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Welcome to the 2023 Conquer the Cave 5K! The race starts in a beautiful valley with picturesque mountains and fields in the background. Once runners get to the 1.9 mile mark they will enter the crown jewel of caves in the Southeast. The portion of the 5k course that runs through the cave is an out and back 0.6mi that is wide enough for 2 way traffic. Runners will pick up a glow stick at the turn around point and the decorative lighting will be on at all times. The average temperatures for race day are a low of 54F, high of 79F. Meanwhile inside the cave the year round temperature is a cool 58F. This will truly be a race like no other.

Registration: https://runsignup.com/Race/AL/Woodville/ConquertheCaveRun

The race shirt will be a short sleeve tri-blend shirt. ALL participants will receive an awesome finisher medal!

Age groups will be: 0-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+

There will be very loose cutoffs. Our goal is for everyone to have a blast and a one of a kind experience running through a natural wonder, no matter what your experience level is. There will be a 1hr and 5min cutoff. We ask that you please respect the state park and volunteers and adhere to this cutoff time. The race cap is 1500 runners. In 2023, you will have the option to select which wave you want to participate in based upon availability when registering online. There is a cap of 150 runners per wave so once one wave is sold out, you need to select your second wave choice.

Course Maps & Elevation profiles:
5K: https://www.strava.com/routes/20197658
(Note it's only 1.9 miles. The last 1.2 miles will be in the cave where there is obviously no GPS data)

Packet pickup will be at Fleet Feet Sports Huntsville on SATURDAY September 23rd from 12-5pm. Fleet Feet is located at 2722 Carl T Jones Dr SE B2, Huntsville, AL 35802. There will also be packet pickup at the race on Sunday from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM.

Due to the interest in this race and the size of the cave, we will have multiple heats or "waves" of 200 runners each. Each wave will go off 30 minutes after the first.

Example:
11:30am: Wave 1
12:00pm: Wave 2
12:30pm: Wave 3
1:00pm: Wave 4
1:30pm: Wave 5

We are unable to move runners from different waves once you select and register for a wave. Please be sure to sign up kids, friends and family members at the same time to ensure you all are in the same wave on race day.

 Boston or Bust Marathon (runsignup.com) 

It's (almost) time to book your tickets to run Boston! The Boston or Bust Marathon will be an extremely flat and fast course along Aldridge Creek and Tennessee River in South Huntsville. The course will start and finish at Ditto Landing Marina and is entirely on the Alridge Creek Greenway.

We will have Chip Timing and both half and full marathon courses will be certified.

..And then there's the post race party. We will have post race food for all finishers, 2 drink tickets, post race music, all at the Ditto Landing Marina Pavilion. We believe in training hard, racing hard and celebrating hard and this race will be no different!

Historically the last window to qualify for the following April Boston race is the second weekend in September. This is one of the very few last minute qualifiers in the South. Average Temperatures at this time of year are 64F/ 87F which is why we will start at 6:00AM.

Packet pickup will be on Saturday September 7th, 2024 at Back Forty Brewery from 12-5pm. Back Forty Brewery is located at Address: 3254 Leeman Ferry Rd SW Huntsville, AL 35801. There will be packet pickup race day morning beginning at 5:00am (race starts at 6:00am sharp!) but we HIGHLY recommend you pick up Saturday.

Welcome to the 2024 Cathedral Caverns Trail Run! The race starts in a beautiful valley with picturesque mountains and fields in the background. This trail race is designed for both new and experienced trail runners alike. The last 1.2 miles of the 5k and 15k runs through the cave and is an out and back 0.6mi segment, wide enough for 2 way traffic. Runners will pick up a glow stick at the turn around point and the decorative lighting will be on at all times.

Registration:  Cathedral Caverns Trail Run - November 2, 2024 (ultrasignup.com) 

Check out this awesome video from another one of our races here at this very same state park and cave to get an idea of the Trail Run!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pggdslg7I4E

Course Maps & Elevation profiles:
15K: https://www.strava.com/routes/20364591
5K: Follows the same route until 1.7mi mark before crossing the road and running east toward the cave (finishing stretch of the 15k)

Driving distance from:
Huntsville: 31 miles
Chattanooga: 83 miles
Birmingham: 93 miles
Florence: 103 miles
Nashville: 139 miles

The 5K race is capped at 300 runners. The 15K is capped at 300 runners.

All runners who sign up for the race will receive a t-shirt and awesome finisher medal.

Packet pickup will be on Friday, November 3rd @ Fleet Feet Sports Huntsville from 12-5pm. Fleet Feet is located at 2722 Carl T Jones Dr SE B2, Huntsville, AL 35802. Also, there will race day packet pick up at Cathedral Caverns State Park under the tent in the parking area (start line) from 630am-745am but we encourage you to get there as early as possible!

Shirts & Awards
The race shirt will be a tri blend t-shirt shirt. Age groups will be: 0-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+ for the 5K and 15K. ALL runners will receive a sweet finisher medal.

Weather & Cutoffs
These are low-traffic trails, so we expect this race to go off rain or shine. In the event of severe weather (highly unlikely in November) we will delay the start as necessary to avoid lightening. If severe weather threatens the entire day and does not appear to let up, we may be forced to cancel. However this is not typical for this area during this time of year.

Average Temperatures: Low: 44F, High: 67F

The cutoff for the 5K is 1hr15min. This works out to be 24:00min /mi pace. The 15K cutoff is 2hr30min or 16:40min/ mi pace. If you cannot maintain 16min pace we ask that you please consider running the 5K. There are cave tours that will start after the race so we must adhere to these strict cutoffs.

For more information please see the registration page.