Joe's Night Run at The Hamptons
This year will be the 6th running of Joe's Night Run at The Hamptons! Joe's Night Run at The Hamptons is an all-night-running endurance event held on the cart paths at The Hamptons Golf Course in Hampton, VA. There are 11-hour and 5-hour options available both for running and rucking. There will also be a one-loop, 4.4-mile option.
This is an old school, low-key event. We'll have lap counters (i.e., you yell out your bib number, we write it down). We will have a fully stocked aid station with abundant options. This is a super easy event to self-crew, as you pass your car every single loop and will be able to crew directly out of your car. This is an excellent event both for those who want to gain experience running at night or for veteran runners training for a big fall race.
Timeline
- Parking begins at 5:30 pm.
- Check-in and bib pick up from 5:30 pm – 6:45 pm.
- Race brief at 6:45 pm.
- All race durations and distances start at 7:00 pm on Saturday, September 26th.
- The 5-hour duration concludes at midnight.
- Awards ceremony for 5-hour events at 12:05 am.
- The 11-hour duration concludes at 6:00 am on Sunday, September 27th.
- Awards ceremony for the 11-hour event at 6:05 am, with fresh coffee and doughnuts provided for all who hang out all night.
Late starts are allowed for the 11- and 5-hour events, but please let the race director know if you plan to arrive after the official start. If you decide to end your run early, you must check-out with me (or another volunteer) before leaving. I need to make sure I have a count of all runners and where they are for safety purposes.
Course
The 4.4-mile loop is on the cart paths of The Hamptons Golf Course. The course starts and finishes in the parking lot in front of The Hamptons Clubhouse. The first section of the course is a counterclockwise loop around 9 holes of The Woods. The second section of the course is a clockwise loop around the 9 holes of The Links. The course will be well marked with glow sticks and turn signs.
For all laps except the final, only complete laps (4.4 miles) count toward scoring. If a participant needs to return to the start / finish area mid-loop (i.e., after finishing The Woods but before starting The Links), they may do so, but they should communicate this to the volunteer lap counters and then complete their unfinished loop upon resuming. For a participant’s final lap, they may complete only The Woods and return to the finish for an additional 2.4 miles to end the race. (The race director will consistently encourage participants to return to the course and finish their loop, as time permits.)
For one-lap participants, we will be manually recording your finish time. A race chute will be set-up at the start/finish line for 4.4-mile participants to come through as they finish. This is to help the volunteers pick out the one-lap participants from the fixed-time participants.
This is a fun, yet challenging course that involves small hills that will prove to be a good challenge as you progress through the night. The cart path is enough to allow about 3 people to run next to each other. This is a deceiving course as the hills will “creep up on you” as the night progresses.
Awards
There are awards for the top three women and men in all events (11-hour, 11-hour ruck, 5-hour, 5-hour ruck, and 4.4-mile), along with a homemade finisher’s medal and other race swag for all finishers. If there is a tie in miles, the award goes to the competitor who completed their miles the quickest.
Other Logistics
We will have two portable restrooms rented for the event in the Start / Finish area. There are portable restrooms available at two locations on course: between holes 5 and 6 on both The Woods and The Links.
This is a manual loop count event. You will run up to the lap counters and call out your number. Details for logistics for counting laps will be included in your race brief email.
The course will be set up so you will have your lap counted and then you can go to your car to crew. The parking lot is small and you will not have to "go out of your way" to get to your car for crewing. Please contact the race director for any specific setup questions.
All runners are required to have a lighting device when running to illuminate the otherwise dark cart paths.
The required weights for ruckers are 30 lbs for people 150 lbs or more, and 20 lbs for people under 150 lbs. Exceptions to the required rucking weights (e.g., wanting to carry more) can be made upon request to the race director.
Event's current local time: 7:29 PM ET
