{"id":7996,"date":"2023-07-06T14:20:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T18:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsulatrackclub.com\/?p=7996"},"modified":"2026-01-03T16:43:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T21:43:13","slug":"joe-zilla-5-miler-course-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsulatrackclub.com\/?p=7996","title":{"rendered":"Joe-Zilla 5-Miler Course Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>All, the Joe-Zilla 5-Miler is this Saturday morning. It is not too late to register or you can register race day morning beginning at 8 am (Please bring cash\/exact change).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately there are a few trees down on Trillium Trail (after the split at ~0.75 miles) that will not be cleared by Saturday and SBNP has closed that portion of the trail. Pete Navin mapped out an alternate course for the race (attached). I have also attached the Sandy Bottom Trail Map for reference. The route will be marked to the greatest extent possible but please also review this beforehand:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. We&#8217;ll start at the usual Start\/Finish Line next to the big pavilion &amp; Sandy Bottom Lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Stay on Trillium until the split (~0.75 miles) (approaching 1-mile Marker)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Bear LEFT onto Wetlands Trail at the split<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. (1st lap only) Turn RIGHT onto Whispering Pines ~0.15 miles to a turn-around cone and return to Wetlands Trail<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. Turn RIGHT onto Wetlands Trail; bear LEFT at the tower towards Trillium Trail<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6. Turn RIGHT onto Trillium Trail and head towards the Ranger Station (~2-mile Marker)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7. Bear RIGHT at the Ranger Station and stay on the trail along Crystal Lake and Fallen Oak Trail, keeping the lake on your immediate right<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8. At the Tower (~3-mile Marker), take a RIGHT onto Wetlands Trail and head towards Trillium Trail<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9. Turn LEFT onto Trillium Trail and head back towards the split<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10. Bear LEFT onto Wetlands Trail at the split (approaching 4-mile Marker); bear left at the Tower and head towards Trillium Trail<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11. Turn RIGHT onto Trillium Trail towards Ranger Station<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12. Bear LEFT at the Ranger Station and return to the Start\/Finish Line<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will make this as close to a 5-miler as we can when we set the course and the turn-around cone (Whispering Pines) on Saturday morning. Trailzilla courses aren&#8217;t certified but we want everyone to enjoy the race &amp; distance we advertise&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our plan is to have a Water Stop near the Tower intersection, so you will pass it at ~1.75 miles, ~3 miles, and ~4.3 miles&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See you all on Saturday morning!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"881\" height=\"609\" src=\"https:\/\/peninsulatrackclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Joe-Zilla-5-Miler.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7997\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/peninsulatrackclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Joe-Zilla-5-Miler.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/peninsulatrackclub.com\/?attachment_id=7997\" class=\"wp-image-7997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peninsulatrackclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Joe-Zilla-5-Miler.png 881w, https:\/\/peninsulatrackclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Joe-Zilla-5-Miler-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/peninsulatrackclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Joe-Zilla-5-Miler-150x104.png 150w, https:\/\/peninsulatrackclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Joe-Zilla-5-Miler-768x531.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 881px) 100vw, 881px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"929\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/peninsulatrackclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sandy-Bottom-Trail-Map.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7998\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/peninsulatrackclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sandy-Bottom-Trail-Map.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/peninsulatrackclub.com\/?attachment_id=7998\" class=\"wp-image-7998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peninsulatrackclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sandy-Bottom-Trail-Map.png 929w, https:\/\/peninsulatrackclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sandy-Bottom-Trail-Map-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/peninsulatrackclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sandy-Bottom-Trail-Map-150x116.png 150w, https:\/\/peninsulatrackclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sandy-Bottom-Trail-Map-768x594.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 929px) 100vw, 929px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All, the Joe-Zilla 5-Miler is this Saturday morning. It is not too late to register or you can register race day morning beginning at 8 am (Please bring cash\/exact change). Unfortunately there are a few trees down on Trillium Trail (after the split at ~0.75 miles) that will not be cleared by Saturday and SBNP [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-acrticle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsulatrackclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsulatrackclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsulatrackclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsulatrackclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsulatrackclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7996"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/peninsulatrackclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7999,"href":"https:\/\/peninsulatrackclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7996\/revisions\/7999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsulatrackclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsulatrackclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsulatrackclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}