Billygoat Run Courses
Date number Map Title Course setter state host club Map length climb controls fork skip # skipped starters finishers OT DNF shirt color club award %shirt %DNF winnerM winnerF winning time average time median time Tarry time weather notes
04/27/79 1 Mt. Tom Fred Pilon (w/Peter Gagarin) MA NEOC link to map 13.2 620 18 N N
7 5 0 2 blue/white (winner only) WM 71 29 Bob Lux
2:11:13 2:55:16 2:36:46 2:36:46
first Billygoat, interval starts, copy map on time
05/18/80 2 Quabbin Hill Peter Gagarin MA NEOC link to map 12.8
16 N N
11 10 0 1 red/black (winner only) WM 91 9 Bob Lux Sharon Crawford 1:29:16 2:08:03 1:50:11 1:29:21 "rather dismal - grey skies and steady rain" first mass start, pre-drawn maps
05/31/81 3 Brainard Forest Tom Hollowell CT CROC link to map 13.9
19 N N
9 7 0 2 none WM 78 22 Steve Tarry
2:05:30 2:46:50 2:10:38 2:05:30 ~"dry, gypsy moths" interval start, preprinted maps, there was also a "short goat"
05/16/82 4 Northfield Mountain Peter Gagarin MA NEOC link to map 13.7 590 17 N N
27 25 0 2 green/white (winner only) WM 93 7 Eric Weyman Margo Webber 1:26:49 2:21:26 2:25:47 1:43:31 "fine day"
06/05/83 5 Brainard Forest Peter Gagarin CT NEOC link to map 13.0 500 19 Y N
40 31 5 4 yellow WM 78 10 Eric Weyman Margo Webber 2:12:51 3:03:12 2:47:17 2:13:23 "pleasant" first 3.5 hr shirts, course forked (no choice) at two controls
05/13/84 6 Northfield Mountain Peter Gagarin MA NEOC link to map 13.6 500 22 N N
56 46 6 4 yellow WM 82 7 Eric Weyman Margo Webber 1:39:01 2:35:58 2:28:53 2:11:27 "hot" first use of initials for control codes
04/06/85 7 Five Ponds Peter Gagarin (w/Andy Gagarin) CT NEOC link to map 12.7 530 21 N N
64 53 6 5 blue/white WM 83 8 Eric Weyman Monica Smith 1:30:53 2:35:36 2:33:17 1:43:07 "sun, exceedingly pleasant"
05/11/86 8 Mt. Tom Peter Gagarin MA NEOC link to map 13.1 550 21 N N
60 35 10 15 green/white WM 58 25 Eric Weyman Sharon Crawford 1:36:24 3:02:24 2:58:47 1:53:41 sunny, good day for helicopters
05/10/87 9 Quabbin Hill Peter Gagarin MA NEOC link to map 14.3 500 21 N N
85 59 12 14 red/white HVO 69 16 Paul Bennett Sharon Crawford 1:53:53 2:52:55 2:53:23 1:58:11 "unexpected heat (high 80's)" first use of "style points"
05/08/88 10 Northfield Mount Hermon School Peter Gagarin (w/Rosemary Maniscalco) MA NEOC link to map 13.7 380 21 N N
104 94 3 7 purple/white WCOC 90 7 Graeme Ackland Monica Smith 1:29:39 2:18:44 2:15:33 1:40:07 "beautiful"
04/30/89 11 Mt. Norwottuck/The Notch Peter Gagarin MA NEOC link to map 12.7
18 N N
95 72 17 6 light blue/blue MQ 76 6 Mikell Platt/RickOliver Peggy Dickison 1:36:54 2:54:52 2:52:44 1:54:15 "cool, misty overcast"
04/29/90 12 Mt. Norwottuck/The Notch Peter Gagarin MA NEOC link to map 12.9 17 Y Y 11 112 96 6 10 light yellow/black WM 86 9 Mikell Platt Wendy Reeves 1:33:26 2:41:06 2:44:29 1:56:01 overcast, foggy on top first skipping/forking
05/05/91 13 Northfield Mountain Peter Gagarin MA NEOC link to map 12.9 20 Y Y 13 134 116 7 11 black/white DVOA 87 8 Algis Draudvila Peggy Dickison 1:28:33 2:30:03 2:28:35 1:41:56 sunny "last Billygoat"
05/31/92 14 Ward Pound Ridge Reservation Jon Nash (w/Stephen Stibler) NY HVO link to map 12.8 525 18 Y Y 7 93 67 12 14 burgundy/yellow CNYO 72 15 Mikell Platt Kristin Hall 1:30:08 2:44:27 2:44:05 2:00:33 "cold, driving rainstorm" first non-NEOC-WM goat
05/16/93 15 Moneyhole Mountain Peter Goodwin NY WCOC link to map 11.6 450 21 Y Y 14 81 56 5 20 teal/black HVO 69 25 Eric Weyman Peggy Dickison 1:34:45 2:34:52 2:28:13 2:02:40 sunny controversial finish (only one punch at last control)
05/15/94 16 Townsend State Forest Pete Bundschuh MA NEOC link to map 13.2 300 21 Y Y ? 75 56 7 12 mint green/black UNO 75 16 Peter Andersen/Dave Dunham Sandy Tetreault 1:47:37 2:46:33 2:51:52 2:12:13 "warm"
05/21/95 17 Grafton Lakes State Park Heather Williams (w/Pat Dunlavey) NY BSK link to map 15.1 315 21 Y Y 11 79 64 4 11 pink/green HVO 81 14 Fredrik Delås Sandy Tetreault 1:35:35 2:37:38 2:34:55 1:57:18 sunny, then "hail and two thunderstorms" control-card exchange, doubled lines for second loop
04/21/96 18 Wachusett Mountain Robert Galejs (w/Anne Dentino) MA NEOC link to map 13.5 400 20 N Y ? 122 94 15 13 green(eucalyptus leaf)/black&white NEOC-WM 77 11 Mike Waddington Peggy Dickison 1:37:45 2:56:24 2:56:37 2:15:38 "hot and snowy"
05/04/97 19 Ward Pound Ridge Reservation Ian Tidswell NY HVO link to map 13.3 570 17 N Y 10 128 117 5 6 yellow/blue HKF 91 5 Mike Waddington Peggy Dickison 1:34:49 2:36:16 2:37:38 2:24:20 sunny and windy
04/26/98 20 Mt. Norwottuck/The Notch Phil Hawkes-Teeter (w/Bill Jameson) MA EMPO link to map 11.6 360 19 Y Y 11 125 109 11 5 gray/green EMPO 87 4 Mike Waddington Pam James 1:27:39 2:40:57 2:41:34 1:59:30 "cloudy, cool, and breezy... the occasional light sprinkle... later, however, it got progressively worse"
04/11/99 21 Pond Mountain Ralf Becker (w/Melissa Dominguez) CT HVO link to map 12.4 500 21 N Y 12 155 144 3 8 white/green HVO 93 5 Mike Waddington Pam James 1:33:09 2:34:48 2:38:43 2:20:33 sunny
04/30/00 22 Fox State Forest Pete Bundschuh NH UNO link to map 12.4 400 23 Y Y 10? 152 131 10 11 green/black UNO 86 7 Mike Waddington Pam James 1:27:04 2:32:17 2:31:43 2:08:40 "sparkling, breezy"
06/03/01 23 Gay City State Park Jim Henderson CT WCOC link to map 14.8 335 23 N Y ? 124 98 14 12 cream/photo OME 79 10 Eddie Bergeron Peggy Dickison 1:44:46 2:47:48 2:45:14 2:30:01 quite warm
04/20/02 24 Blue Mountain Reservation Bob Bullions (w/Mairead Young) NY HVO link to map 10.7 560 19 N Y 7 107 95 1 11 yellow/black WCOC 89 10 Ken Walker Jr. Peggy Dickison 1:25:47 2:22:10 2:22:42 2:17:26 "once the race had started, the rain appeared" first Saturday event
05/18/03 25 Trout Brook Valley Rick DeWitt CT WCOC link to map 11.7 550 25 Y Y 8 146 125 7 14 blue/black&white&orange OME 86 10 Sergei Zhyk Erin Nielsen 1:27:38 2:36:22 2:37:10 2:05:10 "cloudless skies, a light breeze, and 65 degree temperatures–just perfect"
04/25/04 26 Mt. Tom William Hawkins MA CSU link to map 13.1 505 20 N Y 10 129 99 22 8 white/blue&orange CSU 77 6 Doug Mahoney Katarina Smith 1:34:54 2:43:21 2:38:23 2:39:48 "wonderful weather (47 degrees at the start, high of 54, and mostly sunny)"
04/10/05 27 Mt. Norwottuck/The Notch Jeff Schapiro MA NEOC link to map 12.6 640 21 N Y 12 105 50 33 22 canyon red/black RMOC 48 21 William Hawkins Samantha Saeger 1:55:06 3:19:42 3:20:59 3:10:11 "An unseasonably warm day"
05/14/06 28 Macedonia Park and Environs Peter Goodwin CT WCOC link to map 12.6 450 26 Y Y 12 98 80 8 10 navy/white DVOA 82 10 Neil Dobbs Samantha Saeger 1:36:08 2:35:37 2:26:50 2:41:13 "no rain except for about 5 minutes of a sprinkle"
05/20/07 29 Thacher State Park and Camp Pinnacle Glen Tryson (w/Bill Jameson) NY EMPO link to map 12.2 460 25 Y Y 12 91 83 7 1 serene green/dark green HVO 91 1 Nic Duca Hillary Saeger 1:31:54 2:32:57 2:32:52 2:18:38 "the weather turned out very nicely" first Billygoat west of the Hudson River
04/13/08 30 Clear Lake Scout Reservation Joe Mokszycki (w/Ellen Stibler) NY HVO link to map 13.3 500 22 N Y 8 106 88 5 13 blue/white NEOC 83 12 William Hawkins Samantha Saeger 1:44:12 2:42:48 2:38:59 3:10:22 just below 50F, some little drizzle here and there first use of electronic punching
05/10/09 31 Nottingcook Forest Jim Arsenault (w/Bob Lux) NH UNO link to map 10.3 305 23 Y Y 9 84 79 4 1 forest green/white UNO 94 1 Erik Nyström Samantha Saeger 1:20:19 2:17:38 2:18:25 2:19:44 "breezy, solid sunshine"
05/23/10 32 Mt. Tom Phil Bricker MA NEOC link to map 11.1 680 24 Y Y 13 117 97 11 9 white/black&orange WCOC 83 8 Boris Granovskiy Samantha Saeger 1:37:10 2:46:25 2:43:57 2:11:40 "The temperature was a bit too warm, getting well up into the 70's; but the predicted showers never came." shirts given out in somewhat chaotic order, there was also a "Gruff" sprint available afterwards
05/15/11 33 Collis B. Huntington State Park Joe Brautigam CT WCOC link to map 13.9 520 36 N Y 13 107 79 23 5 black/white&orange&gray QOC 74 5 Ross Smith Alison Crocker 1:40:08 3:00:02 3:00:10 3:10:49 drizzle, not too cold (just below 60 F?), fog in the finish field unforked butterfly loop, SI6 or SI9 cards required
04/29/12 34 Moreau Lake State Park Glen Tryson (w/Janet Tryson) NY EMPO link to map 12.4 600 26 Y Y 13 107 93 7 7 stone blue/orange EMPO 87 7 William Hawkins Alison Crocker 1:29:33 2:36:38 2:35:54 2:53:01 "outstanding" (sunny and comfortable)
04/21/13 35 Earl's Trails Peter Gagarin MA NEOC link to map 11.4 625 24 N Y 8 82 74 4 4 sand/brown&white NEOC-WM 90 5 Wyatt Riley Alex Jospe 1:30:10 2:23:19 2:14:51 2:51:24 "just gorgeous out there" (sunny and just a little cool standing around)
05/11/14 36 Baldwin Hill J-J Cote (w/Tim Parson) MA NEOC link to map 12.9 510 23 N Y 9 71 57 4 10 orange/maroon CSU 80 14 William Hawkins Alex Jospe 1:46:05 2:54:06 2:57:01 3:26:04 "sunny and breezy, beautiful for hanging around, though decidedly on the warm side for running"
04/19/15 37 Egypt Mills Clem McGrath (w/Sandy Fillebrown) PA DVOA link to map 13.0 510 24 Y Y 13 89 77 5 7 blue/white CSU 87 8 Yaroslav Pazhukh Alex Jospe 1:31:27 2:37:00 2:32:33 3:12:38 not too hot for running, not too cool for afterwards optional 1:10000/1:15000 map
05/08/16 38 Townsend State Forest Alex Jospe (w/Ed Despard) MA NEOC link to map 11.2 220 24 N Y 11 69 65 3 1 blue/white&black CSU 94 1 Isak Prellner Hillary Saeger 1:17:01 2:14:14 2:10:42 2:13:00 nice temperature, sprinkling during the race, sun came out before the awards shirts for PygmyGoat finishers
05/07/17 39 Ward Pound Ridge Reservation Rick DeWitt (w/Craig Weber) NY WCOC link to map 13.3 470 25 Y Y 6 88 77 6 5 blue/gray&white&orange CSU/NEOC 88 6 Jordan Laughlin Alex Jospe 1:27:16 2:29:18 2:30:13 3:01:23 "partly cloudy with temperatures in the mid 50s, just about perfect for running" delicious giant "tarts" for the winners, which were shared and consumed on the spot
05/13/18 40 Blue Mountain Reservation Joe Brautigam (w/Geoff Connor) NY HVO/WCOC link to map 11.2
25 Y Y 8 92 87 4 1 orange/white&blue&black WCOC 95 1 Greg Ahlswede Kristin Hall/Bridget Hall 1:21:46 2:24:25 2:20:39 3:02:19 "The rain held off for the early finishers but the later ones got a soaking." laminated maps
05/12/19 41 Burnt Mountain Pete Bundschuh (w/Lex Bundschuh) NH UNO link to map 11.5 425 24 Y Y 11 72 46 14 12 blue/white BFLO 64 17 AJ Riley Julia Doubson 1:40:31 2:45:33 2:46:11 3:24:35 "We had great running weather... Cool (50s) and cloudy but dry" slightly defaced shirts for OT finishers
05/08/22 42 Letchworth State Park Tom Rycroft (w/Linda Kohn and Lindsay Worner) NY ROC link to map 11.7 55 26 Y Y 8 71 60 2 9 charcoal grey/multi ROC 85 13 Robert Graham Alex Jospe 1:16:39 2:20:51 2:22:54 3:20:39 Sunny, about 50F at the start (9am), rising to about 60F
05/14/23 43 Willard Brook State Forest Jon Campbell MA NEOC link to map 11.2 225 23 Y Y 10 82 54 18 10 athletic heather/pink&black NEOC 66 12 William Hawkins Isabel Bryant 1:42:13 3:01:44 2:43:30 3:24:29 Solid blue sky, temperatures in the 60s F, and as a bonus, no bugs to speak of. non-finishers got shirts modified with OVT or DNF
Total or Average


544.679
939


3851 3150 346 355

82 9

1:36:22 2:39:36 2:36:05 2:24:58



graph of time statistics vs. year