Shamrock Shuffle 5K March 2026 – Lillington Day trip to Lillington for the Shamrock Shuffle and my first 5K of the season. Great weather, slightly cloudy and 59 degrees at race start. Quiet race through residential neighborhoods. Not a lot of people out nor much traffic that morning. One home did have an unofficial water…
80s Flashback 5KAugust 2025 – Franklin Beautiful area out in the mountains. The course went along the Tennessee River Greenway so was flat. Cloudy morning but the rain held off for us and it was a pretty run along the river.The whole weekend was just delightful. Franklin is a beautiful area with some great hikes…
Strawberry Festival 5K May 2025 – Wallace Two For One!!! This was an out and back that started in Duplin county crossed into Pender and then back. We’ve been looking for years to find a race that touched two counties & finally found one. The race was in conjunction with the Strawberry festival 5K. Race…
Run for Hope 5K April 2025 – Elizabeth City Nice 5K along the Pasquotank river and through a residential area. The weather was beautiful for so early in the year. Enjoyed the run and exploring the area. We are looking forward to getting some more of counties in this area so we can do a…
Peanut Butter Jelly Jog 5K November 2024 – Graham After years of trying we finally got Alamance county! So close to home but it was a challenge finding a race that worked for us. Graham has such a cute little downtown, it was a lovely run. Bit chilly for me at race start but it…
Seaboard Festival 5K October 2024 – Hamlet 5K tied to a Seaboard Train festival. Nice run through town before the festival kicked into gear. Good weather and a cute town. After pancakes we made it back into town to checkout the festival & Seaboard Train museum.
Rhododendron Festival 10K June 2024 – Bakersville Beautiful area, and a surprisingly flat run considering how far into the mountains we were. Weather was perfect. Started in town, out along a creek and then back in. We looped around so I got to see Chris at one point.
Cape Fear Vineyard 5K November 2023 – Elizabethtown 5K-ish (I think it may have been a little short) but still an official race, so it counts. We stayed in the cabins on the vineyard and it was lovely – rolled out of bed & over to the start line. Most of the run was on…
Ocean Isle 5K October 2023 – Ocean Isle Beautiful weekend at the beach. The 5K portion of the race was all mainland, mostly through a residential area. Lots of folks came out to have coffee on their porches and cheer us on. Very comfortable weather and with the early start we got to see the…
Black Bear 8K October 2023 – Henderson It was a sunny but chilly morning for the race. Considering we were in the mountains it was a flat race. By end of the race it was a very comfortable. They had a nice little festival setup but we didn’t hang around very long because we needed…
Power For Purple 5K June 2023 – West End Nice race through a park and residential area. We really enjoyed the Sandhills region in general both for the 5k and jut playing tourist.
Sip It Forward 4-Miler March 2023 – Mooresville Gray and in the 60s, but the rain cooperated. It poured before race time & more rain after, but held off for the most part during the actual run. Course was out and back with a little extra to get to the full four miles. Each runner…