Event Description

Celebrate the fall colors and changing seasons with a trail run through Secor and Wiregrass Metroparks!! There will be two distances - an 8 mile race and a "5K" (actually a 5.4K). Both races start at Secor Metropark on the all-purpose trail. Runners in the 8 miler will start adjacent to the Secor Room at Secor Park, follow the all-purpose trail counter-clockwise, connect to the Moseley Trail and follow it to Wiregrass Lake, then do a loop around the lake and return on the Moseley and all-purpose trails to the finish at the Secor Room. Runners in the "5K" will run one loop of the "long version" of the Secor park all-purpose trail. Both courses are flat and non-technical. Walkers are welcome in the "5K".

There will be no race day registration. Registration must be received by October 10th to guarantee a shirt.

Packet pick-up: (1) at Second Sole: Friday, October 23rd (noon-8 p.m.), Saturday, October 24th (10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.) and the morning of the event until 8:45 a.m.

Falling Leaves is one of four events in the 2021 trail running series. Other races include Where's the Dam Half and Quarter Marathon at Providence Metropark on July 25th, Miles for Missions Raffle Run at Side Cut Metropark on August 18th, and Oak Openings Stampede 5K and 25K at Oak Openings Metropark on September 19th. Registration for those are also available on RunSignUp.

Sponsors for the trail races include the Toledo Roadrunners Club (TRRC), Toledo Metroparks, and Second Sole Running Store. All proceeds benefit SewHope, Inc., a non-profit that serves the poor in Guatemala (www.sewhope.org).