Save Our Switchbacks Presented by Utica First Insurance

This year's Ted Petrillo Save Our Switchbacks race will be run on Saturday, August 12th starting at 9am at the Parkway Rec Center on Memorial Parkway in Utica.

Early packet pickup will be at the Sneaker Store (24 Genesee St, New Hartford) on Friday, April 11th, from 4-8pm. You may pick-up your packet or register to run in the morning on April 12th at the Parkway Rec Center (upper parking lot) from 7:30-8:30am.

Run Route:

Race begins on the Parkway to the East of Parking lot, and runners head East on the Parkway
Turn right into the Golf course parking lot (or along Valley View road, construction is uncertain), and get on the trail that runs along Valley View
Enter the golf course on the trail, and continue to the South Woods Switchbacks entrance
Turn left to head into the Switchbacks, and stay LEFT at the fork to head up the hill
Follow the marked pathways through the woods to loop back around the Switchbacks to where you entered
Upon exiting the woods, head straight out and up the hill through the golf course along the Boilermaker route
Turn right at the T intersection to head down the hill back toward the Parkway (do NOT go up to the Eagle!)
Turn left onto the Parkway, remaining on the sidewalk, and Finish at the same spot you started