Riley Trails Marathon Course
All runners will start and finish on Benjamin’s Hope’s property (1.2 miles away from Riley Trails.) Runners will run to Riley Trails via paved bike path. Runners will then complete a 4.25 mile loop on mostly single track trail on the awesomely maintained Riley Trails. (Depending on your race, Marathon, ½ Marathon, 10k or Relay, you will complete the number of loops designated for your event.Marathon: 5.5 loops, Half Marathon: 2.5 loops). Runners will then take the bike path back to Benjamin’s Hope to exchange with their team mate and/or FINISH! (*Important: ALL LOOPS will be completed at Riley Trails: 13.1- 2.5 loops at Riley. 26.2-5.5 loops at Riley.)
We want to note that the park will still be open to the public during our event due to Ottawa County Parks regulations. We will have signage and the trails will be marked where runners will be running so that people will be well aware there is an event taking place, however we can not legally instruct people to stay off the trails and out of the park. Please join us in showing respect and professionalism to all people at the park on race day! We take pride in “sharing our trails” and we ask that you do as well 4-person relay: Each runner will run 6.55 miles.
Race Accommodations
Parking will be available at Benjamin’s Hope right next to the start and finish.
There will be an aid station at the start/finish/relay exchange point as well as 2 other Aid stations at Riley Trails. We will have hydration, trail snacks/food and amazing volunteers and staff to keeping motivating you to the finish!
Bathrooms will be available at the start/finish/relay exchange and at Riley Trails. (We will have 1 porta-john and a permanent bathroom at the trails. Total of 2.)
There are many hotels and great places to stay within a 10 mile radius in beautiful Holland, MI!
Cancellation, Refunds and Bib Transfers
This event will be held rain or shine! There are NO refunds for this event, you may however transfer your bib to another runner or submit for special consideration to transfer your entry to another Egress Endurance Event.
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