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
05/12/24 44 Gunstock Mountain Resort Jon Nash (w/Jim Arsenault and Paul Regan) NH UNO link to map 10.7 480 26 Y Y 8 71 55 8 8 sand/green&orange&black WCOC 77 11 Joe Barrett Alex Jospe 1:21:14 2:36:09 2:32:02 3:45:41 "partly to mostly cloudy, temperatures in the mid 50s, and the two very quick showers held off until mid afternoon" posters with shirt artwork for OVT finishers and volunteers
Total or Average



555.381
965


3922 3205 354 363

82 9

1:36:01 2:39:31 2:36:00 2:26:48



graph of time statistics vs. year