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Run2Ski 2013

For the second year in a row, runners came to Craftsbury to enjoy the best a winter weekend has to offer: miles of  groomed ski trails to explore and beautiful winter running conditions. Our intrepid group received top notch coaching … Continue reading

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Foliage and Running

For the first time ever we held weekend foliage running camps and the mesmerizing leaf colors arrived exactly on time. The last two weekends in September found runners doing hills, fartlek and the Ridge Run accompanied by eye-popping autumn leaves. … Continue reading

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Three Silvers in Seven days

Craftsbury groomer and athlete extraordinaire Keith Woodward has had a great week. The Stowe, Vt resident garnered three silver medals in only seven days. His haul started across the ocean, in Nancy, France at the ITU World Duathlon Championships on … Continue reading

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Woods Art

The woods crew is at it again, with some building projects, but a new twist:  chainsaw art! This little guy greets visitors to his corner of the trail system.   In the spirit of whimsy that gave us this art, … Continue reading

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Summer Rolls Into Autumn

  September where did you go? The first day of autumn is around the corner and the Center is betwixt and between the feel of summer and the call of autumn. Rowers are happily sculling in camps and basking in … Continue reading

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Bridges to Adventure

The summer of building and bridging continues at the Center. Thanks Dylan’s portable mill, the builders have been kept in materials all summer long. Some of the work is stuff that was long overdue – like this section of boardwalk … Continue reading

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Craftsbury from above

Coach Bill Fitzgerald shared these aerial shots he took this summer flying with Jeff Smith, a Marathon Week Running camper. Jeff flew to camp in his private plane, which was parked all week at the Morrisville / Stowe airport. Bill … Continue reading

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Best Adult Running Camp? Craftsbury!

We’re honored to be named one of the best running camps in North America by Outside Online. Check out the article on their website here.

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Jennings in the media

Hope you’ve been enjoying the Olympics as much as we have. One of Craftsbury’s connections to the quadrennial festival of sport was recently featured in a blog post. It’s one of the more in-depth stories and coverage of Lynn’s Olympic … Continue reading

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Core by Wham-O

Carol brought her training toy to camp and we played with it on the last day.  Eduardo gave it a go and though he’d cranked off 100 miles this week he hula’d with abandon!

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