Runners will start the point-to-point course for the race at the Thousand Hills Dining Lodge on the opposite side of the lake from the finish line, which lies at the West Winery at Jackson Stables, just off County Road 226.
(You’ll check in on the morning of the race at the finish line area, and board shuttle buses there that will take them to the starting line at the dining lodge.)
From there, runners will then start out on paved roads immediately leaving the starting line for about the first mile and a half of the race, to give runners a chance to spread out in the early going before heading onto the trails.
Once runners have passed the 1.5 mark, they’ll then turn left and head onto the Thousand Hills Trail, which starts the single-track portion of the race that will last for roughly the next 11 miles.
Along these trails, runners can really expect anything nature might throw at them — rocks, sticks, twigs, tree roots and perhaps even wet or muddy terrain (depending on the weather in the days leading up to the race).
Runners will also have to cross a few streams during the race, so expect to get your feet wet. Once the course makes it to Rainbow Basin Trail, there’s roughly a half mile left along gravel roads into the finish line at Jackson Stables.
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