Over the Hill Track Club
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Welcome to the Over the Hill Track Club website. We are a recreational club serving Ridgecrest, California and the Indian Wells Valley. Here in the high Mojave desert, we organize a year-round schedule of races, fun-runs and other activities. Most events are open to the public. We are most known for the High Desert Ultra 50K and 30K that we host in early December. Follow us on the Over the Hill Track Club Facebook Page Ridgecrest Running.
We are a 501(c)(3) organization, with the mission of promoting and encouraging running and related activities as a sport and healthy lifestyle within our community. Profits from our activities go towards supporting local youth running groups and community charitable organizations.
A beautiful "hint of spring" day greeted the 24 humans and 3 burros in this year's Lost Run, based at the Upper Water Tank trailhead. Each participant was given a card with a small topographic map marked with the locations of 5 orange cones. Persons can try for either 3 cones (A Little Lost) or 5 cones (More Lost). Starting at 8:00 am, orientating their map to north, discerning topographical features such as hills, spurs and some roads, the participants headed into the Rademacher Hills in search of the orange cones. Once finding a cone, contestants will see a symbol (letter, numeral or character) on the cone. Using a marker pen attached to the cone each participant will write that symbol on their card. In order to qualify for an award, contestants must get the symbols correct and the right number (either 3 or 5) plus be the fastest. Contestants can find the cones in any order they desire and travel by roads, trails or cross-country.
Brian Hildreth was the first person to come in. He took 1st place Male in the "More Lost" category, finding all 5 points. Joining him as the top Female in the "More Lost" category was first time participant Rebekah Aftim. In the 3 cones category of "A Little Lost", the winners were: Lazareth Najera (Male) and Jenny McLaughlin (Female). The distances for this years event were a little shorter than previous years with most "More Lost" participants covering between 4-5 miles.
A big thank you to Brian Wolfe, who ensured the points were accurately placed (via GPS) on the map cards used by the participants. This is my last year directing this race as I will be moving out of town in the coming months. I am happy to report that Elisa Zimmerman has agreed to pick up the mantle and will be the Race Director next year. Elisa has experience as she served as co-race director with me in the initial years of this event. I've enjoyed reconning and plotting the points for this unique style race and give kudos to all the participants who were brave enough to challenge their topographical map reading skills and directional skills to wander to and fro getting "lost" searching for the cones. Aloha.
Wesley Elmore - Race Director
Lost Run 2025 Results
| "More Lost" (finding 5 cones) | ||
| Female | ||
| 1 | Rebekah Aftim | 1:03:27 |
| 2 | Carol Wolfe | 1:03:30 |
| 3 | Amanda Strand | 1:07:12 |
| 4 | Cara Griffith | 1:08:24 |
| 5 | Connie Scanlan | 1:08:55 |
| 6 | Karen Usko | 1:55:36 |
| 7 | Tracy Hall | 1:55:40 |
| 8 | Elisa Zimmerman | 2:05:55 |
| Male | ||
| 1 | Brian Hildreth | 52:46 |
| 2 | Tony Scanlan | 59:13 |
| 3 | Danny Griffith | 1:03:23 |
| 4 | John Auborn | 1:40:12 |
| 5 | Wayne Cottrell | 1:52:09 |
| 6 | Pete Hall | 1:55:40 |
| 7 | Walter Zimmerman | 2:05:58 |
| "A Little Lost"(finding 3 cones) | ||
| Female | ||
| 1 | Jenny McLaughlin | 1:01:23 |
| Male | ||
| 1 | Lazareth Najera | 2:11:25 |
| 2 | Aristotle Najera | 2:11:28 |
| 3 | Brandon Najera | 2:11:28 |
| Others | ||
| Tom Miller | 2 cones | 1:00:01 |
| Jacob Cruz | 2 cones | 1:55:06 |
| Corky Furnish | 2 cones | 2:32:16 |
| Aaron Capper | 1 cone | 1:07:50 |
| Abril Torres | 1 cone | 2:15:12 |
The California Breakfast Burritos are excited to again present the Run with the Burros! This is not an OTHTC event, but we like to support it. This year there is a new Five Mile Fatass distance, in addition to the longer 10, 17.5 and 26.2 mile options. No burro to run with? No problem, you can enter anyway, to run any of the courses. Or, there are a limited number of burros available to rent, if you have some experience at burro handling. There is much more information on UltraSignup. Find the route maps on CalTopo, where you can download a .gpx or .kml file.
3/2/2025
Run with the Burros Training Run
Time TBD
Hwy 14 @ Indian Wells Canyon
John Auborn and Karin Usko will organize a group training run on portions of the Run with the Burros courses. There will be a 5-mile or a 10-mile option.
Time TBD
Hwy 14 @ Indian Wells Canyon
OTHTC is a member of the Road Runners Club of America.
