Chris "C1" Haley

TARC founder and trail animal extrodinaire won the Middlesex Fells fall classic 40 miler on November 29th in a time of 7:59:00.  He averaged 1:35:00 per 8 mile loop around the rugged Fells course.

This is a trail race for those that love the classic New England surface of rocks, roots and potholes disguised by leaf cover.  What we like to call a “technical” course.  The course is more for billy goats than humans, challenging the runners with constant climbs and descents up and over numerous granite topped hills.  Half-way through runners are rewarded with a panoramic view of the entire city of Boston, looking south, and the Middlesex Fells is a beautiful nature reserve.  The run doesn’t allow the competitor to get into any sort of rhythm as every uphill is quickly followed by a descent, followed by another series of ups and downs across very tricky footing.

So Chris “C1″ Haley is built for this type of course.  He eats up the ascents and deftly manages the downhills, pouncing from rock to rock with his feet barely touching the ground.  C1 is one of the best technical downhill runners I’ve ever seen.

He maintained a steady 11 minute mile pace across all five 8 mile loops - demonstrating he’s already in ultra shape as he prepares for the Cascade Crest 100 mile endurance run next fall.

Full race results here