Charlotte Ultra 50k and 10k Race Report

Saturday morning saw the first official Ultra race with in the Charlotte City limits to my knowledge. The race was held on the Mallard Creek greenway and comprised of two races a 50k and a 10k.

Both races went off at 8 AM which coincidently was just about the time a steady drizzle began to fall. The 10k runners would make a single lap of the course while the 50k runners would repeat the same course 5 times to make the full 50k distance.

A strong contingent of runners from the Charlotte Running Club came out to display the strength and depth of the club. Club members Ben Hovis and Carolyn Maye won their respective 10k races in 34:38 and 42:08. While club members Mark Carbone and Megan Hovis won their respective races in the 50k: 3:25:31 and 3:44:11.

There were a total of 37 runners for the 10k and 46 runners for the 50k.

Some other notable finishers were club members Val Matena in 3:51:59 and Theoden Janes 4:18:54. Theoden kept saying that he was planning to drop but somehow managed to hang on. His effort bodes well for his upcoming marathon in Columbia, SC next month.

Meredith Dolhare who is a fellow member on our TrySports Ambassador team struggled through some tough times during the race but with a strong mental attitude finished in 5:00:50 seconds. This is a lead up to Meredith's next big race which is a 126.2 mile race from Baton Rouge, LA to New Orleans, LA along the levy. That's a long way to run if I do say so myself.

By my estimation, the area's for ultra distance went off pretty well. Expect it to grow more next year

 

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The Cool Down Runner