Running into 2014 at Tanglewood’s “Running of the Lights”

Running of the Lights 2014

Abby Verchick of Pinehurst finishes 19th out of over 1,100 entrants  in Forsyth County’s  (NC) Tanglewood Park’s Festival of Lights,  one of the largest and most spectacular light shows in the entire southeastern United States.  This running event which begins  at midnite on New Year’s Eve takes contestants through three of almost four miles of continuous whimsical displays containing more than 1 million individual lights.  The event has been described as “one of the most scenic runs in Christmas history.”