Here are the start times for the 2022 running of Acadia Cross Island: CLICK HERE
As you can see I was more successful than I expected on getting confirmations on runners for this year. So a few adjustments to our normal, and smaller, local event. There are three main groups of start times. As the start line in Seal Cove is a dirt road with no parking next to people's homes, it is important that you do not go to the start line unless its within your group to start. There simply isn't parking for everyone and to go to the start and bring crews and families. So please just get dropped off and have friends meet you at a future early location with better parking. Long Pond or Echo Lake are better spots in the first few miles than the actual start line. Green Group - 6:00am to 6:30am Start Times 1 -Darron Collins 6:00 AM Start - 11:00:00 total run time 2 -William Jackson 6:00 AM Start - 11:00:00 total run time 3 -Kristin 6:00 AM Start - 11:00:00 total run time 4 -Lori Alley 6:30 AM Start - 10:30 total run time 5 -Rebeccah Brann 6:30 AM Start - 10:30 total run time 6 -Brian Head 6:30 AM Start - 10:30 total run time 7 -Drew 6:30 AM Start - 10:30 total run time 8 -Emily 6:30 AM Start - 10:30 total run time 9 -Dawson 6:30 AM Start - 10:30 total run time Darron is going to start with William and Kristin, veterans of the inaugural race a few years ago. We'll see Lori and Rebeccah head out with four of our Canadian friends at 6:30am. While we previously would start everyone separately, those unfamiliar with the numerous turns and trail intersections will appreciate some local company at least for the first few hours when people tend to stick together. So by 6:30am we'll have 9 runners out on the course. Blue Group - 7:00 AM to 7:45 AM Start Times 10 -Jarly Bobadilla 7:00 AM Start - 10 hour total run time 11 -Evan Boudreau 7:00 AM Start - 10 hour total run time 12 -Aaron Long 7:00 AM Start - 10 hour total run time 13 -Brandon Chase 7:00 AM Start - 10:00 total run time *LAST YEARS WINNER -FIRST TO FABBRI 14 -Anthony Ricardo 7:15 AM Start - 9:45 total run time 15 -Harley Brown 7:15 AM Start - 9:45 total run time 16 -Tom St. Germain 7:30 AM Start - 9:30 total run time 17 -Jeremy Dougherty 7:30 AM Start - 9:30 total run time 18 -Abe Philbrook 7:45 AM Start - 9:15 total run time Thirty minutes after the big group heads off at 6:30am we'll see Jarly, Evan, Brandon and Aaron take off at 7:00am. Tony & Harley take off at 7:15am. I'll take off with Tom at 7:30am and Abe will follow 15 minutes later at 7:45 am. There will be 18 people on the course by 7:45AM. The blue group in the middle has the added fun of chasing down the green group while simultaneously not getting caught by the fast Orange group. ORANGE GROUP - 8:15 AM Start Time to 9:05 AM 19 - Tom Merrow 8:15 AM Start time - 8:45 total run time 20 -Daniel Cortez 8:15 AM Start time - 8:45 total run time 21 -Bradford Eslin 8:15 AM Start time - 8:45 total run time 22 -Tim McDonough 8:30 AM Start time - 8:30 total run time 23 - Heather Spurling 8:30 AM Start time - 8:30 total run time 23 -Brendan Gilpatrick 8:30 AM Start time - 8:30 total run time 24 -Jenn Britz 8:30 AM Start time - 8:30 total run time 25 -Eric Marciette 8:45 AM Start time - 8:15 total run time 26 -Dylan Brann 8:45 AM Start time - 8:15 total run time 27 -Peter Philbrook 9:10 AM Start time - 7:50 total run time - Last Years Fastest Time 7:41 (CR) 28 -Patrick Caron 9:10 AM Start time - 7:50 total run time The Orange group is the chase pack, with now 18 runners anywhere from 2:15 ahead of them to 30 minutes ahead of them. There is a much bigger group this year capable of breaking 8 hours, as Dylan and Peter have done in previous years. It takes a hell of a day and the right conditions for the right person to pull it off, but three people have broken 7:50 now in our five years of racing the island. With more chasers this year, I can see several people breaking that barrier and these start times ending up being very conservative. So we'll see how it plays out and that's half the fun. Daniel will take off with Brad & Tom M. at 8:15am, chasing runners who left 30 minutes prior. Tim and Brendan being new to the course will start with Jenn at 8:30am and see how long they can keep up with her. Eric is kicking off with Dylan at 8:45am together. Eric was the 2nd overall last year and ran a 8:33 in his first shot at the course. Dylan has a fastest overall time from 2020 and broke the 7:50 mark in the past and certainly both of these guys could both finish under 8 hours this year. Peter is heading out at 9:10am solo after his 7:41 time last year and if Patrick C. joins us he'll kick off with Peter as the final racers chasing down the entire field. When Peter and Patrick head out at 9;10 am there will be 26 runners out on the course spread out over what will be 14-18 miles. AID STATION & CREW ACCESS There are several locations that your friends and crew can access the course and see you. However, there are only four locations you can give them food and water support. Any additional visits, water, gear swaps, or food offerings outside of those four locations would be considered an unfair advantage you are getting that others are not. We all would like to carry as little water as possible and run light, but when one person gets support every few miles and others are carrying all their gear, its a distinct and unfair advantage. So the only spots you can receive aid are: Flying Mountain Mile 13 - (This is the car location to drive around to the other side. Keep aid supplies in your car/crew and most people finish Flying Mountain ONB and jump straight into their cars and drive around Somes Sound and refuel on the drive.) Bubble Rock Parking Lot Aid - Mile 22.4 (usually a parked car with aid in the back. Details TBD) Cadillac Mountain Summit - Mile 25.5 (water fountains, bathrooms are here) The Tarn - Mile 28 (we'll drop a cooler and aid in the bushes here again like last year) If anyone wants to volunteer to be an additional aid station or put an additional drop at additional locations that everyone could use, that is ideal and certainly welcomed. Long Pond or Echo Lake early on are helpful locations for early aid to cut that 13 mile in smaller chunks. Otherwise, we'll plan to have our normal 4 locations where you can refuel and get more water. The SHUTTLE We do not kayak across the Sound any longer as the tide schedule is too fast and its hard to plan access out of Fernald Cove since its a mud flat in low tide. So here are the logistics that need to be worked out: You need to be at the start line on the west side of the island to race. You run 13 miles east to Flying Mountain Trail head. (Small parking lot with about 8 parking spots.) You need to drive or be driven 10 miles around Somes Sound (takes 20 minutes almost every time) to the Northeast Harbor Golf Course parking lot. You will jump on the trail you can see from the parking lot and start the east side crossing from here. You will need to go from the finish line at Fabri Picnic area BACK to Northeast Harbor to pick up your car from the golf course parking lot. So to do these shuttles first you need to figure out how you are going to get around the Sound. Are you driving yourself or is someone driving you? If you are driving yourself, you need to meet at the Flying Mountain Trailhead and leave your car there (packed with your resupply food and water for that mile 13 aid and 20 minute drive around) before your start time. We usually cobble together a volunteer to drive runners from Flying Mountain to the starting line. That way there are no cars at the start (going all the way back to the west side to get your car at night after running this is not fun) and your car is waiting for you at Flying Mountain. If someone is driving you and they can also drive you straight to the start and then meet you and drive you around from Flying Mountain to the Golf Course...that's ideal. Most people drive themselves and we do the shuttle from FM to the start. So with the groups of people starting together, please coordinate amongst yourselves who can shuttle who and as it gets closer we can fill in the gaps. (See: My wife becomes the shuttle driver...) The final shuttle challenge is when you finish the race and your car is at the golf course about 20 minutes away. I think I picked my truck up the next day last year and it was OK with the golf course (as in they didn't tow me) but that's a final piece for those that really need their car that night. FINISH LINE & DROP BAGS As the finish are bathrooms, picnic tables and lots of parking and we'll collect up some finish line food the day before (Friday) so that we have some food for the finish. We also can take on Friday any finish line drop bags you want waiting for you. They all go in my wife's van and she'll be there at the finish. So if you want a drop back at the finish, please get it to me Friday afternoon. I think that about covers it for now. -Jeremy
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