GWTC Pine Run 20K at Tall Timbers

Saturday, October 11, 2025
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.

20K run course • 14K ruck course
Everyone is welcome to do either course within the 3 hour time limit. 
Run awards will be given for the 20K course. Ruck awards will be given for the 14K. 

REGISTRATION
GWTC Members:
$35 with shirt—guaranteed until midnight Thurs. Sept 25
$25 without shirt
Non-members:
$45 with shirt—guaranteed until midnight Thurs. Sept 25
$30 without shirt
Race day registration is $30 for GWTC members, $35 for nonmembers
Race day shirts $20 (if still available)

AWARDS
20K Run:
Top Overall man and woman
Top Master and Grandmaster men and women
Top men and women in 5-year age groups
14K Ruck:
Top two men and women

COURSE
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 long route 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:

• Both courses start and end near the Beadel House, running counter-clockwise in an oblong twisted circle.
• The course is liberally marked with pink flags (and where needed, we have directional signs and volunteers).
• There is one out-and-back that's about 3/4 mile long for the 20K. It starts around mile 5.0. 
• The 20K water/Gatorade stations are at roughly miles 3, 6, 9, and 11, and the 14K crosses those same water stations.
• The 20K arrives back near the Beadel House for the first time at about mile 10.8 ( XX for the 14K)—but you still have a ways to go (about 1.6). The 20K heads down "The Horseshoe" that takes you briefly toward the Van Brunt Arm of Lake Iamonia before coming back up a hill that you will remember. The 14K skips The Horseshoe and heads straight to the trail back into the forest.  
• Shortly after hitting mile 12.0/, everyone reemerge from the forest and take a left on the main gravel road (where you started 12 short miles ago). 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
• Picking up your bib (and shirt if you ordered one) on Thursday before the race helps race day run smoother for all of us,
and 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 REI CO-OP
A huge thank you to REI Co-op for sponsoring the race. 
Watch for Tallahassee REI staff running the race, volunteering on the course, and greeting you at the finish line.