Weekend Outlook

Lots of races to choose from this weekend:

• The Run for Healthier Babies is this Sat. in Morrisville at 9AM.
• The Neuse River Bridge 5K, 10K, and Half Marathon are on Sat. in New Bern at 7-8AM (depending upon which race you are running).
• The Medoc Trail Marathon and 10-Miler are on Sat. in Hollister at 8:15AM.
• The Ramblin' Rose Half Marathon is on Sun. in Durham at 7:30AM.
• The Emerald City Half Marathon and 5K are on Sun. in Greenville at 7:30/8AM (depending upon which race you are running).

For World Record Friday (and because there are a lot of 13.1-milers this weekend), the fastest half marathon dressed as a fruit is 1:48:52. This record belongs to David Partington who completed the Royal Parks Half Marathon dressed as a tomato. However, it appears that you can run faster dressed as a vegetable. Nick Lodge completed the Run to the Beat Half Marathon dressed as a carrot in 1:37:21. And, in case anyone hasn't seen this yet: