quote:<HR>Originally posted by misterfun:
Hey, folks! Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and got some Turkey Day miles in one way or another!

After the Old Reliable Run, they were handing out flyers about some 10k that was being promoted for Raleigh next April, but with a limited-size field. I thought I memorized the URL that was on the flyer to find out more about it and see if they had identified a course, but the URL I memorized doesn't mention anything about it or have it on their '08 schedule. Anybody else see the flyer or remember what it was promoting? Curiosity has the best of me.

I probably won't get to do the Jingle Bell 5k because of our Christmas musical at church, but I plan to do either the Reindeer Romp 5k or the Rocky Mount half depending on how cold it is on the 8th. Hope to see y'all at a race before the end of the year!

Thanks,
Brad

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Is this the Brad that goes to Good Hope?
If so, it is fancy seeing you here! By reading, it looks like you have had a good year since running the Outer Banks in '06. That is great. I haven't been running as much as I would have liked, but I did win one 4 mile race here (thanks to a lack of competition).

I have signed up for the Umstead Marathon in March and can't wait, mainly because that means I am home. I will only have a week or so at home before the race so I hope to get out there for a little course familiarization. The running is going good here, but not a lot for hills.

rlemert, Joey, Chris and mythreeduaghters: Thanks for the Umstead course help! Hope to meet many of you in the future!

Brad, we share the same fav Bible verse, too! I have a great story about that! Will have to tell you some time.

Darrel
Under 90 days and counting...
Isaiah 40:31

Brad, Best wishes at your Christmas Concert. My wife is in ours at Good Hope.

That is great about Umstead filling up that fast! I was tenative about signing up, not knowing if I would be fully ready and only being home for a short time prior to. Still surprised my wife allowed me to sign up after being gone for 15 months! We will see how supportive she is when I can't walk afterwards!!

I hope to have a decent year in 2008 missing this year for an extended stay in the big "sandbox"! I can't wait to get home and back to a semi-normal life (runners are not normal; we are a little out there) I am considering moving up to the ultra distances, any suggestions in NC? I don't think I can jump into the Umstead 100, but 50 miles seems possible.

Hope to see many of you after the New Year!

"Running to Him, not from Him..."
Darrel

Isaiah 40:31

Here is a link to my report on last years Umstead Trail Marathon. There is a link to some photos I took along the course too so you can see what some of it is like.

http://runjoey.blogspot.com/2007/03/umstead-trail-marathon-2007.html[/URL" target="_blank">

As far as considering ultra's, it's too late for Umstead this year. It filled in 3 days. There is a calender of ultra's at www.ncultra.org[/URL" target="_blank">

We have a good mix of trail, road and mixed and there are plenty more in close driving distance in VA. www.vhtrc.org[/URL" target="_blank"> and www.extremeultrarunning.com[/URL" target="_blank">

Joey

The Umstead website will have an entrants list at some point. It just hasn't been updated since 2007. Just check periodically but I imagine they'll update around the first of the year. I was lucky to get in. I had decided not to run it and try for a Boston Qualifier at Shamrock a week later. Then I came to my senses and realized trying for a fast road marathon made know sense with my 100 miler three weeks later.

I've run both at Bi-Lo M.B. (3 times) and Shamrock once. Both are very good races and have fast courses. There weather is usually perfect for a good run too. MB is a destination event for a lot of the NCRC and Galloway folks from Raleigh area. We had over a hundred at the party last year. There was a bit of a problem with a couple of the mile markers being off but otherwise a great race.
Shamrock has a few minor hills in the middle miles in Fort Story but not too bad and still a fast course. They have modified the course a bit since I was there in 05.

I'll be back at MB this year. Had considered Shamrock but it's too close to Umstead.

Joey