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The Umstead Coalition; P.O. Box 10654; Raleigh, NC 27605-0654

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Mark you calendars for the 2012 Walk/Run/Bike for Umstead

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Over 350 participants will enjoy a great day on Park Trails, listening to great music, and enjoying children activities. Thanks to Triangle Off Road Cylists (TORC) for the Tour de TORC guided bike rides and Carolina Godiva Track Club for race timing!!

Thanks to all for supporting William B. Umstead State Park. Funds raised will go towards restoration of the 104 historic cabins and mess halls, land acquisition, invasive plant control, and environmental education for your wonderful State Park.

2012 Walk/Run/Bike for Umstead

REGISTER HERE (open January 2012)

Pledge Form

Volunteers Needed (for 2012)

HELP SUPPORT WILLIAM B. UMSTEAD STATE PARK & HAVE A GOOD TIME

(Timed Results from 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005 4-mile Walk/Run)

WHEN : Saturday April 21 [Walk/Run happens rain or shine!]

WHAT: Choose between a 4 mile Walk/Run on a Park trail, a 4-mile beginner mountain bike tour, or a 10-mile intermediate mountain bike tour. Enjoy live music along the trail and on the main stage. A community event for the appreciation, use, and preservation of William B. Umstead State Park. Funds raised will be used to support William B. Umstead State Park..

Schedule (tentative):
8 - 9:00                        Registration. Music at Registration: Bruce Emory
9-9:30am                    Announcements and Music by our MC Bett Padgett. Door Prize
9:30 am                       Tour de TORC(~4- or ~12.4-mile guided mountain bike tours)
9:30-9:45am               Bett Padgett - music and announce start of 4-mile Walk/Run
9:45 am                       Walk/Run with live music on Park trail:
                                    Saint Francis Brass Quintet
                                    Andrew Kasab
                                    Jane Hunt and friends
                                    Bill Knott
                                    Ernest McHenry

10:15am-10:55am      Jon Batson
10:55-11:00am           Door Prizes, Awards for the fastest overall female, male, and child runners.  
11:00-11:45am           Nixon, Blevins and Gage
11:45 am                     Fastest Race Finishers Announced, Door prizes. Silent auction still open.
Noon-12:45am           Brien Barbour
12:45am                      Door prize. Silent Auction ends.  Winners announced.
1pm                             Event Ends

DOOR PRIZES: 
Pound of coffee Per Month for 12 Months from Cup A Joe
$10 Gift Certificate from Baja Burrito
Tune up from All Star Bike Shops, Value $75
$100 Gift Certificate from The Bicycle Chain
Dinner for Two Certificate for Bella Monica
$25 Gift Certificate for Burke Brothers Hardware

Great Grapes Wine Fest, April 16, 2011 11am-4pm. 4 tickets plus VIP Plus parking. Donated by Celito.net - they are the official IT, Internet, and voice provider for Cary's own Koka Booth Amphitheater.

******* SILENT AUCTION ********* (2010)
**Gift donated by Celito.net

** Gift donated by Outdoor Bird Company

** Dinner for Two for Bella Monica

** Gift from. A Southern Energy Management expert in building science and renewable energy.

T-SHIRT: AWESOME! Front says "I love William B. Umstead State Park." Back has the historic stone bridge over Sycamore Creek on Graylyn Trail. (we will have plenty - even some woman's tailored T-shirts!) T-SHIRT PHOTO

PLEDGES:  Additional funds raised for William B. Umstead State Park can be brought to event, or mailed-in afterwards.  The top fund raisers will be a special gift from Great Outdoor Provision Company. 

CHILDREN ACTIVITIES:  Live owls from American Wildlife Refuge, live reptiles from Piedmont Wildlife Center, Kids Craft booth (kid tattoos, painting flower pots, scrap art), Park Ranger with stuffed animals that live in the Park, and a Bee Exhibit by Wake County Bee Keepers Association. Snow cones for sale.

NATIVE PLANTS: Some friends are donating native plants: swamp sunflower, bee balm and purple aster, and perhaps more. PLEASE consider taking some for your yard and leaving beyond a donation to the Umstead Coaliton for the Park.

For the 6th year: “Tour de TORC” for novice and advanced riders. These will be guided rides, not a race! You need to provide your own helmet and bike (fat tires recommended). Maximum of 100 bike registrants - Register Early!

Race timing by Carolina Godiva Track Club. Official timing will continue for 1 hour; race clock will continue for self timing until ~11:15am.

WOODSIDE BIKE SHOP will be on-site for bike repair

REQUESTED DONATION: $25 adults ($15 children age 12 & under). Adults $35 after April 10. Includes Walk/Run/Bike, T-shirt, live music, snacks, door prizes, free gifts from Great Outdoor Provision Company, Inside-Out Sports, All Star Bike Shop, Outdoor Bird Company and more. Specatators free of charge. Registrations will be accepted up to the day of the event. To guarantee a T-shirt size, registration must be received by April 11. All walkers/runners/bikers get a numbered bib. (update -- we have plenty of T-shirts, we just received a fresh printing!)

WHERE: A private farm on Reedy Creek Road next to William B. Umstead State Park. The Walk/Run/Bike route starts and ends at the meadow and goes along the gravel multi-use trail in Umstead State Park.

On-Site PARKING (very limited entry/exit between 9:15-9:50am for safety of bikers/runners). If biking or running, please try to arrive by 9am. Turn onto Reedy Creek Road from Blue Ridge Road across from N.C. Museum of Art, Raleigh. Car pooling is encouraged. NO PARKING PERMITTED ON REEDY CREEK ROAD! For directions: address is 6000 Reedy Creek Road, Raleigh, NC 27607.

We will have a designated place where you can lock your bike on site.

TEAMS are 5 or more registered individuals (you can have as many team members as you’d like – see below for awards). Members of teams can register and pick up packets together or individually. BUT, each individual registration form must state the team name. EXCEPT: Teams are also allowed to register on event-day only if they hand in registration and pledges for the entire team in one envelope.

AWARDS and PRIZES:

EVERYONE who raises more than $50 will receive 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, past treasurer, and long time friend of the Umstead Coalition.

2nd and 3rd HIGHEST PLEDGE EARNERS receive gift from Great Outdoor Provision Company

FASTEST Female and Male receive $100 Gift Certificate from Great Outdoor Provision Company. And, a free year of mail box service from The UPS Store @ 3434 Edwards Mill Road.

FASTEST Child (age 12 or under) receive $50 Gift Certificate from Great Outdoor Provision Company. And, a free year of mail box service from The UPS Store @ 3434 Edwards Mill Road.

TOP 5 fastest Masters (age 40 and over) female and male finishers (4 miles) (receive a mess running hat and water bottle from Inside-Out Sports - they will be handed out as you cross the finish)

TOP 10 fastest Adult (age 13-39) female and male finishers (4 miles) (receive a mess running hat and water bottle from Inside-Out Sports - they will be handed out as you cross the finish)

TOP 5 fastest children finishers (age 12 and under) (receive a mess running hat and water bottle from Inside-Out Sports - they will be handed out as you cross the finish)

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 *

SPECIAL FREE GIFT: The 1st 75 to advance register will receive FREE SmartWool PhD Outdoor Socks from Great Outdoor Provision Co .

https://www.insideoutsports.com/registration/ or at registration events:

Applications available at: Great Outdoor Provision Company, Inside-Out Sports, Neomonde Deli, Whole Foods, CupAJoe, Ten Thousand Villages, or at registration events:

Tentative dates:

Friday, April 6 (11am - 7pm)
Whole Foods,
Ridgewood Shopping Center, Wade Ave., Raleigh

Thursday, April 12 (10am-2pm)
Great Outdoor Provision Co (Cameron Village store, Raleigh)

Friday, April 13 (4-7pm)
Great Outdoor Provision Co (Cameron Village store, Raleigh)

Saturday, April 9 (noon-4 pm)
Inside-Out Sports (Cary)

Friday, April 20 (5-7pm)
Reedy Creek Road at Walk/Run/Bike start location (off Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh)

Saturday April 21 (8-9:00am)
Reedy Creek Road at Walk/Run/Bike start location (off Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh)

* be among the 1st 75 people to register either on-line OR at registration events and receive SmartWool Socks from Great Outdoor Provision Co . On-line registration will be open until noon on Friday April 15. Registration WILL be accepted at the site on Friday evening and event day.

SCHEDULE Saturday, April 21, 2012

8am – 9:00 am Register and Packet Pick-up for Walk/Run/Bike

9:30am TORC Tours. Guided mountain bike tours. 12.5-mile intermediate and 4-mile beginner rides. Registration capped for trail safety; bikers provide their own bikes (fat tires recommended) and helmets. 4-mile route,~12.5-mile route (new maps this year -- routes subject to change based upon conditions)

9:45 am. Walk/Run. 4-miles. Live music on the Park trail. Runners/walkers eligible for finishing awards, must complete entire 4 mile route. 4-mile route.

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 turn around (if you choose). Splits will be called at the 1 mile and 2 mile turn around. 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.

10:30am-1pm. Live Music on stage

EXTRA STUFF:

The trail is gravel. Fruit & water, aid stations, and music along the trail will be provided until noon. All walkers/runners/bikers must wear the bib on shirt front and return to the meadow by noon. Bikers must stay behind TORC leader and in front of safety sweeps.

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 welcome, must be kept on lease. Bring your 'poop bag' (we will also provide some at the site).

Recycling for the event is provided by Phoenix Resources. Please follow posted examples for compostables and trash, as well as recyclables.

All donations go to support Umstead State Park. Funds raised from this year’s event will go toward land acquisition, protection of wildflowers, controlling invasive plants, and environmental education.

VOLUNTEERS. We are still looking for VOLUNTEERS to help with Advanced registration events, site set-up (Thursday and Friday), and event day. A great idea for Community Service.

BIG THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:

Great Horned Owls:

Great Outdoor Provision Company
Whole Foods
NC Department of Environment & Natural Resources - Div State Parks
InsideOut Sports
SAS
Southern Energy Management
Pheonix Resources
celito.net

Great Oaks:

Action Designs
All Star Bike Shops, Inc.
American Wildlife Refuge
Baja Burrito
Bella Monica
The Bicycle Chain
Burke Brothers Hardware
Cup A Joe
Delight Foods
Gregory Poole Equipment Company (Power Systems Division)
Neomonde Bakery and Deli
Outdoor Bird Company
R&H Produce
Ten Thousand Village
The UPS Store at 3434 Edwards Mill Road
Carolina Godiva Track Club
Triangle Off-Road Cyclist
Woodside Bike Shop

Volunteer Here

Help us by passing the word!! Or by forming a Team.

Thanks for helping William B. Umstead State Park

Jean Spooner, Chair