Spring Running Series

Munroe Falls Metro Park
Maple Beach Shelter
521 S River Rd
Munroe Falls, OH 44262

As the sounds of spring peepers and songbirds fill the air, the trail takes you through meadows and forests, past Beaver and Heron Ponds where you'll have a chance to see turtles and salamanders along the way. Covering the same five miles of trails each week, you will watch the progress of the trees and flowers in bloom as well as your own progress – as you challenge yourself to get faster with each race. 

Click to view the 2023 Spring Running Series course maps:

• Race #1 course map
• Race #2 course map
• Race #3 course map

Donations benefit the Summit Metro Parks Foundation.

Series participants receive an anorak jacket that conveniently packs into its own front zippered pocket (unisex sizing XSmall - 2XLarge)

• Top 3 Overall Male and Female
• Top 1 Male and Female in the following 5-year age groups:
  29 & Under, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, and 70 & Over

SCORING:  You will earn points by your placement by gender.  Overall scoring will be ranked with 1st place earning 50 points, 2nd place earns 49 points... (minimum of one point earned per race).   Age group scoring will be ranked with 1st place earning 10 points, 2nd place earns 9 points... (minimum of one point earned per race). 

• Week One - Points Ranked by Overall Placement
• Week Two - Points Ranked by Age Graded Placement
• Week Three - Points Ranked by Overall Placement 

AGE GRADED SCORING EXPLAINED:

• You will earn an age graded score (a percentage) and overall placements by gender will be determined by this score. Top person earns 50 points, second place earns 49 points... (minimum of one point earned per race).
• Age grading uses tables of "age factors" and "age standards" to put all runners, regardless of age and sex, on a level playing field. In particular, they allow runners' performances, no matter what their age, to be corrected to what they would have been achieving in their prime years, and permit valid comparisons to be made between people of different ages. 

• EARLY REGISTRATION 
  • Series (through April 1) - $90
• REGULAR REGISTRATION 
  • Series (April 2-21) – $100
  • Race #1 (through April 21) – $30
  • Race #2 (through April 28) – $30
  • Race #3 (through May 5) – $30
• LATE REGISTRATION 
  • Series (April 22 - May 2) – $110
  • Race #1 (April 22 - May 2) – $35
  • Race #2 (April 29 - May 9) – $35
  • Race #3 (May 6-16) – $35

• START TIME – Tuesdays at 6:45 P.M. (no cutoff)

• PACKET PICKUP – Race Day beginning at 5:30 P.M.

• WATER STATIONS – Water stops located on course. All participants are encouraged to carry water.

• Visit our website to learn more about Western Reserve Racing and to view our race calendar