The fourth and final race of the 2024 Alpine Shop Trail Run Series will be August 22nd, 2024 at 6:15. We will once have Optimal Performance Centers there ready to help you feel your best, as well as a visit from Texas Roadhouse of Kirkwood as well as GO! St Louis there to share some info about their Camp Go Race!
Race Headquarters will once again be at the Smith Shelter, nearest to the Weidman Entrance (West side of the park). Enter the park and head up the hill and take the first left after entering the park and follow the road until it ends at the large parking lot with race headquarters being the direct opposite corner of the lot.
Race start will be just South of the pavilion heading towards the Hawk Ridge Trail.
We will begin heading South on the Hawk Ridge trail as it bends around the natural prairie and heads downhill. Please take caution coming down the hill since there will be a road crossing. We will have a course marshal to help navigate traffic for runners and cars for this brief stretch. From there, you will drop of the road to the right side to a detour trail through some single track and across two footbridges. Now is the time to make a move for position since the bridges could make things interesting! You’ll pass a large pond on your left and approach the big Corporate Shelter. From there you’ll head North past the Dog Park and make a left and then right onto Owl Creek Trail for a long climb up to the Aid Station at the top of the hill.
After the Aid Station, you will head out on Hawk Ridge Trail into the pasture where the course make a right down into the woods. you will wind through some double track and pop back onto Dogwood Trail heading South to the White Oak Trail on your way to the finish. You will once again hit the Hawk Ridge Trail and make a right down the winding Fox Run Trail and reuse the Owl Creek Trail to go past the Dog Park and you’ll make the familiar right back up to the finish line past the pond.
As always, enjoy some beer, snacks, and hotdogs courtesy of 4Hands Brewing Co. and Great Harvest Kirkwood will kick in some free samples. Optimal Performance Centers will be there, too! Make sure to stick around for the Alpine Shop giveaways!
We will award our series prizes as well this week, so hang out and cheer on our racers!
Wanna register? Here you go!
Here are the Points Totals going into the finale!