Relay cancelled for 2010

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08/09/10  Relay has been cancelled for 2010.
We regret that the Relay has been cancelled for 2010.  We have taken this step in order to focus all our efforts this year on the 50k and 50 mile ultramarathons.

A major goal of the Can Lake 50 has been to grow the event into a major destination race, drawing significant numbers of new visitors to this region and making a contribution to the success of the Finger Lakes region as a destination for sports tourism. It is now clear that this is the year when the event finally approaches fulfilling that goal. With two months before registration closes, we already have more entries that we have had in any prior year. We have entries from as far away as Oregon, California, Texas, Florida and Mexico… 16 states and 2 countries so far.

The entry mix is also unprecedented… a majority of the entrants so far will be running doing their first ultramarathon. We know from prior experience that new ultrarunners will require additional support both before and during the race.

With an outlook of having two or three times the number of ultra runners this year over any prior year, we have decided we must focus all of our time and energy on ensuring these runners have a successful first ultra experience and will go home telling their running friends about the wonderful time they had in the Finger Lakes.

We realize you may have been planning to run the Relay this year and will be disappointed with our decision to cancel the Relay. We have enjoyed putting on the Relay for the past seven years and appreciate the support of every team that has accepted the challenge of running 50 miles around the lake. We hope you will understand our decision to focus this year on the success of the Can Lake 50 as a destination race.

Tom Perry, RD
for the Can Lake 50 Race Committee and Ultrarunning Matters

2010 Can Lake 50 Ultra registration is on the Can Lake 50 Ultras web site. 

The entries listed below are from the 2009 race just completed.