Lake of the Sky 50K and Relay Trail Run

Dear 2008 Lake of the Sky Trail Run participants!
September 30, 2008 the Tahoe Rim Trail Association opened a new rerout out of Tahoe City towards Brockway. The rerout added 1.5 more miles to TRT between Tahoe City and Cinder Cone which is a part of the race course.
To keep the race close to 50K we decided to make the following changes:
  1. Turnaround was moved 2 miles closer to Watson Lake (15.5 miles from Start/Finish) and there would be no aid station at this point.
The total distance of the race is 31.0 miles.
  2. A Relay exchange point is going to be at Watson Lake (13.5 miles from Start) The total distance for Relay is 27 miles.
  3. Aid Station 1 (Cinder Cone) is going to be 4/27 miles from Start/Finish. We have a new map of the course - [ Map 2008 ]

Note: All distances and a map are approximate at this time.

Chris Grauch from Boulder, CO came away with a win with a time of 5:16:12. This was the 4th fastest time ever.

He was being chased down by Women's course record holder Beverley Anderson-Abbs. She finished with a time of 5:21:22, which broke her course record by 17 minutes and her 3rd victory in the Women's race. She has won all 3 of the Women's races.
She was pursued early by 3rd place runner Rory Bosio who finished with a time of 5:45:22. She is a young (23) and upcoming ultrarunner.

The Diva duo of Juliana Cremeans & Janet Demsher won the relay with a time of 6:45:58

After the race, runners were treated to a huge home made buffet of pork/beef roast, scalloped potatoes, veggie chili, broccoli cheddar soup, veggies, garlic bread, salad, and multitude of desserts made by Linda(Mathis) & Linda(Bennett).

We want to thank all the great volunteers at our race. All runners appreciated the Thanksgiving Style feast at the Watson Lake Aid Station(Mile 12.0 mi/20.8) provided by Dave Cotter and the Tahoe Mountain Milers/Sage Brush Stompers Running Clubs.

We were able to raise over $1200 for the Tahoe Rim Trail Association. They do a wonderful job maintaining one of the best trails in the world!

You could find a great recap and pictures of the race made by Scott Dunlap in his 'Trail Runner's Blog'. [ Read Report ]
Scott, a Trail Runner Extraordinaire, finished 5th at 5:51:49.

Come visit us on October 11, 2008 to see the beauty of Lake Tahoe! It is the 8th race in the 2008 Ultrarunner.net Race Series [ Web Site ].

Linda and Robert Mathis
Race Directors