Course #5: Scavenger Hunt Run Series
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Our fifth scavenger hunt run is a scenic route along the Indian Creek Trail including a stair challenge! It’s a 5.36 mile out and back (10.7 mile run). There are 4 clues/finds on this route with lots of water bottle fill-up opportunities.
The first runner to post selfies with all of the landmarks gets to create the next scavenger hunt. You have between September 13th and September 27th to complete your hunt.
Start: Leawood City Park (park and start in the lot North of the tennis courts).
Distance: 10.7 miles
Date: September 13th-September 27th
How to Play:
Take a selfie at each landmark that you find.
Post to your social media pages and tag us! Use #solidaritywithcoachamypt and #roadrunnersofkansascity in your post.
Share to the RRKC FB page.
Clues:
From the North end of the parking lot follow the path NE along the soccer fields. You can’t miss these big red running sculptures. Take a selfie with one or both of these metallic runners. Run down the ramp, through the parking lot E toward the entrance to the trail. Once on the trail, you will be heading WEST (away from the Dog Park).
Pay attention along the trail - we are NOT heading all the way South like we normally do. Just after you run under the College bridge, take a 180 degree turn North back under the College bridge (about mile 1) and head West towards your next clue.
Shortly after 2 miles, you will venture off the trail to the second landmark. This is a place of business that is known for treating injured runners and getting them back on the road. It is celebrating 4 years in business this October! Do you know the owner? Take a selfie in front of this “famous” clinic.
Follow the map to Quick Trip for a water bottle refill if needed (wear your mask). Water fountains at Roe are not on - so you this a good opportunity to refill.
Once you enter Roe Park (about mile 3), head slightly off course to the North to capture this flying boy sculpture. This boy looks after us when we run intervals. The water fountains are NOT on, but the bathrooms are open.
Once you run under Nall Bridge do NOT continue West on the trail as we normally do, instead make a 360 loop and run over the Nall bridge heading North towards the starting line of RRKC’s training hill. But instead of running up the hill for repeats, capture the trail head again and run West towards the next landmark.
Shortly after you’ve returned to the trail (around mile 4) you will see a path to the North with a concrete stairway that heads up up up towards Shawnee Mission HS. Run or walk those steps and take a Selfie at the TOP.
The last clue is a place where you can become a kid again. Take a selfie “playing” at this playground which is at about 5.3 miles. This is also the turn around point and a bathroom and water refill opportunity (as long as the fountains are still on).
