DIRECTIONS FOR 100 k HANDLERS
VT 100 MILE ENDURANCE RACE
July 17-18, 2010 

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There are 7 locations at which you may meet your runners along the trail.

MEETING OR HELPING RUNNERS AT ANY OTHER LOCATIONS IS NOT ALLOWED and can result in disqualification of the runner.

In your runners packet there will be a Handler Vehicle Identification Tag which must be used at all times. Cars on the course must be kept to a minimum so you need to follow the handler directions from one spot to the next. There will be red plastic plates on the handler routes to help with directions. Please be very friendly and considerate to everyone on the course and do not park on lawns or in driveways.The future of the race is dependent upon the people whose communities we run through so HAVE A FUN TIME AND BE FRIENDLY.

Handler Guidelines

Handlers are not allowed to park anywhere other than locations posted and allowed by race management.

Handlers must follow all posted speed limits (watch for speed traps) and traffic signs.

NO LITTERING!!! In the past our biggest litter problems have come from handlers.

All pets must be leashed at all times and dogs are not allowed at Silver Hill Meadow.

If your runner drops from the race, make certain that proper procedures have been followed. THE RUNNER OR CREW MUST NOTIFY RACE PERSONNEL AT ONCE.

(Note:  In order to follow these directions more easily, we suggest you keep resetting your trip odometer for each segment. We also strongly suggest that handlers carry a good flashlight in order to help spot road signs along the route, and a headlamp for walking to and from aid stations in the dark.

100k HANDLER STATIONS

#14. Camp Ten Bear (1^st time) - Drive up Silver Hill, away from the runners, bearing right onto Bryant Rd.  Go 1.1 miles on Bryant to Rush Meadow Rd. Reset your odometer. Turn right and go 2 miles, where it becomes Morgan Hill Rd.  Keep going straight, past the 'T' junction with Morgan Hill Extension Reset.  Go another 1.6 miles, up and over Morgan Hill, to the stop sign at Route 106.  Turn sharp left onto 106 at the So. Woodstock Fire Station. Reset your odometer. Go south on 106.  At 0.9 mi. there are runners in the road for the next mile. At 2.8 mi.pass Caper Hill Rd. on left, piled logs on right and start down a long hill.  A guardrail will begin on the right at 3.7 mi. and you turn right at the first break in the railing 2/10 mi. later into Whitmore Circle.   The Ten Bear aid station is in about 1/8 mi. Traffic is one-way and please pay attention to the no parking zones. (Approx. driving time 25 minutes)
 

#17. Tracer Brook - Continue through to the end of Whitmore Circle, reset and turn right onto 106 South. ( 8.0 mi. to next turn. ) At 2.8 pass Rte. 44 intersection going straight on 106.  At 3.4 enter Reading.  At 3.9 pass Shaugnessy's Reading Country Store (you'll be coming back to this location).  At 5.1 enter Weathersfield.  At 6.9 pass a truly ugly lavender-colored house.  At 8.0 mi. at the flashing yellow light at Downers Country Store and Citgo, turn right onto Route 131 West.  Reset. At 1.2 mi. enter Cavendish.  Follow the Black River and at 4.0 there's a bridge across the river. Keep straight and at 5.7 miles turn right at Williams's Country Store onto Whitesville Rd. Reset. After 0.3 miles, turn right onto Center Rd. which is gravel.  Reset. Go 1.1 mi. along Center Rd. keeping straight, passing Town Rd on your left.  The Aid Station is another ¼ mi. straight ahead at the intersection with Atkinson and Brook Roads.   (Approx. driving time 35 minutes)  

                Note: There will be orange cones blocking access to the aid station area. Turn right and park along Brook Rd.  You will be exiting going straight along this road, which is a change from years past.  

#19. Margaritaville – Do not turn around and retrace.  Reset.  Go straight on Brook Rd.  At 0.2 mi. keep left at the fork.  At 0.4 keep right at another fork, staying on Brook Rd.  At 1.1 mi. total you will be back at Route 131. Reset.  Turn left and you now have only 4.8 mi. back to Route 106 at the flashing red light at Downers Corner.  Reset. Turn left onto 106 North,.  Go 4.1 mi. to a left onto Tyson Rd., immediately before  Shaughnessy's Country Store. Reset.  Follow Tyson Rd. up for 3.8 mi. (Pass the 1834 stone house at 3.4), then uphill until you come to Puckerbrush Rd.   Turn left and parking is in the field 100 yds. down on the rt.. Watch for runners coming at you. Walk back; on Puckerbrush, across Tyson to the aid station on the left. (Approx. driving time 30 minutes).

#21. Camp Ten Bear – Go back down Tyson Rd. to Route 106 and turn left (North). Reset. Drive 4.0 miles to the farther (2^nd) entrance into Whitmore Circle (you've been here before) and aid station  #21. (Approx. driving time 20 minutes)

#23. West Wind/Spirit-of '76) – Drive straight ahead back out to Rte. 106.  Reset. Turn left onto 106 North, up the long hill and down the other side, passing Noah Wood Rd. on the left at 3.2 mi.  Go slowly thru the curve by the horse show grounds and at 4.4 mi. turn sharp right at the So. Woodstock Fire Station onto Morgan Hill Rd.  (You've been here before too). Reset.  Go up Morgan Hill, crossing Peabody Rd. and runners at 0.8 mi.  Down the far side of the hill at 1.6 mi. intersect with Morgan Hill Extension going off to the left. Reset. Read carefully:  Go straight for 1/10 mi. to the start of Rush Meadow Rd., where Jaquith Rd. bears off to the right.  Stay on Rush Meadow curving left, going up for 0.2 mi.  You've already passed a cluster of 4 buildings on your left followed by a gap with no houses.  Look for a sign on a tree on the left saying "West Wind/'76 Aid Station". It will be illuminated after dark. Enter the driveway, which goes left, between two tall skinny natural rock pillars stuck in the ground.   Drive in about 200 yards, passing a white farmhouse on the left and entering a grassy parking area next to a gray horse barn on the right. From here it's a 5 min. walk 2/10 mi. down between pasture fences to the Aid Station at the bottom of the hill.  (Approx. driving time 20 minutes)

#26. Bill's - Go back out the way you entered, (Reset) right on Rush Meadow and after 0.3 miles right onto Morgan Hill Extension.  Reset. Drive 1.7 miles (It becomes Reeves Rd. at the Hartland Town Line) to the intersection with Jennyville Road.  Reset. Turn left onto Jennyville and drive 2.9 miles to the paved Brownsville-Hartland Rd.  Reset. Turn right (South) and go 5.4 miles to Route 44.  (When you pass Sheddsville Rd. you have 1 more mile to your turn)  Turn left (East) on 44 but drive only 0.2 miles before turning left onto Brook Rd.  Reset. Drive 2.0 miles until you come to Hewitt Rd.  Reset. Turn left on Hewitt, going 1.5 miles up to the end. (Caution, ½ mile up Hewitt runners will be entering from a small road on the left and then going up Hewitt the rest of the way with you.  At the top you turn left onto Hunt Rd., while the runners turn right. Reset. The 0.7 miles to Stillson Rd. climbs and winds and runners will also be on a short portion of it.  Turn left down Stillson and look for the parking area in a field on the right.  Walk the rest of the way down the hill to the aid station, which is in the barn to the right.  (Approx. driving time 30 minutes).

#28. Polly's - Return the way you entered, going up Stillson, right on Hunt, then right and down on Hewitt (watch for runners) right on Brook, right on Route 44 and quick right onto the Brownsville-Hartland Rd. North. Reset your odometer.  After 1.6 miles PASS Hammond Hill Rd. on your right.  You'll be coming back out of here later. At 3.7 miles you'll pass Morrison Rd. on the left.  Go 0.1 more miles and turn sharp right onto Hammond Hill Rd.  Go ¼ mile up the hill to the Aid Station, parking in the designated area.  Do not park near the station or the barn, even for a quick drop-off.  (Approx. driving time 20 minutes).

FINISH/Silver Hill Meadow – Do NOT retrace your steps. Reset. Leave Polly's in the opposite direction from the way you came in. Go 0.3 miles to a right and then at 0.4 a quick left.  Go another 1.6 mi. (2.0 total) down Hammond Hill Rd. to the Brownsville-Hartland Rd.  Reset. Turn right (North) and go 3.7 miles to a sharp, hidden LEFT turn onto Jennyville Rd. (You're getting close when you see Best Rd., which is ¼ mile before J-ville). The VT-100 Race sign should still be there at Jennyville. Reset. Drive 2.9 miles to the 'T' intersection, turning left onto Silver Hill Rd.  Go 0.6 miles up to the Start/Finish Area at Silver Hill Meadow.  Park in a designated area.

Congratulations, you have just driven over 90 miles in support of your 100 k runner.  They sincerely appreciate your wonderful assistance. 

Note: Crewmembers may join their runner for the last (1.3) miles by walking down the hill from the big meadow to King's 'Highway'.  Go right on King's and the runners will be entering from a trail on the left about a ¼ mile up.   For your safety, please do not attempt this after dusk without adequate lighting.

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