Here's your chance to find out if you are faster than a train. In the Spring TRAINing race you and a train race side-by-side - it on the railroad tracks and you on the Towpath. Imagine running along and hearing the clank-clank-clank of wheels on tracks, the chug-chug-chug of an engine, and the shrill whistle echoing through the valley. You'll hear it long before you see it, but it won't take long before it comes up behind you. Can you made it across the finish before it passes?

The race when the train starts at 10:10 AM. You'll start running along the Towpath from Howe Meadow, while the train starts in Akron. Can you get to Lock 29 before the train? It's scheduled to pull into the station at 10:55 ... or it could be as early as 10:45. Keep ahead of that chugging engine! 

Can you think of a more perfect way to spend your morning than with a friendly race along the Ohio and Erie Canal Towpath followed by a delicious, all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast while sitting on the lawn of the beautifully restored Stanford House in Peninsula, OH?

The Flap Jack & Jill 5K and 15K starts and finishes at the 1840's farmhouse on May 3^rd at 8:00 AM. The event benefits the Conservancy for the Cuyahoga Valley National Park who operates and maintains the Stanford House. Pick your distance and sign up. More information is available on the website.

Fun race, friendly company, great food, and beautiful scenery. The recipe for the perfect day.