Baker Creek Blitz

We’re so enamoured with the rollicking new trails at Baker Creek Preserve and so thrilled at the terrific turnout for our inaugural race here last July that we’re gonna do it again, this time in spring. Like last year, we’ll have a long and short course, both ascending and descending the biggest, rockiest hills, but — surprise! — this year’s 10K will actually be 10K! We’ll also offer an outstanding Kids Trail Mile course that’s probably the best in our series. Don’t miss this one, folks.

Both the 5k and 10k courses will start on Baker Creek, left onto Sycamore Loop, left on Red Bud Crest, shortcut over to Cruze Valley Run, then left again on Sycamore to Best Medicine, then start down the challenging rock garden of Devil’s Racetrack before skipping over to Pappy’s Way, then back onto the Racetrack. The 5K folk will then hang a left towards the finish line, while the 10K folk will turn right onto Sycamore, then turn right onto Floyd Fox. Up top we’ll have an aid station at the bridge across Red Bud Road, then runners will turn around and run Red Bud Crest down to the finish.

Regarding the rock garden — it’s fun to take it fast, but it’s doable by everyone with just a little care. This year both the 5K and 10K courses will run this unique feature — and this year the 10k is definitely the more challenging of the races.