by Rocksteady | Jul 10, 2026 | Volunteer Thank You's
Mark Smith cooling off runners at TREC’s Aid Station 3 & 4 – Photo Credit Jamison Swift Dear Friends, Two years ago while running the Voyaguer 50 mile trail race the high temperature was something like 93 degrees, with high humidity, and...
by Rocksteady | Jul 11, 2025 | Volunteer Thank You's
Photo Credit Scott Rokis Photo Credit Scott Rokis Dear Friends, My volunteer thank you(s) go out to a small enough group of you, many of you close friends and family, with everyone else clearly being likeminded individuals, that I don’t mind sharing some...
by Rocksteady | Jul 15, 2024 | Volunteer Thank You's
Photo Credit Scott Rokis Dear Friends, So many of you have moved beyond volunteer status over the years. Stakeholder, partners, members – no matter how I try to frame it for you, please know that you are FOUNDATIONAL to our trail running community and to...
by Rocksteady | Jul 8, 2023 | Volunteer Thank You's
Trail time with friends – Photo Credit Cary Johnson I have a confession to make. As I’ve gotten older, there are times I have feigned, hedged and ‘toned it down’ as to not sound like a running / endurance sports fanatic. Surely running...
by Rocksteady | Jul 6, 2022 | Volunteer Thank You's
TRECs Volunteers at Afton 2022 – Photo Credit Cary Johnson After the last volunteers departed Afton this year, I did a ‘once over’ of Afton State Park and Afton Alps, then hopped in my truck to bring the first of a couple trailers back to...
by Rocksteady | Jul 7, 2021 | Volunteer Thank You's
Wednesday July 7, 2021 TO: 2021 Afton Trail Run Volunteers Dear Friends, A few of you had a chance to meet him over the weekend, the new(ish) State Park staff member who is a retired Army Chaplain. Not having been on staff in 2019, this weekend was the first time he...
by Rocksteady | Jul 8, 2019 | Uncategorized, Volunteer Thank You's
Monday July 8th, 2019 TO: 2019 Afton Trail Run Volunteers Dear Friends, My good friend Jason is pretty well known for telling it like it is. He rarely sugarcoats anything, a trait that I usually like (when his words are ones that I want to hear) and sometimes dislike...
by Rocksteady | Jul 8, 2018 | Uncategorized, Volunteer Thank You's
Sunday July 8th, 2018 TO: 2018 Afton Trail Run Volunteers Dear Friends, Another year is in the books. This one just so happened to be a significant milestone as it was the 25th running of the Afton Trail Run. That is a quarter of a century, perhaps with some luck the...
by Rocksteady | Jul 6, 2017 | Uncategorized, Volunteer Thank You's
A huge thank you to all of our volunteers, we could not do it without you! Click image below to see larger .PDF version.
