FINAL UPDATE / RECAP:
- 52 of our participants have entered enough distance to qualify for a challenge woodallion!
- If you ended the month of November lower than the cutoff (under the 100k mark) unfortunately you did not qualify for a 100k challenge finisher woodallion this year 🙁 … There’s always next year!
- The cutoff for submissions was 12/4. The table below shows what was sent to the custom laser engraving company on 12/5 (including distances and badges earned!).
- We need to get our custom woodallion engraver (Raven Tree Works) the data to print the name and distance customized woodallions — plus the custom badges — so we can get the woodallions to the 100k challenge finishers in a timely manner.
Anyone registered who reached 100k or higher walking, hiking, or running in November gets a custom Raven Challenge Woodallion suitable for display — and even suitable to hang on holiday decorations!
FINAL TALLY was made 12/4/24 with the badge claims and distances you and other challenge participants have reported.
These are the final tallies:
Raven November 100k Challenge 2024 Distance and Badge Claims
Some highlights from the 2024 Raven 100k Challenge include:
Paul Woolley – 1st overall male – 449.2k ••• Jillian Swope – 1st overall female – 327.2k
Kevin Ascher – 2nd overall male – 323.7k ••• Mea Sgaglio – 2nd overall female – 325.7k
Gregory Boland – 3rd overall male – 268.1k ••• Jennifer Kehl – 3rd overall female – 318.0k
Mark Shaner – 4th overall male – 249.2k ••• Katherine Blanque – 4th overall female – 254.6k
William Fraoli – 5th overall male – 243.0k ••• Liz Osterhus – 5th overall female – 253.7k
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Kevin Ascher – 1st male to 100k ••• Mea Sgaglio – 1st female to 100k
Mark Shaner – 2nd male to 100k ••• Liz Osterhus – 2nd female to 100k
Todd Jonasz – 3rd male to 100k ••• Jennifer Kehl – 3rd female to 100k
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- Number of 2024 participants: 52 total – 27 women, 25 men
- Total badge types: 17 unique badges
- Most total badge types possible for one person to earn this year: 15*
- Number of participants who earned the maximum number of 15 badges: 0
- Number of badges earned total: 292
- Most common badge earned: Bald Eagle badge (44 of 52)
- Second most common: Turkey badge and Veteran’s Day badge (43 of 52 for both)
- Least common badge earned: Peeter Badge, Raven Rockstar Badge, Full Flock (all three 1 of 52)
- Second least common badges: Ultra Raven, Raven Meteor (both 3 of 52)
- Number of GPS challenge items hidden at the Rez: 28
- Number of GPS challenge badges earned: 26
- Number of GPS challenge items still hidden at the park: 2, we will be searching for them during an upcoming SundayRun!
- 2024 Participant who completed the most Raven Rocks Run 10k courses: Paul Wooley (36 times! Including 5x Raven 10k loops on November 30th to earn the Raven Rockstar Badge).
- Number of participants who reached at least 32 Raven Rocks 10k Loop courses completed in November 2024 to earn the most difficult badge of all: The Peeter Badge: 1 of 52
- Note: if a participant exceeds 62 Raven Rocks courses in an upcoming year, the Peeter badge gets renamed for them… I don’t know if anyone will ever exceed the record on this.
- The Raven Meteor badge is for participants who witness a meteor while running during November. Three of our participants achieved this: Ivan, Chris, and Jillian. Congrats! You get a special meteor flair for your woodallion this year. Note for next year’s participants: The annual Leonid Meteor Shower is in Mid-Nov each year and it is a perfect time for a night run/walk/hike and meteor gazing!
- Other new badge ideas that challenge participants have suggested include the Volunteer Badge, the Fowl Weather Badge (run/walk/hike in foul weather to a Raven feature), 1st day flair and last day flair (for run/walk/hike day 1 and day 30 of the month), Coven Badge (run/walk/hike with 13 or more friends). We are open to other badge suggestions as well – ravenrocksrun.org/contact-us
Next year we plan to have the 10th annual Raven Rocks Run 10k Trail Race at 9 a.m. on Sunday, November 9, 2025. We also plan to bring back the Raven 100k Challenge as well for a 6th year. Anyone who signs up for both events at the same time will get a break on the dual registration. In addition to bundle discount, there also will be a super early raven discount when registration opens in January 2025. We appreciate the early support of the race and challenge! And it is one more chance to Join the Friends of Trailside Museum and Ward Pound Ridge Reservation for 2025!
Thanks again for being a part of this event! (This page including any late updates can be found at ravenrocksrun.org)
*the Full Flock badge (10x on the course) supersedes the Ultra Raven badge (5x on the course) which supersedes the Raven Badge (1x on the course).
Check ravenrocksrun.org/photos for links to pictures (from this year and past years) of the Raven 100k Challenge and the Raven Rocks Run.