The start of the race is at the opposite end of the park. The start and finish are in close proximity to each other, as a matter of fact, the finish is on the left of this photo. Near the orange spot on the photo is a sunken grate (next photo).
Be careful of this hole at the start of the race. It will be tough to see with runners right in front of you.
This is about 400 meters into the race and everything is still pretty flat
Just pass the flags, take a sharp right hand turn........
As soon as you take the turn you will be running on the grass between flags into an open area.
Follow the large orange arrows marked on the course.
Continue on a grassy flat course.........
Continue to follow bright orange arrows marked on the course (slight incline here)
At this point the arrows are pointing to the left toward the tunnel.
Turning left you can now see the tunnel
As soon as you go through the tunnel you will make an immediate right turn up the steep hill
Coming out of the tunnel take a sharp right up the hill. In this photo the runners were running ahead because the gate on the right was not open yet (the gate on the left is).
In this photo a little later, the gate is open on the left and right (during the second loop the runners will come from the left through two gates, cross the walking path and through the gate on the right.........up the steep hill.
Turning right through the gate, head up the hill for the first loop,
At the top of the hill, head down the other side through the open gate. Be careful of some holes on the downside of the hill.
Head through this gate and cross the walking path through the gate on the other side (it will be open tomorrow.) Once you pass through the two gates the course should be similar to last year. Runners will run along the upper ridge toward the sidewalk and around the lake. Once passing the top of the lake (around 1 mile) the runners will head up the bank on the other side and run parallel to the lake until reaching the other side. It is hilly and slopes at an angle.
Coming down from the slopes the runners will be in front of the tunnel and will run across the walkways through another set of gates (a little drop onto the grassy area between the gates) and then straight up the steep hill again for the second loop of the run.
After the second loop the runners will come down from the sloping area and instead of heading through the gates they will turn right to enter the tunnel to go back toward the finish line.
Coming out of the tunnel take a slight right slightly uphill and follow the arrow to the finish line.
This concludes the photo tour of the Nike SW Regional, Kiwanis Park course! Good luck everyone and have a great race tomorrow!