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The New Years Resolution Runs have become Lake Rhodhiss Trailfest!

To avoid the post-Christmas travel conflicts and potential weather issues, we've moved our trail races into October, where we hope to welcome you with cool, dry, and beautiful conditions on the trails of Valdese Lakeside Park. So, what's different? What's the same?

LRT is definitely version 2.0 of the NYRR events as we're not only changing the courses (maybe not the fun run) but also adding a ten miler for those of you who just can't get enough of the Valdese Lakeside Park trail network! The courses are not yet finalized but expect the 5K to get a little easier/faster, while the 10K and 10-miler will both utilize the recently opened multi-use/bike trail for some of their miles.

Lake Rhodhiss Trailfest will unofficially serve as an opening act for the following weekend's Great Trails State Day events at Valdese Lakeside Park, where Friends of the Valdese Rec is challenging all park visitors to accumulate a combined 2,000 miles of hiking, running, biking, paddling, etc... on that single Saturday.)

So, for those of you unfamiliar with the park, expect mostly single track with varying degrees of roots and rocks, along with more hills than you might expect. For those of you who have participated in the New Year's races, we are not using the Tributary (orange) trail for these races as heavy rains have really made parts of it less like a trail and more like a dried creek bed.

Stay tuned for more details, including course maps and other helpful information.

Event's current local time: 10:50 PM ET