Return to the trail

The series, which was canceled the past two years because of the COVID pandemic, returns to Pelona Vista Park at 6:30 p.m. tonight for an approximately 3-mile race. Mandatory check-in begins at 5:45 p.m.

Instead of a seven meets, this year will have four, which will be on every Thursday this month — tonight, Aug. 11, 18 and 25.

Race organizers were hopeful the triple-digit summer would cool off a bit by now. The projected temperature for today’s race will be in the low 90s to high 80s.

The series will not include the 1-mile kids fun run and trophies will not be given out at the end of the four weeks.

There is no entry fee, but the High Desert Runners ask for a minimum $1 donation per meet from all participants to offset series expenses and to pay for other activities and programs of the club.

The High Desert Runners is a 501(c) 3 non-profit public benefit corporation; all donations are tax-deductible.

Water and a sports drink will be available at the finish. There might be a watermelon feed at the final meet. 

For more information, contact cross country series coordinators Alan Brown at 661-406-9804 or dabrown1222@gmail.com or James Mitchell at 661-313-6349 or jrmitch85@gmail.com.