Description
Of all the running events held annually, one of the most unique experiences in the country will take place in Metamora, Indiana, on May 19, 2012. The Whitewater Canal 10k Towpath Dash and Fun Run will be a special thrill for runners and walkers at all ability levels. Participants that register before May 1 will receive a free T-shirt.
Metamora is a beautiful pre-Civil War village that is registered as a national historic town with the lovely Whitewater Canal cutting right through the center of town. Despite the beautiful green hills surrounding Metamora, the course for the race is flata flat landers dream! Runners and walkers will dash past beautiful historic buildings, a working 1845 grist mill, a replica of a freight-type canal boat that is powered by two Belgian draft horses, a world-famous 1848 aqueduct which is a listed Civil Engineering Historic Site, and an original working lock on the canal.
The gravel trail will continue to take participants past corn fields into a dark cool forest before turning aroundall adjacent to the Whitewater Canal, a state historic site that changed Indiana history in the 1840s. On the return run to the village, runners will see more historic structures and end the dash in the Towpath Park located behind the Metamora Grist Mill. The Towpath Park overlooks the grist mill falls.
Event schedule and times
On-day registration begins at 6:00 a.m.
Race begins at 8:00 a.m.
