Whitestone 30K
February 26, 2012
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It starts and finishes at the Whitestone Inn. At the gun, you run down a steep but short hill onto Paint Rock Road. Within a half mile you are down to one of the lowest points on the course at a small bridge. At the second entrance to Tennessee Chapel Road (see map) you turn left near mile 2 and continue up a hill and past a hog farm, then turn left at the fork in the road. You continue around this loop— possibly the prettiest part of the course — until it ends at Paint Rock Road where you turn left. Within ¼ mile, another left awaits at mile 6, where you ascend the hill, pass the hog farm, then turn right at the fork. At mile 8 follow Creekwood Road as it turns left, then run uphill for about ½ mile to the turn-around, and then back to the intersection and a left onto Myrtle Ward Road. About 10½ miles into the race, you intersect Highway 72 and turn right. Be especially careful of traffic along this half-mile stretch. A right turn onto Paint Rock Road near mile 11 leads back to Tennessee Chapel Road at mile 13. A third time you crest the hill, pass the hog farm, and make a left at the fork. Once around that loop, the course leads back to Paint Rock Road near mile 17. A right turn takes you back toward the Whitestone Inn but there's still work to do ascending the final hill to the finish line. The breakfast served by the innkeepers is an outstanding reward to be savored.
Weather
Averages: High
58 Low 34.
The course winds in and out and up and down. Most of the course
is protected from the wind. Dress accordingly.
