Considering a 50K in August 2013.....

Dahlgren Heritage Rail Trail 50 km

Date	August 3, 2013
Time	6:30am
Start/Finish Located at	Rt 605 Trailhead 10400 Bloomsbury Rd King George, VA 22485
For Ages	15 and older
Entry Limit	Race limited to 200 entrants

Historical Race Data	Lists of Course Record, fastest runners and all finishers of first 4 years.
Course and Aid Information	All Course related information
DHRT Website	Link to trail website with trail and area maps, permit requirements for training use. DHRT is a private trail and a permit must be granted for pre race training.
Area Map	Road Map with Hotel, Restaurant, Start/Finish and Crew Location
Runner Instructions	Final Runner Instructions
Crew Directions	Driving Directions to Reach Crew Accessible Aid Stations
Parking	Please carpool to the start/finish. Main lot opens at 5am and holds about 100 cars. Overflow parking will be on Birchwood Creek Rd. There is very limited parking on the course. When parked, all wheels must be off the pavement and no part of your vehicle may overhang the road.
Fees	Until May 31, 2013 $79 June 1, 2013 to June 30, 2013 $89 July 1, 2013 to July 31, 2013 $99 After July 31, 2013 $110
Premiums	Short Sleeve Technical T-shirt, Finisher's Award, Post Race BBQ
Registration	Entry Form  On-Line
Registered Runners	List of Registered Runners
Awards & Categories	Overall Top Three Males and Females Cash ($200, $100, $50) Event Record Bonuses First male finishing faster than 3:39:04 and first female finishing faster than 4:20:51 Cash $100 Age Groups 19 & Under, 40-49, 50-59, 60 & Over Top Finisher
Packet Pickup, Trail Briefs & Late Registration	Mandatory Trail Briefs Each runner must attend one of three trail briefs. After the brief, you can pick up your race number and T-shirt or register for the race. Trail brief will be about 15 minutes. Thursday August 1, 2013 6:30pm VA Runner in Central Park, Fredericksburg, Virginia Friday August 2, 2013 5pm Rt 605 Trailhead Saturday August 3, 2013 6am Rt 605 Trailhead. Pick up you race number and shirt, starting at 5:30am.
Mandatory Race Day Runner Tracking	All runners must check in at the start line on Saturday Morning Runner numbers will be recored at Wal-Mart and Indiantown Rd. Make sure your number is recorded upon arrival. If you drop, you must turn your number in at the next aid station on the trail. A runner will be financially responsible for any search and rescue if they fail to follow tracking procedures.
Race Limit	200 participants - strictly enforced
Directions from Fredericksburg	from Fredericksburg 9 miles east on Rt 3. Turn left on Bloomsbury Rd (Rt 605). Trailhead is 1.5 miles on the right. Parking at the trailhead is limited, please carpool and arrive early. Lot opens at 5am.
Hotel Information	17 Miles from Start/Finish on Rt 301 in Dahlgren Holiday Inn Express 540-644-1500 Comfort Inn 540-663-3060 Hampton Inn 540-625-2333 12 Miles from Start/Finish in Downtown Fredericksburg Courtyard Fredericksburg 540-373-8300 16 Miles from Start/Finish in Central Park Area of Fredericksburg Hilton Garden 540-548-8822 Hampton Inn 540-786-5530 Primitive Camping Will be available at Rt 605 Trailhead on August 2 only. No fires, no electricity and no running water. Porta Pots available. Anything outside of your car will need to be moved by 5am to allow for parking.
Information	Email: vic@farc.org, phone: 540-310-4803

There is a little secret that you quickly learn when you begin running and it's this:

'If you can imagine it, if you can almost taste it, it will happen'. 

            Running teaches a huge lesson about manifesting your own reality. Last year at this time I could not even run 1/2 a mile and here I am running a combined milage of about 24 miles a week, with 15 of it being during the weekend. Therefore, imagining a marathon, even an ultra run of 31 miles is now just a matter of manifesting that reality, creating it in my mind and poof, it happens. As I investigated all there is to know about the race this morning, I could see it in my husbands face that he knew before I even knew that it was a done deal; I will run this race....Once the 'seed' is planted it's virtually impossible for me to turn my head away.