Dirt Cheap Trail Race Black Creek Park
Churchville, NY
- 5 Miler
- Trail (Unpaved)
- Official race website
Since 2008, this super-cool, mid-week, low-key, fun trail race series highlights different parks around Monroe County! Dirt Cheap Trail Race was a brainchild of YellowJacket Racing in 2008 right after the stock market crash. People were in tricky spots financially and we wanted to provide an economical avenue for people … MORE
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Heat & Hills & Bugs
This was the third and what appears to be the final dirt cheap trail race this year. This are laid back Wednesday evening trail races produced by Yellow Jacket Racing … MORE
This was the third and what appears to be the final dirt cheap trail race this year. This are laid back Wednesday evening trail races produced by Yellow Jacket Racing that take place in various parks in the Rochester region. This one took place at Black Creek Park. This was my firs time at this park. These are dirt cheap so there is no swag but registration is under $20. They continued to use the rolling start format for this race which is convenient and easy but not that exciting. There was a rolling start from 5 to 6. There was only race day packet pickup until 5:45. Luckily I got out of work on the earlier side so it was very stress free. The rolling start not that exciting but the RD is there to cheer you on and give some course info. It was very hot today at around 90 degrees and I was surprised that even though I took Tuesday off I felt much more sore and stiff today than Monday. As a result I mostly hiked this race and took it very easy. I did run the first quarter mile or so and then you get to this sledding hill which is pretty steep and brutal. Afterwards the next mile and a half or so were really nice on some very wide, well groomed trails. This was quite runnable though I walked anything with any bit of an incline tonight. The next 2 miles or so are more technical single track trail although nothing in this race was that technical. It was definitely the least technical dirt cheap course I’ve done. I actually enjoyed this section the best and ran some it. Ugh then around mile 4 it is really cruel, you can hear the finish line music but you have to go up the hill again and then about another half mile or so through the woods. It was also really buggy. Between tonight and Monday I am basically one giant bug bite. The finish area has music and you are handed some much needed water and the same old snacks we always get. This was actually a really fun course and it was mostly runnable except the hill you do twice. I would like to do this course in cooler weather when I am feeling better as I think I could have a much faster time.