Blue Hills Trail Races - "Bunny Hop"

• Date: April 26, 2009
• Address: 1907 Canton Avenue (Rt. 138), Milton, Massachusetts Get directions
• Country: United States
• Race type: Run (3 Mile)
• Distances: Run (3.00 miles)
• Organization: Colonial Road Runners
• Website: http://www.colonialrunners.org/BlueHillsTrailRaces/
• Contact email: [email protected]
• Description: Where:
  Start and Finish next to the Blue Hills Trailside Museum, 1907 Canton Avenue (Rt. 138), in Milton. Directions: From Route 93 (Rt. 128), take Exit 2 to Rt. 138 North (“Milton”). Follow Rt. 138 for 1.2 miles to the parking lots for the Trailside Museum and the Blue Hills Ski Area.
  
  The Event:
  This is a low-frills, and low-cost, event. The races will be timed (results to be posted on CoolRunning), and there will be Marathon Sports gift certificates for the overall winners in each race and baked goodies for age group winners. We will have post-race refreshments (soda, juice, bananas, cookies, chips, etc.) However …there will not be T-shirts, trophies, or goodie bags.
  
  The Courses:
  Come run on miles of beautiful trails in the scenic Blue Hills Reservation, just south of Boston. Both courses follow dirt roads and forest paths, except for short paved sections at the start and finish of the races.
  
  The FOX TROT (~10 miles) offers a mix of double and single-track trails with some hilly and rocky stretches.
  
  The BUNNY HOP (~3 miles) is recommended for new trail-runners. This course offers easier terrain on wide paths--but this is still a trail race, with plenty of small rocks and tree roots along the way!
  
  The courses will be well-marked, with ribbon and lime dust.
  
  Water stops: three on the Fox Trot, and one on the Bunny Hop
  
  Course maps are available for download at the race website
  
  Registration:
  $5 minimum donation requested…and additional contributions are welcome—you decide! All profits will be donated to the children’s nature-education programs of the Blue Hills Trailside Museum. The Museum's state funding has been cut by 70% this year, resulting in reduced days and hours-please give what you can to help out!
• Members who are scheduled to race: Fourteenkittens