This was my 5th time at the Medoc Trail Races, and I came with an ambitious goal, at least for me, to complete the 10 miler in two hours or less. I had a great race last year coming in at 2:04:55 which was a huge improvement on the 2:22:48 I ran in 2014. Both my …
This marks my third year at Medoc Trail Races. It’s always a high point in my season and always a little different. For example, this year the night before the race, participants got an e-mail from the race directors advising us that recent rains had caused Little Fishing Creek to exceed its banks with roughly …
I thought it would be interesting to provide a supplemental to Alfred’s 2013 Medoc Race Report by providing some background on the lead-up to the event and our two widely divergent paths to arriving at Medoc. Alfred and myself along with my wife and daughter were watching the inaugural IRONMAN 70.3 Raleigh on June 2, …
Flight of the Stumble Bee The 2013 Medoc Trail Marathon was the highlight of my race season this year. The Medoc Trail Races – both the marathon and 10 miler – have a lot going for them: dedicated race directors, amazing volunteers, challenging venue, excellent swag and cool trail names. If you like trail races …
Many things in life are predictable, reassuring, supposed to be there. I’m sure over the past few weeks you’ve seen more leaves on your local running path, maybe some acorns or walnuts. Heard the honks of migrating geese. Smelled that indefinable something that precedes autumn. How do I know that summer is lapping over into …
October 2011 Owls Roost Trail, Greensboro, NC, Watershed Trails We find our hero, armed only with a hydration vest, speed-hiking the last few miles of the 2011 Triple Lakes marathon in a desperate bid to beat the eight-hour cutoff. I’m moving as fast as I can, maybe 20 minute miles. I’m walking a mountain bike …
In October, my family and I headed east to Hollister, NC, for Medoc Trail races, specifically the Medoc 10 Miler, www.medoctrailmarathon.com. I had been training for the Medoc Trail Marathon but a series of injuries sidelined me. Then I noticed a Facebook post by the race organizers showing the finisher medals for the 10 miler. …
I decided to run the Morris Broadband DuPont Forest Half Marathon in December. I figured it would be much more scenic than my other closer options like the NC Marathon and Half Marathon in High Point. I had visited the DuPont a couple of times over the years and fell in love with the area. …
