Six Hour Snake Run....it's coming up!

In just a month, TATUR will host the 2nd annual SIX HOUR SNAKE RUN!

This is a different kind of race. Everyone who perseveres will have the exact same finishing time. The winner is the one who runs the farthest in six hours. Now there are no hard and fast rules that you HAVE to run for the whole 6 hours. In fact, walk as much as you want. Run for an hour, take a 2 hour nap, and then go out for another hour or so. Make this your Saturday long run. Are you a trail newbie? Never run on trails and are a little nervous about it? No worries! The trails are among the flattest on Turkey Mountain. There are very few rocks and just a few roots, unlike some of the long hard rocky sections like there are in other parts of the urban wilderness.

Why is it called the Snake run? well, it is because the run is held on the Snake Trail. Hmmm....does that mean there are SNAKES to be encountered on the trail????Well, to answer that, we take great pains to remove all of the snakes from the area in the weeks before the race.This group of snake wranglers from Guatemala help removing the big ones........and my cat Buster helps with the smaller ones.

Actually, while every once in a long while, you might see a snake on Turkey Mountain during the hot summer months, I doubt that any will be out this early in the year. The Snake Trail gets it's name from the fact that it winds around through the woods like a snake.

Last year, one of our fastest TATURs, Michael Adams won the inaugural event, running 41 miles in the allotted 6 hours!

Another TATUR, Julie Swaggerty, won the ladies 1st prize, running 30 miles.

Goodies are plentiful in this run. This year, we will have nice Brooks tech shirts, very unique finishers awards that you will LOVE, and the winners will receive the wicked trophy pictured at the top of this post!!

BUT WAIT!!! There's MORE!!! Also, at the aid stations, we will once again, have the usual chips, pretzels, cookies, M&Ms, Gatorade and H2O, and....BROWNIES and CHEESECAKE!!! You would think you might run OFF a few pounds running for 6 hours, but we want to make sure you GAIN!!

Best of all, it's a TATUR event, and we TATURs know how to have fun!

Mark it on your calenders....March 21st. BE THERE!!