There are no refunds, credits or friend/ family transfers on entries. A dry cave is without drips of water, streams or pools. Colossal Cave is limestone and considered dormant, dry. Karst caves have 3 categories: limestone, gypsum and quartzite. Everyone has to continue moving and make forward progress. Colossal Cave is an archaic KARST CAVE (meaning erosion has produced fissures, sinkholes, caverns and underground streams). The reason we advertise a 1hr and 5min cutoff is we can't have people standing inside the cave. Walkers are more than welcome! The average walking pace is around 18-20min/ mile. We ask that you please respect the state park and volunteers and adhere to this cutoff time. Our goal is for everyone to have a blast and a one of a kind experience running/ walking through a natural wonder, no matter what your experience level is. If severe weather threatens the entire day and does not appear to let up, we may be forced to cancel. In the event of severe weather we will delay the start as necessary to avoid lightening. ALL participants will receive an awesome finisher medal.Īge groups will be ten years: 19 and under, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60+ The race shirt will be a short sleeve tri-blend shirt. Please check with family and friends on which wave you want to participate in BEFORE registering that way you are able to run/ walk together. We are unable to move runners from different waves based on the wave you select during registration. Each wave will go off 30 minutes after the first. The CC5K is a small race, but it should be a bigger race. I should be able to post a full album later today (probably without cats and horses). Directions to Colossal Cave Mountain Park: From East 22nd Street, turn south onto scenic Old Spanish Trail and follow it about 17 miles to Colossal Cave Mountain Park. Here are some images that I'm currently liking from that set. The Colossal Cave 5k Road Race will benefit the Cienega High School Cross Country Team. Please arrive 1 hour before your wave start.ĭue to the interest in this race and the size of the cave, we will have multiple heats or "waves" of 200 runners each. Yesterday I took photos at one of Tagg Running Events best race productions, The Ninth Annual Colossal Cave 5k Road Race. There will also be packet pickup at the race on Sunday from 10:00AM-1:00pm. Fleet Feet is located at 2722 Carl T Jones Dr SE B2, Huntsville, AL 35802. Packet pickup will be at Fleet Feet Sports Huntsville on SATURDAY September 23rd from 10am-5pm. This will truly be a race like no other.Ĭheck out this awesome video on Cathedral Caverns State Park to get an idea of the beautiful scenery. Meanwhile inside the cave the year round temperature is a cool 58F. The average temperatures for race day are a low of 54F, high of 79F. Runners will pick up a glow stick at the turn around point and the decorative lighting will be on at all times. The portion of the 5k course that runs through the cave is an out and back 0.6mi that is wide enough for 2 way traffic. Once runners get to the 1.9 mile mark they will enter the crown jewel of caves in the Southeast. The race starts in a beautiful valley with picturesque mountains and fields in the background.
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