BALLWIN, Mo. – A flood decimated much of the race’s host park, Castlewood State Park, back in May. Then rain started coming down, after a summer of drought, 45 minutes before race time. Alpine Shop officials could only hope that this rescheduled 2017 FITS Sock Co. Trail Run Series’ first race would actually take place. Take … Read more
ST. LOUIS – Three months later than it was supposed to start and one rebuilt Castlewood State Park later, the 2017 FITS Socks Co. Trail Run Series will finally kick off on Thursday, August 3 with an approximately 3.21 mile course. Alpine Shop is pleased to finally welcome everyone to the seventh annual running of … Read more
Sorry for the late notice on this, but we will NOT be holding a fun run on Thursday, May 25 at Castlewood State Park. We were truly hoping to make this happen, but one of our main directives with our races is to do no harm to the trails. That’s simply not possible to do at … Read more
While Castlewood State Park has finally re-opened, there is still a lot of work being done around the park. And while we know the upper trails are in great shape, there are still a lot of issues with the lower grounds including where we stage our race headquarters. So, we will NOT be holding a … Read more
Thank you for being patient with all of us at Alpine Shop as we help Castlewood State Park deal with the disastrous situation left behind by the floods. While the park staff are doing everything possible to give us a chance at running the 2017 FITS Socks Trail Run Series during the month of May, … Read more