Attn: CA runners and anyone visiting CA!!! Race entry GIVEAWAY!

10 miles on the bike trainer today along with weights workout.  Welcome back cross training!!!

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Recently I was given an invitation from the race director, Keira Henninger(check out here site HERE), to run a couple trail races in California.  They are the Griffith Park Trail Half-Marathon and the Griffith Park Trail 10k.  The races are on November 17th and 18th, respectively.  As you would guess, both races are located in Griffith Park, aka the Central Park of Los Angeles.  The park is right near the Hollywood sign.  Take a look!  Awesome:

Photo take from Griffith Park Trail Half website

Of course, if I were living in California or visiting at the time, I would not be parting with these.  This looks like an incredible trail run.  How can you go wrong running by the Hollywood sign?  Packet pick up is either the day before the race or race morning prior to the start so you don't have to be really close and can still run this race.

The half marathon will have aid stations, a finishers medal and a nice tech shirt.  The race will be chip timed and you even get a free post race meal.  The course is not for the faint of heart.  This is described as a tough and rugged trail race but you've got plenty of time to train for this.  Last years race had over 325 finishers.  Check out the map and elevation for the half:

I'm pretty sure you are going to run some hills!!! Ha!

The map for the 10k is not up yet but I'd guess that it's also a challenging run.  All 10k runners received breakfast after the race, a tech shirt and a finishers medal.  This will also be a chip timed race along with course support along the race course.  You can't beat that!

What to learn more about it?  Please go to their website HERE for the half marathon or HERE for the 10k race.

So here's the rules to win the half marathon entry:

1) Go "like" the Griffith Park Half Facebook page HERE and leave a comment that "Detroit Runner Sent me"; let me know here too(1 entry)
2) Go follow Keira Henninger on her Twitter page HERE and leave a comment here(1 entry)
3) Leave a comment you want in here(1 entry)

AND here's the rules to win the 10k entry:

1) Go "like" the Griffith Park 10k Facebook page HERE and leave a comment that "Detroit Runner Sent me"; let me know here too(1 entry)
2) Go follow Keira Henninger on her Twitter page HERE and leave a comment here(1 entry)
3) Leave a comment you want in here(1 entry)

Three ways to win each race!  Good luck.  Contest will end Monday, July 9th at 5pm.

* I received two race entries to the races in exchange for a posting about the race.  All opinions are my own and I was not required to write anything positive about the race.  Frankly, though, I wish I could run them.

Have a great day and....Keep Running!!!!