19 – Granville County

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.

Pancake Pursuit 10K May 2019 – New Bern Pancake Pursuit…. like I couldn’t do this race?!?! Not the prettiest, but pancakes! The sun made it much warmer than anticipated and not a lot of water stops along the way made for a tough morning. At one point I think I noticed vultures circling. Needed a…

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…

Town of Farmville 5K May 2016 – Farmville This is about the time we figured out the county thing. Pitt was one of the first races done with the notion of ticking off a county.Easy day to drive over, run, explore and be home in time for supperCute town, and of course the home of…

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.

Corkscrew 5K April 2016 – Blowing Rock Weekend in Blowing Rock, a 5K, lots of wine and some amazing pancakes.We stayed ad Chetola Resort and I ran the 5K. Cold morning, but we started with pre-run mimosas & red wine at the start, so things warmed up. For a 5K there were 5 wine stops…