10K Challenge – Part 1: “Fast Start, Faster Consequences” (3.5 miles | +39 feet / -1032 ft.)

We give you exactly one instruction off the start: go.

You’ll rip down Evergreen Lane between the pavilion and the clubhouse, and if you hesitate, that’s on you—because in a matter of seconds, you’re funneled into tight singletrack where passing becomes… theoretical.

Black Bear Trail kicks things off. It’s flowy, fast, and just technical enough to keep you from getting too comfortable. Roots, rocks, quick turns—it’s the kind of trail that feels playful right up until it isn’t.

Then it’s a left onto Lost Porcupine, where the turns tighten and the rhythm gets a little more chaotic. A right onto Tree-odge (yes, we’re sticking with that), then onto Code Blue, where the forest shifts—pines, moss, mountain laurel—it’s lush, it’s beautiful, and it absolutely does not care if you trip.

Somewhere in here, you may find yourself doing a bit of “wilderness parkour.” That’s not in the official race manual, but it is… encouraged by circumstance.

Eventually, you spill out onto a grassy doubletrack.

And that’s when things get interesting.

Welcome to the first half of Devil’s Hairpin.

Six hundred thirty feet down in three-quarters of a mile. Wide trail. Big lines. Real speed. This is your chance to open it up—if you trust your legs and your judgment equally. If not… well, gravity always collects.

At the bottom, there’s an aid station.

Take a breath.

You’re going to need it.

[Map and Elevation Chart of the 10K Course]

10K Challenge – Part 2: “Throat Punch” (2.7 miles | +1364 ft. / -161 ft.)

Every great Pennsylvania race has that one climb.

Ours doesn’t ease into it. It introduces itself with a handshake and immediately punches you in the throat.

Throat Punch climbs straight up Spit Hollow and makes no apologies. It’s steep, it’s relentless, and it’s the kind of effort where running becomes optional and forward progress becomes the goal.

You grind your way upward—step by step, rock by rock—until you finally crest and hang a right onto an old logging route.

And just when you think you’re getting something back, we send you down through Cadillac Alley.

Formerly known as Needle Patch. Now renamed after a guy once drove a Cadillac down it thinking he was a bomb. That’s not relevant to your race… but it does tell you everything you need to know about the trail.

It’s tight. It’s strange. It’s memorable.

Then comes the final ask.

The Soul Sucker Slopes.

A mile. Six hundred feet. No tricks, no gimmicks—just a steady, grinding climb designed to empty whatever’s left in the tank.

At the top, we finally give you something back. Not Fairway rolls out smooth and runnable, guiding you toward the finish. You’ll hit Oak Hill, drop back onto singletrack, and suddenly…

It’s over.

[Map and Elevation Chart of the 10K Course]

It’s just a 10K.

But around here, that still means a fight.