Race: Reach the Peaks on 9/27/2020. This wasn't an actual race (self-timed, start on your own, keep track of your own progress, no official results) but more of an event/challenge. In 2018, I walked this with my friend VM, but the course was from the Dan River, I believe the Green Heron Ale House, up to the Hanging Rock, and back. 10 miles round trip. This year's was all 5 major peak in Hanging Rock State Park, beginning and ending at the lake parking lot, and hiking/running to Hanging Rock … [Read More...]
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