Beatin’ a Hastie Retreat

Beatin’ a Hastie Retreats is a roughly 10 mile trail race that travels a circuitous route in and among the wooded environs of Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness in the William Hastie Natural Area and Marie Myers Park. A shorter, 5 mile option will also be offered with half Grand Prix points awarded. Kids will run a rather hilly course of about a mile.

As much fun as we had moving to Baker Creek, we truly missed running Hastie. And there’s new trails to tour, as well. So once again we’ll meet at Anderson South Head Start, then mosey across Sevierville Pike to the starting line on Centeroak. The course will enter the William Hastie Natural Area on the Redwood Trail and start going crazy right away, with the long course covering 9-10 miles and the short one about half that. Of course, we’ll also have a most excellent Kids Trail Mile course that will change from its past route. As always, the kids race is only five bucks. Five bucks for so much fun!

Special limited edition T-shirts will be printed for the series. This is the same shirt as at all other Treadin’ Trodden Trails races; one shirt per runner PER SEASON please. Taking multiple shirts minimizes monies we are able to donate to trail friendly causes.

Awards will vary from race to race, but each race offers the eminent satisfaction of completing a challenging run, testing oneself against the elements and participating in a delightful romp among the woods, waters, hillsides, and fields of East Tennessee.