Big Timber XC Challenge
8K Run (4.96 Miles)
Please note: Advanced registration will be closed at 300 participants, and race day entrants are not guaranteed a BTXCC hat
Sunday, November 17, 2019
9:00 AM Start!
Presented by
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All proceeds from the race will benefit
The Boys & Girls Club of Elgin
and the
Boy Scouts of America Three Fires Council
Registration fees
8K Run Closed
Online registration closed-
4.96 Miles
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$35.00Jul 2 – Oct 31
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$40.00Nov 1 – Nov 16
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$45.00Nov 17 – Nov 17
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ClosedNov 17 – Nov 17
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Event Info
Race Day Logistics
The Big Timber XC Challenge will start and finish at Camp Big Timber, 37W955 Big Timber Road, Elgin, IL.
Register early!
Registration fee will increase by $5.00 if registering after October 31!
Pre Race Day Packet Pick Up
Saturday, November 16 from 2PM until 5PM at Dick Pond Athletics, 303 N. 2nd Street, St. Charles
Race morning registration and packet pick up will start at 7:30 AM
All participants will receive an embroidered Knit Hat AND a free pancake breakfast (No t-shirts!)
Age Groups and Award Categories
Awards will be given to the top male and female runner in the 8K along with awards to the top male/female runners in each age bracket.
14 & under
15-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-69
70 & over
Please note: The Big Timber XC Challenge Race Committee reserves the right to alter any specific age group depending on registration (for example: 20-29 could become 20-24 and 25-29 if needed).
Team Competition and Costume Competition will also be available on race day - see Dick Pond Athletics page for details.
Race Site Logistics
Parking, bathrooms and the pancake breakfast are all on site. Overflow parking is on streets of business area to the east and adjacent to the race site.
8K Course Information
Big Timber XC Challenge, Course Information
- 2 perimeter loops (+ entry onto & exit off the perimeter) = approximately 5 miles (or “5-ish miles”)
- We are in the process of cutting completely new trails in some portions of the course specifically for this entry and your running enjoyment. As a result, please understand the course may not be an exact 8k/4.96m (but we will make it as close to that as the landscape allows).
- It is your responsibility to know the course and stay on it.
- There are NO water stations out on the course. Runners should plan on carrying their own water or relying on a hand-off from a family member or friend while out on the course.
- LEAVE NO TRACE other than your footprints on the course! Please do NOT drop any clothing, water/fluid bottles, nutrition pouches/foils, candy/gum wrappers, or any other type of trash/debris. The Boy Scouts and the forest will appreciate your cooperation.
Course Description:
The name of this event is the BIG TIMBER XC CHALLENGE. You will be running over grass and wooded areas with natural elements such as uneven ground, small stones and other debris – if this frightens you, go find another asphalt road race to sign up for. You will be crossing through a knee-deep creek TWO times (if it has been raining a lot in the days before the race, it may be a little deeper), but there will be a rope to hold on to as you cross, if you need it.
Mile 1 -1.5: It will be a wide-open, cross-country type of start from under the big oak tree in Barn Field. Be sure to wave to your family or friends as you pass by and around the Dining Hall before working your way onto the perimeter path for the start of the first of two loops. Don’t be fooled by the relative ease of the route here on the east side of the property – you’ll only wish it was this comfortable once you’re over on the west side!
Mile 1.5-2.5: After bounding over a couple of wooden footbridges and a quick section of flat roadway, you’ll come to Trail’s End – inappropriately named, as this is where the real trail begins! A short downhill gives you momentum to work your way along the path under the trees. Cross a couple more footbridges and you’re on “the other side of the creek” (aka, “the dark side”). It doesn’t last long, though, before you blast THROUGH the creek (it’s knee deep), go up the wooden “stairs”, and eventually break out onto the roadway! Push the pace a bit around the bend, go past the BB Gun Shed, and attack the short uphill … you’re at the start of your second loop!
Mile 2.5-5-ish: The second time around the perimeter relives the experience … push it on the east side, survive the west side. Once you come up the short hill after the BB Gun Shed for the second time, you’ll be making a right turn to head back to the finish. Your family and friends may not recognize you as you pass by this second time, but hang in there – the finish looms just ahead under the big oak tree and pancakes await in the (warm) Dining Hall.
Volunteers
VOLUNTEERS
Bring your spouse, kids, siblings, parents and friends to the event! Volunteers are needed for Saturday packet pick-up, Sunday morning packet pick-up/registration, parking/street crossing, course marshals, and finish line help. All volunteers will receive an embroidered Knit Hat, pancake breakfast and the gratitude of race officials and participants. Contact Glen at Dick Pond Athletics @ 630-665-3316.
Event schedule
- Sat, November 16, 2019 2:00 PM - Pre Race Packet Pick Up (Dick Pond Athletics of St. Charles)
- Sun, November 17, 2019 7:30 AM - On Site Check in and Registration
- Sun, November 17, 2019 9:00 AM - 8K Race Start
Contact information
- Event contact
- Wayne Haworth
- Phone
- +1 630-665-3316
- Website
- Visit website
