The 2006 TRAIL TRIPLE CROWN Saturday, April 29, 2006 (rain or shine!)
	Marathon, Half-Marathon, 10K & 5K
	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 one race, or two!  Run the Trail Dawgs Marathon, or run the Triple Crown--3 races, the Half-Marathon, 10K and 5K, all in one morning!  

• The Trail Dawgs Marathon starts at 7:30 AM.  (Start together with the half-marathon)  Two loops of the delightfully scenic half-marathon course, at least 13 water/aid points.  There is no cut-off time for finishing, but water/aid will switch to self-serve at noon.  Registration: $40, includes finisher medal and certificate.  Marathon award ceremony ~1PM after the Survivors' BBQ.  More marathon info--please read!.
 
• Da' Half-Marathon starts at 7:30 AM. A scenic 13.1-mile all-terrain frolic through WCCSP and White Clay Preserve. Course fords White Clay Creek at miles 3 and 10.  at least 6 water/aid points. Registration: $25, includes runnin' dawg mug to the first 100 finishers.   Half-marathon award ceremony ~9:50 AM.

• 10K for Shelter starts at 10:00 AM.  This is the second race in Mid-Atlantic USATF's 2006 Grand Prix trail race series.  A creekside communion with nature; 6.2 miles up the creek to the PA border and back with just a few hills. 4 water/aid points.  Registration: $20   10K award ceremony ~11:30 AM. 

• The Human Race 5K Run/Walk starts at 11:15 AM.  A "wasn't my PR" 3.1-mile trail loop within WCCSP's Carpenter Recreation Area; "flat and fast" except for the rocks, roots, steep hills and muddy parts.  One water/aid point.  Registration: $15.  5K award ceremony at Survivor's lunch.
  


• The Triple-Crown 3-race combo is like a big steamin' platter of scrapple with all kinds of fun stuff in it!   A half-marathon for distance, a 10K for some up-tempo, and a 5K just for laughs = 22.4 miles all in one morning!   Registration: $45/individual (run 'em all yourself!); $50/team (2 or 3 runners, one runner/race), includes finisher's mug. The Triple Crown is scored by sum of finish places (not combined times) among TC runners only--low sum wins (tie-breaker rule: faster half-marathon finish wins).  Please note the time intervals between starts; if you finish one race after the next race has already started, no problem--just grab some refreshments and head out again!  The objective is to finish!  If you miss an earlier award ceremony, we'll announce unclaimed 1/2-marathon and 10K medals after the 5K.  Triple Crown award ceremony at noon.

Premiums and emoluments:  Finisher medals for all marathon survivors.  Commemorative runnin' dawg coffee mug for Triple-Crown finishers and first 100 half-marathon finishers.  Lots of free post-race refreshments plus a Survivors' BBQ for all participants and volunteers starting at noon.   (Suggestion: bring lawn chairs--they're more comfortable than the picnic benches!)

Medals: M&F overall and master (40+) winners plus 1st places in 10-year age-groups for each of five events (marathon, half, 10K, 5K and Triple Crown); 1st place open, women, master and corporate Triple Crown teams; 1st place 5K walkers ... 90+ medal categories in all.

Note: Your registration does not include a T-shirt (you probably have enough already), but runners who pre-register can order cool runnin' dawg t-shirts for $10 each.   Shirt orders should be submitted with your registration; we will only have a few extra shirts to sell on race day.

Results, photos, etc. from previous years:

• 2005: the 2005 Mudathon!
• 2004: Results and Photos
  
• 2003: Results and Photos
• 2002: Results | TC Scoring | Photos
• 2001: Triple Crown | Half-Marathon | 10K | 5K | Race Photos | Volunteer Photos
• 2000: TC Summary and Medalists | Results (PDF)/(html)
• 1999: Results
• 1998: Results | Photos | It Wasn't Funny at the Time  race director's report