Macon Your Heart Beat 1 Mile, 5k and 8k Race – April 6, 2013 – Little Tennessee River Greenway – Franklin, NC

A nice trio of races on the Little Tennessee River Greenway in Franklin. Following is information from the race organizers.

Brief Description
Third annual scholarship fund raiser for Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehabilitation patients who would not otherwise be able to afford to participate in this beneficial program. All profits go to qualifying heart and lung patients!

Directions
From GA: 441N to Franklin on Wayah St becoming Wells Grove for 0.6 mi & turn Right on Ulco Dr. From 64W to first light in Franklin, turn Right on Dowdle Mtn Rd to stop sign, turn Left on Dowdle Mtn Rd go 0.3 mi to stop sign, turn Left on Wells Grove go 0.5mi then Left on Ulco Dr. From I-64E: turn Right on Main St exit, turn Left at 3rd light onto Depot St continue thru 1st light 1/2 mi to stop sign. Turn Left on Wells Grove Rd for 0.1 mi, turn right on Ulco Dr.

Additional Information
Each walker or runner is challenged to ask friends and family to donate to this event. Develop a sheet to record their donation amount, name, and contact information. Each walker/runner turning in $100 or more will have their entry fee waived. T-shirts are guaranteed to the first 150 registrants. Prizes will be awarded in the 5K and 8K to the first 3 male and female overall winners and the first 3 finishers in each 10 year age groups. All 1 mile finishers will receive a commemorative medal.

Online registration is available at Active.com.

The Good Race 8k – March 2, 2013 – Catawba Meadows Park and Greenway – Morganton, NC

This looks like a nice venue for an 8k race and it includes a relay option. Race timing is provided by Lee Timing.  The following information is from the race organizers:

Race Overview:
The race begins at Catawba Meadows and follows the Morganton Greenway along the Catawba River. The Greenway is mostly flat with gentle rolling hills and beautiful scenery.

Race Mission:
The Good Race is a fundraising event, but it is also an opportunity for runners and local residents to participate in a fun day of exercise, food and friendship while supporting and learning about a unique and truly exceptional free clinic in western North Carolina.

Beneficiary:
All proceeds will support the mission of the Good Samaritan Clinic, “promoting the physical, spiritual and emotional Health of Burke County residents.”

DIRECTIONS

• Take I-40 Exit 100, Jamestown Road.
• If traveling eastbound – turn left at end of the ramp, if westbound, turn right.
• Proceed through light at intersection of Jamestown Road and US-70 where Jamestown Road becomes Independence Boulevard.
• Continue straight on Independence Boulevard to and turn right at next light (Hwy 181). Hardee’s will be on your right.
• At the next traffic light, turn left onto Sanford Drive and continue for approximately 1/2 mile to turn left into Catawba Meadows.

Online registration is available at Run Signup.  Or, you may download The Good Race 8k Registration Form 2013. For more information, visit the race website.

River Bound Race Series 5k and 8k – June 9, 2012 – North Carolina Arboretum – Asheville, NC

When it rains, it pours. Three races to choose from at the North Carolina Arboretum in an eight-day span. On June 2, we have the Run on the Wild Side 9k. The following Saturday – June 9, 2012 – we have this pair of races also at the North Carolina Arboretum. It’s part of the Asheville River Bound Series and the June event features a 5k and 8k. (An October event will feature a 5k and 10k).

From the race organizers:

The River Bound Trail Race Series is a signature trail running series of races featuring some of the most scenic and challenging trails in the entire Southeastern United States.

This series of running races is designed for a large range of runners, including everyone from those who want to try their first 5K trail run to those interested in a challenging 10K trail run. The 2012 series of trail running events consist of two days of racing: a 5k or 8K race on June 9th and a 5k or 10K race on October 6th.

The River Bound Race Series started in Charlotte, NC two years ago and has been voted The Best Trail Run in North Carolina in 2011 by Endurance Magazine. The inaugural year for the race events in Asheville will take place on the 430-acre/10-mile trails of the Arboretum, NC, just off the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway.

Asheville events are independent of the Charlotte Race Series.

The Asheville River Bound Race is a fundraising event to assist youth, teachers and veterans in the Asheville community. 100% of the proceeds will enable individuals to receive full scholarship on Outward Bound Programs. We have three different programs specific for each group:

Youth will receive full scholarship on 21-day wilderness course (program cost $3,500)
Teachers will receive full scholarship for Educators Initiative, 12 month long professional development (program cost $3,800)
Vets are enrolled on a 6-day Veterans course to assist with PTSD and civilian life reintroduction

We are currently working in conduction with the Asheville public schools and the VA hospital to identify the recipients mentioned above. We work mostly with heads of the schools and student counselors. All our fundraising is forward funded, meaning we first raise the money, than select the recipients. At the end of the year all race participants, supporters and sponsors will receive an email informing the results of their joined effort.

Following are maps for the 8k and 5k courses. Note that the 8k is similar to the Run on the Wildside 9k but the return portion includes the Wesley Branch Trail, which is much tougher than running on Bent Creek Road – a wide, gravel forest service road.

River Bound 8k Course Map (click for larger version)

River Bound 5k Course Map (click for larger version)

For more information and to register, visit the race website.

Results of the Run on the Wildside 8k – June 5, 2010 – NC Arboretum

Run on the Wild Side 8k Results - 2010

Running the First Light Solar Run for the Sun 8k – Carrier Park – Asheville, NC – May 8, 2010

The weather was breezy and a little cool when I lined up with all the other runners (looked like a little less than 100) for the 1st annual First Light Solar 8k at Carrier Park. It was a great course following the path along the river and through the French Broad River Park (the same park that is featured in the Hot Chocolate 10k). After coming back out of the French Broad River Park we return to Carrier Park and run the entire length, through the RV Park and out on the newer trail section that runs toward Hominy Park. It’s obviously a fast course and I really enjoyed being able to see the leaders two times during the course of the race because of its out and back nature.

The race organizers did a great job. Results were tabulated quickly and the awards ceremony was handled swiftly and efficiently (I received a Doc Chey’s gift certificate for finishing second in my AG – about an hour or so behind Michael Anderson). Post race refreshments were fabulous (among many other choices – homemade brownies!). Put this on your list for next year. It’s a great race, well run and a fun course. Congratulations to Jeff Trantham as first overall and Marybeth Selzler as first female. Congratulations to Teddy Park as second overall and Erik Ostergaard as third overall.

Overall results of the 2010 First Light Solar 8k …

Place	First	Last	Age	Gender	Time
1	Jeff	Trantham	42	M	30:17:00
2	Teddy	Park	33	M	31:05:00
3	Erik	Ostergaard	34	M	31:28:00
4	Seth	Bishop	20	M	32:03:00
5	Garth	Somerville	44	M	32:53:00
6	Billy	Jonas	45	M	33:02:00
7	Brian	Simpson	38	M	33:07:00
8	Michael	Anderson	51	M	33:16:00
9	John	Carzoli	36	F	34:23:00
10	Michael	Shore	45	M	35:18:00
11	Ed	Coryell	48	M	35:46:00
12	MaryBeth	Selzler	29	F	35:57:00
13	Brad	Loder	31	M	35:59:00
14	Anthony	Hugg	27	M	36:56:00
15	Amy	Harter	33	F	37:20:00
16	Jordan	Cuddy	25	F	39:08:00
17	Ross	Britton	35	M	39:23:00
18	Dennis	Duffy	51	M	39:33:00
19	Terry	Albrecht	44	M	39:40:00
20	Madison	Taylor	17	F	39:52:00
21	Parrish	Ellis	35	M	39:54:00
22	Jim	Goode	55	M	40:36:00
23	Brandon	Bryant	30	M	40:37:00
24	Chris	Houck	37	M	40:58:00
25	Aaron	Welch	19	M	41:16:00
26	TJ	Thomasson	34	M	41:46:00
27	Craig	Oliver	46	M	41:55:00
28	Matt	Siegel	33	M	41:56:00
29	Holly	Demuth	37	F	42:56:00
30	Ashley	Edwards	30	M	43:03:00
31	Amy	Walters	40	F	43:03:00
32	Angie	Houck	35	F	43:20:00
33	Jeff	Sharp	51	M	43:20:00
34	Beth	Marchitelli	37	F	43:44:00
35	Marc	Kornegay	21	M	43:58:00
36	Wendell	Taylor	40	M	44:15:00
37	Kathy	Stahly	60	F	44:24:00
38	Julian	Esquivel	36	M	44:36:00
39	Carriedelle	Wilson	31	F	44:39:00
40	Ann Lee	Maude-Simpson	35	F	44:44:00
41	Eva-Michelle	Greene	21	F	45:04:00
42	Sarah	Rupp	29	F	45:53:00
43	Caroline	Green	50	F	46:31:00
44	Kaycie	Meyers	18	F	47:12:00
45	Meg	Hoke	40	F	48:33:00
46	Richard	Molland	58	M	49:11:00
47	Sara	Fields	28	F	49:26:00
48	Hope	Griffin	24	F	50:12:00
49	Sally Beth	Shore	44	F	51:14:00
50	Anthony	Conte	35	M	51:42:00
51	Anna	Pfaff	32	F	53:07:00
52	Jennie	Pressley	38	F	53:50:00
53	Lisa	Price	33	F	54:28:00
54	Gretchen	Howard	30	F	55:33:00
55	Alexandra	Baker	40	F	55:34:00
56	Lauren	Carlisle	39	F	55:34:00
57	Alicia	Westbrook	28	F	55:35:00
58	Karen	Gettman	38	F	56:09:00
59	Adrian	Deal	30	F	56:13:00
60	Mary	Carzoli	65	F	59:26:00

First Light Solar 8k – Carrier Park – May 8, 2010 – Asheville, NC

First Light Solar 8k

Results of the 2010 First Light Solar 8k

SAVE $10 WHEN YOU REGISTER FOR THIS RACE. Enter “solar” as the coupon code when you check out. Click the “redeem” button after inputting the coupon code and $10 will be deducted from your registration fee and you’ll see the lower price on your screen. The normal fee is $25, the $10 coupon makes it $15 (plus a $2.60 service charge for the online registration). $17.60 for an 8k – not bad. I just signed up and it worked flawlessly.

It’s always nice to have an 8k in the mix now and again. I’m sure an 8k course at Carrier Park will have some loops or travel outside the park. But it’s probably pretty safe to assume it’s going to be on the flat side. The proceeds of the First Light Solar 8k will benefit the WNC Green Building Council.

The race starts at 8:00 AM on Saturday, May 8, 2010. Registration is online at RunReg.com.

Arboretum 8k – Run on the Wildside 8k – June 5, 2010 – North Carolina Arboretum, Asheville, NC

Run on the Wildside - Arboretum 8k

RESULTS OF THE 2010 RUN ON THE WILD SIDE 8K

I am totally delighted to see a race at the Arboretum again – Saturday, June 5th, 2010 at 8:00 AM. Ever since the last running of the Bent Creek Classic at the Arboretum in 2006 I have longed for a race in this wonderful setting. This is an 8k race and they’re keeping it within the boundaries of the Arboretum and not venturing out through the gates into the Bent Creek area. I have run this course dozens of times and it is awesome (and challenging). Forget about comparing this to other 8k races that are done on roads (Apple Festival, Thomas Wolfe). This course will add a few minutes to those times.

Download (PDF) the Run on the Wild Side 8k Course Map.

Here is some background on the race from its organizers …

Run on the Wildside is an 8K- (five mile) trail race that follows the roads and manicured trails at the NC Arboretum. The event is part of the Wellness campaign for State employees employed by the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety-(State Highway Patrol; NC National Guard and NC Alcohol Law Enforcement). The race will take place on Saturday, June 5th 2010 at 8:00AM and is open for all public to participate in. The race is also to benefit Mothers Against Drunk Drivers-(MADD) with proceeds to benefit the organization. Ingles Markets and Biltmore Baptist Church are helping to sponsor the event. The National Guard will have several displays featuring slides and play for children during the race. There will also be a “MADD Dash” kids sprint race that day.

The Arboretum will be closed to traffic at race time, so special parking instructions have been provided …

The Arboretum will be closed to all traffic on the morning of the event. All participants are asked to park at Biltmore Baptist church. you will then take a free shuttle to the start line on the arboretum grounds. Packet Pickup both the night before and the morning of will be located at Biltmore Baptist Church.

Registration is at Setup Events

Racers – this is a busy weekend. We have the Chamber Challenge the day before and we have the Human Race and the Downhill Half Marathon at Ridgecrest the same day. If you can, please support this race for an important cause at a fabulous location. I think we should work hard to keep at least one race per year at the Arboretum!

Thomas Wolfe 8k – Comparing 2009 and 2008 – Race Results

I did an automated comparison of finish times for runners who completed the Thomas Wolfe 8k in 2008 and 2009.  This is similar to a comparison I did for the Citizen-Times Half Marathon and found it interesting.  Please keep in mind that there may be some mistakes here.  If the person’s name is not exactly the same both years that person would not be included.  According to this comparison 45 of the runners who completed the race this year (2009) also completed the race in 2008.  I ran a whopping 4 seconds faster this year than last.  At this rate of improvement it will take me about 30 years to run the pace I ran in 2006.

The comparison includes times for each year and the difference based upon which year was faster (2009 or 2008).

Name	2009 Time	2008 Time	2009 Better	2008 Better
Wallace Campbell	0:25:33	0:25:35	0:00:02
Victor Mchenry	0:28:12	0:26:32		0:01:40
Gary Curran	0:28:55	0:28:51		0:00:04
Harrison Potter	0:29:49	0:29:55	0:00:06
Jennings Garry	0:31:33	0:31:49	0:00:16
Concepcion Perez	0:33:38	0:32:42		0:00:56
Aaron Schroeder	0:33:30	0:33:43	0:00:13
Rachel Parr	0:35:47	0:34:56		0:00:51
Bill Branson	0:33:24	0:35:37	0:02:13
Jesse Hyder	0:34:18	0:36:24	0:02:06
Rick Taylor	0:36:38	0:36:42	0:00:04
Anthony Hugg	0:37:44	0:36:44		0:01:00
Max Pearce	0:35:37	0:36:46	0:01:09
Lincoln Crosse	0:39:28	0:37:16		0:02:12
Lonnie Lepore	0:36:44	0:37:49	0:01:05
Florindo Forero	0:36:53	0:38:05	0:01:12
Roderick Simmons	0:38:02	0:38:24	0:00:22
Ginny Hotze	0:41:58	0:38:28		0:03:30
Martin Mattsson	0:39:17	0:38:56		0:00:21
Heidi Sherman	0:39:54	0:39:28		0:00:26
Dennis Duffy	0:39:35	0:39:39	0:00:04
Tony Mcdowell	0:37:48	0:39:40	0:01:52
Jim Goode	0:40:15	0:39:59		0:00:16
Bill Finley	0:40:49	0:41:39	0:00:50
Robert Dungan	0:42:27	0:42:25		0:00:02
Charles Jolley	0:43:30	0:42:52		0:00:38
Ron Wyant	0:39:29	0:43:34	0:04:05
Rachel Bemis	0:45:31	0:44:04		0:01:27
Molly Spindle-White	0:42:46	0:44:23	0:01:37
Henry Caplan	0:45:43	0:44:30		0:01:13
Billy Ornold	0:37:17	0:45:09	0:07:52
Stan Moore	0:44:33	0:45:10	0:00:37
Jodie Russell	0:43:59	0:45:40	0:01:41
Chrissie Gulden	0:45:19	0:46:19	0:01:00
Amanda Bazan	0:49:15	0:46:20		0:02:55
Tracy Katsigiannis	0:42:39	0:46:46	0:04:07
Kim Daily	0:41:53	0:46:53	0:05:00
Leah Mathews	0:46:35	0:48:45	0:02:10
Karl Hinterkopf	0:39:15	0:48:53	0:09:38
Keith Bullitt	0:42:27	0:49:53	0:07:26
Howe Lagarde	0:44:31	0:50:23	0:05:52
Katie Mcconville	0:54:14	0:51:20		0:02:54
Martha Marshall	0:53:22	0:51:49		0:01:33
Angeleigh Dorsey	0:53:05	0:56:29	0:03:24
Jason Sandford	0:41:02	0:57:25	0:16:23

Thomas Wolfe 8k – September 26, 2009 – Asheville, NC

Results are in – http://carolinarunner.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/thomas-wolfe-8k-results-asheville-nc-september-26-2009/

A little trivia.  The banner picture at the top of this blog is from the start of the 2006 Thomas Wolfe 8k.

The 33rd running of a classic 8k, winding through downtown Asheville, into the Montford neighborhood and through Riverside Cemetery.  The race starts on Broadway in front of the Mellow Mushroom and finishes at the Thomas Wolfe Visitor Center on Market Street.  Always a nice turnout — just short of 300 runners each of the last two years.  I first ran this in 2006 when there were only 176 runners and I managed to finish third in my age group.  I’m looking forward to this.

Register online at Setup Events …

http://www.setupevents.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=event_detail&eventID=1342

Apple Festival 8k 2009 – Pictures

Runners Lining up for the 2009 Apple Festival 8k

The Start. Overall winner Loic Laforet is in the center. 2nd place (Jared Crave) and 3rd place (Victor McHenry) are at the left end.

Beth Saft - Female Winner with a Time of 32:51

Overall Winner Loic Laforet cruises to the finish in 28:02. Number two Jared Crave is right behind him at 28:12.

Start of the Mini Moo Mile.