The traditionalist in me mourns the fact that this race has become such a shadow of its former self. Begun back in the glorious days of the running boom, this race once fielded over 1200 participants and is now lucky if it cracks 80 runners these days. This year marks the 30th running of this event and will be featuring a new venue (Bethel Park) from years' past. So who's going to be there Saturday?

I just checked out the new route for this year's race: reminds me of the Tayside 22 route portion in the Highlands. Nice straightaway finish with the last 1.3 miles being all on Southampton and Bethel.