About the Frigid 5k
The course runs through downtown Niles during the Hunter Ice Festival, so the streets around you are lined with ice sculptures while you run. It is a winter race in the full sense, cold pavement, bare trees, and festival crowds mixed in with the field.
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Distances & Start Times
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