Media Advisory / Details for 132-mile Raleigh-Wilmington Run

 

Departure: 

9 a.m. February 28, 133 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, N.C.

Arrival:

12 noon (approx), March 1, intersection of 2nd and Market Streets, Wilmington, N.C. 

 

Cities/towns include: 

Raleigh, Garner, McGee's Crossroads, Benson, Spivey's Corner, Clinton (421 bypass), Harrells, Malpass Corner, Isabel Holmes Bridge to Wilmington

 

Route:

Starting at 9 a.m. at 133 Fayetteville Street, Turn Left onto Davie St.

Right on Blount

Merge onto Hammond St.

Cross Over Hwy 70 onto Timber Dr.

Continue to Highway 50 (We will meet a bridge that will take us through a 4-mile detour)

Right on Hwy 50 (Benson Rd)

Continue onto 242 South

Continue to 421 South

Continue onto Plainview Hwy, Taylors Bridge Hwy, Delway Hwy, and Wilmington Hwy

Keep Left towards Highway 133 (Wilmington)

Stop at bridge at the corner parking lot at Front St/3rd Street (The last mile will include all Relay runners)

 

Original Press Release

 

Raleigh, N.C. -- In anticipation for the Inaugural Wilmington Race for the Cure®, four teams of runners will participate in the RunRaleigh Relay to Wilmington on February 28. The 132-mile route begins in Raleigh at the offices of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® North Carolina Triangle to the Coast Affiliate at 133 Fayetteville Street and ends in Wilmington at the intersection of 2nd and Market Streets.

 

The teams participating in the relay are the North Carolina Road Runners (NCRC), Savage Crew (N.C. State graduate students), Wake Forest Area Runners (WFAR) and RunRaleigh Races. The groups will depart Raleigh at 9 a.m on Thursday, February 28, projecting a run time of 27 hours and arriving on Friday March 1st, at 12 noon.

 

Captain Linda Jackson, a retired Raleigh Police Officer and breast cancer survivor, will drive an RV alongside the runners. Police escorts will be provided in Raleigh and throughout Wake County. Various Sheriff's departments will also assist the runners along the route in each of the different counties.

 

The goals of the Raleigh - Wilmington relay are to increase breast cancer awareness, highlight the Inaugural Historic Wilmington Race for the Cure, and promote healthy lifestyles. Prior to the 2012 Triangle Race for the Cure, a group of runners from Carolina Beach successfully ran a similar route to Raleigh.

 

New Jersey Man, 79, will run his 224th Race for the Cure in Wilmington

 

Mark Goldstein of Randolph, New Jersey, will be running his 224th Race for the

 

"I plan my days, months, and years around the opportunity to run in as many Races as I can," Goldstein said.

 

Goldstein was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 55 and started participating in Races in 1992. In 2005, he was awarded the Suzy Komen Award at the National Distance Running Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.

 

 

Contacts:

 

Brad Young, Communications Manager

byoung@komennctc.org

919.493.2873

 

Pam Kohl, Executive Director

pkohl@komennctc.org

919.493.2873

 

Leigh Johnson, Regional Development Manager

ljohnson@komennctc.org

910.465.8172