Going ahead this Saturday
No cancellation listed for Saturday 31 October.
Parkrun
Hays Farm parkrun
A free, fun, and friendly weekly 5k community event. Walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate – it's up to you!
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United States
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Alabama
- 5 kilometres
- Hays Farm
Meeting point: 34.63980, -86.58145. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 34.63980, -86.58145.
The course
Course description
A scenic course on the Hays Farm trails in South Huntsville. Follow the paved trail through the trees and turn around, then take John’s Retreat gravel trail around the lake, turn around again, and finish along Elgie’s Walk back to the start.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is at Hays Farm, Huntsville. The course is run entirely on permanent paths. Some sections of the course may accumulate mud, leaves and puddles after rain. Dependent on availability, marshals will be at key sections of the course, or signs will be in place.
Please remember that the parkrun uses shared paths. For the continued success of the event, please give way to other park users. This won't hurt your time, it won't stop you from getting a PB and it will make sure everyone continues to enjoy the event.
Please, wherever possible walk, jog, cycle or use public transport when attending the event. If you do have to drive, please consider car-sharing to reduce our impact on both the environment and other park users. Please also watch out for other park users when arriving and leaving. Parking may be limited so try to arrive early.
Facilities
Restrooms are available at Hays Farm Park & Fields in the parking lot on the opposite side of Haysland Road to the start and Hays Farm Clubhouse. The address is 1150 Haysland Rd SW, Huntsville, AL 35803. These restrooms are not guaranteed to be open by the start of our event, so you may also visit the Publix store 1 mile away at the “Market at Hays Farm”. Publix opens at 7.00am.
More details
Public transport
Not available.
On foot
From Memorial Parkway, there is sidewalk along both sides of Haysland Road, linking to local neighbourhoods.
From Whitesburg Estates neighbourhood, there is a connector trail on Jackson Bend SW that connects to Elgie’s Walk trail.
By road
From downtown Huntsville, take 231 Memorial Parkway Southbound. Take the exit for Weatherly Road and continue straight at the first traffic signals (Cameron/Whitesburg). At the second traffic signals turn right on to Haysland Road. Continue to the parking lot at 1117 Haysland Rd SW, just past Grissom High School, on the left.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: a local cafe. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at a local cafe - please come and join us!
Course safety
Hays Farm parkrun is a fun, free event organised by volunteers for the benefit of everyone. We wish to make the event as safe as possible, so participants, spectators and helpers are asked to take care about the following:
- Please be considerate to the park and other park users at all times.
- Children under the age of eleven must be accompanied (within arm's reach) throughout the event by a parent, guardian or appropriate adult of the parent's choice.
- Please arrive by foot, by pedal-power or by public transport if you can - your efforts help to reduce our impact on the park and the planet.
- We invite everyone to consider volunteering at parkrun. Your support helps your parkrun events remain sustainable and free for all in your community, and it’s also a wonderful way to improve your own health and happiness. Please visit the volunteer page for more information.
- Take care near roads and car parks – some vehicles drive very quickly. Please congregate away from the cars and be careful in particular if you have children. If you’re driving to the event, please drive carefully.
- Take care on uneven surfaces – whether on grass or on tarmac. Watch out for cyclists, other participants, pedestrians, children, dogs, wildlife, park animals, vehicles, park maintenance work, falling branches, bollards, posts and other obstacles around the course.
- Please ensure that you are fit enough to walk, jog, run 5k (3.1 miles) with us.
- If you see someone with a serious problem, please stop to help them out and get help as soon as possible.
- If you’re watching, keep clear of participants on the course, and look after any children and dogs you may have with you.
- It is not permitted to run with a pushchair and a dog at the same time.
- Lyme Disease is a bacterial infection spread to humans by infected ticks. Consider protecting yourself by wearing repellent when at parkrun events in grassy or wooded areas. See lymediseaseuk.com for further details.
- You are welcome to take part with one dog by your side, within reach at all times, on a short, handheld, non-extendable lead. The use of waist harnesses is prohibited. Please also see this Support Site entry for further details about parkrunning with dogs.
- parkrunners pushing buggies are welcome, but please take care of others around you and do your best to start at an appropriate place in the field for your pace.
We hope these tips help to ensure that Hays Farm parkrun is fun and safe for everyone.
Age grading
All parkrun events use Age Grading to help parkrunners compare results.
parkrun events use Age Grading to help parkrunners see progress and compare results.
For more information, please see our Support page.
Volunteering
All parkrun events are organised by volunteers - email haysfarm@parkrun.com to help.
Safeguarding
parkrun is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. For our full safeguarding processes and policies please see our Safeguarding Hub.
To report a safeguarding concern please email safeguarding@parkrun.com.
Event stats
- 65
- Events
- 758
- Finishers
- 2,432
- Finishes
- 105
- Volunteers
- 462
- Personal bests
- 31
- Groups
- 00:37:50
- Average finish time
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Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with H
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: H, Hf, Hs
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