About the To Grandmother's House We Go
The course runs through Brown's Woods on single and double track dirt, pulling you well away from any trailhead noise before looping back. Several distance options are built from the same outer loop repeated, so you share the trail with runners doing different races and pass familiar terrain more than once. Leashed dogs cannot join you out there.
Packet pickup timing had not been confirmed at the time this page was built, so check the race's own channels for that detail. The proceeds go toward maintaining the dirt trail systems in the area, so the race has a practical reason to exist beyond the run itself.
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Distances & Start Times
5K10/31/2026 09:00$55
10K10/31/2026 09:00$55
15K10/31/2026 09:00$55
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Not sure what to aim for? The 5K pace chart lists the pace for every finish time.
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