Salisbury runner sets $50K goal for charity

Long-distance runner Clifford “Chip” Piper of Salisbury on May 25 will add another 88 miles to his personal odometer, as he takes on the Infinitus Ultra Trail Run 88K at the Silvers Towers Campground in Ripton — a gargantuan trek through which he hopes to raise $50,000 for programs assisting folks battling substance use disorder.

The Middlebury High School, Middlebury Union High School Alumni Association will welcome four new alumni members, and one honorary inductee into the Hall of Fame this weekend.

Salisbury’s Chip Piper will have run more during the next 10 days than most of us will run in a year. And he’ll be doing it for an important cause.

Salisbury’s Chip Piper successfully completed the almost unimaginable feat of running 135 miles — five consecutive marathons in five days — in the Infinitus race at Ripton’s Silver Towers camp, held May 23-27.

Chip Piper is gathering financial pledges for an Infinitus 88K Trail Marathon here in Addison County that he will run this coming May in memory of his son and for the benefit of the Turning Point Center of Addison County.