Race Description

The Florida Track Club hosts our annual Tom Walker Memorial Half Marathon Run on the beautiful Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail. This is an out and back course that starts at the beginning of the Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail and heads east along the trail to the turn around point just before the County Road 234 crossing at the Rouchelle Parking Area. The trail is a wide paved path with plenty of shade. The course is mostly flat with some gradual hills in the first and last mile and a short hilly section between miles 2 -3 and 11 - 12.

The 2016 edition of our race will take place on Saturday November 5th with a scheduled race time of 8 am. This is a chip timed race on a USATF-certified course. All finishers will be awarded a finisher's medal to celebrate their accomplishment. The first 250 entrants well receive a technical race T-shirt.

The race will take place on a paved rails-to-trails that crosses the northern portion of Paynes Prairie State Preserve. Enjoy the scenery of a trail race without the twisted ankles, and enjoy the smooth pavement of a road race without the traffic! The race starts and ends at Boulware Springs Nature Park which is home of the historic Boulware Springs Water Works.

Our race shirt is a sweat-wicking technical running t-shirt! (Guaranteed only to first 250 entrants)

Medals to all finishers! Then enjoy post-race munchies and drinks as well as a prize raffle.

Awards

Awards for Male and Female: 1st through 3rd Place Overall Male and Female, 1st Place Masters and Top 3 per Age Group (5 year increments)

Register for the Race!

Online Registration

Onsite Day of Race Registration:

Onsite registration starts at 7 AM Saturday November 5th

Download and print the Paper Application:

Click Here to Download the Paper Application for printing

NOTE: Please send your paper application to Florida Track Club, PO Box 12463, University Station, Gainesville, FL.  We are in the process of updating the paper application to match this address.