Rudolph’s Revenge 5K Night Race

Event Details

Who: All Trailblazers athletes, grades 6-12
When: Saturday, July 18, 9:15 PM
(Athletes should plan to arrive approximately one hour before race time to allow adequate time for warm-up. The exact arrival time will be communicated closer to race day.)
What: 5K race (3.1 miles), run primarily on grass with a short section on the track
Where: Northwestern High School
2503 W. Main St.
Rock Hill, SC 29732

Open Race: This is a community race. If family or friends would like to come run this race there is a cost for them ($30) and they will need to sign-up online here Rudolph’s Revenge Open Race Sign-up.

Schedule (Planned Times):

• 7:30pm- arrival for Open Race participants
• 7:50pm- Trailblazers Arrival Time
• 8:05pm- Team Warm-up
• 8:30pm- Open Race start; athletes encouraged to gather and cheer for family and friends who might be running
• 8:40pm- Girls gather and do a little more stretching before moving to the start line for strides
• 9:00pm- Girls Race Starts
• 9:10pm- Boys gather for a little more stretching before moving to the start line for strides
• 9:30pm- Boys Race Starts

Arrival: Please note, this is different from fall cross country meets. Trailblazer runners need to arrive by 7:50. There is NO spectator fee for this event.

Uniform: Festive Christmas attire is strongly encouraged. Uniforms are not required.

Parking: Please park in the side parking lot closest to the Applied Technology Center. Parking Map

Team Area: Our team tent will be in the big band field.  When you arrive, cross the covered sidewalk and head straight out into the field to find us.

Course: This is NOT the normal 5K course at Northwestern. Rudolph’s Revenge Course Map
Pay attention for runners! This is super important as the course does circle around the team tent area. The course will be well marked with lights, so you will know where to expect runners. Please do NOT cross in front of runners! Maps of both the course and facility are in the newsletter from earlier this week.

Lights/Atmosphere: There should be ample lighting because the course hugs the fields that are equipped with lights. Christmas lights will be added as well. There will be a glow station, where runners are invited to use glow-in-the-dark body paint and will each be given 2-3 glow sticks.  Please don’t overdo it, so there will be enough to go around.  In conjunction with the glow station, there will also be a black-light photo booth for those who love memories.  Coach Ardis from Northwestern requests that if you share photos on social media use the hashtag #RudolphsRevenge5k on Instagram and tag our announcer, Bobby Urban and himself. @chrisardis and @urban_announcing.

Decorations: Northwestern has borrowed Christmas lights and inflatables from their team.  Please be respectful of all decorations, so they can be returned in the same condition they were received.

T-shirts: They are selling t-shirts and will have a few on site, but runners can buy shirts online at the following link: https://nwxcrace26.itemorder.com/shop/home/

Misc: Bring plenty of water and also some snacks for after your race.

Vendors: The Charlotte Running Company, Carolina Sports Clinic, and Shave Crave.