Eastern New England Trail Race Series

Race director John Grenier sends along these changes to the race course:

This year, I had to reroute sections and modified some others.
· The start and finish are now down below in the field. This dramatically changes the course and especially the finish which now includes a flat fire-road for the last quarter mile.
· I removed two places where the race crossed itself.
o In the first mile the route goes straight up to the top of the ridge and comes down a steep section before looping back up the ridge. This section was heavily forested and I had to reroute back onto a new fire-road.
o At mile 4, the race now goes through the model-plane airport before turning left UP the mid-state to the top of the gas-line where the route goes DOWN the very rocky gas-line to the bottom of the sand pit road. This eliminates the cross over at the bottom where people have gone the wrong way in the past.
· In Greenbriar, after visiting the 3rd water stop, the race passes the new French River Paddling access point and follows the trail OVER the new bridge at the Beaver Dam. The runner will get wet feet here if the water is high. This eliminates the poorly maintained trail around the pond.
· Near the end, at Mile 9, the race now goes Left around the sand pit and down a different section of the gas-line and thru another heavily forested section before heading to the finish.

Trail series race directors will have their entry fee waived if they let me know in advance that they are coming.

I will make every effort to start this race at 9AM and there will be a briefing at 8:45 at the start.