The Reality Race 5K trail is a running and walking course around the perimeter of the Washington Duke Golf Course and Inn and is known to locals as the Al Buehler Trail, named after the longtime Duke Cross-Country coach. Although not technically part of the Duke Forest, the trail is maintained by the Office of the Duke Forest as a service to the University and the Durham community.

Official times using the chip system will be recorded and registered and runners will be positioned in the front and seeded according to pace.  WALKERS, STROLLERS, AND PETS ARE WELCOMED AND ENCOURAGED!! (but will start in the back).

ActivEdge is also offering a unique and different type of scoring experience known as a Pump n’ Run. For any 5K participant who wishes to give this a try, they will be required to come to pre-race day packet pick-up at ActivEdge Fitness & Sports Performance the day before the race and complete an upper body muscle endurance challenge.

Each participant in the Pump n’ Run will be weighed on a physician’s scale. One of ActivEdge’s trainers will then use a percentage (50% for females and 75% for males) of the participants measured body weight and load a bar with that amount of weight to complete a regular flat bench press exercise. For each repetition completed, 15 seconds will be deducted from the participants overall 5K time and a “net” time will be calculated.

Awards will be given for both the 5K racers and the Pump n’ Run participants. So it is possible to win one, or the other, or both, if you choose to participate in the Pump n’ Run.

In addition to the overall top 3 male and female, awards will be separated by sex, and the age categories will be as follows for the 5K:

Under 15
Ages 15-19
Ages 20-29
Ages 30-39
Ages 40-49
Ages 50-59
Over 60

For the Pump n’ Run, only the overall top 3 male and female will get awards.

There is a chance to also WIN AN APPLE ITUNES GIFT CARD (value $50)!!! If you choose to participate in the Pump n’ Run portion of the event, you will be going up against ActivEdge’s own staff of trainers to see just how fit you are!! If you beat the trainers repetitions for the Pump, then you will entered into a drawing for a FREE GIFT CARD!!! Since ActivEdge feels not many (if any) will be able to beat the trainers, your chances are very good that you would win the gift card!!

Pre-race day registration and packet pick-up will be between the hours of 3pm-7pm, Friday, May 20th, 2011 at ActivEdge Fitness & Sports Performance in Durham. You will have one last opportunity to participate in the Pump n’  Run challenge at that time.