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Choctaw County Lake
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Tombigbee National Forest
Course is a very scenic crushed gravel loop around the lake for most of the first
three miles. It will then detour onto the Headwater and Chata trail in the forest for the next couple of miles. These
trails contain several short but steep hills, and a handful of small creek hops. The last mile is a welcome flattening out
of the terrain, leading you to a strong finish back near the start line. For details of the additional trail added for
the half-marathon course, read on past the map on this page.
Course TOPO MAP
For 1/2 Marathoners:
You will start with the 10K group at 9:00 a.m. and follow the same
course until ~ Mile 2. At the first water stop, you will carefully cross the road onto the NOXUBEE HILLS TRAIL. You will follow
the "Beaver Lodge Trail" (enjoying the views from the bluff as you go) until you hit a gravel road. You will
turn LEFT and then the first RIGHT onto a wide service road--"Woodrow Walker" road. You will cross the Noxubee bridge
and TAKE AN IMMEDIATE LEFT onto the North Trail. There will be a turnaround aid station and you will follow the trail the
same way back. Back at the parking lot, you will follow the remainder of the original 10K course as marked. (Race volunteers
will be on the marked trail to ensure runners will stay on course).
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