Start Lines

5K, 8.1 mile, and half marathon start 1/2 mile from the finish up Tennis Court Road under the green GCXC arch

30K starts in the Boathouse Lot under the purple arch and will exit the Boathouse lot onto Pearce Mill Road

Finish Lines`

All 4 races finish under the purple Just a Short Run arch in the Boathouse lot. 

5K - 8:35 Start

• Runners will exit the start down Tennis Court Road
• Runners turn RIGHT from Tennis Court Road
• Then turn LEFT on Pierce Mill Road
• Left on McKinney Road, up the hill.
• Right at the stop sign and around the ice rink and Eagles Nest shelter 
• Finish back down Tennis Court Road and into the Boathouse Lot
• Run under the Just a Short Run Arch and smile for the camera!

8.1 Mile - 8:35 Start

• Runners will follow the 5K course for the first 3.1mi, then run through the Boathouse Lot (see diagram below)
• Runners will cross the split timing point and follow the cones around the top of the lot
• Please do not run under the Just a Short Run purple arch until you are finished
• Make a RIGHT out of the Boathouse lot
• Babcock and Ingomar Roads are OPEN. YOU MUST STAY IN THE RUN LANE. 
• Past J.C. Stone Field, Lakeshore Drive will be closed. Run the tangents! 
• Just past the dog park, make a right back into Tennis Court Road to finish under the Just a Short Run Arch in the Boathouse Lot.

Half Marathon - 8:35 Start

• Runners will follow the 8.1 Mile Course, and repeat running across the split point to complete an additional 5-mile loop before finishing under the Just a Short Run purple arch (2 lake loops)
• Pearce Mill will have re-opened by the time you cross the 8.1 mile split. STAY IN THE RUN LANE TO THE RIGHT.

30K - 8:30 Start

• Runners Start at the Boathouse lot, under the purple arch
• Follow the cones around the top of the lot, and make a LEFT on Pearce Mill Road 
• The runners will merge with the 5K, 8.1mi, and 1/2 marathon group at the corner of Lakeshore and Pearce Mill Road, continuing straight
• Runners will follow the half marathon course, then repeat running across the split point to complete their last lap of the lake before finishing under the Just a Short Run purple arch (3 lake loops)
• 30K participants will need to add 1/2 mile to each marker they hit.
  • Example - Mile 1 is actually mile 1.5 and so on.

Course Limits

30K participants must maintain a 13:20min/mi pace, beginning their final 5 mile lap by 11:25am

Lakeshore Drive is closed on the back side of the lake loop, and the course is measured using the tangents. If you run the curve of the road, you will run long.