Date & Time: Sunday, February 24, 2013, 8:30 am.
Place: Starts and finishes at the Whitestone Inn on Watts Bar Lake. Click here for directions.
Registration & Entry Fee: Early registration is online only! KTC Members eligible for $5 discount during early and late registration. Deduct $10 for no t-shirt. Packet pickup from 6:45 - 8:00 a.m. on race day, February 24, at the Whitestone Inn. There is no race day registration - all participants must pre-register!
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Early (through Feb. 14)
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Late (Feb. 15-21)
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Race Day (Feb. 24)
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Individual
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$40
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$45
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n/a
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Team of 4 or more
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$35 ea
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$40 ea
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n/a
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Course Description and Highlights: Course certified: USATF #TN02001RH. A lovely, rolling, scenic, & rural course that meanders through rural Tennessee countryside. Incredible downhill start with an amazing uphill finish. Relay exchange at approximately miles 6.5 and 13.5.Course is open to traffic. Course closes after 4 hours. Expected participation: 150 runners. Course records: Stewart Ellington - 1:41:00 (2010), Kathy Wolski - 2:08:58 (2012).
T-shirts: Long-sleeved technical; cool enough to wear in public. Pre-registered runners will receive shirts on race day. No t-shirt: deduct $10.
Awards: Award ceremony to be held after the race in the Whitestone dining room. Male and female awards to the top 3 Overall; top Masters (40+), Grandmasters (50+), and Senior Grandmasters (60+); and top Clydesdale (200+ lbs male) and Athena (150+ lbs female). Age division awards are three deep. Age divisions begin with 15-19 (no runners under 15 please). Awards to the top 4 three person teams. Overall winners are not eligible for age division awards. Awards must be picked up on race morning; awards will not be mailed.
Inclement Weather: In case of inclement weather, please check the KTC Website and Message Board at www.ktc.org or check the KTC Facebook page. You can also follow KTC on Twitter-@knoxvilletrack-for up to the minute updates.
Lodging: For reservations at one of the Inn's 20 beautiful rooms, call 888.247.2464 or go to www.whitestoneinn.com (BOOK EARLY). Runners receive a 10% discount on the room rate. Be sure to mention that you are running KTC's Whitestone 30K.
Weather
Averages: High 58 Low 34.
The course winds in and out and up and down. Most of the course is protected from the wind. Dress accordingly.
