[Pete]

I don't know were all you in training are hitting the trail in the Fayetteville area but a couple of ideas.

For running there is the Fayetteville River Trail running from Clark Park up to the Soccer Complex at Methodist College. The marked trail is 4 miles long with markers every 1/2 mile. It's a little over 4 miles from parking lot to parking lot.

Starting at the Soccer Complex the first mile drops down along the river and then runs three miles to Clark Park. That means the last mile coming back will kick your butt. The trail rolls through the woods and is Asphalt about 8' wide. A one foot drirt strip on each side if you want to try a ruck march. An extra mile or so can be added to the distance if you take the "Bear Trail" at Clark Park. That part is a woods and dirt trail.

Now that the weather is getting warmer the "view" is getting better. Best time for "viewing" is between 1000-1200.

The other is the All American Trail running along the southern edge of Ft Bragg. This is open to everybody on foot and bikes, nothing motorized, dawn to dusk. I got a look at the Vass road entry point and the trail appears to be similar to a firebreak road, two rut dirt. The map shows a plank road entry just east of the Plank and I think King (?) Roads intersection. I didn't notice where the eastern start point was.

The two points of the Ft Bragg Trail I mentioned are remote with limited traffic and I would not want to have my car there for an extended period of time. I'll check out the eastern point in the near future.

Pete