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COVID Update (April 8) – changes to April-May schedule

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The current coronavirus (COVID-19) situation is severely impacting all planned group activities across Montana, and current restrictions are likely to remain in place at least into early Summer.

To address this situation, in an April 7th webex meeting, the Wind Drinkers Board decided to make the following changes to our 2020 schedule:

  • the final Winter Fun Run (‘Back From The M‘), scheduled for April 25th, 2020, is cancelled
  • the Summer Kick-off Potluck at the Lindley Center, scheduled for April 29th, 2020, is cancelled
  • the Baldy Blitz race is re-scheduled from May 2nd, 2020 to October 3rd, 2020
  • all Fun Runs in May, normally scheduled Wednesday evenings, are cancelled.  We will make decisions on June-September Fun Runs later, as the situation evolves; our next Board meeting will be May 12th, where we will address at least the June runs
  • the Frank Newman Marathon and Relay, scheduled for May 23rd, 2020, is cancelled
  • the Grand Prix race series for 2020 is cancelled, as there are not enough races that we can include in it

The Board is working on developing alternatives to the Summer Fun Run series, involving individual participation and virtual events that meet current health department guidelines for outdoor recreation.  Members should expect to receive information about these proposals shortly, with an invitation to provide feedback on the types of club interactions and activities you would find most valuable – please provide us your thoughts when you receive these messages!

We will provide additional information in new posts to this site, as further changes or cancellations are made, as well as posting on our social media pages!

2019 Grand Prix Series results are (finally) posted!

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We apologize for the delay, but when our Grand Prix race series coordinator moved to Colorado, we had no one to take up the role and complete the scoring for the 2019 series.  However, we have at last been able to go back and get the scores completed!

Please click on the “SERIES RESULTS” (or trophy icon) on our Grand Prix race series page, to get to the spreadsheet.  Note that it has 4 tabs – the last two show results within age groups, and overall by sex.

Please let us know if you notice errors or omissions in the results!

New meeting point for March 7th Handicapped Run!

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In an effort to avoid a repeat of last year’s frigid wait in the parking lot at 11th and Grant, our Vice-President Nick Waliser has arranged for us to use an indoor registration location next to the Bridger Brewing entry, in the atrium of the Town and Country Foods building on South 11th Avenue.  Enter through the east doors, between Bridger Brewing and GoWireless.  The running routes will remain the same, just starting and finishing about 150 yards south of the 11th and Grant intersection.

Please park in the lot south of the Fieldhouse, to avoid using up parking spaces used by customers of Town and Country Foods – thanks!

Wind Drinkers help GVLT reach Summer Trails Challenge goal!

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The Gallatin Valley Land Trust recently concluded their Summer Trails Challenge, meeting their goal of 65,000 miles run, hiked, or biked on Gallatin Valley trails, and earned GVLT $65,000 in donations to support their work building and maintaining trails!  Over 50 teams participated in the Challenge, and Wind Drinkers team members logged 4918.5 miles of the total – well above the average team contribution!  Well done, Wind Drinkers!