Dirty South Trail Races

🏃‍♀️ DIRTY SOUTH TRAIL HALF MARATHON

TIME & PLACE: Half Marathon and 10K start at 9:00 am. Kids Trail Mile race starts 8:30 am. Note, this kids mile is separate from the seven race series. Starts/finishes at Mead's Quarry, just south of Ijams Nature Center on Island Home Avenue, Knoxville TN 37920.

🌱 SUSTAINABILITY

• Carpool: Link up with your friends and carpool if possible (our participant lists are public, take a look and see who you know that’s coming!).
• Transit Access: Meads Quarry has a stop on the Knoxville Area Transit Line 40! Check out their site, download their app, or utilize their bike and ride option!

🏞️ COURSE DESCRIPTION

13.1 mile course traverses the Forks of the River Wildlife Area, William Hastie Park, Marie Myers Park, Ross Marble Quarry, Ijams Nature Center, and other haunts of the beautiful Urban Wilderness of South Knoxville. A mix of rocky, technical single track and buffed out, flowing mountain bike trail. Course has a 4 hour time limit. 10k course will utilize some of the main nature center trails as well as those in Meads Quarry. Kids will run their own trail mile in the woods and are guaranteed to have a splendid time.

📍 LOCATION

Mead's Quarry near Ijams Nature Center.

💰 REGISTRATION FEES

Registration fees above. KTC member discount accepted. Not a KTC member? Sign up here.

T-SHIRTS

This year we'll print a special tech shirt (different from the series shirts) -- you’re guaranteed to love it!

👕 SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT SHIRTS

• Registration Deadline: Anyone registering after November 12 will receive a shirt only while supplies last.
• Order Placement: The shirt order will be placed on November 12, and once inventory runs out in the Runsignup system, no more shirts will be available: there will be no re-orders.
• Unclaimed Shirts: Shirts not picked up will be donated. Shirts will not be held or mailed to participants.

🏆 TTT SERIES AWARDS

At the end of the 2025 trail race season, we will be awarding the top 3 in each division free race entries. We will announce the winners at the KTC Holiday Party in December. To qualify for series awards, you’ll need to be a member of KTC and you will need to have volunteered two times during the course of the trail race season.

📊 RESULTS

Results will be available on the Knoxville Track Club website: www.ktc.org, and on Runsignup.com.

⚖️ COURSE ETIQUETTE

We reserve the right to disqualify anyone who exhibits unsportsmanlike conduct or is abusive to volunteers. Due to insurance regulations, no headsets, earphones, bicycles, baby strollers, roller blades or pets on the course.

🛡️ SAFETY

• Aid Stations: Aid and water stations will be provided, but in an effort to be greener, we urge all runners to carry their own water. There will be only very small cups at aid stations.
• Medication: If you don’t own a handheld, buy one. We also strongly recommend that anyone sensitive to insect stings or bites carry their own medication.
• Pre-Race Training: We urge that everyone do some pre-race training offroad, as there is no substitute for experience. We want you to have a good time.

🚸 SAFETY POLICY CLARIFICATION

Our primary goal is to keep everybody safe out there in the woods. 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 (i.e. not the kids mile). We also need to start enforcing the 18:00/mile minimum pace. This keeps our volunteers in the woods far longer than they should have to be. Moving forward, each race will have a sweeper, and runners will need to be moving at greater than an 18:00/mile pace to stay in the race. Don’t get caught by the sweep!

🚫 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. If you have to drop out of the race, please let one of the race officials know so you are accounted for. Also, don’t crunch or fold the bib, or tear off the bottom. We need an unspoiled bib to record your time and finish place.

📞 INFO FOR RUNNING OR VOLUNTEERING

Contact race director Tim Hill at timh160@gmail.com or call 865.548.4718 for more information. Volunteer info also available on Runsignup.com. Runners can take their participation in the KTC TTT series to the next level by volunteering!

🐾 KTC SAFETY POLICY

KTC’s mission is to encourage lifelong physical well-being through running and walking. The Knoxville Track Club puts the safety of its participants, spectators, staff and volunteers first. Therefore, KTC has adopted the following Inclement Weather Policy:

Weather forecasts will be monitored prior to the event, with special attention placed on the possibility of heavy rain, thunder and lightning, high winds, extreme temperatures and humidity. If necessary, athletes will be made aware of these conditions on Knoxville Track Club’s website (www.ktc.org), as well as through other available means of communication.

The Executive Director and Race Director will monitor the weather and make a decision if any action will be taken to modify the race. Possible changes include: altering the start time, altering the course, or in extreme situations cancellation of the event.