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The Run Above The Clouds

EVENTS
  • The Run Above The Clouds:- Run 6.2 Miles
RACE DATE
Saturday, October 1, 2016
Start Time
9am
REGISTRATION WEBSITE
Entry Fee
$20 for the 10K and 5K, if we receive your application by Wed. Sept. 30. Race-day registration for the races is $3
Location
Suches, GA
Address
Hwy 60
CITY
Suches, GA
STATE/TERR
Georgia
Zip
30572
COUNTRY
USA
Description

At 2800 feet, The Run Above the Clouds is Georgia’s highest-altitude (and perhaps its most scenic) 10K, featuring “The Cooper Gap Climb,” a 230-foot elevation change over a one-mile stretch.

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Bears have been known to come out and spectate along the course...

Course Info

The runs start and finish at the Suches Community Center, across the street from Woody Gap School on Hwy. 60 North in Suches, Georgia (15 miles north of Dahlonega in the beautiful Suches Valley). 

The course for the runs goes by Woody Lake on Highway 60, then turns onto Cooper Gap Road at about the 3/4-mile mark. The turnaround for the 10K is in the small community of Mt. Airy.

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