Route Profile
The course is close to 13K. The starting point is at the gate of Our Native Village (ONV), which is also race headquarters.
After leaving the gate you start climbing gently for the next 2K. You enter a broad grassy plain lined by trees on either side. You enter and traverse this grassy plain to get to the far right side. This is amidst trees and so affords shade. Once you get to the far side at about 1.2K you turn left and cross the plain lengthwise. You get to the peak after 1.9K for an elevation gain of approximately 27 meters. You then come gently down towards the road. This is the 3K mark. You then turn right and follow the road. At around 3.6K you get to the 1st aid station, which is placed in a picturesque spot between the Taj Kuteeram and Nrityagram. (It is possible to run on the softer shoulder of this asphalted road.)
After leaving the 1st aid station you make a sharp left and cut across the fields bordering a boundary wall of a property. At around 3.7K you encounter a slight elevation. The elevation gain in this section is about 40m. At around 6K you will hit another asphalted road and turn left onto this road for about 350m. This section is not great but fortunately, it is very short. At 6.35K you turn off the road to the left and then climb up to the highest point of the course at 7K. So far the elevation gain has been about 70m. The 2nd aid station is located about here and gives you a chance to get some nourishment and take in the view.
From here you skirt a quarry and head slightly down. Relax your shoulders and enjoy this downhill stretch. At about the 9K point you get down this small hill and enter a gorgeous shady dense grove of trees. The 3rd aid station is close to this point. Enjoy the cool silent grove as you negotiate a “Z” through this grove and come out and cross the asphalted road at about the 10K point.
From here you make your way back across a rough wash and then across a beautiful red coloured dirt trail back to the grassy plain and then wind gently down back to the start point to the aid station at race HQ.
Well, just 3 more loops and most of you will be done :-)
