If you on the west side of Cary, you may not be too far from the American Tobacco Trail parking lot. If you are near the center or north Cary, Umstead is close. Both these parks have excellent bridle trails.

Bob

http://This message has been edited by RunBobaluRun (edited Nov-18-2005).

Ack! It IS a stress fracture. Man. Well, no more racing in 2005 for me.

Just wanted to drop an invite to you guys to join some of the south easstern ClubHouser's December 3rd at the Charlotte marathon. We have two relay teams set up already, but we'd love to have anyone interested come join us. I think there's a 10k option. There'll be a social after the race. I don't think there's a recent thread going in there right now, but just post a new one or chase down sistergoldenhair, luckylily, GaReb, Profound Samurai, DogMom or myself.

Oh, does anyone know any gyms with pools in Cary? Coworkers have suggested Rex Health and I used to coach at the Y, so I'm familiar with those. I'd like something not too expensive or crowded, though. (I know, a not crowded pool in the Raleigh area?!)

Well, I was a guard with the City and the Y for a long time, not to mention the 2 years I spent as a year-round swim coach with the Y... Ironic I'm having to search for a pool now.

I found 4 options that would work (and I'm posting them in case it helps someone else out).

1. Morrisville Rec Center - Bubble, 5 lanes, $3 entry fee if you're a resident, $6 otherwise. Pretty inconvenient lap swim times for people who work. Doesn't appear to open til 10 am or so.

2. Rex Health and Wellness - Fairly steep sign up fee ($200) and it would be $88 / month for both Mike and me to join. However, more convenient lap swim times.

3. Cary YMCA - For my age group (young adult) it's $95 joining fee and $30 / month. It gets much more expensive if you add family members, etc, but we will probably go this route for location and time conveniences.

4. Pullen Park - Several ways to "join" from one time use fee, punch cards (15 sessions), month sessions (30), or year long passes. I used to guard here and can say it's a good facility, you just have to be prepared to share lanes early in the morning, especially if it's swim season and the high schoolers are there.

Well I decided to delay signing up for the Umstead Marathon just in case I get injuried. I look at the web site yesterday and in ten days they signed up 148 out of a maximum of 200. Well I went ahead and got signed up. It looks like this will get full sometime in December.

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Bob

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http://This message has been edited by jaysoffian (edited Nov-23-2005).

I can hardle believe that the Umstead marathon is almost sold out. Twenty-one spots are left as of 11/27/05 out of 200. I'm glad the marathon has grown in popularity. Training is going well witha 14.4 run yesterday in Umstead including North Turkey Creek trail twice. My hands were pretty cold in the early morning!

http://www.umsteadmarathon.com/index.html[/URL" target="_blank">

Feeling good--not fast--just good. My feet, ankles and knees have improved since I've started using a well cushioned insert in my shoes.

Bob