Vibram FiveFingers HM 10K and DSF 50K Trail Runs

The 2011 Race flyer is now available for both the 10K and 50K!  Click on the below link for a pdf version

2011 Hickory Mountain race flyer

You are also welcome to register on-line if that is easier…

Click here for the Hickory Mtn. 10K trail run on-line option

Click here for the DuPont 50K on-line registration option

February 13, 2011 – Update for race weekend 10K Oct. 1 and 50K Oct. 2

We are working on a new site for race weekend!  We will post info within the next couple of weeks.  Registration will be open for both races March 15.  You will be able to sign up through Active.com and have the opportunity to register through snail mail if you choose.  We are trying to please everyone with these two systems.

Our 50K will be two loops.  We will have lots of signage, volunteers and aid stations throughout the loop for your needs.  The loop is challenging, scenic, and lots of fun.  We will post the GPS graphs within the next couple of weeks.

The 10K posting of graphs will happen sooner…maybe within the next few days.

Check out the link for a FUN 3 minute video.  The first installment of The Hickory Mountain Trail Chronicles.

Hickory Mountain Race Weekend

Happy running, happy training!

New information as of January 12, 2011…

Race weekend 2011 will take place Saturday, October 1 (10K) and Sunday, October 2 (50K)  Check out our listing in the January 2011 Trail Runner Magazine!

We are currently working on race materials for both races and hope to have the 50K course finalized within the next handful of weeks…the latest snow storm that hit the mountains of western, NC has made mobility a challenge!  We appreciate your understanding.

With that said…we, (Art and Lydia, race directors) are very, very, very psyched to lead this great weekend in the DuPont State Forest.  We want you to have fun, enjoy the forest beauty, challenge yourself, and LOVE the race packets AGAIN!

We listened to you…there will be on-line registration and paper/pencil registration for this year! We understand the need for electronic options and we thank you for dealing with the old-fashioned snail mail last year.  More soon once we get materials up and running!

Finally – we plan to use our cool new garmin forerunner 110, and flip mino to post maps and elevation charts, and some fun trail shots on the web to get you excited to come and run with us!

We are thankful for our sponsors…working on finalizing who is coming back and we will get a good listing up in the near future! The Summit Group and Vibram FiveFingers are our headliners for both races!  Yahoo!

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RESULTS 2010  HM10K Race Data – Final

Thanks to everyone who made the race possible!  Looking forward to 2011…ENJOY!

When: Saturday, September 18, 2010 @ 9:00 AM  (It’s going to be a beautiful summer day in the mountains!)

****As of September 8th, we still have spots available!  Come run with us!****

Where: Guion Farm (Sky Valley Rd.), DuPont State Forest (Cedar Mtn, NC)

Course Map: Hickory Mountain 10K course map (pdf)

Course: Starting and finishing at Guion Farm in beautiful DuPont State Forest, the Hickory Mountain Trail race will use single track trails, double track, and forest service roads.  You will start on Buck Forest, turn right on Jim Branch, ease on down this beautiful trail and take a right on Lake Imaging, take a right on Ridgeline.  This is where it gets interesting!  You will climb up Ridgeline and take a left onto Hickory Mountain Loop (clockwise), follow the loop around to Hickory Mountain Road, take HM Rd, go left on Boundary and then right on Guion.  Go left on HM Rd, and then finish left on Buck Forest.  Start and Finish will be the same area!  STAY TUNED for the course map once the start and finish is determined.

**We ran the course with our Summit Group title sponsors (Jim Kelly, Cynthia Kelly and Paul Jordan) Friday, April 2.  We all agreed this course is a winner!  Please come join us**

Directions to Guion Farm: http://www.dupontforest.com/directions.asp

Contact Director: Lydia Odell (828) 553-5628 / lydianodell@yahoo.com

Sponsors: Thank you to our title sponsor “The Summit Group” out of Traveler’s Rest, SC (reps for Vibram and injinji) for making this event happen.  In addition there are many other incredible supporters who have contributed to this race.  If it wasn’t for this team effort, we wouldn’t be here!  Thank you to all!

Moose Tracks (Brevard, NC); The UPS Store (Brevard, NC); State Farm Insurance~Meredith Baldridge, agent (Brevard, NC); Red House Inn (Brevard, NC); Poppies (Brevard, NC); Bracken Mountain Bakery (Brevard, NC) Foot RX (Asheville, NC); WNC Magazine (Asheville, NC); Perfect Balance Physical Therapy (Brevard, NC); First Citizens Bank (Brevard, NC); Gaia Herbs (Brevard, NC); Possumdog (Cedar Mtn, NC); Kevin Adams Photography (Winston-Salem, NC); Nuun (Seattle, WA); Emergen-C (Foothill Ranch, CA); Kim Skeen Pottery (Brevard, NC); Circle Factory (Lake Toxaway, NC)

All the SPONSORS Rock!

Awards: AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT!  IT’S ANYONE’S RACE! All finishing times will be inputted into an age graded calculator to determine the overall winners.  (The calculator will handicap your time and even out the competition across all ages.) Locally made commemorative awards will be given to the top 10 women and top 10 men overall.  Top 5 men and top 5 women will receive a pair of Vibram Five Fingers Shoes!  Top 10 will also get injinji socks and VFF t-shirts.  Traditional age group listings will be available on the race website only.

Extras: T-shirts designed by David Bradford, runner goodie bags (reusable shopping bags), and lots of super cool giveaways!  Our sponsors are happy to spoil YOU the runner!

Registration: PRINT FORM

*As of September 8th – we still have spots available!  Come run with us!

$25 postmarked prior to June 15, 2010

$30 postmarked June 16 – August 31, 2010

$40 after August 31, 2010 (if there are spots left!)  Shirts guaranteed for registrations received by 9/10/10

Register early!  Field limit is 250!

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