TRIPLE CROWN TRAIL HALF-MARATHON, 10K & 5K

Our 5^th Annual "Springtime Frolic in the Woods!"

	The 2002 TRAIL TRIPLE CROWN Saturday, April 27, 2002

	Carpenter Rec. Area, Rt. 896 White Clay Creek State Park Newark, Delaware

A trail-race festival for runners and walkers of all ages and abilities benefiting local homeless shelters. Run any race, any two, or run the Triple Crown!

THANKS TO ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS AND PARTICIPANTS FOR
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR!
2002 RESULTS: 1/2-Marathon, 10K & 5K | Triple Crown Scoring
PHOTOS | 2002 Trail Triple Crown Race Report

Next Year's Triple Crown will be held Saturday, April 26, 2003.

Directions to race start/finish area: I-95 to Delaware Exit 1 (896N); follow 896 through downtown Newark;
W.S. Carpenter Recreation Area is on Rt. 896 about 2 miles north of town on the right.
Toilets, phone, covered pavilion, picnic tables with BBQ's, plenty of parking....
All 3 races start and finish by the pavilion.

White Clay Trail Half-Marathon starts at 7:30 AM. A scenic 13.1-mile all-terrain romp through WCCSP and White Clay Preserve. Course fords White Clay Creek twice (miles 3 and 10) at DE/PA border. 6 water stations. Registration: $25. Half-marathon award ceremony at 9:50 AM.

10K for Shelter starts at 10:00 AM. A creekside communion with nature; 6.2 miles up the creek to the PA border and back. 4 water stations. Registration: $18. 10K award ceremony at 11:05 AM.

The Human Race 5K Run/Walk starts at 11:15 AM. Our patented "wasn't my PR" 3.1-mile trail loop within WCCSP's Carpenter Recreation Area; course is "flat and fast" except for the rocks, roots, steep hills and muddy parts. Registration: $15. 5K and Triple Crown award ceremony at 11:50AM.

Triple-Crown (3-race combo for the judgmentally impaired) Registration: $45 (individual), $55 (3-person team). Please note the time intervals between starts; we cannot delay 10K and 5K starts for stragglers. Don't worry if you miss an earlier award ceremony: we'll award any unclaimed 1/2-marathon and 10K medals after the 5K.

Pre-registered runners receive cool runnin' dawg T-shirt. We can't guarantee shirts for race-day registrants, so please pre-register! Free refreshments. Commemorative finisher's mug for all Triple-Crown finishers and first 100 half-marathon finishers. Medals: M&F Triple Crown Champion and age-group (by combined finish places); Triple Crown team; M&F overall and age-group winners for individual races--69 medal categories in all.

This event is a Mission Project of Head of Christiana Presbyterian Church
Proceeds benefit four local faith-based homeless shelter programs:
Meeting Ground, Friendship House, Elkton Men's Shelter and Emmaus House.
Sponsors include -- John W. Slack Insurance Brautigam Associates, Inc.

Head of Christiana Presbyterian Church, 1100 Church Rd., Newark, DE 19711
Pastor: Kit Schooley Mission Commission Chair: Renie Newman Church phone: 302-731-4169
For more info contact the church (weekday mornings are best), or race directors
Jerry Cole (gcole@udel.edu), Dick Benson (rnbenson@udel.edu) or John Mackenzie (johnmack@udel.edu)