One of the things I do to earn a little side income is to measure running courses for USAT&F certification. It's a pretty sweet gig...getting paid a little to ride my bike and do math. I even ride around with a calculator...scary. Anyway, this past weekend, I measured a 10k for Shelton Vineyards in Dobson, NC. It's a rural course, 2 lane roads, point to point, that ends at the Amphitheater at the Vineyard. It's not a super fast course, as there are some hills, but on May 12th, it will be incredibly green and scenic.
If I weren't timing a race on that morning, I'd be there and would probably stay around for a tour of the winery and an evening concert. Would make a nice getaway. Link to the active.com registration is here:
http://www.active.com/running/dobson-nc/shelton-vineyards-running-the-vines-10k-2012?int=29-6
A course map is also available online.
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2 comments:
ran that race last year and those hills were pretty serious from what I remember. good times and well run race for any year... let alone first year.
you didn't get elevation gain when you certify did you?
I was talking with someone from the race about how they have potential for a nice 5k course to end at the winery if they go straight where you do the short out/back on the road but I like the 10k in this instance (and they wouldn't have the pleasure of the loooong hill.
Hey Andrew, that "hill" climbs about 150' in all, but the steepest part is at the bottom, as you remember and is about a 8% grade for half a mile.
Total climbing for the 10k is about 400'. Generally downhill until mile 4.5, then you know...
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