Family Race Info
Does your son or daughter love stomping around woods, swamps and creeks getting dirty? And, do you secretly want to relive those carefree days of your own youth? If so, the 7 Hills 3 Rivers Adventure Race Family Challenge is just for you.
Bring the family and take on this swampy, wet, muddy, slick, slimy, dusty, hilly adventure race course designed especially for you. Slop through the muck of the Silver Creek Swamp Stomp, ascend to the heights of Myrtle Hill Madness, brace yourself for the Ft. Norton Knee Knocker.
When your done, you and yours will be caked in dirt and sweat and you’ll have the satisfaction of completing a course that includes a one-mile run, one-mile paddle, four-mile bike and a 50-yard swim.
The course is contained in downtown Rome--the city of seven hills and three rivers--and will be run on paved riverside paths, sidewalks, dirt roads and marked, but undeveloped paths through swamps, wetlands and forests. The swim will be a cross-river swim of the Etowah River.
Entry Fees: $37 per person until 9/5, $47 per person after
*USARA waiver & event license ($8/person) required for all team members.
Total Distances:
Bike: 4 miles
Run: 1 mile
Swim: 50 yards
Paddle: 1 mile
Teams:
Adventure Racers commonly compete as three-person teams. For the Seven Hills Three Rivers Family Challenge, racers will be accepted as two or three person teams. The only requirement is that one member of the team be a child 7 -14 years-old and accompanied by a parent or other adult partner.
Awards:
Awards will be presented in the 7-9 age group and the 10-14 age group.
The Challenges:
Silver Creek Swamp Stomp—(Distance: 1 mile paddle, 0.5 mile run) A paddle-run combo, this leg takes you upriver on the Etowah River to Silver Creek via canoe or kayak and empties you out on the banks of the creek. From there you’ll hoof it through “Hobo Canyon” (an enchanting and historic railroad cut through one of Rome’s many knolls) and into the quagmire that is the Silver Creek “Swamp.” You’ll return to your boat via the city’s new Kingfisher Trail and return to our transition area overlooking the Coosa River and the confluence of the Etowah and Oostanaula rivers.
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Myrtle Hill Madness—(Distance: 0.5 mile) A swim-run combo, this leg takes you straight up Myrtle Hill…and we do me straight up. Start with a cross river swim of the Etowah and then its up the steep slopes of Myrtle Hill, home to Rome’s signature cemetery. At the pinnacle, you’ll enjoy panoramic views of downtown before heading straight back down to return to our transition area.
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Ft. Norton Knee Knocker—(Distance: 4 miles) A cycle to the site of Rome’s historic Civil War fort atop Jackson Hill, this leg takes you on paved riverside trails along the Oostanaula River before spitting you through the wetland forest of Burwell Creek. A ford of Burwell Creek will take you and your bikes to the foot of Jackson Hill where paved and dirt roads will lead you through the now-forested haunts of Rome’s Civil War defenses. Return through wetlands and along the riverside trail to the transition area.
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