"Having failed to secure a spot in the NYC Marathon (the only marathon I've run -- and only once), I looked for a race that would be close to home, and have good crowd support. I read up on Philly, saw that it was fairly flat, and that there was

I have raced this 5k the past 2 years as well as my kids did the 1miler last year. Super well run event, great support from the families on the neighborhood we run through, kiddos loved the ceramic finisher medals...oh yeah...there are PANCAKES at the end!!!

My family was running a 5k per month in 2016 and we found this one for March. I'd never been to New Bern, but had wanted to visit. So this was a great opportunity. Unfortunately, an ice storm hit that weekend and they had to cancel. We