Triangle Running Group

Alex brought to my attention that some users posts were getting flagged as spam. HOW DARE YOU! Just kidding.
We have an industrial strength, built-in, spam detection agent which goes through all posts to make sure spam posts aren’t getting on the blog.  Click here for Akismet info if you are interested in the [...]

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Location: Shelley Lake (Sertoma Park Parking Lot)
Time: 6:30 AM
Miles: 5-10 or more.
Terrain: gentle rolling greenway paved paths
Weather: Sat. Feb 3 Partly Cloudy 50°/30° 10%chance of rain
Directions to Run:

Directions (You know where it is)

(low res camera phone shot of shelley lake in the summer ripped from the web – that [...]

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Well I do not know what made the run at ATT this morning so tough, but I think missing a few friends and laughs did not help. Where was Paul who did every ATT training run with us before OBX. Christophe who was so dedicated that when [...]

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In the ‘More Geek then Jock’ department, I stumbled upon MotionBased, which is a web based service that you can use in conjunction with a gps device to track your workouts. The web based system takes data from your gps unit (time, distance, water breaks, lollygagging, sprinting, elevation and even heart rate), and [...]

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Location: American Tobacco Trail (Meet at Kroger – Hwy 55 and High House, Cary NC)
Time: 6:25 AM – Meet at Kroger parking lot and carpool/caravan in to trailhead.
Miles: 5-10 or more.
Terrain: Smooth crush & run/sand. Fairly flat – hey a train used to run the route!
Weather Forecast: Dark and Cold (feel free to edit [...]

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Hi.  I need some advice.  I have this friend who has a problem.  No, not that kind of advice.
This post falls under the category:  what the heck would you like to see on this blog?  We have had some good ideas so far.  Another one (I don’t know if its good or not) that I [...]

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so if i wasnt cold enough when i got out of the car, 3 or 4 unnecessarily friendly *WET* dogs came running up to us as we gathered in the pre-dawn darkness. im sure they were thinking, ‘hey smootchies, watch this… im gonna run up and act all friendly and then *shake* all over [...]

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I thought I would post a couple of links to see if anyone was interested in viewing our runs in Google Earth. If you have Google Earth installed, click here for a sample of what we can do to display our runs. The link will download a .kmz file which shows a path. [...]

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Location: Black Creek Greenway to Airport Overlook- Umstead
Time: 6:30 AM
Miles: 5 – 10 or more.
Terrain: Mostly flat hard-packed dirt and asphalt.
Weather Forecast: Mostly cloudy. Hi: low 40s. Lo: high 20s.
Directions to Run Start:

Take the Harrison Ave exit (#287) off I-40 and head toward Weston Parkway/SAS/Cary (instead of entrance to Umstead).
Go about 1/2 mile and turn [...]

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March
3/31 Azelea Festival Tri in Wilmington – currently closed
Registered: Christophe, Jon, Alex, Rama

3/31 Cooper Bridge Run in Charleston, SC
April
4/28 Riverwood Golf and Athletic Club Triathlon – Clayton, NC
Registered: Karen, Kendal, Alex, Rama

May
(no events yet)
June
6/3 Kerr Lake Triathlon – Henderson, NC
Registered: Karen, Alex, Rama
June
(no events yet)
August
(no events yet)
September
9/29 Wilmington YMCA Triathlon 2007 – Wilmington, NC
Alex, Rama

October
10/28 [...]

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first of all, many thanks to alex hagan for inviting me to get out of bed at 5:55AM and go screaming through umstead park in pre-dawn january darkness on a saturday morning with a group of hard-core yet completely laid back running machines.
my first run was also christophe pla’s last – as christophe and family [...]

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The Mitterling Milers – coined from John Mitterling of YMCA fame – who founded the running group. Below is a brief interview of some of the regulars: Karen, Kendal and Alex – after our Bridge to Nowhere to Airport Overlook run on January 20th 2007.

If you decide to join a run with the group, [...]

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