DESCRIPTION
The Lula Lake Trail Blazer is unlike any race you've ever trekked!
This race is designed for trail runners with both 10K and Half Marathon courses that utilize Lula Lake's famous trail systems. The race course will be well marked and you are expected to follow the course to place. Please arrive at least 20 minutes before start time if you’re pre-checked in and 45-minutes before start time if you need to check-in. 100% of proceeds go directly back into Lula Lake's trail work efforts and conservation mission.
8:15 AM ET - Check-in opens for Half Marathon
9:00 AM ET - Half Marathon start
9:15 AM ET - Check-in opens for the 10K
10:00 AM ET - 10K race start
11:30 AM -1:30 PM ET - Afterparty with food and live music
Cut-off time is 1:00 PM ET10K = 30min/mile
Half-Marathon = 18min/mile$65 Registration
includes a hat with custom-made race logo if you register by October 15, food and beer/drink, afterparty with live music, and a Friday night campout with bonfire, fun, and headlamp night warm-up!/i>
Camp Night details TBA. To claim your FREE campout on Friday, Nov. 10, please select the Camping add-on while registering.Spectators: Friends/family are free to stay and watch! Food will be available to purchase for spectators. Note: Hiking trails will be CLOSED. Spectators are NOT permitted to hike the trails and must remain in the meadow where racers start and finish the race).
Packet Pick-up:TBA
Prizes/Swag:Everyone who enters will receive food and beer/drink voucher + access to the afterparty
Categories:10K
Women’s: 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Men’s 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Kids (0-12) 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Half Marathon
Women’s: 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Men’s 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Kids (0-12) 1st, 2nd, 3rd
10K Course:This 10K is an enjoyable run through the heart of Lula Lake Land Trust. The course will take runners past beautiful scenic views including Lula Lake’s two waterfalls and bluff overlook with a large portion following Rock Creek. As the course progresses in the Core Preserve, runners will find moderate climbs on single-track trails that total an elevation gain of 630 ft.
Course overview: coming soon
Half Marathon Course:This challenging half marathon course boasts more than a 1,400-foot elevation gain as it climbs through our Core Preserve and Moonshine Trails. Runners will start off climbing the old railroad grade to the Moonshine Trails where they will find 800 ft. of elevation gain over the next 7 miles on single-track trails. They will then finish the remainder of their run on the 10K course with beautiful scenic views and an additional elevation gain of 630 ft.
Course overview: coming soon
Weather: This event will be rain or shine. In the event of extremely severe weather (highly unlikely in early November) we will delay the start or reschedule.
Lodging:The closest lodging is The Chanticleer Inn, Cloudland Canyon State Park, or various Airbnb’s in Lookout Mountain and Chattanooga.
Event's current local time: 3:45 AM ET