The route goes straight up (well, there’s just a couple of switchbacks) the Cattail Pond Trail. Grab what you need and get ready to head up the hill. At the bottom of the hill is an aid station. Escarpment is a double-wide gentle descent so you can fly down it as much as you like. One of my favorite sections is the ascent on the Bluebonnet-it’s like running up the bed of a streamlet-which is what it becomes after a nice spring shower. The route then breaks out briefly into the sun on the Prairie trail, then back into the trees running the full course of the Bluebonnet and Escarpment trails. The Marathoner will run this loop four times!Īfter a brief section of wide trail at the start, the loop turns down the secluded BackstagePass trail and up the Park in the Woods trail. Then you get to turn around and run it all again for the bragging rights of being one trail-tough Half Marathoner. Coming out of Possumhaw trail, you get to race to the half-way line amid roaring cheers. You return briefly to the Cattail Pond trail before turning off to run the Possumhaw trail. Halfway along this trail is another aid station. This trail gives you a couple of good miles to stretch your legs, along with a few good climbs.
At the top of the ridge, you catch a brief section of the Cattail Pond trail before turning off onto Cedar Brake. You also get to take in the downhill on Trout Lily.
FossilValley has some good climbs in there. From the aid station, the Half Marathoners continue on to Cattail Pond and onwards to the rocky FossilValley trail. Escarpment is a double-wide gentle descent so you can fly down it as much as you like-but halfway down you must take a detour across EM1 and loop back to Escarpment via Red Oak.
After a brief section of wide trail at the start, the loop turns down the secluded BackstagePass trail and up the Park in the Woods trail.
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