As I write this, TCTC has just finished hosting another Beat the Heat 5K. There was a great turnout of runners and elite racers but, just as important, there was a great turnout of volunteers. It was fun to see so many long-time and new TCTC members handing out water on the course and at the finish line, providing food ...
Have you ever had the thought of “what goes through a runner’s head?” It seems like those on the faster end would have all the positive thoughts in the world. I mean…they’re fast…so things must go well for them all the time right? Not so. All runners have their good and bad days, great races and others that…will not be ...
Back in July, the Twin-City Track Club hosted their annual Beat the Heat 5K—a summer tradition that draws an impressive crowd, including visiting runners from other Road Runners Club of America (RRCA) groups. This year, my husband Brandon and I (Monica) were among those visitors, traveling from the Lynchburg Road Runners Club to experience the event firsthand.Photo by Robert HillI ...
The ninth year of the Hobby Trails to You ‘25 races was cool, both literally and figuratively. This year’s weather was overcast with temperatures hanging around mid 70s. Runners chose to complete 5k or 10k in the shade, a welcome venue for an early August race and the typically oppressive humid heat. Heavy rain from previous days was not an ...
When I’m training for a marathon, it’s inevitable that my long-run days are filled with the same recurring thoughts: “I want pastries!” or some variation like, “Should I stop at Walmart for a cheese Danish?” or “Why aren’t there any good bakeries nearby?”Every year I run the Moore & Giles Virginia 10 Miler, and right before mile 5 there’s a ...
When the remnants of Hurricane Helene swept across western North Carolina in late September 2024, Asheville and its neighboring towns were left reeling. Torrential rain pushed both the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers to historic levels, cresting above their previous records from the catastrophic 1916 flood. In just three days, more than 14 inches of rain fell in Asheville—an amount ...
On Saturday, July 12, the Twin City Track Club hosted the Cook Medical Beat the Heat 5K race at the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds, where runners started and finished on an out-and-back course that followed Shorefair Drive and Reynolds Boulevard.The event once again brought out hundreds of athletes, families, and fans for one of the city’s signature summer running traditions.Despite a sudden ...
At long last exiting the woods at the top of the Hobby Trails 10K course, maybe two tenths of a mile from the finish, I faced the humps. The dreaded, treacherous humps! Words of wisdom were sung by Golden Earring’s “Radar Love” protagonist: “No more speed, I’m almost there/gotta be cool now, I gotta take care”, and I’d better heed ...
Editor’s Note: This article was edited to substitute <blank> in place of the original word used in the article. Readers are invited to use a word of their choosing each time <blank> occurs in this article.I was standing at the finish line of the South Mountains Half Marathon Trail race, waiting for my wife to finish what I would consider ...