By Anne Koch One moment last winter, I sat in Kim Jackson’s office at Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports, interviewing as a college student, still unsure of what I wanted to do after I graduated. Now I am sitting in my very own office at Vermont Adaptive, with the job I never knew I always…

The Mountain Times in partnership with Vermont Adaptive and Spartan, and with the sponsorship of ten local businesses, told the story of Vermont Adaptive athletes in a five-week series reaching approximately 100,000 readers. In support of this effort, Spartan Races donated Spartan Beast and Sprint entry passes to participating businesses. A portion of the proceeds…

Killington Resort welcomes back Spartans — and those cheerleading from the sidelines — for the Spartan races being held resort-wide during the weekend of Sept. 19 and 20. Home of the 2014 Spartan World Championship, this course is brutal. Located in what is known as “Joe’s backyard,” this land is where the company was founded, and that…

Saturday, Sept. 19 6 a.m. Festival/ Registration/ Bag Check Opens — Festival Area 7 a.m. SGX Warm Up Area Opens — Festival Area 7 a.m. Spartan 12 Hour Hurricane Heat Begins 7:30 a.m. Men’s Beast Elite Start — Start Area 7:45 a.m. Women’s Beast Elite Start — Start Area 8 a.m. Beast Morning/ Open Waves Begin — Start Area 10…

The first Spartan Race event was held in 2010 at the Catamount Outdoor Center in Williston, Vt. Roughly 500 competitors were asked to “run, crawl, jump and swim” over obstacles to successfully complete the race. Since then the race has grown to 250,000 to 350,000 competitors participating each year. Obstacle racing, as a sport, has…

Spartan Race is a series of obstacle races of varying distance and difficulty ranging from 3 miles to marathon distances. The series include the Spartan Sprint (3+ miles of obstacle racing), the Super Spartan (8+ miles), the Spartan Beast (12+ miles), and the Ultra Beast (26+ miles). Trifecta Spartan racers can obtain a Trifecta medal…

Sophia Nisimblat (left) from Killington Elementary School edges out a rival Proctor Elementary School athlete. The KES 3rd and 4th grade soccer teams took on Proctor Elementary School Monday night, Sept. 14, at the Meadow Street fields in Rutland. The Killington girls team took home the win for their second game of the season.

By Alice Hadley Since 2005 and the first Jeff Hadley Day Memorial Golf Tournament, the Killington community has generously supported the Hadley Family Fund’s efforts to find a cure for Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Jeff Hadley, head golf professional at Green Mountain National Golf Course from 1996 to 2005, was diagnosed with ALS in 2004…

Ryan Opens Vermont 200 Weekend with Victory at Devil’s Bowl Speedway Championship Sunday postponed due to rain WEST HAVEN – Jimmy Ryan kicked off the Vermont 200 Championship Weekend with a long awaited checkered flag on “Shootout Saturday” at Devil’s Bowl Speedway.  Ryan led a parade of stock car drivers through victory lane in a…

LUDLOW – On Sept. 12 and 13, Okemo Valley Golf Club hosted its annual Ladies’ Club Championship. The format was individual stroke play on 36 holes. There was a championship division and a senior division. Winning the championship, and thus becoming Okemo's Ladies champion, was Ruthie Schamback. She fired a two-day total of 186. Finishing…

By Maxx Steinmetz London, England will be the setting for the 8th Rugby World Cup, with the first match of the tournament pitting the hosts against the Pacific Nations Cup champions, Fiji, on Sept. 18 (which will air on Universal Sports at 2 p.m. EST). Overshadowed by FIFA's World Cup, even in countries not necessarily…

QUESTION: Kyler and Andrew are playing in a tournament. Kyler has a caddie and Andrew is carrying his own bag. On the 6th hole, Kyler’s ball lies off the green. His caddie goes to the green and touches the green with a club to indicate a line of play for Kyler to play. Andrew says an infraction…

By Tony Accurso There is no doubt autumn is in the air; the leaves are turning, the nights are cooler, and with this change comes shorter days. Gone are the days of finishing our rides at 8 p.m. by daylight, and soon it will be dark by the time we leave work. Thankfully, this doesn't mean we have…

RUTLAND — It was another action filled week of sports for the Fighting Saints, led this time by the men’s soccer team. They won their first two games of the week before being defeated in a heartbreaker against Maine – Machias 0-1 on Sunday. It was also the opening weekend of games for College of…

MemorEvents photo The Late Model division will race for thousands of dollars to win at the Vermont 200 Championship Weekend at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Sept. 12-13. Devil’s Bowl Speedway to give extra payout, extra laps in all divisions at asphalt championship finale WEST HAVEN – Devil’s Bowl Speedway is putting up big money for…