon the following Moyston St. Packet pick-up McClellan St. M1 spring, and finished as the second, sixth, Ave. St. Central Park Pavilion and ninth Americans overall. The top two Duck State Mile splits: M women finishers qualified for the Olympic Proctors Pond M5 Marathon Trials. Outbound: The first running of the Stockade-athon SANCTIONED & CERTIFIED Inbound: occurred in 1976, two years before the pop- PENDING ular Utica Boilermaker 15K came into exis- a great way to encourage the young to be tence, and is regarded as the oldest “major” physically active. Plus they get their own 15K road race in the USA. In its debut year, medals and treats! Watching their excite- 80 runners finished the 9.3-mile course, ment as they come across the finish line is designed by local runner Mark Mindel. Over priceless.” the next 25 years, the event leveled off at This year’s early packet pick-up and 700 to 1,000 participants per year. Only in last-minute registration will be held at the last decade has the popularity grown The Gazette building, 2345 Maxon Road steadily with a record number of 1,603 fin- Extension, Schenectady on Saturday, ishers in 2011. 2012 is expected to be even November 10 from 9:30am till 1:00pm. bigger! Runners are encouraged to pick up their The explosion in popularity of the race in the last decade, at a time when 5Ks are the packets a day ahead to ensure they receive predominant race distance, is a result of well the desired size, gender-specific Brooks thought out strategies and tireless efforts technical shirt. There will be no race day from the race director, Vincent Juliano. As a registration. 15-year volunteer race director, Vince, has a In addition to $5,000 in cash prizes for passion and understanding for road racing, USATF open, masters, and age-graded ath- and puts his heart and soul into the orches- letes, lovely handcrafted pottery by local tration of the event. Some personal touches artist, Nancy Niefield, will be awarded to that Vince has incorporated are refining the age-group winners in five-year categories. course for maximum scenic and historic For those competitors over 40, the age- KAREN Bertasso OF SCOTIA LEADS graded aspect of the awards ceremony adds enjoyment, providing a one-mile kids’ run THE CHASE pack leaving CENTRAL PARK with goodie bag prizes for all, offering prize DURING THE 2011 STOCKADE-ATHON 15K. interest. Calculations based on gender and money, and handcrafted pottery for the top PHOTO BY JACK McCOY age – compared to worldwide standards – finishers, supplying a plethora of post-race place all runners on a level playing field. refreshments, and announcing the award sections of Schenectady, most notably new scenic inner-city greenway bike path The awards ceremony will be held at winners with a heartfelt sincerity that exudes the Stockade section.