2005 Walk/Run for Umstead
HELP SUPPORT UMSTEAD STATE PARK & HAVE A GOOD TIME
WHEN : Saturday April 23
WHAT: 4 mile Walk/Run on a Park trail. Enjoy live
music along the trail and on the main stage upon returning. A Community
Event for the appreciation, use and preservation of William B. Umstead
State Park. Funds raised will be used for controlling invasive plants,
protecting native wildflowers, environmental education, and land acquisition.
REQUESTED DONATION: $25 adults ($15 children age
12 & under). Includes Walk/Run, T-shirt, live music, snacks, door
prizes, free gifts from Great Outdoor Provision Company (event free
for spectators). Registrations will be accepted up to the day of the
event. To guarantee a T-shirt, pre-registration must be received by
April 15.
WHERE: A private farm on Reedy Creek Road next to
William B. Umstead State Park. The Walk/Run route starts and ends at
the meadow and goes on the gravel multi-use trail in Umstead State
Park.
(New this year!!) On-Site
PARKING if you arrive BEFORE 9:30 am. Turn onto Reedy
Creek Road from Blue Ridge Road across from N.C. Museum
of Art, Raleigh. Car pooling is encouraged. Cars with 2 or more passengers
will have premier parking.
(New this year!!) Race timing by
Carolina Godiva Track Club. All walkers/runners get a numbered
bib. Timing will continue until noon.
(New this year!!) TEAMS are
5 or more individuals (you can have as many team members as you’d
like – see below for awards). Minimum donation/pledge from each
team member is $25. Members of teams can pre-register and pick up packets
together or individually. BUT, each individual registration form must
state the team name. AND, the Pledge Forms and money raised must be
handed for the entire team in one envelope.
(New this year!!) AWARDS and PRIZES
EVERYONE who raises more than $50: A gift certificate
from Great Outdoor Provision Company worth 10% of amount raised. Raise
$50, receive $5 gift certificate; raise $500 get a $50 gift certificate;
raise $1,000 to get a $100 gift certificate!!
“BAG MAN” AWARD. Prize for highest pledge
earner (can be a member of a team). Award is named in honor of the
late Ted Mew, a long-term supporter and friend of the Umstead Coalition
and it’s past treasurer.
- TOP 10 fastest female and male finishers (4 miles)
- TOP
5 fastest Master (age 40 and over) female and
male finishers (4 miles)
- TOP 5 fastest children finishers (age 12 and under)
SPRING BEAUTY TEAM AWARD: Goes to the team that raises
the most amount of money. Each team member gets a gift certificate
from Great Outdoor Provision Company valued at 20% of what they raise.
Teams are 5 or more people.
VIOLET TEAM AWARD: Goes to the team that raises the
most per team member (on average). For example, if your team has 5
members and the team raises $500 – the average per team member
would be $100. If this is the winning Violet Team, each member of the
team gets a gift certificate from Great Outdoor Provision Company valued
at 20% of what the team members raised.
PRE-REGISTRATION and PACKET PICK-UP
FREE THORLO SOCKS for the 1st 75 participants that
pre-register and pick-up your bib and packet at the 2 Registration
Events at Great Outdoor Provision Company at Cameron Village (Friday,
April 15 and Thursday, April 21 -- 6-9pm)
Applications available at: Great Outdoor Provision Company, Neomonde
Bakery, Whole Foods, CupAJoe
http://umsteadcoalition.org or
at pre-registration events:
(NEW THIS YEAR!!) Registration
and packet pickup at Great Outdoor Provision Company,
Cameron Village (2 dates). 1 st 75 who pre-register and pick-up
packet at Great Outdoor Provision Company receive a pair of FREE
THORLO socks:
Friday, April 15. 6-9 pm
Thursday, April 21. 6-9 pm
(NEW THIS YEAR!!) Registration
and packet pickup at the Race/Walk start location. Reedy Creek
Road, off Blue Ridge Road.
Friday, April 22. 3-7pm
SCHEDULE, Saturday, April 23
8am – 9:30 am . Register
and Packet Pick-up for Walk/Run.
10 am. Walk/Run. Walk/Run any distance up to 4 trail
miles with lots of live music – come discover Umstead State Park. Live
music on Park trail. (Runners/walkers eligible for finishing
awards, must complete entire 4 mile route). Trail is gravel. Fruit & water
aid stations and music along the trail until noon.
All walkers/runners will be asked to wear the bib provided and return
to the meadow by noon.
Course: Runners will be allowed to line up at the
front of the start. The route starts and finishes at Walton’s
pasture, goes along Reedy Creek Road before entering Umstead State
Park. The route follows the Reedy Creek multi-use Park trail (gravel)
past Reedy Creek Lake until the 2 mile turn-around and returns same
route. Course mileage will be marked every ½ mile and at the
5K turn around (if you choose). Splits will be called at the 1 mile
and 2 mile turn around. NOTE: there will be a different entry back
into the meadow upon returning to the finish. If you are enjoying the
Park and the music, you may turn around at any point; we ask you to
return to the meadow by noon.HOWEVER: fastest finisher awards are only for 4
mile finishers – you must get a ticket at the 2 mile turn-around
and give to the volunteers at the finish line to prove you ran the
entire 4 miles.
11:00am-2pm. Music on stage
Live Music by: Nixon, Blevins, and Gage; Bett Padgett;
Brien Barbour; Jamie Purnell, Anthony Neff, and many more!
EXTRA STUFF:
All donations are tax-deductible. Receipts available upon request
at the event-registration desk.
Family event (alcohol not allowed). Baby carriages OK, but must be
suitable for use on gravel trail and grass pasture.
Dogs must be kept on lease.
All donations go to help Umstead State Park. Funds raised from this
year’s event will go toward land acquisition, protection of wildflowers,
controlling invasive plants, and environmental education.
Event goes rain or shine – but for the past 10 years, we have
never had rain during our event – so we expect SUN this year!!
VOLUNTEERS. We are still looking for VOLUNTEERS
to help with: Advanced registration events, site set-up (Thursday and
Friday), and event day. Extra special gift for volunteers who help
with parking. A great idea for Community Service.
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Volunteer
tasks
OR help us by passing the word!! Or Forming a Team. Music will be
great!! Both along the Park trail or on the main stage.
Thanks for helping William B. Umstead State Park
Jean Spooner, Chair
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