After a fun Week 1 with McNorth Hills Challenge, and Week 2 with the Lake Lynn Trail Simulator, we’re onto Week 3 towards Clayton with the Neuse River Downhill Mile, a fun 100′ drop mile that will get you ready for the Raleigh RunDown Downhill Mile on Saturday, August 7th, which will be held during Sir Walter […]
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Tour de Walter Week 2 – Lake Lynn Trail Simulator
After a fun Week 1 McNorth Hills Challenge, we’re onto Week 2 at Lake Lynn with the Lake Lynn Trail Simulator. This will be a fun run around Lake Lynn with a small trail section before the finish. Again – New this year, there will be an in person option every Tuesday night at 7pm! […]
2021 Tour de Walter kicks of with the McNorth Hills Challenge
Coming hot on the heels of the 2021 Pop Up Miles series, the Tour de Walter enters its fourth season as the weekly virtual race series that happens each July. Unlike the Pop Up Miles series, the Tour de Walter will feature different distances, and terrains. Cumulative time will be calculated each week, as the Yellow […]
Press Release: Inaugural Greenway 20k revives live road racing with North Carolina state bests
April 6, 2021 – Raleigh, North Carolina – On the cool Saturday morning of April 3, 2021, a large group of athletes took to the starting line for the inaugural Greenway 20k, Raleigh’s first official race since the Special Events moratorium ended on March 31. Runners started the race with masks, ran in waves, were […]
Press Release: Raleigh Distance Project sets 3 American Records at inaugural Sir Walter Twilight
Friday, April 2, 2021 – Raleigh, North Carolina – On a cool and windy Thursday in April, the Raleigh Distance Project achieved its goal of setting American Records on the track at 20,000, 25,000 and 30,000 meters at the Sir Walter Twilight, surpassing the previous marks set by Maxine Johnson on October 3, 1982, where […]