Favorite Runs

"Manor / Maze" - Cone Manor in Blowing Rock, 7 miles, challenging climb

"Fire Tower" - Cone Manor in Blowing Rock, 10-12 miles, very challenging climb

"Chestnut Hill" - Wilson's Creek above Lenoir, 6 miles, challenging climb

"Black Bottom" - Cone Manor in Blowing Rock, 7 miles, challenging climb

"Salem Lake" - around lake in Winston-Salem, 7 mile loop, flat and fast

"Rich Mountain" - beginning at Trout Lake in Blowing Rock, 8 miles, very challenging climb

"Hibriten Mountain" - beginning at base of mtn in Lenoir, 2.5 miles up, 2.5 down, challenging climb

"Aquatic Center Trail" - Lenoir Fitness & Aquatic Center in Lenoir, 1.5 mile loop, flat

"Redwood 2 Miler" - Redwood Park in Hudson, 2 mile xc course, rolling

"Granite Falls Inner Loop" - Granite Rec in Granite Falls, 1.25 mile loop, rolling

"Tator Hole" - Granite Falls road course beginning at SCHS, 7 miles, rolling

"Trojan Lane" - Hudson road course beginning at SCHS, 3 miles round trip, rolling

"Redwood Park" - Hudson walking park, 1/2 mile loop, flat

"Barbeque" - Granite Falls road course beginning at SCHS, 7 miles, rolling

"Granite Falls Outer Loop" - Granite Rec in Granite Falls, 1.5 mile loop, rolling

"Bass Lake" - Cone Manor in Blowing Rock, approx 1 mile loop, flat

"School 5K" - Campus 5K course, rolling, varied surfaces

"Lakeside Park" - Behind Granite Falls Middle School, scenic trail off of Lake Rhodhiss

"Spartan Trails" = Behind Spartan Stadium, hills and creeks

Favorite Quotes 

"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift." - Steve Prefontaine

"If you want to train, then let's train... if you want to talk, then let's do lunch." - Susan Hesterburg

"Men, today we die a little." - Emil Zatopek

"Not the race but the runner.  The enemy, as always, is within." - George Sheehan

"Bid me run and I will strive (stride) with things impossible." - Shakespeare

"Hurry back." - Mike McCall

"If you want to win a race you have to go a little beserk." - Bill Rodgers

"The only real failure is the failure to try." - Joan Benoit

"The sign of a runner is the dirt on their shoes." - Jason Childers

"You are tomorrow what you believe today." - Gary Elliott

"There may be men out there that can beat me, but they're gonna have to bleed to do it." - Steve Prefontaine

"When it's all said and done, the time and place doesn't matter.  It's all about giving your best from start to finish.  The best moments are out there somewhere." - Jason Childers

"The will to win is nothing without the will to prepare." - Juma Ikangaa

"At some point in time, you've got to be willing to suffer." - Adam Matthews

"Take a race, and make it your own." - Anonymous

"All it takes is all you've got." - 2003 South Caldwell Cross Country

"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but your pace will never hurt me." - 2004 South Caldwell Cross Country

"When you call out one wolf, you invite the whole pack." - 2005 South Caldwell Cross Country

"If better is possible, good is not enough." - Anonymous

"If you want to run a race... train.   If you want to win a race... train harder." - Anonymous