This year marks the 12th edition of the Godiva Cross Country Series.

The season will begin on September 4th and continue on Wednesday evenings throughout the month of September. Events will alternate between UNC's XC trails adjacent to Finley Golf Course and Duke's Al Buehler Trail, with at least two distance options offered each evening. Note that for 2024 we're modifying the Finley course layout to eliminate the heavily eroded uphill and downhill sections on the red loop.

Please use this online series registration form to sign up for the series.  You need complete this form only once for the season.

Schedule:

• September 4: Durham's Al Buehler Trail @ Duke, 5k, 8k, or 10k - Results
• September 11: Chapel Hill's Finley XC Trail, 5k or 8k - Results
• September 18: Durham's Al Buehler Trail @ Duke, 5k, 8k, or 10k
• September 25: Chapel Hill's Finley XC Trail, 5k or 8k

Races begin at 6 pm sharp and will be held rain or shine. We'll have a donation bucket with a requested offering of $1 per evening.

We'll provide a cooler of water, but please bring your own cups or bottles.

Runners who complete a race in at least 3 of the 4 weeks will earn an award presented at the club's spring awards banquet.

Questions? Email

RESULTS HERE!

What: Continuing a club tradition, we will have our annual One Hour Run starting at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, (one week July 31st after the last summer track meet).

Where: The events takes place on the 1000m gravel path around the UNC track and soccer fields at 157 Old Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill. Expect the usual Carolina summer heat and humidity. The path isn't USATF certified, but even if it wasn't designed to be 1000 m (or 1 km) long it's pretty darn close at about 985 m or so. It's easy footing on finely crushed gravel with very minor elevation changes.

When: Wednesday, July 31st. Everybody hits the path running at 6:30 pm. Please plan to arrive slightly early to get your bib assigned by timer Anthony Corriveau.

How it works: Once underway, the automatic timing system will count whole laps. Exactly one hour after we start, there will be a horn blast to tell people to come to a complete stop. We'll come around with a measuring wheel to figure out your partial lap distance and calculate your total mileage for the hour. If you just absolutely need to move, feel free to plop your bib down to the side of the track in a manner in which it won't blow away, and we can get the final distance that way too. (You are assuming the risk of it blowing away though, make sure you put something heavy on it!)

We'll have a cooler of water and some snacks out on a table by the start line. We'll have cups as well, but you're welcome to bring your own.

We ask for a $2 donation to defray costs.

Please email Bill Harris (william.g.harris@gmail.com) with any questions.

P.S. The men's hour run world record is 21,330 meters (13.25 mi), set by Mo Farah on September 4th, 2020, while the women's world record is 18,930 meters (11.76 mi), set by Sifan Hassan on the same day. Between them, Mo and Sifan also have six Olympic gold medals.