Course Info & Directions
Start/Finish All races start and finish at Jackson Pavilion at Rockledge Park on Grapevine Lake.
Course The course is on the beautiful and rugged Northshore Trail, along the scenic shore of Lake Grapevine. The terrain is rocky and will provide a challenge for the fittest athletes. The 30K goes out and back from Rockledge Park to the turnaround. The 50K course is one long out and back to the turnaround, then one short out and back. The 15K fun run course is out and back from Rockledge Park to Murrell Park. Detailed course distance and aid station information
Directions From the East take 635 West and exit at Bass Pro Road. Turn left at the stop light. Proceed 1/3 mile past Bass Pro Shops until the road T's into Hwy 26. Turn left and go ~1/2 mile to Fairway Drive. Turn right and go 3.1 miles past the golf course, over the dam and through the sluiceway. Turn left into Rockledge Park just before Griff's Hamburgers. As you go over a hump, immediately turn left and follow the park road 1/4 mile to Jackson Pavilion. From the West follow Hwy 121, exit Bass Pro Road, and follow the above directions. From the North on Hwy 121, follow 121 south and exit Hwy 26 at Grapevine Mills Mall and Bass Pro Shop. Stay on Hwy 26 to Fairway Drive then follow the above directions.
Aid Stations Aid will be available at the start/finish line, Murrell Park, and the Far Gate. The course is an out-and-back with 30K runners passing the Murrell Park aid station twice. Runners in the 50K will pass through the Murrell Park aid station twice on the first out-and-back, will hit the start/finish aid station around 20 miles, then will pass through the Murrell Park aid station again on the second but shorter out-and-back.
The aid stations will be stocked with water, HEED sports drink, Coke, Sprite, PB&J sandwiches, M&Ms, gummi bears, cookies, chips, fruit, Tums, papaya enzymes, Vaseline, and toilet paper.