Vac & Dash
Information On Upcoming Races
September Events
Sept. 3rd. BB & T Sunset Run 5K - Downtown Salisbury, NC
Friday Night Race. Cool Max Long Sleeve T-Shirts to the first 400 participants. We will have a carpool leaving from Albemarle. Details to follow. Should be an awesome race.
Sept. 11th - Red Bridge 5K Classic - Locust, NC
In the second year, course has been tweaked. Part of the course will be on the Red Bridge Golf Course. It will be less hilly this year. It's organized by the West Stanly Rotary Club.
http://www.active.com/running/locust-nc/red-bridge-5k-classic-2nd-annual-2010
Sept. 18th - Run the Valley 5K, 10K, 1/2 Marathon - Badin, NC
1/2 Marathon limited to 125 runners.
No limit on other races.
Numbers as of 8/23/10
1/2 - 73 10K - 52 5K - 45
This year the Uwharrie Running Club takes over management of the race. Ellen Smet has done a wonderful job of being the race director for over a decade. She felt it was time to pass the torch, and the Uwharrie Running Club stepped up to the plate to keep the race going. Register at Vac & Dash or on-line at:
http://www.active.com/running/badin-nc/run-the-valley-5k-10k-12-marathon-2010
More details of the Run the Valley Here
Sept. 26th -
2nd Annual Hendrick Marrow Program Half Marathon, 5K, 1K and
Kids' Dash
Charlotte Motor Speedway
www.marrow.org/GIVING/Hendrick_Marrow_Program
Sept. 27th - Running 131 & 262 brought to you by The Uwharrie Running Club
This program is designed to take runners from a 10K race to a 1/2 Marathon or Marathon. A lot of the mentoring will be on the road during group runs. To participate in program, one must be able to run five miles and be egistered to run the Charlotte Marathon or 1/2 Marathon or Myrtle Beach Marahon or 1/2 Marathon. More details to follow.
October Events
October 9th - Tortoise & Hair 5K in Uptown Wadesboro.
8:00 am
The race has been organized not only to bring expose the beauty in the Uptown Wadesboro business district, but to more importantly raise funds and create awareness for alopecia areata. Alopecia areata is a misunderstood autoimmune disease which is a disease that causes hair loss.
November Events
Nov. 20th - Fellowship of the Idiot Run 5:30 am at the YMCA. 19.7 Miles. Goes from the Y to the top of Morrow Mountain and back. It's a great last long training run before the Myrtle Beach Marathon. No charge for the run. e-mail peter@vacanddash.com if you plan on running it. Details at:
7th Annual Turkey Trot 4.2 Mile Run on Thanksgiving Morning 2010
No Charge for the run, sponsored by the Uwharrie Running Club.
Starts at 7:00 am at the YMCA in downtown Albemarle
Press Release:
The 7th Annual Turkey Trot will be held on Thanksgiving morning sponsored by the Uwharrie Running Club. The 4.2 mile run/walk will leave you in a calorie deficit so you can eat your Thanksgiving meal guilt-free. The run starts at 7:00 a.m. at the YMCA in downtown Albemarle. The only charge for the race is an optional donation of canned goods for the Stanly County Christian Ministries Food Pantry.
As a service project, West Stanly's Future Business Leaders of America Club has partnered with the Uwharrie Running Club to help with preparation for the race as well as race-day support. The FBLA club is providing tshirts designed by club members as well as supplying water, directing participants and collecting canned goods. For more information, contact Vac & Dash at 704-983-3274
Route:
Turkey Trot 4.2 Mile Loop One of my favorite routes. I like running this course a couple of days after my long runs. The first two miles are the toughest, with a hill at the hospital and a long climb on Park Ridge. You get a very nice downhill finish coming in from Montgomery.
Start at traffic light at YMCA. North on First St. Right on Salisbury St. Left on Second St. Right on Park Ridge. At the intersection of Park Ridge and Ridge, continue through the caution light, to Heritage. Heritage loops to become Colonial. Left on Ridge. Right on Montgomery. Right on Second St. Left on Franklin. Finish at Traffic Light at YMCA.
December Events
Dec. 11th - Thunder Road Marathon - Charlotte, NC
January 2011 Events
Jan. 2011- Fellowship of the Idiot Run 5:30 am at the YMCA. 19.7 Miles. Goes from the Y to the top of Morrow Mountain and back. It's a great last long training run before the Myrtle Beach Marathon. No charge for the run. e-mail peter@vacanddash.com if you plan on running it. Details at:
Feb. Events:
Myrtle Beach Marathon, 1/2 Marathon and 5K
Always a fun road trip to the beach. Weekend kicks off with the RBC Bank 5K on Friday, 2/12/09 at 6:30 pm at Ripley's Believe it or Not Aquarium. Saturday morning the Bi Lo Marathon and Dasaini 1/2 Marathon begin at 6:30 am.
Marathon and 1/2 are sold out for 2010. Some slots left for 5K as of 1/1/10.
Vac & Dash Racing Team Apparel Avaible for Myrtle Beach. For $30.00 plus tax, you get hoodie, cool max shirt, plus headband. E-mail your order to peter@vacanddash.com
Annual Winter Flight 8K in Salisbury. One of the oldest 8K's in North Carolina. It's a first class event, organized by the Salisbury Rowan Runners. Red Long-Sleeve Cool Max t-shirts to the first 325 entries. www.salisburyrowanrunners.com
March Events
March 1st Running 101 begins. Organized by the Uwharrie Running Club, runners train for the Beach Blast 5K. Weekly classes will be Monday evenings at 6:30 pm. Cost is $35.00 and includes entry into the Beach Blast 5K and t-shirt.
E-mail questions to vacanddash@vacanddash.com
April Events
April 1st - 6:45pm Vac & Dash April Fools Day 5K Classic. This race will be full of suprises. Yes there will be an actual race. Start and finish will be at the YMCA. I know that I always send out a prank newsletter on April Fools Day, so the challenge for me is to get folks to believe that there will actually be a race. There will be.
I will warn you, that if you don't have a sense of humor, you may not want to run this race. Cost will be $20.00. You'll want to run it for the t-shirt. If you think a store that sells vacuums and running shoes is weird, the sponsors on the back will be those wacky area combo stores such as:
Tillery Vineyard & Taxi Service "You Drink - We Drive"
OK, the sponsors aren't real, but they will look cool on the back of the shirt.
More info at: April Fools Day 5K Classic
Register at Vac & Dash or on Active.com at:
April Hurley YMCA Triathlon in Salisbury
- 2nd Annual Norwood Arbor Day 5K Register at Vac & Dash, Irvin Unlimited in Norwood or www.active.com
- Health Run 5K Asheboro, NC Organized by the Randolph Road Runners, this race is always fun and has lots of door prizes. www.randolphroadrunners.org
- Marti Estes 5K Race Mooresville, NC
May Events
May 6th Annual Beach Blast 5K Albemarle, NC You will be hard pressed to find a better 5K. Organized by the Uwharrie Running Club, this race has a fast downhill and flat finish, great goodie bags, great family atmosphere. Register by March 31st and get a cool max t-shirt. This year the race will be capped off at 400 runners.
More Details at:
May- Running of the Bulls Norwood. 8:00 am
Same course as Arbor Day Race. Start and finish is at Presbyterian Church across from Milano's.
May Bare Bones 5K Salisbury, NC
Organized by the Salisbury Rowan Runners, it's a race with the basics. Also, you get a cool max shirt with a skeleton on it. www.salisburyrowanrunners.com
I like running the Bare Bones 5K and Run for the Greenway in July. Both are on the same course that starts and finishes at Knox Middle School. It's a great way to compare times to see if you are getting faster.
June Summer Jam 5K Wadesboro, NC
The committe putting this race together has been on the ball. Looks like it should be a awesome first year race. Register at Vac & Dash or on-line at:
http://www.active.com/running/wadesboro-nc/summer-jam-5k-2010
The course is marked if you want to practice.
SUMMER JAM 5k ROAD RACE COURSE:
Start @ Square
Travel Straight down N. Greene
Right onto E. Martin
Right onto Lee Avenue
Bear right onto E. Morgan Street
Left onto Morven Road
Turn left into OLD Town Estates
Turn right back onto Morven Road
Turn left on to E. Morgan
Turn right onto North Greene
Finish @ the SQUARE (Right in front of the statue)June Events
China Grove 5K Main Street Challenge. China Grove, NC
Last year they had the Krispy Kreme folks dipping the donughts in fresh chocolate! Fantastic night race. Cool max shirts to entrants. www.salisburyrowanrunners.com
Tour de Kale 5K Denton, NC
It's the bookend of the back to back Friday night race with China Grove! www.tourdekale.com
Running 202 Begins
The Uwharrie Running Club, in conjunction with the Stanly County YMCA, will run this program designed to take people from a 5K to YMCA 8K in August to the Run the Valley 10K in September. To participate in this program, you must be able to run 3.1 miles in 38 minutes or less. Register at the YMCA.
Cost is $40.00. Price includes entry into the YMCA 8K for Strong Communities and the Run the Valley 10K.
Freedom Run 5K Oakboro, NC
In it's third year, this race continues to improve. Register at Vac & Dash or on-line at:
http://www.active.com/running/oakboro-nc/freedom-run-5k-2010
August - Tour de Elvis 5K Run & Cycle Tour
Combining Friday the 13th with Elvis will be fun!
Limited to 300 Runners.
The first 100 that registered are getting a cool max t-shirt. The rest are getting a cotton t-shirt.
Thanks to all that have been pre-registering for the race.
Sponsored by Albemarle Parks & Recreation, this Elvis themed weekend will start off with the Tour de Elvis 5K race on Friday night. Plans are for the course to run through downtown Albemarle and along the new Greenway. Of course, it will be an Elvis Themed Race. There will be some bike rides on Saturday morning. Saturday evening, The Essential's, an Elvis Tribute Band, will perform at City Lake Park
Register at Vac & Dash or on-line at:
http://www.active.com/running/albemarle-nc/tour-de-elvis-5k-run-and-cycle-tour-2010
For More Details:
Tour de Elvis 5K Run & Cycle Tour
Running 101
The Uwharrie Running Club will offer Weekly Classes and group runs to prepare new runners for the Run the Valley 5K in September. Register at Vac & Dash. Cost is $35.00. Limited to 50 participants. Last day to register is July 9th.