WHEN : Saturday April 18 [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 for
controlling invasive plants, protecting native wildflowers,
environmental education, and land acquisition.
PHOTOS. This years race photos will be taken by SMG Photos. Check by their site after the race to view and purchase your photos at www.smgphotos.smugmug.com.
SCHEDULE:
8 - 9:00 Registration & packet pick-up, Music at Registration: Bruce Emory
8:30 Orienteering Class and Course (bring your compass, details below)
9am Music on stage, Jon Batson
9:30 am Tour de TORC(~3- or ~12.4-mile guided mountain bike tours)
9:45 am Walk/Run with live music on Park trail
Music on Park Trail (Dellimore Jazz Combo, Jon Batson, Patrick West and Ernest McHenry)
10:30 am Music on stage (Nixon, Blevins, and Gage)
11:30 am Fastest Race Finishers Announced, Door prizes (door prize coupons will be at registration area and are complimentary)
11:45 am – 1pm Music on stage (Brien Barbour)
1pm Event Ends
* Backwood Orienteering Klub will treat those interested in a 15-minute “Introduction to Orienteering” class and then a course will be open for you to try. Bring your own compass. Compass can be rented for $5 deposit. Note: If you want to buy one of the new Backwood Orienteering Klub maps, we will have them for sale ($10 non-laminated and $12 laminated) at the T-shirt sale table by the registration table. If there is interest, the class will be offered again.
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
Droll Yankees Thistle Bird feeder from Outdoor Bird Company
Dinner for Two Certificate for Bella Monica
$25 Gift Certificate for Burke Brothers Hardware
RAFFLE: We have a raffle for 4 tickets on May 29 to the NC Carolina Ballet performance of the Beauty and the Beast!! $5 for 1 chance; $10 for 3 chances. Tickets were donated by Celito.net.
PLEDGES: Additional funds raised for William B. Umstead State Park can be brought to event, or mailed-in afterwards. The top fund raiser will be a special gift from Great Outdoor Provision Company. The 2nd and 3rd highest fund raiser will each receive 2 tickets to the May 29th NC Ballet Beauty and the Beast.
CHILDREN ACTIVITIES: Live owls from American Wildlife Refuge, Craft booth with Scrape Exchange, kid tattoos (butterflies, dragonflies, etc), Park Ranger with stuffed animals that live in the Park.
For the 4th 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.
REQUESTED DONATION: $25 adults
($15 children age 12 & under).
). Adults $35 after April 12.
Includes Walk/Run/Bike,
T-shirt, live music, snacks, door prizes, free
gifts from Great Outdoor Provision Company, Inside-Out
Sports 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 12. All walkers/runners/bikers
get a numbered bib.
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 2 tickets to the Beauty and the Beast NC Carolina Ballet for May 29, 2009 (complements of celito.net)
FASTEST Female and Male receive $100 Gift Certificate from Great Outdoor Provision Company.
FASTEST Child (age 12 or under) receive $50 Gift Certificate from Great Outdoor Provision Company.
TOP 10 fastest Adult (age 13-39) female and male finishers
(4 miles) (receive a gift from Inside-Out
Sports )
TOP 5 fastest Masters (age 40 and
over) female and male finishers (4 miles) (receive
a gift from Inside-Out Sports )
TOP 5 fastest children finishers
(age 12 and under) (receive a gift from Inside-Out
Sports )
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.
RAFFLE: 4 tickets to the May 29th performance of Beauty and the Beast NC Carolina Ballet (complements of celito.net)
PRE-REGISTRATION and PACKET PICK-UP *
SPECIAL FREE GIFT: The 1st 75 to
advance register will receive FREE SmartWood Socks from Great Outdoor Provision Company (all spoken for, sign up early next year)
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:
Sunday, March 22 (1-3pm)
Ten Thousand Villages (Cameron Village, Raleigh) . This preceeds a Drumming Circle participation event at the store.
Saturday, March 28 (2-4 pm)
Inside-Out Sports (Cary)
Friday, April 3 (4-7pm)
Great Outdoor Provision Co (Cameron Village store, Raleigh)
Thursday, April 9 (11am - 7pm)
Whole Foods, Ridgewood Shopping Center, Wade Ave., Raleigh
Friday, April 10 (4-7pm)
Great Outdoor Provision Co (Cameron Village store, Raleigh)
Friday, April 17 (5-7pm)
Saturday April 18 (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 and receive FREE SmartWood Socks from Great Outdoor Provision Co . (all spoken for, sign up early next year)
SCHEDULE Saturday, April 18
8am – 9:00 am Register
and Packet Pick-up for Walk/Run/Bike
9:30am TORC Tours. Guided mountain bike tours. 10-mile
intermediate and 4-mile beginner rides. Registration
capped for trail safety; bikers provide their own bikes
(fat tires recommended) and helmets. 3-mile route,~12.4-mile route (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:
This years race photos will be taken by SMG Photos. Check by their site after the race to view and purchase your photos at www.smgphotos.smugmug.com.
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).
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.
Help us by passing the word!! Or by forming a Team.
Thanks for helping William B. Umstead State
Park
Jean Spooner, Chair |
