GWTC Pine Run 20K at Tall Timbers 2026

Description

Saturday, October 11, 2025 Tall Timbers Research Station, 13093 Henry Beadel Drive off CR 12, northern Leon County 7:30–10:30 a.m. (3-hour cutoff) • Race day registration available 6:45–7:15 a.m.

The Pine Run 20K offers a challenging, hilly, and beautiful trail race that takes place in the Tall Timbers research forest. The Pine Run is the only time Tall Timbers is open to runners!

We are excited to offer a rucking option this year (for those carrying weight on their back): A 14K course (also with a 3-hour cutoff) for ruckers only.

REGISTRATION Registration is on-line only GWTC Members: $35 with shirt—guaranteed shirt if ordered by midnight Wed. Sept. 24 $25 without shirt Non-members: $40 with shirt—guaranteed shirt if ordered by midnight Wed. Sept 24 $30 without shirt Race day registration: Please register on-line before arriving on race day. We'll assign your bib number when you arrive. $30 for GWTC members $35 for nonmembers Race-day shirts $20 (while they last)

AWARDS 20K Run: Top Overall man and woman Top Master and Grandmaster men and women Top men and women in 5-year age groups 14K Ruck: Top two men and women

COURSE This is a gorgeous course that we only have access to once a year—at the Pine Run. It's a challenging route on undulating, grassy trails and double track jeep roads through beautiful piney uplands and Lake Iamonia bottomland. There are some tough hills, but you'll be rewarded for your climb with stunning views of wildflowers, the lake, and miles of pine forests.

A mapmyrun course map can be found here: https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/5832305251 . For a long route through a large forest, a "point-by-point" isn't possible, but the map gives a general sense of the race, and here are some additional details for the main 20K course:

The race starts and ends near the Beadel House, running counter-clockwise in an oblong twisted circle. The course is liberally marked with pink flags (with directional signs and volunteers where needed). Water/Gatorade stations are at roughly miles 3, 6, 9, and 11. A short out-and-back begins near mile 5, and a stretch around mile 8-10 is a repeated part of the course. You arrive back near the Beadel House for the first time near mile 11—but you still have a little farther to go. At this point, you head down "The boot" that takes you briefly toward the Van Brunt Arm of Lake Iamonia before coming back up a memorable hill. Shortly after mile 12, everyone reemerges from the forest and takes a left on the main gravel road (where you started the race). You finish at the Beadel house, giving you lifetime bragging rights as a PINE RUN FINISHER!

The 14K ruck course is almost exactly the same ( https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/6591896653 ), but with these three exclusions (with volunteers at each place):

You skip the short out-and-back at mile 5 (volunteers will keep you heading straight). There is no portion of the course that is repeated. You skip “the boot.”

Gatorade/water stations for the ruckers are the same ones used by the runners, but they appear at roughly miles 3, 5.5, and 7.5.

AID STATIONS

There are water coolers and port-o-lets at the start line. Gatorade/water stations appear every 2-3 miles on the course. Hang around post race to enjoy music and refreshments (BYOB).

PACKET PICKUP

Picking up your bib (and shirt if you ordered one) on Thursday before the race helps race day run smoother for all of us, and everyone who picks up their bib at REI Co-op on Thursday, 5-7 p.m. will be entered to win a $30 REI gift card! 1415 Timberlane Rd #201, Tallahassee Race day bib pickup 6:45–7:15 a.m. Please be sure to finish race day registration on-line at home to ensure Internet access.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Text race directors Carter Hay ( 850-294-9388 ) or Jennifer Hay ( 850-294-9395 ). We can't promise to notice our phones ringing on race day, so put the full address in your navigation app that morning. (13093 He