This year the official finish was the full 26 mile marathon length from the drop-off at Moose Mountain Trail Head over Moose, Hor, Pisgah, Haystack and Bald, then back along the road and across the finish line on the NorthWoods driveway. Shuttles were available at points along the trail for those who preferred to do part of the trail. On the day of, we had 138 who participated in the event, and 58 who completed the full marathon!
The two youngest finishers of the full marathon were Lucas Switser (8, photo with family above!) and Kyler Sylvester (11).
The Fastest Time – Male was Ethan Niederer at 4hrs, 43 minutes.
The Fastest Time – Female was Elena Mihaly at 5hrs 50 minutes.
We were so impressed with the fortitude of our hikers! We had participants of all experience levels, from ultra-marathoners to groups of friends and families with children who simply enjoy hiking. We were equally inspired by those individuals who turned up the speed and crossed the finish line hale and hearty in less than 6 hours and by those families who came through the door after 13+ hours on the trail, tired and footsore but beaming with accomplishment! One of our fastest young participants was Joshua Kelley – 16 years old, who recently spent the summer building and maintaining trails in the region as a member of our summer youth Conservation Corps. We like to think that 6 weeks of running wheelbarrows full of stay-mat gravel on the Moose Bog trail might have helped to condition him for finishing the Challenge in 5 hours and 59 minutes!
- Ethan Niederer 4:43
- Ira O’Meara-Costello 4:48
- Elena Mihaly 5:50
- Liz Chichester 5:52
- Joshua Kelley 5:59
- Nicholas Augsberger 6:10
- Kyle Sykes 6:15
- March Thompson 6:27
- April Farnham 6:33
- Nathan Browne 6:38
- Erin Magoon 6:56
- Aimee Pascale 7:16
- Charles Schneider 7:39
- Tia Tripodi 7:39
- Benjamin Hess 7:52
- Annabelle Langlois 7:54
- Tim Sluiter 7:54
- Emily Meacham 8:09
- Bridget Ferrin-Smith 8:09
- Ellie Searles 8:21
- Andrew King 8:37
- Cristina King 8:38
- Marcelo Arruda 8:39
- Jennifer Wilcox 8:49
- Kristin Day 8:50
- Clare Irwin 8:56
- Jennifer Rosenthal 9:12
- Claire Robinson-White 9:13
- Beth Van Parys 9:18
- Paul Barnard 9:29
- Lauren “Joe” Welch 9:46
- Michael Lantagne 9:49
- Richard Kruszyna 9:54
- Alysha Jones 10:25
- Devaney Cote 10:25
- Mariah Bradley 10:25
- Becci Schuyler 10:29
- Bobby Walls-Thumma 10:30
- James Warriner 11:06
- Deborah Wesoja 11:06
- David Burke 11:08
- Rachel Roy 11:08
- Colleen Leonard 11:08
- Kristen Rodgers 11:14
- John Kelly 11:45
- Ami Fatula 11:46
- David Fatula 11:46
- Dana Harvey 12:05
- Kyler Sylvester 12:05
- Ashley McMichael 12:12
- Justice VanDyk 12:53
- Alexandria Chase 12:56
- Lealoni Coathup 12:56
- Kirsten Sultan 13:09
- Emily Switser 13:38
- Lucas Switser 13:38
- Ellen Apple 13:40
- Adam Kruszyna 7:25*
- Amy Kelley
*Partially done by bike! :)