Covering Covered Bridges
By: Robert Jones
If you’re tuned into the local racing circuit you’ll be familiar with the infamously difficult to get into but famously popular Covered Bridges Half Marathon (CBHM)! Snaking it’s way from Pomfret to Woodstock and Quechee the course is often referred to as “The Best 13.1 Miles in New England” which I can personally attest to being at least potentially true; I’m sure the famous 13 miles of New Hampshire coastline could also give this half marathon a run for its money!
This year’s CBHM was held on June 5th and I’m proud to say that a great many UVRC members both ran and volunteered! So many that our club was recognized in the Valley News! In the following article the Valley News recognizes some of the top performers from our club which I hope you will join me in congratulating!
The Valley News of course has limited space for each article so they don’t have a full list of everyone who participated but I would like to take this time to list all of our members who competed and also volunteered their time as a pacer or to help with the race operations. My sincere apologies if I missed anyone!!
Sincere thanks to Rebecca Stanfield McCown and Mike Kokko for organizing pacers and to Paul and Kristin Coats for organizing volunteers and cleaning up after the race! And a shoutout to the Scelza household for making mile 11.5 an unofficial water stop, offering popsicles and a sprinkler to cool down, it really rejuvenated runners in the final miles!
And lastly a HUGE thank you to Amy Olson for connecting us to the Valley News!
