BRAIN Foundation 5K /10K Run

The 5K course starts inside Baylands Park near the main picnic areas, runs along the park's packed sand trail, and continues east on a paved fire road just outside the green area. The course turns north onto the Bay Trail, a hard packed sand trail, past the Great Baylands Lake where it turns west towards the Twin Creeks Sports Complex. Before reaching the sports complex, runners will turn around at the water station and run/walk back to Baylands Park on the same trail, until entering the green area. The course turn north to complete the loop back to the finish line.  The course will be well marked with signage. The color code for the 5K is Purple. The 5k starts at 10:00am. 

The 10K course starts inside Baylands Park near the main picnic areas, runs along the park's packed sand trail, and continues east on a paved fire road just outside the green area. The course turns north onto the Bay Trail, a hard packed sand trail, past the Great Baylands Lake where it turns west towards the Twin Creeks Sports Complex. The trail runs past the sports complex, crosses a foot bridge, and continues along the Bay Trail past the SMaRT Station, the Sunnyvale's Water Plant to eventually intersect with the trail head from Caribbean Dr. A water station and a restroom are available at this point. The course gently ascends the inner loop to the west of the water treatment plant for some beautiful vistas of the bay. The elevation change on this loop is about 86 ft. Descend the loop to continue back towards Baylands Park along the same Bay Trail. There is a water station at the 5K turnaround point. Once back inside the main park, the course heads north to complete a loop back to the finish line. The course will be well-marked with Blue color coded signage. The 10K starts at 9:30. 

The 1 Mile Loop around Baylands Park is an easy run/walk on a flat hard packed trail that begins near the main picnic areas, continues along the southeast side of the park until it turns north at the far restrooms to follow the outside edge of the park. The trail goes past the northeast side picnic areas, and then turns toward the south, past the Animal Assisted Happines Smile Farm, and then follows the sidewalk along the parking lot area to return back to the finish line in the meadow.  The color code for the 1 Mile is Orange and starts at a leisurely 10:15am.