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Black Bear Half Marathon Pre-Event Information

Black Bear Half Marathon Pre-Event Information

by | Sep 30, 2020 | Event News, iDaph Owned Events, Run

2020 Black Bear Half Marathon on Saturday, October 10, 2020. logo

We can’t wait to cheer you on at the Black Bear Half Marathon on  Saturday, October 10th at Jackson Park in Hendersonville, NC. Thank you for supporting our event and our small business. Please check here for updates as we get closer to race day!

THIS EVENT IS HAPPENING RAIN OR SHINE!

Transferring to Virtual

If you are interested in transferring your in-person running event to Virtual, here’s how!

Visit our registration page in Race Roster by clicking HERE. You can transfer up until 7am on race day. There are instructions on the Race Roster page AND at the link below.

CLICK HERE FOR DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO TRANSFER TO VIRTUAL

Hot Coffee, tea, hot chocolate, and more! 

Bare Bones Coffee House will be at the Black Bear Half event this Saturday selling their delicious brew and other hot beverages! Check out their website for more info. They do accept cash or card! BARE BONES BREW HAUS WEBSITE

Interactive Digital Event Guide

Click here to access our Digital Interactive Event Guide! This guide will tell you everything you need to know for the Black Bear Half, such as packet pick-up information, the course, what to expect, and more!

Black Bear Half Hub Map

Click here to access the Black Bear Half Hub Map. This guide will tell you everything you need to know for the Black Bear Half, such as packet pick-up information, the course, what to expect, and more

Black Bear Half Marathon map

Podcast

Listen to our iDaph Events Podcast for pre-event information about the Black Bear Half. Download on Apple iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. 

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by | Sep 28, 2020 | Event News

Pop Up 5K in the Park logo

The summer Pop Up 5K series is in the books! Congratulations to everyone who participated in our in-person 5K’s at Fletcher Park during our July-September events. Here are the WINNERS of the Series! A huge congrats to all!

A few things to note:

• The ‘in person’ winners can pick up their prizes at the Fall Pop up 5k Series in-person event at Fletcher Park.

• Awards for the Virtual Challenge winners will be mailed Tuesday, September 29th.

• The Mizuno winners can go to Fleet Feet at Biltmore Park Town Square to get fitted and pick out their brand new running shoes! Please feel free to take a photo of your shoes and post to your Instagram Story, and we will repost your photo on our @idaphevents Story.

SERIES Scoring for TOP 4 of the FASTEST TIMES

MOST IMPROVED IN-PERSON

WINNERS OF MIZUNO SHOES

mizuno winners

VIRTUAL SERIES WINNERS

SIGN UP FOR THE POP UP IN THE PARK FALL SERIES
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Results for the Hendersonville Triathlon

Results for the Hendersonville Triathlon

by | Sep 21, 2020 | Event News, Multi-Sport, Race Results, Triathlon

The results to the Hendersonville Triathlon are in!

Thank you triathletes! It was a chilly morning for a swim, bike and run in-person event, but you did it! Our iDaph Team LOVED seeing all of your happy and smiling faces Sunday morning. Thank you for being a part of our events, and for supporting our local triathlon community.

Awards for the Hendersonville Triathlon

Awards can be picked up at Fleet Feet Asheville starting on Wednesday the 23rd. If you are out of town, we will ship the awards to you. Not sure? Please email support@idaph.net. 

Thank you race partners!

A huge thank you to our partners! Without them, these events would not happen in our community. Thank you City of Hendersonville, YMCA of Western North Carolina, Fleet Feet Asheville, PT Solutions, Asheville School, Patton Pool and Patton Park, Sycamore Cycles, Yam, and Hendough Chicken and Donuts.

College Team Category Winners!

Great job Milligan Buffaloes! Your team is the overall winner of our College and High School Team Category! And all that after getting a flat on the way to the event and missing your original start time!

Total time for the Team was 4 hours, 52 minutes. King College overall time was 5 hours, 21 minutes. We LOVE having college and high school athletes at our events and we appreciate your support and participation.

Special shout out to these amazing racers!

John Smith: Got a flat on the bike course and ran 3 miles in his bike shoes. Woah!

Bill Deaton: Got a flat, fixed it, and went back and did the swim portion AGAIN to start all over again. Wow!

RESULTS!

Congratulations to our overall winners!

Male Overall Winner: Sonni Dyer, 52, from Charlotte, NC, finished 1st overall, with a final time of 01:03:22.

Female Overall Winner: Faith Powell, 19 from Erwin, TN, with a final time of 01:06:07.

 

CLICK HERE FOR ALL RACE RESULTS!
Milligan college athlete at Hendersonville Triathlon
cyclist at Hendersonville Triathlon

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Hendersonville Triathlon Swim Wave Starts & Cue Sheets

by | Sep 18, 2020 | Event News, Multi-Sport, Triathlon

swimmer at asheville triathlon

Welcome to the 2020 Hendersonville Triathlon on September 20th!

  

If you haven’t already…

#1 Please READ through our DIGITAL EVENT GUIDE. 

#2 You can also LISTEN to our Podcast with race info HERE. 

#3 CHECK OUT THE HUB MAP HERE and get familiar with the event hub before you arrive on race day. 

#4 Updated RACE MAPS with DETOURS due to Flooding – BIKE and RUN

 

To find your wave and start time, search for your name on the Official Swim Start List below:

 

Click HERE –> Hendersonville Triathlon Swim Start List 

 

Info about the order/wave start list and how it will work on race day….

• Swim start waves have been assigned based on the swim time you submitted when you registered.

• Participants are assigned a wave start, rather than an exact start time. It is a ‘rolling’ wave start. Swimmers will start every minute in a time trial start format. 

• The PT Solutions provided, socially distanced ‘circle’ spots are the locations that you will stand around the pool to wait for your start. These are first come, first serve, within the wave. There is no ‘order’ to folks within the wave that you are in. Everyone that is in your wave submitted a similar swim start time.

• Please do not arrive early for your swim start wave. This isn’t an event to just stand around and hang out.

• You will only be allowed onto the pool deck 5 minutes prior to your swim wave.

• There are NO swim warm-ups.

•  We are limiting the number of participants in the pool zone at one time.

• Before you enter the pool area, PT Solutions will screen you for COVID symptoms, take your temperature, and hand you a disposable mask which you must then wear after you leave the PT Solutions tent and walk into the pool area. You must wear your mask up until you jump into the pool.

 

When you go to the pool to start you will:

#1 Put your shoes for the swim to bike transition, under the picnic shelter. This is the side exit area for the swim finish that is to the far left side of the pool when facing the building from the parking lot. (see hub map)

Then next…

#2 Have a brief COVID19 screening and get your temperature checked by PT Solutions right before you enter the MAIN ENTRANCE of the pool (see hub map).
Then next…

#3 You will find the next available ‘SPOT’ on the pool deck to stand on. Get in line.

 

#4 These circles are socially distanced around the pool deck.
#5 Participants will start approximately every minute, and will jump into the pool at the deep end. (for swim flow and maps see Event Guide)
#6 Participants will move up in line, onto a new circle in front of them as participants start their swim.

Can’t wait to see you on Sunday morning!

 

 

 

 

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We can’t wait to cheer you on at the Hendersonville Triathlon on  Sunday, September 20th at Patton Park in Hendersonville, NC. Thank you for supporting our event and our small business. 

We have created an Interactive Digital Event Guide to help inform our participants what to expect on race day.

We have also created an “Everything You Need to Know” Podcast for the event so you can listen while you drive to work or packet pickup and get all the important details. Please read through the Event Guide and/or listen to the podcast so you will be prepared for Sunday! 

A few things to note:

• Face coverings MUST BE WORN before the event and after finishing. There will be NO EXCEPTIONS to this rule. PT Solutions will provide a disposable mask while you wait to start your swim. 

• Face coverings do not need to be worn while racing.

• Your transition area is at your personal vehicle. Please do not set up your transition items in an empty parking spot beside your car. Your items should be close to the front, sides, back or on the hood/trunk of your car. You can leave your bike on your bike race too!

• Once you set up your transition area space please either go warm-up on the Hwy 25 sidewalk (not on the run/bike course!) or stay in car until 10 min before your wave start.

• After setting up your transition space and exiting the transition area we ask that you continue to wear a facial covering any time you might be in contact with another athlete, staff member or volunteer.

• Get your temperature checked before entering the pool for your race.

• There will be no body marking station at this event. We do ask that you body mark yourself by applying your race number on both arms/biceps with permanent marker.

• There is access to restrooms outside the pool building and inside the pool area.

• THERE WILL BE NO PRE-RACE MEETING. Please look for updates on our Facebook Page. 

The Swim List will be posted on Friday, September 18th after registration has closed. Please check this blog for the list and updates.

We wish everyone an awesome triathlon experience! We will have RESULTS posted on the iDaph Website on Monday after the event!

 

click to view hendersonville triathlon map

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by | Sep 4, 2020 | Event News

female runner on Oklahawa greenway Hendersonville Triathlon

A note from Daphne

We are so grateful to be heading into a new season and such a beautiful one in the mountains of Western North Carolina! We can’t wait to start feeling the cooler temps and see the leaves turn from green to glowing orange and red! What a gift our great outdoors is to all of us.

We have shifted our business operations over the past few months and have been focusing on creating new, grassroots and small, in-person event experiences. Moving forward together with newly formatted, safe and socially-distanced events is keeping us busy and is challenging for our small and mighty team AND it is our continued commitment to our community.

Our vision remains the same. “To continuously inspire our community to dream, train and race with us, no matter their ability or fitness level. We invite and welcome all people regardless of ability, race, color, ethnicity or faith.” Living life fully and moving our body each and every day is a beautiful gift and is so important for our health, especially right now!

Regardless of events looking different, there is an opportunity for you to try something new, create a goal again and have something on your calendar to do! We know the pandemic has impacted everyone’s lives and training may be haphazard at best. It is okay. Show up as you are and with whatever fitness you have to an in-person event and soak IT ALL IN. You will be amazed at the positivity, enthusiasm, energy and excitement that you will feel when you do!

Thanks to each and EVERY one of you for continuing to support our small business and events!

Our best,

 

What’s up next for iDaph Events: Running and Cycling experiences near you! 

Hendersonville Triathlon
Sunday, September 20, 2020

The Hendersonville Triathlon will take place at Patton Park in Hendersonville, NC! Join us for this unique sprint tri, with pre-assigned wave starts and a socially distanced course. Did we mention it has a heated pool? The event consists of a 400m pool swim, 12.5-mile bike and 5k run. The bike and run will use portions of the Oklawaha Greenway. REGISTER HERE! 

Black Bear Half Marathon
Saturday, October 10, 2020

Registration opens Saturday, September 5th!

The Black Bear Half Marathon is an iDaph Events ALL-NEW in-person half marathon with a virtual option! This brand new running event takes place on Saturday, October 10, 2020 in Hendersonville, NC and offers a beautiful, mostly FLAT, 13.1 mile course along the Oklawaha Greenway. With approximately 400 feet of elevation gain, you don’t want to miss this IN-PERSON running experience. The event starts and finishes at Jackson Park.

We have limited entries available! This is a socially-distanced event and we are following guidelines with event gatherings. We will have wave starts that participants will select when registering. Click here for more details! 

woman with two kids running at pop up 5k in the park

Pop Up 5K Series has been extended through October! 
Every Wednesday in October, 6-8pm at Fletcher Park 

Over 80 runners signed up at our last Pop Up 5K in the Park at Fletcher Park! A huge thank you to everyone’s support! Due to its popularity, we have decided to extend the series through October. Join us for these creative, socially distant events. Our next Pop Up 5K IN-PERSON event is next week on Wednesday, September 9th with rolling starts anywhere from 6-8pm. This is a dog-friendly AND family-friendly event! SIGN UP HERE! 

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Trick or Trail 5K & Spooky Sprint 1 Mile

Saturday, October 17, 2020

 Registration opens Saturday, September 5th!

This Halloween themed and local favorite 5K and 1 Mile Walk/Run event takes place on Saturday, October 17th! This IN-PERSON event has been moved to the Kanuga Conference Center in Hendersonville, which is on the way to DuPont National Forest. Click here for more details! 

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Biltmore Park Turkey Trot

Saturday, October 17, 2020

Registration opening soon! 
The 3rd Annual Biltmore Park Turkey Trot returns on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26th at 9am. Come join us for this fun and festive IN-PERSON 5K that winds through beautiful Biltmore Park Town Square and the surrounding neighborhood in South Asheville. This event will be done in wave starts and socially distanced.

Thanksgiving is the largest running holiday with families all over the country! Turkey Trots are a great way to start the day. Join us at Biltmore Park Town Square and enjoy some fresh air and exercise before gathering around the table for your Thanksgiving feast! You’ll share miles and smiles with your family and friends as part of this fun, annual tradition.

The route will begin and end in Biltmore Park Town Square in South Asheville and run through the surrounding neighborhood. Click here to learn more! 

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New Year’s Resolution Run

Friday, January 1st, 2020

The 8th Annual Resolution Run 10 Mile Run & 5k Run/Walk races through the streets of Downtown Asheville, NC on New Year’s Day, at a reasonable 10:00 am. Leave 2020 behind and let’s start 2021 off with a bang! This race welcomes families and participants of all ages to come run or crawl their way to completing their first resolution! There will be some big changes to this event. More details coming soon! 

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