Whitestone Weekend presented by BK Graphics

📅 Date, Time, & Place

Saturday March 8, 2025, TRAIL RACE STARTS AT 7:50 AM, ROAD RACE STARTS AT 8:00 am at the Whitestone Inn on Watts Bar Lake.

Course Description and Highlights

• Road Course: USATF Road Certified TN16002MS. A lovely, rolling, scenic and rural course that runs through the countryside. Downhill start means uphill finish! This is a rural route and runners should be aware that there are some unleashed dogs along the course. This is NOT a walker-friendly course. The course time limit for the road race is 4.5 hours and will be strictly enforced.
• Trail Course: The trail course is almost all off-road, with just a few brief touches on asphalt. It will be a three-loop course (or only one if you're doing the 10k) with plenty of ascending and descending, a few blown down trees to negotiate, and a gorgeous view of the Whitestone Inn and the lake from the high point of the course. It will be approximately 30k in total length with around 1000' of elevation gain per loop (so 3000' feet if you're doing the whole 30k). The course time limit for the trail race is 5¼ hours.

Lodging

For reservations at one of the Whitestone Inn's 20 beautiful rooms, call (888) 247-2464 or go to www.whitestoneinn.com (Book early!). Runners receive a 25% discount on the room rate if you mention you are running KTC's Whitestone races.

Registration & Entry Fee

Please note pricing structure: Only one coupon (in addition to the KTC Discount) may be used for this event. This pricing structure is in place to cover event costs. We appreciate your support of this decision as KTC Staff and Organizers want to continue this event in the future. Questions? Please contact KTC at info@ktc.org.

• Fees: Registration fee is $55 through February 9 for the 30k and $30 PER RUNNER for the 10k/12k.
• Late Registration: Late registration is $60 from February 10 through March 8 and $35 PER RUNNER for the 10k/12k.
• No race day registration: NO EXCEPTIONS. Registration closes at 5:00pm on Friday March 7.
• Packet Pickup: Packet Pickup will be Saturday March 8, 6:30 AM - 7:45 AM.

Shirts

Runners will receive a running singlet. Singlets will be gender specific. Please note our shirt policy: Anyone registering after February 21 at 10:00 AM will receive shirts while supplies last. When the inventory runs out in the RunSignUp system then there will be no more shirts. No re-orders.

Volunteering

We value volunteerism highly. Runners can take their participation in the KTC TTT series to the next level by volunteering! Not only does the success of each trail race depend on our great community of volunteers, but volunteerism is required for placement in the esteemed Grand Prix Rankings. In order to qualify for a Grand Prix award, runners must also volunteer for a minimum of 3 events.

• Volunteer Opportunities: Each race has opportunities for both folks running in the event and those preferring to provide support during the race.
• No Experience Required: No experience is necessary and one might argue that volunteering is more fun than running.

Awards

Awards to the top 3 Overall, age groups, and specialty categories. Awards not picked up on race day will be donated and will not be shipped.

Grand Prix Points Team Competition

The Whitestone 30k and 12k are on the 2025 Team Competition schedule. Grand Prix Points awarded winners in various categories and age groups. Remember, to be eligible for Grand Prix Points, participants must be a member of KTC and must volunteer for at least 3 KTC races throughout the year.

Post Race Celebration

Awards for the road and trail races will be presented inside the Whitestone Lion and Lamb building. Post-race food will be available.

Questions

Email any questions to trail@ktc.org or to Tony Owens (trail race director) tonyyikes@gmail.com, or the KTC Events Manager at EventsManager@ktc.org.

Race Etiquette

Due to insurance regulations, roller blades, strollers, bicycles, and dogs are not allowed on the course. The road course closes in 4.5 hours, the trail course in 5¼ hours.

Results

Complete results will be available on RunSignUp shortly after the race.

Safety Policy Clarification

Our primary goal is to keep everybody safe. If a runner is under 12 years old, he or she will need to be accompanied by an adult in order to run the adult race. We’ll need to enforce the 18:00/mile minimum pace.

Don't Take a Bib If You're Not Running

This is safety-related - we want to make sure that everybody who starts the race stays safe. If you take a bib, we think you're running the race. Please let one of the race officials know if you have to drop out of the race so you are accounted for.

KTC Safety Policy

The Knoxville Track Club Board of Directors has approved an Event Safety Policy, viewable here: Weather Policy. Please familiarize yourself with it.