Wanderers' Trail Race

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Wanderers' Trail Race runsignup.com
Date 17 Jan – 31 May, 2027
Races 5 distances
Entry fee $9.00 – $30.00
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Wanderers' Trail Race

About the event

WANDERERS' 5k TRAIL RACE and KIDS TRAIL MILE

TIME & PLACE: 5K starts at 2:00pm. Kids Race starts at 1:30pm. Starts/finishes at McArthur Pavilion at Maryville College in Maryville TN.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This 5k course meanders through the woods , crossing hills, dales, rocks, roots, streams, and grassy knolls. Kid’s Trail Mile precedes main race at 1:30pm, running a similar fun course in the woods. You can view the course here: Wanderers Course

POST RACE: We'll have our usual post-race fare at the McArthur Pavilion after the race.

REGISTRATION AND FEES (NO REFUNDS AND NO BIB TRANSFERS): Registration fees above, KTC member discount accepted. Not a member of KTC? Sign up here!

SPECIAL SERIES REGISTRATION OFFERS: Sign up online for 7 for $109 Season Pass, or Kids 7 for $29 Kids Pass bundle deals and SAVE BIG! Trail Series Season Passes Expires June 1.

T-SHIRTS: Special limited edition T-shirts will be printed for the series. This is the same shirt as at all other Treadin’ Trodden Trails races; one shirt per runner PER SEASON please. Taking multiple shirts reduces monies we are able to donate to trail-friendly causes.

TTT SERIES AWARDS:
At the end of the trail race season, we will be awarding the top 3 in each division free race entries. We will announce the winners at the KTC Holiday Party in December.  To qualify for series awards, you'll need to be a member of KTC and you will need to have volunteered two times during the course of the trail race season.

RESULTS: Results will be available on the Knoxville Track Club website: www.ktc.org, and on Runsignup.com.

COURSE ETIQUETTE: We reserve the right to disqualify anyone who exhibits unsportsmanlike conduct or is abusive to volunteers.

AID STATIONS:
Aid will be provided, but in an effort to be greener, we urge all runners to carry their own water with a handheld or collapsible cup. We also strongly recommend that anyone sensitive to insect stings or bites carry their own medication. Finally, we urge that everyone do some pre-race training offroad, as there is no substitute for experience. We want you to have a good time.

SAFETY POLICY CLARIFICATION: Our primary goal is to keep everybody safe out there in the woods. We've had some interest by younger folks in running the longer races, and we're all over that idea, but we are also concerned about their safety. For the remainder of the season (and moving forward), if a runner is under 12 years old, he or she will need to be accompanied by an adult in order to run the adult race (i.e. not the kids mile).Also, and this is less of a safety concern and more of a concern for the welfare of our volunteers: We need to start enforcing the 18:00/mile minimum pace. This has been our policy all along but we've gotten a little lax and this keeps our volunteers in the woods far longer than they should have to be. Moving forward, each race will have a sweeper, and runners will need to be moving at greater than an 18:00/mile pace to stay in the race. Don't get caught by the sweep!

DON'T TAKE A BIB IF YOU'RE NOT RUNNING. This is safety-related - we want to make sure that everybody who starts the race stays safe. If you take a bib, we think you're running the race. Then when you don't show up at the finish, we have to try and track you down and make sure you're not lost in the woods or hurt. So please -- if you're not running the race, don't take a bib. Also, if you have to drop out of the race, please let one of the race officials know so you are accounted for.  Also, don't crunch or fold the bib, or tear off the bottom.  We need an unspoiled bib to record your time and finish place.

INFO FOR RUNNING OR VOLUNTEERING: We love our volunteers! Please connect with us if you'd like to volunteer (trails@ktc.org), and you can find openings at the "Volunteer" link above

KTC SAFETY POLICY: The Knoxville Track Club Board of Directors has approved an Event Safety Policy, viewable here: Weather Policy. Please familiarize yourself with it.

Races offered

17Jan

Kids Trail Mile

Running

Distance
1.6K
Start time
13:30
Entry fee
$9.00
17Jan

Kids Trail Mile (Bundle)

Running

Distance
1.6K
Start time
13:30
Entry fee
$9.00
17Jan

5k

Running

Distance
5K
Start time
14:00
Entry fee
$30.00
17Jan

5k (Bundle)

Running

Distance
5K
Start time
14:00
Entry fee
$30.00
17Jan

5k (Students 14 and under)

Running

Distance
5K
Start time
14:00
Entry fee
$22.00

Weather history

3-year monthly averages for January in .

Temperature3.2° / 14.1°
Feels like-0.6° / 11.0°
Sunshine hours7h 17m
Rainfall4.8 mm
Snowfall—
Wind11.4 km/h (Light breeze)
Humidity69.8%
Max UV indexModerate (3.0)
Sweat lossLow
Course conditionsFirm and slightly soft
Sunrise08:21
Sunset19:16

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Race results

Official finishing times from previous editions of Wanderers' Trail Race.

Place Name Gender Age City Time
🥇 Minttu Hukka F 27 Knoxville, TN —
🥈 Brandon McCloy M 38 Dandridge, TN —
🥉 Matt Stegall M 51 Knoxville, TN —
4 Matthew Williams M 31 Madisonville, TN —
5 Nathan Helton M 37 Knoxville, TN —

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