5K XC Course
The final event is a 5K race run on a cross country style course mostly on foot paths and trails. The race starts and finishes on the track and does a couple of complete lap within the perimeter of Hanes Park and the nearby school grounds of Brunson Elementary School, including a crossing beneath the Glade Street bridge on both sides of Peters Creek.
Here are turn by turn directions. A downloadable course map can be round at the link below.
1. Start on the track and run 1.25 laps
2. Exit the track on the bridge over Peters Creek toward the playground
3. Turn left after crossing the pedestrian bridge and follow the path along the creek
4. Turn left on the next pedestrian bridge over the creek
5. Turn right on the path around the outside of the baseball field
6. Turn left on the roadway back towards the track
7. Continue of the roadway past the track and straight onto the path/sidewalk next to the tennis courts
8. Continue on the path next to the field behind Wiley School to a pedestrian bridge
9. Cross the bridge and bear left on the path
10. Continue on the path beneath the Glade Street bridge (creek on your left)
11. Continue on the path with the creek on the left
12. Turn left on the 2nd pedestrian bridge toward the main entrance to Brunson School
13. Turn left after crossing the bridge following the path back toward Hanes Park
14. Continue on the path beneath the Glade Street bridge (creek on your left)
15. Continue on the path with the athletic fields on your right
16. Pass the tennis courts on your right and repeat steps 3-16
17. On the second loop, turn left on the pedestrian bridge after passing the tennis courts
18. Follow the sidewalk to the track and turn right running in the outer three lanes
19. Complete one lap of the track and continue on the inner lanes
20. Finish at the same finish line of other events
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