Maggie Valley Moonlight Race

This great race is back again after a four-year hiatus.  I have so many fond memories of it in its earlier days when it was a much larger and more challenging event.  In fact, I posted this comment on their website today:

I have run this race eleven times since the first time in 1995, and I am glad to see it restored to its original 8-K distance. It is encouraging to see that there are already over 300 participants pre-registered. At the age of 62, my times have slowed a bit over the years, but I love the challenge of that long, long hill back up to the finish line! In the 90s, you started at Ghost Town, ran 4-K downhill, and turned around and headed back up that unrelenting hill . . .
Yes, I well remember coming up that long hill in the dark, looking for that line of flags that marked the parking lot at Ghost Town. 

Katy ran this race with me, too, in the past, and in fact she is one of the few people I know who has a coveted winners plaque.  It's dated 1998 and it's hanging on the wall of her bedroom.  Good times, good races!  This year I'm going over with Martha, and possibly Skip Taylor.