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to stay ahead of my encroaching body,” joked Merrill who with her husband Phillip Strange runs 45 to 60 miles per week. She started five or six years ago in an effort to stay thin. “Instead, I gained 12 pounds so now 1 don't dare stop.”Merrill competes in the 30-39 year-old category against top contender Mary O’Meara. The two have raced against each other since the Fodderstack began and have developed a sometimes intense but always friendly rivalry. O’Meara has won the women’s division twice while Strange has won once. “I’m out to tie it up this year”, the Castleton runner promised. “Mary had suggested that we take turns every other year so I asked her how come she won it two years in a row!” Merrill laughed.
Fodderstack Was First
Matthew Owings is one of the youngest runners who has competed regularly in the Fodderstack. He began running for this particular race. “It sounded like a good idea so I just started doing it. I liked it and I was good at it so I’ve kept on,” the young man explained.
He doesn’t train all year. Matthew begins preparing three or four months before the starter’s gun sounds in Flint Hill and then continues to practice for a few months afterwards to stay in shape for Lord Fairfax
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