# 2025 SMHS Makin’ Hay 10K & 5K

- Link: https://overlandtiming.com/event/2025-smhs-makin-hay-10k-5k/
- Published: 2025-02-11T04:15:25-05:00
- Author: Andrew

## Welcome back to the Makin’ Hay 10K & 5K!  We can’t wait to have you claim bragging rights after conquering one of these challenging but scenic courses on Saturday, April 19, 2025.

The scenic and rolling 10K and 5k courses will take you on a journey through some
of the prettiest farmland in Frederick County.  Spring will be ushering forth in
color as you run past numerous farms, along Catoctin Creek on a gravel road, and
across two, historic one-lane, wooden deck bridges spanning Catoctin Creek. 5-year
age group awards!!!

**Race Day Schedule**: **0700 – 0820** Bib Pickup; **0830-**10K Start; **0835-**
5K Start; **1030-**course closes for both events.

Bib pickup closes at 8:20 sharp for both events, with vehicular access to the park
closing at that time. No late starts – plan your arrival time accordingly. Running
strollers are allowed, but the wearing of headphones/earbuds is strongly discouraged
as both courses are held on open roads where vehicular traffic may be encountered.

**Our 5K option offers half the distance and half of the elevation change of our
10K, is all on paved surfaces, crosses one wooden deck bridge twice, and also provides
some amazingly sweeping vistas!**

**Finishers of the in-person 5K and 10K will receive a custom finisher’s medal in
2024.** Short-sleeved tee-shirts are available as an add-on purchase up until 4/
1/2024.

**Awards: **Overall top 3 male and female finishers in each race will receive a 
custom award (no double-dipping). In our 5-year age-groups, the top 3 in each will
take home a custom glass acknowledging their achievement. The John Godinet Memorial
Mid-Pack Maven Award will be presented to the 10K participant that finishes smack-
dab in the middle of the pack!

Want more hills…and bragging rights? Makin’ Hay will be teaming up with our friends
at the Friends of Cunningham Falls 5K/10K to give those who wish to take on these
two, hilliest 5k/10k courses in the region in 2025 a little extra bling! We will
also crown the King and Queen of the Hills at the Friends race in November. Friends
is typically held on the first Sunday of November, so you’ve got just over 6 months
between these two beautiful, but challenging events. For info: https://runsignup.
com/Race/MD/Thurmont/Friends10K5K

With a return to in-person running events, be assured that we will, at a minimum,
be following current local, state, and CDC guidance dicta regarding coronavirus 
mitigation procedures.

Refund Policy: You will be given the opportunity to purchase event insurance during
registration from a third-party provider. Registrants will be able to initiate a
partial refund via their RunSignup profile up until 30 days prior to the event. 
After that, no individual refunds or transfers.