GWTC Pine Run 20K at Tall Timbers

Saturday, October 12, 2024
Tall Timbers Research Station, 13093 Henry Beadel Drive off CR 12, northern Leon County
7:30–10:30 a.m.  (3 Hour Cutoff) • Race day registration available 6:45–7:15 a.m.

Registration
GWTC Members:
$35 with shirt—available until Sept 25
$20 without shirt
Non-members:
$40 with shirt—available until Sept 25
$25 without shirt
Race day registration is $25 for GWTC members, $30 for nonmembers
Race day shirts $20 (if still available)

Awards
Top Overall man and woman
Top Master and Grandmaster men and women
Top men and women in 5-year age groups

Course
This is a gorgeous course that we only have access to once a year—at the Pine Run. It's a challenging route on undulating, grassy trails and double track jeep roads through beautiful piney uplands and Lake Iamonia bottomland. There are some tough hills, but you'll be rewarded for your climb with stunning views of wildflowers, the lake, and miles of pine forests.

[Special note on the 2024 race: Our course has changed a bit in response to rainfall from Hurricane Helene. The course is MOSTLY the same, but we lost half of the 1st out-and-back and all of the 2nd out-and-back. We made up that mileage by adding some distance elsewhere, and this moved some of our water stations, which will be at roughly miles 3, 6, 9, and 11. Overall, the course looks terrific. The description of the course that follows is for our normal course that, again, is mostly the same as what we'll use in 2024.]

A course map is shown below, but for a 20K run through a large forest, a "point-by-point" view just isn't possible, but the map can give a general sense, and here are some additional details:

• The course starts and ends at the Beadel House, running counter-clockwise in an oblong twisted circle.
• The course is liberally marked with pink flags (and where needed, we have directional signs and volunteers).
• The TWO out-and-backs each go out about 3/4ths of a mile. The first starts around mile 5.0 and the second starts around mle 8.30. There are water stations at the top of each one. (This is a change from past years and allows you to go by the water stations before and after both out-and-backs.)
• You arrive back near the Beadel House for the first time at about mile 10.80—but you still have a ways to go (about 1.6), starting with the "The Horseshoe" that takes you briefly toward the Van Brunt Arm of Lake Iamonia before sending you back up a hill that you will remember.  
• Shortly after hitting mile 12.0, you reemerge from the forest and take a left on the main gravel road (where you started 12 short miles ago). You finish at the Beadel house shortly thereafter, giving you lifetime bragging rights as a PINE RUN FINISHER!  

Aid stations
There are water and electrolyte stations at three points on the course (every 3ish miles).
Hang around post race to enjoy music and refreshments (BYOB).

Packet pickup
• Picking up your bib (and shirt if you ordered one) on Thursday before the race helps race day run smoother for all of us,
and everyone who picks up their bib at REI Co-op on Thursday, 5-7:30 p.m. will be entered to win a $30 REI gift card!
1415 Timberlane Rd #201, Tallahassee 
• Race day bib pickup 6:45–7:15 a.m.

Additional Information
Text race directors Carter Hay (850-294-9388) or Jennifer Hay (850-294-9395). We can't promise to notice our phones ringing on race day, so put the full address in your navigation app that morning. (13093 Henry Beadel Drive)

For more information about Gulf Winds Track Club visit gulfwinds.org.

THANK YOU REI CO-OP
A huge thank you to REI Co-op for sponsoring this year's race.
Watch for Tallahassee REI staff running the race, volunteering on the course, and greeting you at the finish line.