Run Wild!
Manitou’s Revenge is part of the RUN WILD, a 501(c)3 organization, whose mission is to raise funds for land conservation and stewardship in the Hudson Valley and beyond, by organizing running races and through other fundraising activities. The trail race events outlined below are all part of the RUN WILD. We would love to see you at our other trail events.
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FAHNSTOCK RACE
AUGUST
The 14,000-acre Clarence Fahnestock Memorial State Park spans Putnam and Dutchess Counties. It is situated in a historic iron-mining area. Fahnestock truly offers “a little bit of everything” with its varied landscape which includes hemlock gorges, bald ridge hilltops, second-growth hardwood forest, mountain laurel thickets, and numerous lakes, ponds and streams. The trails challenge while the scenery delights.
CAT'S TAIL MARATHON
SEPTEMBER
The Cat’s Tail Marathon is an approximately 26 mile point to point trail race in the Slide Mountain Wilderness Area of the Catskills, hilly, rugged and technical. The course summits four Catskills High Peaks – Panther, Slide, Cornell, and Wittenberg Mountains, as well as Giant Ledge, Cross Mtn, Mount Pleasant, and Romer Mtn, with almost 7000 ft of gain. The descents are even more challenging than the climbs!
SHAWANGUNK RIDGE TRAIL
SEPTEMBER
The Shawangunk Ridge Trail (SRT) is a 70-mile hiking trail that traverses the entire length of the Shawangunk Mountains, from High Point State Park in New Jersey, where the SRT intersects the Appalachian Trail, all the way to the town of Rosendale, New York, where the trail ends just beyond a restored railroad trestle 140 feet above the Rondout Creek. Along the way, the SRT passes through rolling hills, wetlands, rare dwarf pine barrens, sky lakes, waterfalls, and the distinctive white conglomerate cliffs of the Shawangunk Mountains uplifted almost 300 million years ago.
HHMN MEADOW AND TRAIL 5K
OCTOBER
Run Wild! Enjoy majestic scenery and gorgeous autumn color as you run or walk past muskrat ponds, thru tall grass meadows, along wide grassy paths, elevated berm views, clearly marked wooded trails, and past Grasshopper Grove at the Hudson Highlands Nature Center (HHNC). Our entire 5K course is off road and remains on our property! Your participation in this non-profit event directly supports the nature-based education programs provided to children and families, fun and educational events we hold throughout the year, and our amazing animal ambassadors! Come and share the glorious view of Black Rock Mountain cloaked in fall splendor all while supporting the Nature Center.
POCANTICO HILLS MARATHON
NOVEMBER
This challenging and beautiful course begins and ends at the Rockwood Hall portion of the park overlooking the Hudson River and the Palisades. This is just off Rte 9 in Sleepy Hollow, next to Phelps Hospital.