summer sunset series
Pine Hill Park
Rutland, VT
Tuesday, June 12
Tuesday, July 10
Tuesday, August 14
Start 6:30 PM
(2nd Tuesday of each month)
$6 per race
$15 for all three
(T-Shirts for runners who run all three races.)
Registaration starts at 6:00 PM at the Pine Hill Park Trail Head, Giorgetti park. A form can be downloaded and completed HERE
Information:
Cindi Wight
Rutland Recreation and Parks Dept.
802-282-1092
cindiwight@comcast.net
Please note: that they are now able to register on-line for individual races or the series at www.rutlandrec.com. On-line registration will close the day before each race but registration will still be accepted at all races.
Rutland Recreation & Parks Department
2012 Summer Sunset Series
5K Trail Run/Walk
This is a 5K loop laid out on well maintained single-track trails.
This year's course starts beside the parking lot, goes across the boardwalk (Start) -> (1), Middle Giorgetti to (4), Upper Giorgetti to (5), Back Stairs to (14), Crusher Road to (13), Lower Ledges to (16), New Connector Trail to (23), Watkins to (22), Droppy Muffin to (22a) to (26) to (26a), Salamander to (30), 999 to (31) to (32), Pond Road to (27) to (27a) to (24), Tim's Vista to (16a) to (16) (cross over at 16), Birches to (15), Pond Road to (10) to (9), Escalator to (1), Entrance to (Finish) and back across the Boardwalk to finish by the parking lot. Note: Intersection numbers are in ().
This is the Summer Sunset Series' eleventh season. The friendly running race series has grown in popularity as people have discovered Pine Hill Park and the uniquely beautiful trail system it has to offer. In the first few years of the race series, the Park had only a few trails on which to race. Across the last several years, the Pine Hill Partnership, through the many volunteer groups it harnesses, has added nearly ten miles of high-level single-track trails, providing many wonderful options for running. Each year the course changes to keep the Series fresh and interesting. The course length varies slightly due to the fixed trail lengths within the trail system but generally stays at or just over the 5K mark.
The course is well marked with highly visible cones and arrows and there are plenty of park trail signs to guide you back to the trail head should you manage to stray off the course. Runners of all abilities are welcome. We have people who try to sprint the whole way and folks that walk most of the course.
The atmosphere is very laid back and everyone is there to get out and have a good time. Runners who do all three races get a very fine T-Shirt.
At the final August race, the season's T-Shirt is unveiled. The shirts are a work of art each year and generally have a map of the course on the back.
Pine Hill Park affords a network of well maintained Single-Track trails.
Runners of all sizes enjoy the Sunset Series.
Sunset Series starts are relaxed and social.
