woods+mountain+marathon

=Woods Mountain Marathon... er 20 miler =

singletrack, doubletrack, gravel
Course: The route starts from Toms Creek Falls TH near Marion, NC and the Woodlawn Work Center on 226 and goes clockwise on some awesome single track (Harris Creek Trail) to intersect the Mountains-to-Sea Trail. Stay on the MST to the ridgeline intersection with the Bad Fork Trail. After a half mile descent on Bad Fork, the route returns towards the start on the Harris Creek Trail. It's pretty fast, and pretty sweet for a trail loop.

Support: none planned. Be prepared to carry enough water to go the distance, or water treatment and enough to go about seven miles between creeks. This is a wilderness route, so each participant must be comfortable and experienced with self-sufficient back country trail running.

Course marking: I will be carrying a few streamers to mark the intersections along this course. A map ([|Trails Illustrated #779]) would be a good thing to carry.

Number of runners will be limited to fifteen for this inaugural run. Please email me if you are interested in running.

Directions to start/finish: Located 7 miles north of Marion off US 221. Turn left at Huskins Branch Road, just before the Woodlawn Motel. Go approximately 1.5 .miles. Park on right at gravel lot before small bridge. Trailhead begins at lot.

Participants of the inaugural 2/21 run:

Annette Bednosky Brian Beduhn Mohammed Idlibi David Kirk Matt Kirk