History Traditionally, the 100K Catskill Mountain Road Relay (CMRR) has been a relay race featuring 5-person teams where each teammate runs two (2) 10K segments. The event has also historically included “SuperTeams” consisting of 6-10 people, each running one or more of the 10K legs. As the race has developed …
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History
Traditionally, the 100K Catskill Mountain Road Relay (CMRR) has been a relay race featuring 5-person teams where each teammate runs two (2) 10K segments. The event has also historically included “SuperTeams” consisting of 6-10 people, each running one or more of the 10K legs.
As the race has developed since its inception in 1992, it has also intrigued ultrarunners, and in 2011, attracted the first solo runners since race founder Brian Cavanagh ran the entire 100K himself in 2000.
Today, the CMRR, now renamed “Catskill Mountain 100K Road Race & Relay”, is more than just a relay. It is still the only 100K relay race in the northeast, and the oldest relay of any distance in the region. And besides being gloriously scenic, it is also arguably the most challenging 100K road ultramarathon east of the Mississippi River. Ultrarunners will revel in the topography of the course, with many gut-busting hills, and a changing landscape that will evoke wonder in the eyes and imagination of the intrepid distance runner.
Run As A Team Or Solo
Relay runners will enter as a team and self-support, as has been the tradition of this longstanding event. And there are no aid stations on the course, meaning that solo ultra runners must also bring crews, even if it’s only a crew of one person, thus allowing race staff to focus their attention on the finish line.
The Catskill Mountain 100K Road Race & Relay will be a day of excitement, and one you will remember for a long, long time.
A Beautiful Run
Begin your adventure on the quietness of Woodland Valley Road in Phoenicia, NY as the birds wake up to the soft babbling of Esopus creek, and the sun rises above the majesty of Mount Tremper. As you continue along, take in the colossal beauty of Balsam, Big Indian and Panther Mountains between 25K and 40K. Drink in the tranquility of Frost Valley as you near the 50K mark, wave to bald eagles as you pass alongside the Rondout Reservoir at 75K, and let the waterfalls be your music as you climb up toward Wagon Wheel Gap (and alongside the earliest runnings of the Rondout Creek) in the final stages of the race.
Join us for a memorable day in the Catskill Mountains!
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