Charlie Horse Trail Half-Marathon

Charlie Horse Trail Half-Marathon The Pagoda Pacers Athletic Club hold Charlie Horse Trail Half-Marathon every Saturday of the Memoria The Charlie Horse is not your typical race. Wee.

It is a point to point race which will require you to get to the finish, so NOT finishing is NOT option. It is part trail, part road, and part adventure; everything a masochist runner needs. We start at scenic Rustic Park in Birdboro, PA with a sprint through two creeks and meander through the park for about 2 miles. From there we climb up to the Horseshoe trail to start a beautiful 7 mile stretch

through woods and farms. The trail then pops out into a housing development at mile 9. Say hi to the neighbors as they cheer you on and spray you down. This is the start of the road section. But like everything else with this race, it has its own character. After climbing up to the development, you get a break, a downhill section. But everything that goes down must come up. I think that’s the way it goes, at least for runners. To translate, we start the uphill section of the road. When you get to the top at mile 11, you’re at Charlie’s house (home of the race founder) where the adventure begins. It’s a mystery to us too: lagoons; waterfall; campers; hiker; teenagers, maybe some chores. The only certainty is rocks, mud, and fun. Finally finishes at Sleepy Hollow A.C. where the pool, food, music, drinks, and friends will be waiting. Hope to see you there.

Just wanted to share the Thank You letter we received from the Special Olympics. Thanks for making this happen.
11/05/2021

Just wanted to share the Thank You letter we received from the Special Olympics. Thanks for making this happen.

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The Pagoda Pacers Athletic Club presented the donation from monies raised by the Charlie Horse Trail Half-Marathon to re...
08/23/2021

The Pagoda Pacers Athletic Club presented the donation from monies raised by the Charlie Horse Trail Half-Marathon to representative of Berks County Special Olympics at the Pacers last monthly meeting. Thank you to all race participants and a special thanks goes out to those that made an additional donation to this great cause. Greg Arampatzis, Colette Blasko, Sophorn Choup, Eric Clark, Lisa Daniels, Jim Garlick, Larry Gattens, Gary Gehret, Mark Gillette, Crhistopher Hand, Louis Hoffer, Dale Hollerbach, Jill Holsclaw, Jamey Hutchinson, Conor Kane, Fred Kohler, Jill Krebs, Aaron Kreider, Matthew Lewars, Colleen Lindbeck, Tom Loring, Chris Masterson, Kevin McCrossin, Donnie Mengel, Melanie Mueller, John Paine, Wendy Petsch, Barbara Raifsnider, Megan Schueck, Ken Sepulveda, Stephan Shaub, and Karen Tremblay

Thank you to all the runners who braved the March-like conditions yesterday and ran one for Ben. Speaking of braving th...
05/30/2021

Thank you to all the runners who braved the March-like conditions yesterday and ran one for Ben. Speaking of braving the conditions, how about a hand to all our volunteers, without which a race like this would not happen. We, like you, are going to enjoy the rest of the holiday weekend. Results will be posted next week and the age group awards will be in the mail. Again. Thank You.

05/24/2021

Registration closes at midnight tonight and the long range forecast looks like perfect racing temperatures. After the temps in the last few days, we're pretty excited about that. Just a reminder, there will be no race-day registration this year so today is your last chance to get in on the fun.

05/05/2021

On the fence? Entry price increase at the end of the day. Hope to see you all on the 29th.

Everyone enjoying RD Libby’s aid station at today’s training run
04/24/2021

Everyone enjoying RD Libby’s aid station at today’s training run

And the other half of the group out yesterday checking the Charlie Horse course
03/07/2021

And the other half of the group out yesterday checking the Charlie Horse course

We had a fine group of Pagoda Pacers run the new Charlie Horse course yesterday morning to check mileage. While it's st...
03/07/2021

We had a fine group of Pagoda Pacers run the new Charlie Horse course yesterday morning to check mileage. While it's still a tough course, the trails are very runnable. We will be posting a map in a few days. And stay tuned for updates about our pre-race training runs.

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