10 10-milers in 2010

OK, so my friend Chad, who's pretty good at coming up with unusual goals, mentioned this new idea he had for next year: running 10 10-mile races in 2010. "10 10s in '10," you might say. This was after we did the Raven Rock Rumble 10-mile trail run, and he pointed out that we already have access to some pretty good local 10-mile races that we've already done, like the Tarheel 10-miler, the American Tobacco Trail 10-miler, and the Rumble. So it's definitely something that's do-able, although we might have to get on the road and travel some to find a full slate of really good 10-milers. In fact, Runner's World did a story on six big 10-milers they recommended. Going through some of my race databases and calendars, this should be a good set of 2010 10-mile races to choose from (some 2010 race dates guessed):

01/09 - Little River Trail Run 10-miler (Hillsborough)
03/28 - Presidio 10-miler (San Francisco)
04/10 - Tarheel 10-miler (Chapel Hill)
04/11 - Cherry Blossom 10-mile run (DC)
04/24 - Mainstay Mountain Medley 10-miler (Henderson County, NC)
05/02 - Blue Cross Broad Street Run (Philly)
05/29 - Soldier Field 10 (Chicago)
05/29 - Sunset Stampede (Asheville)
06/10 - Army Birthday 10-mile run (Fort Bragg)
06/13 - Garden of the Gods 10-miler (Colorado)
06/19 - RC Cola / Moon Pie Festival 10-miler (Bell Buckle, TN)
06/19 - Baltimore 10-mile Run (Baltimore, MD)
08/28 - Crim 10-mile Festival Race (Flint, Michigan)
08/29 - Annapolis Ten-Mile Run (Annapolis, MD)
10/03 - Twin Cities 10-miler (Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN)
10/16 - Medoc Trail 10-miler (Hollister, NC)
10/23 - American Tobacco Trail 10-miler (Apex, NC)
10/24 - Army Ten-Miler (DC)
11/13 - Spencer Mountain 10-miler (Gastonia, NC)
11/20 - Raven Rock Rumble 10-mile trail race (outside Lillington, NC)
12/05 - Reindeer Dash for Cash 10-miler (Greenville, NC)

And there are even more all over the country. Oh, this is definitely do-able.