Dominance On and Over Mountains

DOOM Race Training Series Begins

     Patch Sprinters: Prepare to Meet Thy DOOM!

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   The 2010 Patch Spring Training Season begins next week with the first event in the DOOM! (Dominance On and Over Mountains) Race series – formerly the SLOP FEST series.
     The DOOM! Race series will take place for the next 6.66 weeks, on Wednesday evenings at 5:00 pm.  Participants will meet at the 1812 Homestead in Willsboro (unless otherwise noted)
     Prepare for the Patchpocalypse by training and racing on the official Patch Sprint race course.  Racers will accumulate points over the series using the top-secret algorithms developed by the VHCS supercomputer.  The DOOM! Series Champion will be awarded the Trophy of DOOM! Armageddon is scheduled for Saturday, May 29.

2010 DOOM TRAINING-RACING SCHEDULE

DOOM! #1

April 14

Pillars to Bare Mt Summit!

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DOOM! #2

April 21

Rattlesnake trailhead to Rattlesnake Summit

DOOM! #3

April 28

Sugarloaf trailhead to Sugarloaf Summit

DOOM! #4

May 5

Bare Summit to Rattlesnake Summit

DOOM! #5

May 12

Rattlesnake trailhead to Schoolhouse Hill 5km run

DOOM! #6

May 19

Pok-O-Moonshine Time Trial (Meet at snowplow turnaround just south of Poko Trailhead)

The goats leading the way during the 2009 race training series

     DOOM is the new name for last season’s SLOP race training series.  SLOP (Seven Labors of Pain) was purchased by Ken Herz and renamed Slow Lazy Old People.

    If you cannot make all (or any) of the training runs, you can follow the action online at the Patchpocalypse! PS 2010 Facebook site

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2010 PATCH DONATIONS SOAR OVER $5,000

     For the third year in a row, an anonymous and very generous donor has made a significant pledge to the Adirondack Scholarship Foundation, through the Patch Sprint.

     The donation has lifted the event’s 2010 total to over five thousand dollars!  The Patch Sprint has served as a fund raiser for the foundation since 2000; to be eligible to take part in the event, Pok-O-MacCready registrants are highly encouraged to make a donation, while non-camp personnel are required to do so.
     CLICK HERE to learn more about the Adirondack Scholarship Foundation.

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