Rock/Creek River Gorge Trail Race 6.5 mile

Chattanooga, TN - (April 3, 2008) – Rock/Creek today presented the Cumberland Trail Conference with a check for . The Chattanooga-based outdoor retailer raised $1500 at the Rock/Creek River Gorge Trail Race. Now in its seventh year, the race was well attended as about 300 athletes showed up despite torrential rains before the race. This nonprofit organization is dedicated to building and maintaining over 300 miles of trails on the Cumberland Plateau.

Appropriately, the race takes place on the Cumberland Trail, in Prentice Cooper Wildlife Management Area. The two distance options, 10.2 mile and 6.5 mile, both used parts of the challenging Mullens Cove Loop. Prentice Cooper is located in Marion County, on top of Suck Creek Mountain, overlooking the Tennessee River Gorge.

Thunderstorms and heavy rain greeted about 300 athletes on Saturday morning, making this one of the largest and certainly the wettest turnouts in the history of the race. "Having a successful turnout like this, despite the rain, made for a fantastic start to the spring trail running season," states race director, Jamie Sanders. "We are excited to see how continued growth of this sport encourages people to come out, rain or shine, every year

Covered in mud and soaked in rain and sweat, Tammy Colvard, 1:20:23; Brain Kearns,1:28:42; and Mary Reid, 1:45:02 battled for the finish.

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