This was April’s installment of the Knoxville Track Club’s monthly trail run series. You could choose a half marathon or 7 mile distance, both are approximate and actual distances are … MORE
This was April’s installment of the Knoxville Track Club’s monthly trail run series. You could choose a half marathon or 7 mile distance, both are approximate and actual distances are higher. It was at North Boundary greenway/mountain bike area just west of Oak Ridge, TN. The 7 mile option was split between gravel access roads and single track trails. It all seemed to gentle rolling hills, which of course accumulate, but still, nothing too long and steep. My watch had 673 ft of ascent. It was a beautiful wooded area with parking on the roadside, plenty of room. KTC also put on a kids race a half hour before the other events, pretty neat.
The production was great as usual – a couple hundred people were through race morning packet pickup and at the start, which began at precisely 9:00. There was a water station somewhere on the loop, which the half marathon runners would go by twice. Gun time only, no chips, which fits. The production on these fits the events well. You know going in that the swag is one shirt per runner per year. There was cut fruit and water at the finish.
What a great way to start a weekend.
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Beautiful Local Trail Run
This was April’s installment of the Knoxville Track Club’s monthly trail run series. You could choose a half marathon or 7 mile distance, both are approximate and actual distances are … MORE
This was April’s installment of the Knoxville Track Club’s monthly trail run series. You could choose a half marathon or 7 mile distance, both are approximate and actual distances are higher. It was at North Boundary greenway/mountain bike area just west of Oak Ridge, TN. The 7 mile option was split between gravel access roads and single track trails. It all seemed to gentle rolling hills, which of course accumulate, but still, nothing too long and steep. My watch had 673 ft of ascent. It was a beautiful wooded area with parking on the roadside, plenty of room. KTC also put on a kids race a half hour before the other events, pretty neat.
The production was great as usual – a couple hundred people were through race morning packet pickup and at the start, which began at precisely 9:00. There was a water station somewhere on the loop, which the half marathon runners would go by twice. Gun time only, no chips, which fits. The production on these fits the events well. You know going in that the swag is one shirt per runner per year. There was cut fruit and water at the finish.
What a great way to start a weekend.