Green Mountain Athletic Association

History of the Partners Race The Partners Race is a unique Vermont race. It was started by Mike and Claudia Sullivan in 1979 and was intended to be 5.0 miles. Early measurements showed the race to be 4.8 miles and it was kept the same for 28 races. In 2007 the club decided to certify the course and extend it to a true 5 miler. The start was moved up Bolger Hill Road, which gives the course a net drop of 50 feet - a useful tool to combat Shillhammer Hill at mile 2! The certification showed the original course to be exactly 4.725 miles. While the hills can be as challenging as the Rollin Irish hills, the shorter distance, shade, and scenery make it all worthwhile. Scoring for the race is done by adding ages and times of male-female pairs. Many runners come to the race paired up, but others plot for a fast and age appropriate partner to secure a fast team time. There are always a few "non-paired" singles that comprise a singles division. An award is also given to the fastest "true couple" (married).

In 2007 another race change was to move the race to early May to take the "Trollheim weekend" after that race completed its historic run. The earlier date will eliminate the Clarence DeMar - Partners "within a week" scheduling syndrome as well as offer cooler temperatures. The race was not held in 1995. Thanks to the race directors who have made this race a success: 1979-87: Mike and Claudia Sullivan, Tom and Nancy McGann: 1988-1989, Bill and Chris Griffin: 1990, Barb and Dave Capen: 1991-2003, Mark Wanner: 2004, Sue Turcotte: 2005, Nathan Fields: 2006-present

Note that these records are only for as long as we have results populated. We are working on getting all the results moved over.

Date	Number Runners	Male	Time	Female	Time
2012-05-12	45	Norm Larson	0:28:24	Jessica Cover	0:34:22
2011-05-07	36	Joe Noonan	29:08	Gabrielle Naranja	34:29
2010-05-01	57	George Deane	28:35	Anne Bliss	33:29	(Pictures)
0000-00-00	78	Joshua Brown	0:28:24	Lori Crotts	0:31:47

Age Group Records

View all time performance list here

Age	Year	Male	Time	Year	Female	Time
0-13	2010	Mark Munson Warken	66:50	2012	Althea Devereux	0:38:43
13-19	2012	Keegan Heston	0:48:29	2011	Gabrielle Naranja	34:29
20-29	2012	Joe Miller	0:29:20	2010	Robyn Anderson	34:04
30-39	2010	George Deane	28:35	2010	Megan Valentine	33:54
40-49	2011	Joe Noonan	29:08	2010	Anne Bliss	33:29
50-59	2012	Norm Larson	0:28:24	2010	Ruth Blauwiekel	40:14
60-69	2010	Chuck Arnold	35:14	2010	Moria Durnin	39:49
70-79	2012	Bob Murphy	0:40:11