2003 USA 50K Trail Championship on August 23 

May 4, 2003

The sixth annual Golden Gate Headlands 50K will be held Saturday, August
23, on coastal trails and fireroads a few miles north of San Francisco.

The race this year, like it did last year, will host the 2003 USA 50K Trail
Championship (see http://www.usatf.org).  In addition, the race in 2003 is
a part of the Montrail Cup series (see http://run.montrail.com/index.cfm).

Complimentary entries this year will be limited to the two defending
National Champions (Jeremy Redding and Mary Fagan) but all USATF members
will be eligible for an overall and age-group winners prize fund of $6,200;
Montrail Cup participants will be eligible for cash prizes provided by
Montrail; and all runners will be eligible for race awards based on
performance and/or random draw.

There also will be a team championship (up to five men or women, first
three finishers score) open to USATF members with a prize of $300 each to
the winning men's and women's clubs.  Tamalpa Runners, the host club,
prides itself on its strong ultrarunning contingent, but last year received
a scare as it was almost edged out of its anticipated team victory by two
other teams.  It remains to be seen if Tamalpa will retain its claim as the
strongest ultrarunning club in the nation.

Whether you are an elite, middling, or back-of-the pack runner, or not a
runner at all but a supporter of the sport in any other way; we invite and
welcome all members of the ultrarunning community to join us August 23 on
Rodeo Beach, on the edge of the Pacific Ocean, to run, help out, or just
hang out.  We look forward to a celebration of ultrarunning as well as one
heck of a race!

For additional information, please see the race's website at
http://headlands50k.org.

For race-related issues, please contact the RD, Guy Palmer, at
guy@the.dipsea.net; or Greg Nacco at greg.nacco@goldenbeartravel.com.

For Montrail Cup issues please contact Krissy Moehl at kmoehl@montrail.com.

For Championship-related issues feel free to call Peter Franks at (415) 381-4363.

Hope to see you on August 23!


Additional Contact Info: 

Lorraine Gersitz 
USATF MUT Running Council 
bruceandlo@earthlink.net 
714-526-5340 

Peter Franks 
Golden Gate Headlands 50K Championship Coordinator 
peterfranks@attglobal.net 
415-381-4363 

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