Hooters River, Roots & Ruts Trail Run

United States flag Alva, Florida, United States

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Date 03 Jan, 2027
Races 1 distance
Entry fee $50.00
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Hooters River, Roots & Ruts Trail Run

About the event

The Hooters River, Roots & Ruts is a great opportunity to experience Florida trail running at its finest. It is suited for experienced trail runners and novices.
 
While not a course for a PR, it will go down in your log book as a special run. The is a 10 Mile Trail Run utilizing both sides of the park: the wide nature trails on the south side and the single lane mountain bike trails on the north side.  The race is limited to 350 competitors.
 
Course Time Limit: 3 hours
 
On line registration closes at 5 p.m. on Saturday January 4, 2025.  Race is capped at 350 participants. There will be NO race day registration, NO exceptions.  Participants must pickup bibs and packets race morning beginning at 6:30 a.m. at the Caloosahatchee Regional Park pavilion.

Races offered

03Jan

10 Mile Trail Run

Running

Distance
16.1K
Start time
08:00
Entry fee
$50.00

Weather history

3-year monthly averages for January in Alva.

Temperature12.8° / 23.2°
Feels like10.9° / 21.9°
Sunshine hours8h 13m
Rainfall2.5 mm
Snowfall—
Wind11.5 km/h (Light breeze)
Humidity73.2%
Max UV indexLow (2.4)
Sweat lossModerate
Course conditionsFirm and slightly soft
Sunrise08:14
Sunset18:55

About Alva

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Alva is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lee County, Florida, United States, situated on the Caloosahatchee River. The population was 2,725 at the 2020 census, up from 2,596 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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Race results

Official finishing times from previous editions of Hooters River, Roots & Ruts Trail Run.

Place Name Gender Age City Time
🥇 NICO DE VRIES M 42 DENVER, CO 1:02:18
🥈 DAN RUGE M 42 FORT MYERS, FL 1:09:01
🥉 JASON SCIANDRA M 45 NORTH FORT MYERS, FL 1:09:27
4 DOUG FREEMAN M 41 FORT MYERS, FL 1:11:48
5 ROBERT PONTE M 35 NAPLES, FL 1:12:57

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