Press Release - White Tail Trail Marathon - 5/21/09

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

          New Trail Marathon Planned For Southern Ohio

WAYNESVILLE (May 21, 2009) - Southern Ohio Running Events (SORE) is 
organizing the first White Tail Trail Marathon, Half Marathon and 5K on 
October 25, 2009. The race will take place at Caesar Creek State Park, 
about 30 miles east of Dayton, Ohio and 45 miles north of downtown 
Cincinnati, Ohio.

The race offers a fast course with very little technical terrain. This race 
is perfect for the beginning trail runner or walker, or the experienced 
runner looking for a trail marathon PR. The course will be open for 8 hours 
to encourage athletes of all abilities to participate. With a late October 
race date, the weather should offer cool, dry conditions for race 
participants.

Planned for the height of fall color in southern Ohio, the mostly 
single-track, tree-lined trail offers inspiring beauty. The forests of the 
area are comprised of over 65 species of plants. A northern flood plain 
forest is found in the valley, while mixed associations of oak-hickory and 
beech-maple woodlands clothe the ridges and hillsides. Red-tail hawk, 
white-tail deer, raccoon, red fox and box turtle make the park their home.

The wooded lands of the park were home to several early Ohio Indian 
cultures. Many of these Indian villages were located along an ancient 
Indian trail, part of which follows the ridgeline on the eastern side of 
the Caesar Creek valley. The trail was used by white settlers in the early 
1800s, who named it Bullskin Trace. Later the trail became part of the 
Underground Railroad used by runaway slaves to reach safe houses run by 
area Quakers.

For more information on the marathon, visit the event website at 
www.sore-events.com.

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