Course Info

10K Course Notes:

The course is made up of three loops; all of which give runners a unique and beautiful view of the downtown spruce pine area. The course is all paved and has some pretty “exciting” elevation changes.

1. The first leg goes through the gorgeous English Woods neighborhood and hopefully the beautiful neighborhood will take you mind off of the challenging hills that await you there. You will be turning left to stay on English Rd in English Woods and turning right on Greenwood Rd

2. After looping back runners will head across the Highland Avenue bridge into historic downtown Spruce Pine. The course goes along the shops on “upper street” and then heads to 19E then to Beaver Creek Rd.

3. On Beaver Creek Rd runners will make a turn up Pendley Rd and climb 200′ of elevation in .2 miles (Extreme climb) and come down Reservoir Rd which turns comes down to Elm Street.

4. Elm Street will merge back into Oak Avenue and runners will proceed then to Locust St “lower street” parallel to the train tracks and river through gorgeous downtown Spruce Pine.

5. Finally the last loop will end in the beautiful Riverside Park which runs along the North Toe River.

6. The course finishes in the park officially at 6.2 miles.

There will be two water stations and a sports drink station on the course. The sports drinks will be available in English Woods before the elevation climb. The first water station is also in English Woods at the top of the last hill. The second water station will be located on lower street at the Spruce Pine Main Street booth.