So you like Strava Challenges? We have another for you! If you haven’t already, join the Sir Walter Running Strava club!
The 2026 Tour de Walter is off and running! We’ll announce a new challenge every Monday (or maybe Sunday night), and it will run through the following Sunday at Midnight. All of these are in celebration of the 2026 Sir Walter Miler, which will be held Friday, August 7th at Meredith College. We’ll talk about these Strava Challenges of upcoming episodes of the Summer of Miles podcast, so make sure and subscribe!
What exactly is the Tour de Walter? This is the third of a 4 segment Challenge called the Tour de Walter, in honor of the Tour de France. Everyone that competes all 4 segments will get a Tour de Walter shirt 
, and the Male and Female with the lowest overall time will get VIP seating at the 2026 Sir Walter Miler. We’ll also do a random drawing every week for free race entries, Sir Walter swag, and more!
NOTE: These runs are unsupervised, so please run at your own risk (and be careful). We recommend the buddy system!
2026 Tour de Walter – Week 3: Lakeview Lassy Loop 2k
What is it? The third segment of the 2026 Tour de Walter is the Lakeview Lassy Loop 2k. Part of the North “Hills” sub-series, this is another fun one that takes you up, up and up Lakeview Drive, and then DOWN Lassiter Mill. A great warm up for the Raleigh RunDown Downhill Mile!
Where is it? The start is right off of the Lassiter Mill / St. Mary’s split. Point your GPS to 2800 Lakeview Drive, Raleigh, NC 27609 and there is plenty of street parking.
Where is the start (and where do I run)? Start at the corner of Scotland Street and Lakeview Drive. You’ll be running up Lakeview Drive all the way up to Lassiter Mill Road. From there you’ll take a left down Lassiter Mill Road until you hit Scotland Street, where you’ll take a left and head back to where you started (finishing at the yellow rumble strip by the starting line).
Where do I finish? In line with the starting sign!
When should I run? You do pass a bunch of driveways, so probably not when people are leaving for work. Don’t run in the middle of the day either. It’s hot! Be careful. Take some Tailwind or Blanks Nutrition in advance! You have between now and Sunday at dusk.
Where will I see the standings? See below and filter accordingly. And we’ll update the cumulative weekly!
After you run the segment, enter your results here into the Google form!
Update your Privacy Settings! If you want your run to register on the segment standings below, you must go into your run in Strava after it populates and adjust the privacy settings on that run (to not hide the start and finish). Make sure and join the Sir Walter Running club on Strava, as we will filter for that and the current week.
The Official Strava Segment: strava.com/segments/41778046 (Route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3511508680236079462)
What do I win? We will have a random drawing for 2 people to get a free entry to the Raleigh RunDown Downhill Mile (non-transferrable). We will post with next week’s segment.
Week 2 winners of the shirt in the Sir Walter Running store are Alex Rosenbower and Merrie Mosedale. Email us and let us know what you want!
2026 Tour de Walter – Week 2: County Line Grind 4k Results
| Name | Gender | Time |
| Silas Thompson |
Male | 14:09 |
| Isaac Cowell | Male | 15:46 |
| Alex Rosenbower | Male | 18:20 |
| Spencer Husen | Male | 18:33 |
| Will Davis | Male | 18:37 |
| Marshall Ward | Male | 18:52 |
| Stepan Paul | Male | 19:17 |
| Jeremy Fehlman | Male | 19:40 |
| Kate Sanborn |
Female | 19:48 |
| Matthew Dey | Male | 21:10 |
| Merrie Mosedale | Female | 21:15 |
| Brad Davis | Male | 21:30 |
| Tommy Boles | Male | 21:40 |
| Kate Sanborn | Female | 21:55 |
| Jonathan Citty | Male | 22:06 |
| Kristen Giombi | Female | 22:20 |
| Kellie Davis | Female | 22:24 |
| Wes Lewis | Male | 22:36 |
| Kevin Rumsey | Male | 23:09 |
| Bradley Thomas | Male | 23:12 |
| Alex Peterson | Male | 23:54 |
| Lucy Shearer | Female | 24:36 |
| Matthew Bissette | Male | 26:11 |
| Colette Bauer | Female | 27:27 |
| Brandy Burns | Female | 28:28 |
| Art Sheppard | Male | 28:44 |
| Chris Shearer | Male | 29:43 |
| Kelly Svihovec | Female | 30:03 |
| Brad Broyles | Male | 39:50 |
| Runner | Gender | Combined Time |
|---|---|---|
| Silas Thompson |
Male | 19:07 |
| Isaac Cowell | Male | 21:04 |
| Alex Rosenbower | Male | 23:47 |
| Spencer Husen | Male | 24:30 |
| Marshall Ward | Male | 24:38 |
| Will Davis | Male | 24:47 |
| Stepan Paul | Male | 25:16 |
| Jeremy Fehlman | Male | 25:38 |
| Kate Sanborn |
Female | 25:54 |
| Merrie Mosedale | Female | 27:57 |
| Tommy Boles | Male | 28:02 |
| Matthew Dey | Male | 28:21 |
| Kristen Giombi | Female | 29:10 |
| Brad Davis | Male | 29:37 |
| Kellie Davis | Female | 30:10 |
| Bradley Thomas | Male | 30:14 |
| Jonathan Citty | Male | 30:16 |
| Wes Lewis | Male | 30:22 |
| Kevin Rumsey | Male | 30:29 |
| Lucy Shearer | Female | 31:54 |
| Alex Peterson | Male | 33:05 |
| Matthew Bissette | Male | 33:47 |
| Art Sheppard | Male | 38:01 |
| Brandy Burns | Female | 38:06 |
| Kelly Svihovec | Female | 38:29 |
| Chris Shearer | Male | 38:58 |
| Brad Broyles | Male | 51:10 |
Don’t see you time? Make sure and enter it into the Google form!
Have questions? Let us know: SirWalterRunning@gmail.com