I keep saying, "If you live long enough things are going to happen." I never could have imagined what I've experienced and it's all because of the influence and support of other people. Trust me, there's no such thing as a self made person. - Richard Busa 3/20/11

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Sunday, November 10, 2013
10th Annual GFRC Busa Bushwhack Trail Race*
10 or 5.3 Miles
  Registration check-in 8:00-8:45am | Start: 9:00 am

2012 Results: 5 Mile Results, 10 Mile Results
We encourage you to register online at no added cost!  
or please use this mail-in application

Entry Fee:  $20 when received or registered on-line by Friday, November 8th; 
or until race capacity is reached.  NO DAY OF registration  
Entry fee is non-refundable or transferable
 
*Part of the WMAC Grand Tree Trail Race Series

Location:  Park and start at Brophy School, 575 Pleasant Street (Route 30), Framingham MA 01701. Please carpool.  

Directions: From Route 9 in Framingham, take Temple Street North (near Gulf Gas Station).  Go to the end of Temple Street and take a left onto Pleasant Street (Route 30).  Brophy School is about 1/2 mile down the road on the right after Hickey Drive.  See Map.

Results: Posted at www.coolrunning.com - Timing: by Team GFRC

Course Description:  Natural trails (rocks & roots) of DCR's Callahan State Park.  Enjoy your run and please be careful not to leave litter behind!

Course Maps: 10 mile & 5.3 mile

Safety Restrictions: Headphones, ear buds, mp3 players, iPods, strollers, bicycles and pets are not allowed in the race.

Amenities: Use of school bathrooms & lots of good post-race food indoors at the school. Course is well marked and has mile markers.  There are two water stops, but we recommend that you be self-supporting.

 Running Gloves: Busa Bushwhack/Performance Health running gloves while they last.

Valuable Prizes: For 1st place overall male/female finishers and 1st male/female finishers age 60+ in both races.

Log Trophy Awards:  For 1st place overall male/female finishers and 1st place male/female finishers age 19 & under and each subsequent 10-year age group in both races.

Further questions: please email Race Director: Bushwhack[at]gfrcrun.org 

Check out Rich in this Shady Esperanto Video!

Here's a Worcester Telegram article about Rich and the race
Here's another article from the Nashua Telegraph
And another article from the Marlborough Enterprise