The Beer Run

First off, thank you Erica, Rita, Rusty, Gavin, Win, and everyone else who helped organize this event... IT WAS A TON OF FUN! Secondly, thank you to everyone who came out to this event and making the event such a SUCCESS! Thirdly, thank you BUSY BEE CAFE for being the FREE round and being a WICKED AWESOME. And finally, thank you to our sponsors: FASTcoaching Academy, Raleigh Running Outfitters, and One Step Beyond for bringing together such a WONDERFUL GROUP OF ATHLETES. Ok, to recap...

We left the Cameron Village parking lot promptly at 7:30, heading up Oberlin for our first stop - Players' Retreat. There were a lot of people, more than I ever thought we'd ever get to come out for such an event. We got some weird stares, but I think half of the people eating at PR's wished they could join us. Thirty minutes later, we began our longest leg of the route, heading to Natty Greene's. Here, we basically had the entire back room to ourselves, which allowed everyone to talk a bit more. Our next stop was Tir na nOg, and they were quite happy to support another local running event. We took the "long" way to Busy Bee, which was fourth on the list, rounding Moore Square and heading down either Martin or Davie. The Busy Bee, as previously mentioned, was AWESOME! Then, we took off for Boylan Bridge, narrowly missing the train and cresting the largest hill on the route. Upon recovering with our 5th beer of the night while enjoying the view of downtown, we left for the final stop, The Village Draft House. The group got a bit spread out on Hillsborough, with the lead pack really pushing the pace. We finally made it back to where we started (finally made it back to where we started, finally made it back to where we started... WAHOOO), and put our registration fee to good use! Everyone had a great time, and please feel free to post any pictures you have to the facebook page for the event, and we'll keep you up to date on our next great adventure!