Trail Course

RACE COURSE:
A true trail run. This course has it all. Starting out flat and fast gives your legs a chance to warm up before heading into the woods for steep climbs, tight single track and all that trail running has to offer - water crossing, log crossings, wooden bridges, roots, rocks and beautiful scenery - ending where you started for the sprint to the end. This is a challenging course. Nestled in the woods of suburban Atlanta lies a true gem. Well groomed system of trails with gentle slopes and beautiful scenery will leave you breathless (if that doesn´t, the 4.5 miles will). Once you descend into the woods, you will forget your in the city. As a matter of fact, you will come to know why we follow the creed ´Ditch the City´.
Boling Park Course Map

Start at Kiosk.
Parade lap around field for 1.12 miles
Hard left to single track that parallels field
1.68 follow sewer line
1.70 first hill
1.91 take left fork
1.94 left
1.96 first creek crossing (you will get your feet wet it was at about 18" today)
2.09 Hill #2
2.24 Top of Hill #2
2.26 Hill #3
2.36 bottom of Hill #3 (very steep)
crossroads stay straight to 2.36 "The Wall" (you´ll know it when you get to it)
2.40 top of "The Wall", turn right
2.45 right onto Yellow blazed trail
2.71 water station, hard right
2.81 right follow Yellow blazed trail (all down hill and single track from here following the "River Ridge")
3.14 back at crossroads stay straight (don´t go up "The Wall" again)
3.18 small creek crossing
3.27 log crossing
3.28 small creek crossing
3.40 last small rise
3.65 left
3.68 left to Boy Scout Bridge (White blaze trail)
3.70 over Boy Scout Bridge
3.72 right (back onto single track that follows the parade field)
4.33 End at Kiosk.


This was part of the email I received before the race... it made me not want to do it. IT was a challenge for regular Runners... Imagine what it did to my body...

Oh an you can see why I HATED the whole 3rd mile... IT WAS PAINFULL NOTHING BUT HILLS.. I bet my legs look better than Before... haha Well for all the pain they went through they should....