Type: Road, Loop
Difficulty: 2 / 10
Dog Friendly: Yes
Jog-Stroller Friendly: Yes
Filed Under: Running
The "Tour of Hamlet" is a 6 .3 mile loop along quiet, well lighted, paved streets in this small (about 10,000 residents), southern town as outlined below and shown on the town map:
. Start: Parking lot of Calvary Baptist Church on the
corner of McDonald and Austin Streets.
. West on Austin to dead end, then
. Left on Rosedale Ave. (0.7 mi.)
. Right on Rice St. extension (0.8 mi.)
. Left on Tarheel Ave.
. Left on Hill St. (1.2mi.)
. Left on Rosedale Ave. (1.6 mi.)
. Right on Rice St. (1.7 mi.)
. Right on Main St. (2.5 mi.)
. Left on Raleigh St. (2.8 mi.)
. Right on Charlotte St. (3.0 mi.)
. Left on Front St. (3.2 mi.)
. Left on Hamlet Ave. (3.3 mi.)
. Left on Raleigh St. (3.3 mi.)
. Right on Charlotte St. (3.4 mi.)
. Left on Rice St. (3.5 mi.)
. Right on Minturn St. (3.8 mi.)
. Left on Madison (4.3 mi.)
. Right on Bauersfeld St. (4.4 mi.)
. Right on Terry St. (4.6 mi.)
. Left on Adele Dr. (4.8 mi.)
. Left on Wallace St. (4.9 mi.)
. Right on Juanita Ave. (5.1 mi.)
. Left on Pineland Dr. (5.2 mi.)
. Left on Rollins Ave. (5.4 mi.)
. Left on McDonald Ave (6.1 mi.)
. Finish at parking lot of Calvary Baptist Church
at 6.3 miles!
The run starts and ends at the Calvary Baptist Church on the corner of McDonald Ave. and Austin St. in Hamlet, NC.
From US 74 East (Business) traveling east from Rockingham, NC where the 4 lanes reduce to two lanes:
. Turn right on Marlboro St. (NC 177) at the stop light
. Turn left at 4th street onto Bauersfeld St.
Go 2 blocks and turn right on Peach.
. Immediately cross W. Main St and go straight on Austin Street one block to Mcdonald Ave.
. Cross Mcdonald Ave and go 1/2 block and turn right into the Calvary Baptist Church parking lot. Look for several trucks and runners at about 5:15 PM on a Thursday night.
Comments
Dave said ...
Several local runners meet every Thursday evening at 5:15 PM - rain, shine or hurricane- to run this course. Their ages range from 17 yrs. to 66+ yrs. Both males and females are present but most runners are men. Most of the runners are also members of the local Mangum Track Club (visit web site: "mangumtc.org") but visitors are quite welcome. The group usually stays together the first few miles at a 9-10+ min/mile pace. The pace increases to 6-8+ min/mile toward the end of the run depending on the energy and abilities of the runners.
I use this run as a tempo run when training for a race or just enjoy the company of the other runners when training for fitness.
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