Not as bad as I thought when I was told “the hills suck.” Not as bad as that awful hill at Terrapin. If you are used to running near Athens, I’m guessing the hills will be nothing for you. They are mostly rolling hills …

If you look at the Thunder Road map:

http://www.runcharlotte.com/maramap.htm

Check out Colville Road (mile 3.) Right before you get to Providence Road there’s a pretty tricky uphill climb. Again, think the bad Terrapin hill but less.

Then right after mile 24, on Hawthorne Lane right before a turn onto Central, it’s tough again. Then it’s a lot of gradual uphill once we get back into Uptown, which is gonna kill when that finish line is just an arm’s length away!

But like I said, if you are used to Athens, this will be a piece of cake. I’ve taken that hill at Broad Street and thought I was going to *die*. And the hill at Terrapin race was worse than any of the hills at TR will be. It’s just the constant gradual uphill that we will hate!

So glad you found the blog! Keep reading and I will check yours out too!

Amy, cropped pants are your friend if you have thigh issues like I do – they rub together during the run and by the end of it I feel like someone stuck a hot iron to them! On shorter runs, Body Glide is all I need and I can wear my shorts. But after hitting 15 miles and more, the Body Glide just doesn’t last. I’m not interested in carrying it with me, so long pants it is! Glad the marathon is in December!

also, oddly, I live outside of athens so I had to click your athens tag. I ran the terrapin 4.1 race and remember seeing your blue wig and thinking you had to be a trooper for wearing that the whole time! anyway, sorry if I’m oversharing in this random blog comment from a stranger.
-beth
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Good luck! I hope I’ll have my own tales to share soon enough.
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