Overview

These Summer Sprint Series courses are an intermediate navigational challenge, often with a fun/unique challenge during the event. This year, each week will be at a different park in the east metro area: Tamarack Nature Center, Lake Elmo Park Reserve, and Battle Creek Regional Park.

 

Courses

• Long: 4-5km

• Short: 3-4km

 

Schedule

• 6:15-6:45 pm - registration/check-in

• 7:00pm - Race starts (mass start)

• 8:00pm - courses close

 

Pricing

• Full Series: $20

• Price per week: $8

Locations:

• Week 1: Tamarack Nature Center, White Bear Township

• Week 2: Lake Elmo Park Reserve, Lake Elmo

• Week 3: Battle Creek Regional Park, Maplewood

 

Location

• Week 1:  Tamarack Nature Center is located at 5287 Otter Lake Rd, White Bear Lake, MN. The entrance is just south of County Rd H2 on the west side of Otter Lake Road.

• Week 2:  Lake Elmo Park Reserve is located 1 mile north of I-94 and 2.5 miles east of I-694 at the intersection of County Road 19 (Keats Avenue N) and County Road 10 (10th Street N). Take I-94 to County Road 19 and head north 1 mile.

• Week 3:  Battle Creek Park is located just east of downtown St. Paul. From either direction, take I-94 to the McKnight Rd exit. Go south on McKnight Rd for about 3/4 mile. Turn left at the stop sign on Upper Afton Road. The parking lot is about 1/4 mile down on the left (north) side of Upper Afton Rd.

 

Volunteer

It takes a handful of volunteers to make each of our events successful.  If you would like to learn more about volunteering, please see our Volunteering page.  And as a reward, you'll get a free race entry the next Regular event you choose.

 

Race Results

Race results are usually published within 24 hours of the event.  View our Race Results page to see the results.

 

Race Management

• Race Director: Andrea Schneider

• Course design: Phil Stromme, Sandy Schreyer, Ted Lystig, Peter Daniels, Ian Harding

 

Questions

If you have any questions or comments about this event, please feel free to Contact Us.