“The Hillie Billie is up and down and all around Canyon Lake and the Guadalupe River!”
Weaving its way through the hilliest and greenest part of Texas is The Hillie Billie course. It is as visually appealing to the runner as the Texas Independence Relay course is historical, and it is a refreshing change from dry flat city running!. From the sweeping views at the start atop the dam at Canyon Lake, over the hills, and along the river, to the finish at Guadalupe River State Park, The Hillie Billie is 70 miles of pure relay runnin’ bliss!
The race consists of 18 legs that average 3.9 miles each (ranging from 2 to 6.84mi… most are 3.5 to 4.5mi). Shorter may mean hillier . . . After finishing leg 18 in Guadalupe River State Park (the finish of the competitive race), you’ll celebrate a half mile jaunt with your team alongside a picturesque section of the Guadalupe River.
Designed to fit into marathon training with hills, and a shorter time commitment, this race will remind you why you love to run. We’re confident that spending a day running and racing with your friends over the best of the Texas Hill Country will provide you with fodder for many runs. (Billie made me write that. Apparently, he’s thinking about dinner).
Links to all the maps, pdf maps, and written directions for the specific legs will be provided by mid-June, but the map below is the overall course. Great care has been taken in choosing a safe, runable, challenging and beautiful course. There will be cones, etc. on the course to help point the way, but being that this is NOT a closed course and that it is lengthy, it is absolutely imperative that you know the course maps and where you’re running.
You're going to love this course! Below are links to online maps of the legs as well as the race's elevation profiles.
Click on the leg numbers below to view maps of those Individual legs.
