Golf Club @ Rocky Mount 5 & 10 K

Hey Enclave at Crossroads! Are you ready for the weekend? I know that I am. My question of the day is, do we have any runners out there? If so, you may want to start training now so that you can participate in the Golf Club at Rocky Mount 5 and/or 10 K!

The Golf Club at Rocky Mount 5 and 10 K takes place on Saturday, September 11 at 8 am.  This is a 5K, 10K and family Fun Run event that raises money for the Tar River District Cub and Boy Scouts. They are hoping to raise over $3500 to benefits the scouts.

I know it doesn’t seem to make much sense to be running at a golf course, but seeing is believing. There are six uninterrupted miles of wide and smooth paved paths. Runners and walkers will pass over multiple brick bridges, through several wooded paths, and take in multiple views of the 80 acre Belmont Lake along the route.

To make sure that everyone is able to participate, the Golf Cub is hosting three runs: the 5K, 10K, and Family Fun Run. The Family Fun Run is a 3K run that allows parents and kids to get in on the action. This race begins at 7:45 am and is untimed. It allows kids to race like mom and dad and cross under the same finish line arch, while earning a special finisher’s award and getting a race shirt. Kind of like elementary Field Day to the 10th power. All participants must register for this event. However, if parents who are running in the 5 and 10K want to run with their kids, they don’t have to register twice.

The 10K starts at 8:15 and participants will begin on the private Ford’s Colony entrance road beside the main fountains. The race will continue through all 18 holes on the course, so you’ll get to see the Golf Club in all it’s splendor!

The 5K starts at 8:20. Participants will begin on the same entrance road, and will also enter the paths of the course. After the first four holes, 5k runners will turn down a hard packed dirt road for a few hundred yard, before returning back to the paths at hole 14. They’ll eventually meet up with the people from the 10 K run.

For our walkers out there, you can definitely participate in the 5K and enjoy the non pressure of having a cut off time. Food and snacks will be provided for runners after the race, and prizes will be awarded to both first-third overall Male and Female, first place Master’s winners, and first-third for age groups.

This sounds like a really fun event, and you definitely have a good amount of time to train. Just make sure that you register for the races early; they sell out every year.

Happy running!