Saturday, March 22, 2014

2014 Registration is Now Open...and other exciting news!

Registration for the 2014 XTERRA Gunstock Trails Half Marathon and 5k is now open!!! This year’s race will be held on Saturday October 18, 2014. Register before April 5, 2014 for the early bird price…Only $30 for the Half Marathon and $20 for the 5k. Beginning April 6, regular registration prices will begin which are $45 for the Half Marathon and $30 for the 5k. We will again be part of the Hawaii XTERRA Trail Run series this year. For those of you interested in qualifying for XTERRA points, please use the following website for information: http://www.xterraplanet.com/trailrun/hawaii-series We are also extremely excited to announce the North Shore Trails Challenge which will be new this year. Here is the intro on that: Do you have what it takes to run a tough 50km or 100km Trail Ultramarathon, followed by a tough Trail Half Marathon the very next weekend? You’ll soon get your chance to prove it by finishing the Peacock 50km or 100km Ultramarathons October 11th, AND the XTERRA Gunstock Trails Half Marathon October 18th! We’ll be giving away T-shirts to all North Shore Trails Challenge finishers, and they are looking pretty cool! Awards will go to the top male and female finishers in both categories (50 and a Half or 100 and a Half). In addition, the male and female winners of each race will gain automatic entry into the next race! Win the Peacock 50k or 100k and you’ll gain free entry to the Xterra Half Marathon the very next weekend. Win the Xterra Gunstock Trails Half Marathon, and gain free guaranteed entry to the 2015 Peacock 50k! All 2014 Gunstock entrants will receive an e-mail notification giving them time to register for Peacock before it has been announced to the general public! So Register for Gunstock now if you are interested in this challenge, because Peacock fills up fast! For more information on this challenge please visit http://www.nstrails.com/ or email gunstockhalfmarathon@gmail.com for questions concerning the challenge or anything pertaining to the Gunstock Race. As always we are happy to offer our Military Discount for those of you who loyally serve our country…we appreciate all that you do and want to say thank you! To receive $10 off the Half Marathon, enter code MILITARYHALF10 at checkout and for $5 off the 5k enter code MILITARY5K5 at checkout. If you use this code, please bring a current Military ID to packet Pick up  Hoping to see you all in October! Happy Trails and Training! The Gunstock Team, Natalie, Angel, Kevin, and Nan

10 comments:

  1. Im trying to register but the site wants to charge me $45. The post above says that price begins on April 6th. :(

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  2. Same issue. Active is charging $45 on April 5 @ 4:30 pm Hawaii time. Any suggestion?

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  3. Website corrected! Thanks Gunstock organizers for addressing the problem so quickly.

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    1. Apparently that window has now closed. As of April 5th @11:17 pm Hawaii time, it is back to $45 for the half marathon.

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  4. Wow! This is great. I wanted to join this marathon event. Please let me know what is the procedure to apply for this event.
    Havana Marathon

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  5. Register at active.com, just click the link for active.com on this page at the top, right.

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  7. I'm a trail running novice. How difficult are the half marathon and 5k courses? Also, how long do the half marathoners get to run with the 5k'ers before we split off?

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  8. Is there a cut off time for the half marathon? thanks

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