21st Annual GMAA Kaynor's Sap Run

The spring blizzard of 2000 was the toughest competitor at this year's Sap Run. 16 runners managed to keep their cars on the unplowed roads to get to the race, and ran 6.0 miles through heavy snow and winds. 10" of heavy, wet snow was everywhere. Luckily the sugarhouse was large enough to fit all the volunteers and racers for the refreshments after the race. The bonus was that everyone went home with a well deserved survival prize! Many runners and volunteers did not make it past snowy hills and the incredible auto-gobbling mud sinkholes strategically hidden beneath the new snow on Old Stage Road in Westford.  Runners complained that the vehicle tracks led them into bad footing, and it was even worse in open areas where the drifts filled in the tracks. Chapin and Donna Kaynor, race directors, offer condolences to those who could not make it.   In spite of the conditions, we had a quality race thanks to volunteers Hadley Kaynor and Vandy Kaynor and the hearty souls who managed to show up.

Some special mentions :  Eric Ashley ran over from Milton and around the moose on Rogers Road to cheer his brother on. Chip Langmaid, John Valentine and Vandy Kaynor all came far from the east and south (where there was much less snow!).

Race Directors: Chapin and Donna Kaynor
Race conditions:  Heavy snow prior to, during, and after the race (14.3" reported at the Burlington airport), along with a 30 mph wind from the Northwest and muddy roads that were heavily rutted and not plowed.

Let's hope for sunshine and 50 degrees for next year!

Link to Kaynor's Sap Run History (first running in 1979) 
Results in order of finish follow the age group listing.

WOMEN:
30-39
1.  Jennifer Cardinal     Essex Junction    64:14 OVERALL
2.  Beth Lane             Westford          68:44
3.  Nicole Wells          Fairfax           71:38

50-59
1.  Perky Maddocks        Westford          77:06

MEN:
0-19
1.  Damien Bolduc         Georgia           48:53

30-39
1.  Chip Langmaid         St. Johnsbury     41:05 OVERALL
2.  Kevin Allen           Winooski          44:49
3.  Tom Lane              Westford          45:38
4.  Tom Cardinal          Essex Junction    51:50

40-49
1.  Vandy Kaynor          Amherst, MA       45:00
2.  Stuart Ashley         Westford          49:44
3.  Mark Seaman           Jericho           53:32
4.  Dave Fields           Underhill         76:27

50-59
1.  John Valentine        Roxbury           46:39
2.  John Duncan           Williston         51:32
3.  Mike Armstrong        Essex Junction    76:25

OVERALL:
1.  Chip Langmaid         St. Johnsbury     41:05
2.  Kevin Allen           Winooski          44:49
3.  Vandy Kaynor          Amherst, MA       45:00
4.  Tom Lane              Westford          45:38
5.  John Valentine        Roxbury           46:39
6.  Damien Bolduc         Georgia           48:53
7.  Stuart Ashley         Westford          49:44
8.  John Duncan           Williston         51:32
9.  Tom Cardinal          Essex Junction    51:50
10. Mark Seaman           Jericho           53:32
11. Jennifer Cardinal     Essex Junction    64:14
12. Beth Lane             Westford          68:44
13. Nicole Wells          Fairfax           71:38
14. Mike Armstrong        Essex Junction    76:25
15. Dave Fields           Underhill         76:27
16. Perky Maddocks        Westford          77:06