The RNR Breakneck Point Trail Marathon & 25k
Red Newt Racing is excited to bring one heck of a marathon to the rugged trails of The East Hudson Highlands of New York! The Breakneck Point Trail Marathon & 25k will take place Saturday, April 18th, 2015. This is an incredible course and the stories you will get to share when you have finished will last a life time!
From the RD, Ian Golden - "The Breakneck Point Trail runs assemble some of the finest if not technical trails in the country. There will be stretches of historic estate drives interspersed with rocky technical trail, beautiful vistas, and as steep a climbs as you'll find anywhere. The signature piece will be Breakneck Point, the most popular day hike in NY and on the top ten of those in the US. It's a stunning abutment making for a beautiful hand over foot climb w/ the Hudson panning out below, Storm King Mountain behind, and Bannerman's Castle and Island on the Hudson to the north. With roughly 9 - 10,000 feet of elevation gain for the marathon, and paired w/ at times steep and technical terrain, this could be the toughest marathon in North America. While many will go hard, it's probably best not to look at this as a race, but rather a pretty incredible day on the trails followed by food, drink, and the telling of tall tails of adventure post race."
RACE DAY REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE
Registration is now officially open! Don’t miss out on this exciting event that emcompasses a little bit of everything trail running in the Hudson Valley has to offer. Hand over fist climbing, great single track, beautiful views of the Hudson River and great people! While a few will be racing, most of us will just be enjoying a pretty incredible day on the trails. Register today!
This video is about Ben Nephew's FKT (Fastest Known Time) attempt on Breakneck Ridge in the Northern Hudson area of New York, map 102 of the NY NJ Trail Conference. Date was Saturday, November 22nd, 2014. The route begins from a small parking area off of 9D by Breakneck Point. It begins on the White Trail which you follow up to the ridge and continue you way to Mt. Beacon. From there you make a left onto the Red (Casino Trail) and take that all the way to the bottom, then you make your way back the way you came, as fast as possible.
Ben Nephew making his way to the top after a bit of scrambling!
Here is the map of the area, NY-NJ 102 East Hudson (North). Visit http://www.avenza.com/pdf-maps to download the mobile app and to purchase this map.
Below are a few adventures we have had on the trails of the East Hudson Highlands (NJ/NY Map 102) where the Breakneck Point Trail Marathon & 25k will take place.
It's always an adventure at Breakneck! This was my 3rd year capturing the event and I look forward to it each and every year! In the past I took both videos and stills but this year I just focused on pausing a single moment of some amazing athletes out enjoying their adventure.
In its third year the Breakneck Point Trail Runs did not disappoint. The weather proved to be ideal once again and the runners were greeted with a beautiful, grueling rollercoaster of rocks that never let up until they reached the finish line. Congratulations to the MPF RNR athletes, the MPF Adventure Club & Clients and to all of the runners, organizers and volunteers!
Today was indeed an adventure! We met this morning at the Mount Beacon Trail Head and ventured out to the Breakneck Point Trail courses covering several + miles. At points we went off course taking advantage of the abundance of snow with our snowshoes.
Here is our video of the 2nd running of the Breakneck Point Trail Runs in Hudson Highlands State Park, New York.
After a year of running with the MPF RNR Team, I was excited to return to the place where it all began, the one and only Breakneck Point Trail Marathon!
MPF RNR Athletes & clients had an epic showing this years Breakneck Point Trail Runs! With video teaser.
Here is a video of the inaugural Breakneck Point Trail Marathon & 25k! This was an epic day for all the athletes that showed up ready for an adventure on one of the toughest courses out there.
Up Up Up. Those are words my 15 month old daughter says to me to be picked up. Those are words that one could also use to describe the Breakneck Marathon & 25k race held on 4/18 in Beacon New York. The course was a combination of monster climbs followed by brutal descents.
The target all winter was the Boston Marathon, so 90-100 mile weeks and key sessions and bi-weekly long runs with one week per week 15-20 miles. All went well-ish. However come late March...
In addition to Iain Ridgway racing at Breakneck, we had Denis Mikhaylove, who beat me two years ago at Escarpment and is one of few runners to break 3 hours on that course, Ryan Welts, former owner of several FKT’s in NH, and Carlo “the Jackal” Agostinetto, who just ran a 1:13 at the NYC half marathon. While Ryan had not gotten in much running due to all the snow up north, I knew he would be tough on the climbs
The trail season coincidentally began with the first real day of spring in the area. Since Warren Street’s friend Sebastien introduced me to the Breakneck Ridge Trail last summer, I’ve visited the trail a half dozen times, enjoyed it with dry, humid and icy/snowy conditions. I even loved to initiate a wonderful chase (I only started it, then the big dogs came to claim the territory) for the Breakneck/Beacon FKT...
What an inspiring day at the Breakneck Point Trail Marathon & 25k! Many amazing athletes seeking to push themselves to the limit and beyond. Congratulations to all of the runners and thanks to Red Newt Racing, Run on The Hudson Valley and the volunteers that made this race possible!
It was a truly epic day at the 2015 Breakneck Point Trail Marathon & 25k! Here is MPF/RNR Athletes Ben Nephew & Iain Ridgway racing for the win after being side by side during the entire race on one of the toughest marathon courses in the world!
Earlier in the winter, or should I say the extended fall, I was thinking that this run on the Breakneck Point race course might be relatively snow free, or at least have somewhat fast conditions. How things change! I can easily say that that was my slowest, uh, attempt at forward motion, ever!
Today we scouted out the Breakneck Point Trail Marathon and 25k course in the Hudson Highlands State Park, NY. Julian and I wanted to see if it would be feasible for the MPF RNR Trail Team to do the marathon course this weekend but we knew that the conditions were going to be tough and slow going.
Red Newt Racing is excited to bring one heck of marathon to the Hudson Valley of New York! The Breakneck Point Trail Marathon & 25k will take place Saturday, April 18th, 2015. This is an incredible course and the stories you will get to share when you have finished will last a life time!
Date: November 2nd, 2014
Location: Breakneck Ridge, Northern Hudson Area of New York
Adventure: 12.5 miles, 5,500 feet elevation gain
Ben Nephew was back for a 3rd year and win # 3 at the Breakneck Marathon but the return of Adam Russell after his 2nd place to Ben last year had different thoughts about how the race would turn out...