First of all, I hope everyone had an amazing Thanksgiving with their friends and family. I am so so grateful to each and everyone of you that listen and share this podcast! On this episode, I sat down with Brandon Thrower, with Tanawha Adventures, to get all the details for you on the Old Fort Strong Endurance Festival coming up on December 6-8th. The Old Fort Strong Endurance Festival is going to be amazing...full of runners and mountain bikers looping trails for 6, 12, or 24 hours for one goal...to raise money for those in Old Fort devastated by Hurricane Helene. What a wonderful reason to come together as a community! Brandon and I talk schedule, describe the routes for both the runners and mountain bikers, crew detail and set up, parking, pacing, entertainment, awards, donations, and more! All your questions (thanks for submitting them) were answered, but if there is something we did not discuss, it will be in the participant guide that Brandon will send out before the race. We both highly suggest that you not only listen to this podcast, but read through the guidebook in case there were any changes or additions to what we spoke about. I really can't wait to see every single one of you, as I will be running in the 12-hour. Thank you so much to Tanawha Adventures, Pisgah Productions, Camp Grier, and G5 Trail Collective for putting your minds and hearts together to put this event on. Brandon, as always, thank you for coming on to talk with me.

*I also apologize for my voice (or lack of) on this podcast. I had a nice struggle with laryngitis!*

My Old Fort Strong Fund if you would like to donate: https://runsignup.com/facingvert

Old Fort Strong Endurance Festival website: https://www.tanawhaadventures.com/oldfortstrongendurancefest

Tanawha Adventures Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tanawha_adventures/

Pisgah Productions: https://www.pisgahproductions.com

Camp Grier: https://www.campgrier.org

G5 Trail Collective: https://www.campgrier.org

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See you soon!