So you like Strava Challenges? We have another for you! If you haven’t already, join the Sir Walter Running Strava club!
The 2024 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 Saturday at Midnight. All of these are in celebration of the 2024 Sir Walter Miler, which will be held Friday, August 2nd at Meredith. 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 fourth 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 koozie, and the Male and Female with the lowest overall time will get VIP seating at the 2024 Sir Walter Miler.
NOTE: These runs are unsupervised, so please run at your own risk (and be careful)!
2024 Tour de Walter – Stage 4: Shelley Longstreet
What is it? The final segment of le Tour de France is mostly ceremonial, but the sprinters still want to win. And this year, le Tour ends on a time trial, which seems fitting here. You’ll basically run from the back side of Shelley Lake to the Longstreet Drive trailhead, and back.
Where is it? The run starts on the Seratoma Arts Center side of Shelley Lake Park. You can point your GPS to 1400 W Millbrook Rd, Raleigh, NC 27612 and park in the parking lot, which is right near the start of the segment.
Where is the start (and where do I run)? Walk down the hill maybe 100 yards tops and you’ll see the yellow bollard with the big rocks. Start (and finish) there. At the bottom of the hill when you hit Shelley Lake, take a left over the wooden bridge. From there, just stay straight and go through the tunnel and then to the trailhead at Longstreet Drive, where you’ll run around the middle bollard and head back the way you came! Note: It can be a little slick in the first and last half mile (with mud).
Walk down the hill about 50 yards or so and start (and finish) at the yellow bollard by the big rocks.
Once you make it down the hill to the lake, take a LEFT over the wooden bridge
Don’t turn onto the lake. Stay straight and you’ll go through the tunnel.
The turnaround point is the middle bollard right before you get to Longstreet Drive at ~1.8 miles.
When you cross the bridge, make sure and take a RIGHT up the final hill to the finish at the bollard by the big rocks!Where do I finish? At the same place you started. The bollard by the big rocks.
When should I run? The segment is shady, but it’s been hot lately, so plan accordingly. Don’t run in the middle of the day. Be careful. Take some Maurten or LMNT in advance! You have between now and Saturday at midnight.
Where will I see the standings? See below and filter accordingly. And we’ll update the cumulative weekly!
Tag Sir Walter Running in your Strava comments so we know you meant to complete the segment (and weren’t just out for a jog)!
Update your Privacy Settings! If you want your run to register, 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).
The Official Strava Segment: https://www.strava.com/segments/37362315 (and here’s the official route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3249810245307771462)
What do I win? We will have a random drawing for 2 entries to the Raleigh RunDown Downhill Mile, presented by Nike on Saturday, August 3rd!
Week 3 Results – Lake Drive Tourmalet 2k
Congrats to Clayson Shumway and Laura Monaghan on the top times, and to Geof Hileman and Kellie Davis for winning entries to the Raleigh Holiday Half Marathon. Contact us to claim your (non-transferrable) prize!
| Name | Sex | Time |
| Clayson Shumway | M | 6:13:00  |
| Mitchell Germann | M | 6:18:00 |
| Christian Fischer | M | 7:21:00 |
| Parker Gillotte | M | 7:27:00 |
| Alex Rosenbower | M | 7:33:00 |
| Adam Olls | M | 7:33:00 |
| Alan Freeman | M | 7:56:00 |
| David Blanton | M | 8:04:00 |
| Laura Monaghan | F | 8:10:00 |
| Geof Hileman | M | 8:16:00  |
| Jeff Aden | M | 8:32:00 |
| Connor Sweeney | M | 8:38:00 |
| Matthew Dey | M | 8:42:00 |
| Kristen Giombi | F | 8:48:00 |
| Israel Not-TheCountry | M | 8:48:00 |
| Alex Rogers | M | 8:52:00 |
| James Walsh | M | 8:54:00 |
| Kellie Davis | F | 8:57:00 |
| Melissa Morris | F | 9:06:00 |
| William Harris | M | 9:20:00 |
| Merrie Mosedale | F | 9:29:00 |
| Greta Easthom | F | 9:31:00 |
| Michael Dunn | M | 9:32:00 |
| Brad Davis | M | 9:33:00 |
| Tony McDermott | M | 9:39:00 |
| Lucy Shearer | F | 10:10:00 |
| megan arnold | F | 10:20:00 |
| Art Sheppard | M | 10:56:00 |
| Jonathan Citty | M | 11:27:00 |
| Chris Shearer | M | 11:40:00 |
| Perry Boseman | M | 11:57:00 |
| Julie Bryer | F | 14:18:00 |
| Troy Allen | M | 16:21:00 |
Overall Standings (after 3 segments)
| Name | Sex | Grand Total |
| Mitchell Germann | M | 43:51:00 |
| Clayson Shumway | M | 44:33:00 |
| Alex Rosenbower | M | 52:28:00 |
| Alan Freeman | M | 53:48:00 |
| Wesley Sommer | M | 54:39:00 |
| Ziggy Struna | M | 54:54:00 |
| Jeff Aden | M | 58:21:00 |
| Geof Hileman | M | 60:08:00 |
| Matthew Dey | M | 60:38:00 |
| Greta Easthom | F | 61:23:00 |
| James Walsh | M | 61:52:00 |
| Alex Rogers | M | 62:38:00 |
| Kellie Davis | F | 63:41:00 |
| Kristen Giombi | F | 64:07:00 |
| Brad Davis | M | 64:25:00 |
| Tony McDermott | M | 65:32:00 |
| William Harris | M | 65:42:00 |
| Merrie Mosedale | F | 66:26:00 |
| Michael Dunn | M | 67:34:00 |
| Caroline Moakley | F | 67:52:00 |
| Melissa Morris | F | 70:00:00 |
| Lucy Shearer | F | 71:38:00 |
| Megan Arnold | F | 73:40:00 |
| Art Sheppard | M | 76:27:00 |
| Brandy Burns | F | 76:55:00 |
| Jonathan Citty | M | 82:38:00 |
| Chris Shearer | M | 85:36:00 |
| Troy Allen | M | 114:20:00 |
PS… Check out the rock by the wooden bridge. Shoutout to Archie Mac “A.M.” Jones, Jr. for getting the Raleigh Greenway going in the 70’s!
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