Spearfish Canyon 15k
Join us on 11/04/2023
Spearfish Canyon 15k Race Description
Race Date: Saturday, 11-4-2023
Registration: online only - closes at noon on 11-3-2023. Check in at Brady Park in Spearfish at 9:00 a.m.
Race Time: 10:00 am
Location: Homestake power plant, part way up Spearfish Canyon
Price:
Registration Fee: $25.00 (use your member ID to get the BHRC discount)
16 and under: Free entry but no swag
Special Instructions: Parking is limited so you may want to carpool from Brady Park, no shuttle will be provided.
History:
For some of Coach Littles' athletes the Kilo would be further than some members of the team had ever run before. As this race happens the first Saturday in November many High School runners would compete in this as well. The SD State HS Cross Country meet falls on the last Saturday in October so the timing was excellent to give area HS students one last race before winter would settle in. After the Kilo became more established 300+ participants was a fairly common occurrence. As I was researching the history of this event one fact caught my attention. The ages of runners has changed through the years. One of those earlier years of the Kilo the youngest runner was 14 years old, nothing much to report there, but the oldest runner that year was 44. Oh my, how things have changed!
Through the years the State of South Dakota would have two prestigious road races, the Kilo and the Jack 15 which was started in 1962 and still runs today. Hats off to the organizers of this race as they will run their course for the 58th time this year! The Kilo even made Sports Illustrated in the early seventies and was always blessed with great coverage from the Rapid City Journal. It was quite ironic though the year Sports Illustrated came out to take pictures of the event a snowstorm the night before the race would move the starting line North of Spearfish onto the old Belle Highway. This was the only year the race ran a different course but as it turned out the Sports Illustrated photographer had taken pictures the day before in the Canyon!
As the years rolled by College Cross Country schedules changed as the season would run well into November. The Kilo just didn’t fit the team anymore at Black Hills State. The District Cross Country meet would coincide the same weekend as the Kilo. At this point after organizing the race for 24 years this event had come to a cross roads. Coach Little decided to organize the event one last time as 25 years running sounds better than 24. At this point he turned over the reins and in two more short years the Kilo had run for the last time. A lot of great names ran this race through the years and it was a sad day when the first Saturday in November and Spearfish Canyon became quieter.
- Location: Spearfish, SD 57799
- Race Date: 2023/11/04 10:00:00 AM (Saturday)
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