GWTC Pine Run 20K at Tall Timbers

🏃‍♂️ Race Overview

The information below is for the 2024 race—updated information for the 2025 race that is tentatively scheduled for October 11, 2025 will appear within a few months of that race.

Saturday, October 12, 2024
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.

📋 Registration Details

GWTC Members:
- $35 with shirt: available until Sept 25
- $20 without shirt
Non-members:
- $40 with shirt: available until Sept 25
- $25 without shirt
Race day registration is $25 for GWTC members, $30 for nonmembers
Race day shirts $20 (if still available)

🏆 Awards

• Top Overall: man and woman
• Top Master and Grandmaster: men and women
• Top: men and women in 5-year age groups

🌳 Course Description

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 course map is shown below, but for a 20K run through a large forest, a "point-by-point" view just isn’t possible, but the map can give a general sense, and here are some additional details:

• Starting Point: The course starts and ends at the Beadel House, running counter-clockwise in an oblong twisted circle.
• Markers: The course is liberally marked with pink flags (and where needed, we have directional signs and volunteers).
• Out-and-backs: The TWO out-and-backs each go out about 3/4ths of a mile. The first starts around mile 5.0 and the second starts around mile 8.30. There are water stations at the top of each one.
• Finish Line: You finish at the Beadel house shortly thereafter, giving you lifetime bragging rights as a PINE RUN FINISHER!

💧 Aid Stations

There are water and electrolyte stations at three points on the course (every 3ish miles). Hang around post race to enjoy music and refreshments (BYOB).

🎟️ Packet Pickup

Thursday: Picking up your bib (and shirt if you ordered one) on Thursday before the race helps race day run smoother for all of us. Everyone who picks up their bib at REI Co-op on Thursday, 5-7:30 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.

📞 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 Henry Beadel Drive)

For more information about Gulf Winds Track Club visit gulfwinds.org.

👏 Thank You to REI Co-op

A huge thank you to REI Co-op for sponsoring this year's race. Watch for Tallahassee REI staff running the race, volunteering on the course, and greeting you at the finish line.

🔗 Race Information Link

For more details about the Pine Run, visit this link.