These races are part of the PA-USATF Cross-Country race series. With support from the stewards of our state park:
Race Date and Start Times
Entries for these races may fill up. There is no race-day registration. You can register online at RaceRoster, or via US Mail using the Paper Entry Form below. Email the race director for the online discount code if you are a comped runner from 2023.
The date of the 2024 races is October 13, 2024. Start times for each of the three races:
- Men < 60 years old – 9:00 AM
- Women < 60 years old – 10:00 AM
- Combined Women and Men > 59 years old – 11:00 AM
Note that people older than 59 need to run in the Combined race if they wish to score as a 60+ team or individual. The 60+ runners may sign up for and run in the earlier races if they want, but can only contribute to team scores of the younger teams, and not to their own age-group scoring.
Register
Online via Race Roster (registration opens July 5th)
$30 if post-marked by Oct 1st/$35 after
Mail to
Tom O’Reilly: JLTC
194 Pelican Lane
Novato, CA 94949
Location
The races are held in China Camp State Park, near San Rafael. The start line will be on the fire road right off of North San Pedro Road; the finish line is in the picnic area parking lot. Race-day bib pick-up is 1/4 mile up the fire road in Miwok Meadows picnic area, same as in prior years.
Parking is limited. Please carpool to the greatest extent possible. Please park on North San Pedro road. Be careful to park off of the pavement, ticketing for cars parked on the road has occurred in the past. There will be a sign directing runners to Miwok Meadows picnic area.
Directions to Race
From the north
- Head south on US-101
- Take the exit toward North San Pedro Road, go 0.2 mi
- Turn left onto Merrydale Rd, go 0.1 mi
- Turn left onto N San Pedro Rd, go 3.7 mi
- Parking will be North San Pedro Rd. (This is aproximately 1/2 mile beyond the turn-off to Back Ranch Meadows.
- Arrive here:
From the south
- Head north on US-101
- Take the North San Pedro Rd exit, go 0.1 mi
- Keep right at the fork, follow signs for San Pedro Road E and merge onto North San Pedro Rd, go 3.7 mi
- Parking will be North San Pedro Rd. (This is aproximately 1/2 mile beyond the turn-off to Back Ranch Meadows.
Course Description and Map
Course Distance: Approximately 4.25 miles. Most of the course is rolling on single track, with some fire road and approximately 1/4 mile on flat road. Finish is at Miwok Meadows, start is out near the main road. Note that the course now goes into the edge of the campground and back across a bridge into campground parking lot, due to the closure of an older trail section thru the marsh.
Volunteer
Volunteer here: Sign Up Genius