Date: May 16, 2009
Distance: About 27 Miles
Where: Cumberland Trail
Trails: Possum Creek Segment + Soddy Creek Segment
Notes: This will be a point to point event, run North to South
Details: We will leave Huntsville at 5am and drive to the southern end of the Soddy Creek Section and drop off a vehicle. This is on Mowbray Pike Road. This is about 2 hours away from Huntsville. Then we will drive another vehicle up to Retro-Hughes Road at the northern end of the Possum Creek section. There we will drop off a car and begin our run at about 6am. The Possum Creek Section is about 10 miles down to Heiss Mountain Road. There is a gas station at the Intersection of Heiss Mountain Road and Jones Gap Road, should we require any food/water. From there it is another 16 miles on the Soddy Creek section back down to Mowbray Pike Road. From there back to the car is about 1/2 mile, which will make this about 27 miles, thus an ultra marathon.
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The run will take about 6-7 hours as this is rolling terrain and we will want to stop and take pictures of cool things, like Imodium Falls. We will be back in Huntsville with enough time to shower and go have beers to celebrate Joey's birthday.
