The North Face Endurance Challenge Bear Mountain, NY

Bear Mountain State Park, NY - On May 9th, 846 runners descended on the trails of New York’s Bear Mountain for the season-opening race of the 2009 The North Face® Endurance Challenge. A test for trail runners of any level, The North Face® Endurance Challenge at Bear Mountain – roughly 60 miles north of New York City – took place on the western shores of the Hudson River, in the craggy foothills of the Catskill Mountains. With some competitors calling last year’s event at Bear Mountain the toughest trail race in the east -- and maybe the toughest in the country -- racers expected to be pushed to their limits on Bear Mountain’s 10K, Half-Marathon, 50K and GORE-TEX® 50 Mile routes.