Trail Run at Sly Park Lake - Pollock Pines, California - Running

The Trail Run at Sly Park Lake is a Running race in Pollock Pines, California consisting of a Half Marathon and 10 Miles and 10K and 20 Miles and 5K Trail Run.

Start/Finish Sly Park Recreation Center Area Event Center.
Run around Sly Park Lake. Course is primarily single track run in beautiful Pollock Pines. Great running, some technical sections roots, rocks, very challenging course, no big climbs or long downhills.

50k - 3 loops around the lake.
20 mile - 2 loops The first 10 mile loop run counterclockwise. For the most part it is fairly easy, no big climbs or big downhills. Mostly single track trails with some ups downs & a few technical sections, some rocks to be concerned with - stay focused. Your first 10 mile loop parallels the lake. It is challenging sure, but the 2nd loop takes you up on the horse trails on both sides of the lake. So yes, it is much tougher but if you are a trail runner, you will love these trails - great stuff. Your first 10 mile loop will be the easiest of the two loops & fastest. The 2nd loop has some good climbs & downhills to contend with but you will enjoy the challenge. I have had a home for years very close to the lake & have trained over there for years in the heat & the dead of winter. These trails will get you ready to run anything you have planned in the future.
Half Marathon - 1 loop then a 5k out and back.
10 mile - 1 loop
10k course description. New Distance this year.
10k runners, first run the 5k course return to the start/finish using the aid station then going back out running WEST, the opposite direction previously run.
10k runners will now run a out & back section following YELLOW RIBBONS again over to the lake, then returning to the start/finish. You are DONE.
The 5k runners will go out with all of the other distances first running EAST. Yellow Ribbons will mark the 5k course. The 5k runners will also be crossing Mormon Emigrant Road twice. 5k runners please use extreme CAUTION when crossing this road at the beginning and towards the end of your race. 5k runners when you first run over at the lake, you will run along the lake on the hiking trail with all the other distances for approximately 1.5 miles. At approximately 1.5 miles the 5k runners will take a VERY SHARP RIGHT TURN up onto the horse trail and begin running back to the finish. 5k runners will eventually run back onto the hiking trail along the lake returning to the finish on the exact same course they ran out on. There are no Aid Stations for the 5k loop.
New this year: RELAY TEAMS for the 50k & 20 miler.
Rules
50k & 20 mile teammates can only be relieved/substituted at the start/finish. Relay teams ONLY ONE RUNNER is allowed on the course at a time.
50k & 20 mile relay teams, please refer to 50k and 20 mile course maps & 50k and 20 mile course info. 50k relay teams will run the 50k course. 20 mile relay teams will run the 20 mile course.
50k relay teams you will run three 10 mile loops. Once returning to the start/finish is considered a loop. 20 mile relay teams you will run two 10 mile loops.
Teams will run the exact same courses as the designated 50k & 20 mile courses in the same sequence.
50k relay teams 2 or 3 person teams. 50k relay teams, if you have a 2 runner team you may choose to run the loops & relieve one another however you want. Substitutions are only allowed at the start/finish.
20 milers 2 person teams.
One person can register for the team relays, same PRICES & show up with their team.
One bib number will be designated for the team which the first runner will have on. Teammates will have that same number written on the back of their hand race morning prior to the race.
Teammates can crew their relay teams driving into & out of Sly Park Lake at the main entrance on Sly Park Rd. Crews/relay teams must pay $11 per vehicle driving into the park at the front entrance to the park. Runners, crews, relay teams, there is an aid station located at the back of the lake if you want to meet your runner there.