It was another wonderful day and a great event! Click here for the 2011 Race Results or use the Race Results button above to see those from past years. Many photos of the day are now in a Picassa Web slideshow or click on the Photos button above for previous years' photos. Check this website again in a few days for even more photos and other information from the 2011 event. Thanks go out to our wonderful sponsors, volunteers and participants! The Ripton Ridge Run is an annual fundraiser to benefit the Ripton Elementary School. It includes a 5K run, a 10.4K run and a non-competitive 5K Fun Walk. There is also a short, non-competitive event for young children. The Ridge Run takes place the Sunday of Columbus Day weekend. All courses start and finish at the Ripton Elementary School on the Ripton-Lincoln Road in Ripton, VT. They traverse roads in Ripton and the Green Mt. National Forest and include water stops. 2012 General Information Date: Sunday, October 7, 2012 - This is the 25th Anniversary of the Ridge Run. Please join us for our anniversary extravaganza! COURSE and MAP : The 5K run and walk are out and back courses. The 10.4K course is a loop which will be run counter-clockwise in 2012. LOCATION/TIME: Check-in is at the Ripton Elementary School between 11:15-12:15. The races begin at 12:30. REGISTRATION: Although registration won't open until August 2012, there will be several ways to register. You can use our downloadable,mail-in form (2012 form not ready yet.) Or, use our on-line registration through RunVermont when it is ready in August. https://www.raceit.com/register/?event=6441 (You can also get it by going to the Runvermont.org website and look under "Other Upcoming Races".) We'll also have race day registration. On-line registration will close after 125 participants or on Oct. 1 but mail-in and race day registration will continue. For mail-in registration, make your check payable to Friends of the Ripton School and mail to Ripton Ridge Run, Ripton School, Ripton, VT 05766. FEES: Fee includes a great lunch and, for the first 175 paid entrants, a long-sleeved, 100% cotton t-shirt. Racers may opt not to get a t-shirt -- subtract $5.00 from appropriate fee. Adults - postmarked by Oct. 5: $20; postmarked after Oct. 5: $30. Children (15 and under), seniors (65 plus) - postmarked by 10/5: $15;postmarked after 10/5: $20. Lunch may be limited to the first 200 registrants. QUESTIONS? Use the Contact Us page on this website. You can also call the Ripton School (802/388-2208) during school hours or leave a message after school hours. Sorry - we can't take registrations over the phone or on the "contact us" page. |   stride for stride nearing the 5K finish.  lunch, raffle and awards in gym |