65th Air Force Anniversary 5K and Half Marathon

65th Air Force Anniversary 5K and Half Marathon

I love feedback on my website!  It lets me know that at least people are reading this and have an interest.  I received a request from Tia Pike to add here event to my race calendar.  I wanted to not only express my appreciation to Tia for her request to ad to the site, but …

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Cochran Shoals - 5k Loop

Cochran Shoals / Sope Creek Trail Map (The River)

One of my favorite places to run is Cochran Shoals. (Commonly called “The River”.)  This is a beautiful 5k loop that follows the Chattahoochee river. It is wide, well marked and scenic. There are two parking areas, one off of Interstate Parkway North on the south side of the park and another off of Columns …

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Chastain Park Trail Map

Chastain Park

For the next post in my Atlanta running trail mapping project, I will cover Chastain Park. Chastain Park has a nice, mostly concrete running trail around the perimeter of the golf course. In places it is not clearly marked, leaving you wondering which way to go, but it is roughly 3 miles total. There are …

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Garmin 305 GPS Watch

Atlanta Running Trail Mapping Project

I have scoured the net looking for a good repository of running trail maps around Atlanta and have come up short. There is no good resource for running trail maps – you could use www.mapmyrun.com, but it is diluted with running routes that leave from a person’s front door. I need a resource for actual …

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Official Map of Silver Comet Trail

The Silver Comet

One of the most popular running trails in Atlanta is the Silver Comet trail. The Silver Comet Trail is over 61 miles long, and starts near Mavell Road in Smyrna, Georgia. It ends at the Georgia/Alabama state line, near Cedartown and Esom. At the Georgia/Alabama state line, the Silver Comet connects to an additional 33-mile …

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Nancy Creek and Murphy Candler Park Trail Map

Nancy Creek / Murphy Candler Park

Next on our list is the Nancy Creek trail and the Murphy Candler park loop. You can find this trail across from Marist on Ashford-Dunwoody Rd. I typically start at the Nancy Creek section of this trail where there is always parking. This park of the run is mostly flat on a concrete path that …

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Mar 21

Updates – Long Overdue

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It has been a while since I have updated the site.  Busy at work, having new baby, taking the winter off from running and my Garmin breaking on me has hampered my progress on this site.  I apologize to those who have sent me races to add and comments on the site.  I appreciate the input from everyone and I will get back to regular posts and trail maps soon.

In the meantime, I have updated the What to Wear page so that it is working correctly again.  Please let me know if you find any issues with it.  I have tuned this to my preferences, so if you run hotter or cooler than me, please adjust the temperature accordingly.

You can find the new and updated What to Wear page here.

 

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Jul 06

Button Down Dash

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Button Down Dash Logo

Toss your coat and tie, kick-off your wingtips, and get ready for a low-risk, high-reward race down Sugarloaf Parkway at the Gwinnett Chamber’s inaugural Button Down Dash Presented by Gwinnett Medical Center on August 11. Join us for this early morning run as Gwinnett races to become the healthiest community in the country.

The 5k/10k run – benefiting local charities Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Dream House for Medically Fragile Children and Gwinnett Medical Center Foundation – is designed to encourage positive competition among businesses, co-workers, friends and family. Following the race, value-added festivities at the finish line will keep everyone in good spirits.

Sponsorship deadline to be included on the T-shirt is Wednesday, July 25.

Race Day Info:
Saturday, August 11, 2012
6:30 am – Registration / 7:30 am – Race
Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce
6500 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth, GA 30097

Course Map:

Button Down Dash – Course Map

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Jul 06

Black Girls RUN / Drive to End Hunger 5K/10K Race

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Date: Friday, September 14 – Saturday, September 16, 2012
Black Girls RUN! Drive to End Hunger is your chance to help tackle food insecurity in a different way. Black Girls RUN and AARP! will host the inaugural Black Girls RUN!/Drive to End Hunger 5K/10K Race Weekend in Atlanta, Georgia, September 14-16, 2012. The event will bring greater awareness to the nationwide efforts of organizations’ Black Girls RUN! and AARP to fight obesity and hunger respectively.

While food insecurity plagues the United States, our country is also waging war against the highest obesity rates our nation has ever seen. Black Girls RUN! and AARP believes that everyone deserves the right to have healthy, nutritional food available at all times. Leading up to the race, Black Girls RUN! and AARP will collect donations from participants, volunteers and the public. The organizations will work to collect 100,000 pounds of food to be donated to Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless in Atlanta.

The Black Girls RUN!/ Drive to End Hunger 5K/10K and the entire race weekend is open to everyone. Male runners/walkers are encouraged to participate as well.

 

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16Black Girls RUN/Drive to End Hunger 5K/10K Race
Location: Atlantic Station (Race route coming soon!)
Time: 7a.m.

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May 16

Gridiron Trail Rush

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Gridiron Trail Rush

Gridiron Trail Rush

Gridiron Trail Rush – 5k Race
This is a football-themed trail run with obstacles
August 25, 2012 at 8:00am
Georgia International Horse Park – Conyers, GA

This is a one-of-a-kind trail running event with fun football themed obstacles. Run our 5k trail run with a GTR football and make your way through a banner entry, tackling dummies, agility poles, creek run, mud pit, tires, hay piles and a whole lot more with an end-zone finish line. We are currently designing new obstacles this year. And of course — be sure to wear your favorite college or pro colors and enjoy a fabulous after-party. Bring your family and friends to cheer you on, challenge your rivals, and challenge yourself to discover who is really #1!

I’m posting this race on request from Eric Snell. If you have a race that you would like me to feature on this website, please drop me a line.

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