About Doan Creek Trail Race
Hidden Trail Gem
This is a very special and unique urban trail running experience in a forgotten and mysterious area known to very few NE Ohio residents. There are no known published maps of this trail system. It starts around the Lower Shaker Lake and once it crosses west past Coventry Road descends into the gorge of Doan Creek (Brook). The course undulates in a narrow corridor between several busy suburban streets but once within the gorge you will be overwhelmed with a sense of being transported to a remote location. Urban ruins mixed with the natural raw beauty of the Doan Creek set this apart from other local trail events. The geological history of the gorge traces back thousands of years. This is where the some of the earliest Cleveland settlers dwelt in the 1800s.
Course Features
Mostly single track and gnarly punishing trail
Several road crossings
Rolling hills
1600 ft of elevation change per loop:
3200 for 25k, 6400 for 50k, 9600 for 50M
Immense natural sandstone walls
Narrow ledges and steep drop offs
Cascading waterfalls
Car wreckage
Flood retention concrete graffiti dam
Post apocalyptic ruins
Urban art work
Abundant wild life
ROCKS, ROCKS, More ROCKS
Scary Clowns !!!!!!!!!
Choose Your Distance Carefully
Semi-Accurate Descriptors:
50 Miler (Self Deprocating. Diabolitically Vexatious. Utterly FUGLY. Catagorically Moronic)
50K (Crushing. Menacing. Bruising. Hardcore)
25K (Formidable. Arduous. Painful. Respectable)
Fun Loop (Sensible. Intelligent. Injured. Old)
Course Map
8"ish"mile loop repeats
Most zig zag course anywhere
Over 2000 markers!
Fully Stacked Aid Station
Lots of good food for your soul
Separate Water Station at the far end
Drop bags allowed at start finish
2020 Charity - The Steve Pierce Memorial Scholarship
...in honor of our friend Steve
About the Scholarship
The Steve Pierce Memorial Scholarship was created by the Stow Schools Foundation in honor of Steve Pierce who passed away in March 2019. He was a graduate of Stow schools and an elementary art teacher at the beginning of his career in Stow. Later, he became the photography teacher at the High School. Steve had many hobbies but his two lifetime passions were running and photography. Often he would combine the two and shoot race day photos at many of the local trail and road races. Steve believed in and practiced kindness, leadership, determination and integrity. Two scholarships will be awarded, one to an art/photography student and one to a cross country runner, both of whom must be representative of these ideals above all.
2019 Charity 12K
Edwins Butcher Shop
EDWINS gives formerly incarcerated adults a foundation in the hospitality industry while providing a support network necessary their long-term success. EDWINS' mission three-fold: is to teach a skilled and in-demand trade in the culinary arts, empower willing minds through passion for the hospitality industry, and prepare students for a successful transition home.
Men and women going through the restaurant training program will cycle through the shop so they have a hyper focus on butchering. They will learn meat cutting from breaking down whole sides to the finer art of making chops, as well as smoking meats, charcuterie, and other skills valuable to restaurants.
“EDWINS Butcher Shop is the next step in an overall plan to solve the problem of re-entry through food. It is also part of our broader vision. For far too long, an entire system within U.S. society, from banks to prisons to city courts, has benefited from exploiting the poverty and powerlessness of inner-city residents, including people exiting prison.”
“Unfair pricing, lack of healthy food options and economic oppression have gone unchecked in our poorest neighborhoods for decades, the butcher shop is another piece in our overall plan to combat these issues.”
2018 Charity - 7K
Girls with Sole
Girls With Sole is the only local organization providing free fitness and wellness programs, running shoes and fitness journals to girls ages 9-18 who have experienced abuse of any kind, or who are at-risk. Your support enables GWS to directly impact the lives of girls in our community who need our programs in order to gain empowerment, self-esteem and a sense of belonging, as well as, fitness and fun!
Doan Brook Watershed Partnership
Doan Brook (Creek) is a very important local ecological watershed. The Doan Brook runs through Shaker Hts from Horseshoe Lake receiving tributaries from Southerly Park to meet the Lower Lake. From there it decends through the gorge then dives underground for over a mile until it emerges once again in Rockefeller Park and finally enters Lake Erie.
DBWP focuses on restoring ecosystem services within the Doan Brook watershed to further local sustainability goals.
2017 Charity $7K
EDWINS Leadership & Restaurant Institute
EDWINS Leadership and Restaurant was founded in 2007 with the belief that every human being, regardless of their past, has a right to a fair and equal future. In 2011, EDWINS started teaching in Grafton Correctional Institution. Shortly thereafter, EDWINS opened the restaurant on Nov. 1, 2013.
Students are not only equipped with basic culinary skills, but are also assisted with finding employment, and have the opportunity to utilize free housing, legal services, basic medical care, clothing, job coaching, literacy programs and more.
In 2016, the EDWINS Second Chance Life Skills Center opened, a 20,000 square foot campus for living, working and recreational enrichment.
Today, between its prison program and restaurant and institute at Shaker Square, EDWINS Leadership and Restaurant Institute graduates nearly 100 students a year. After finishing the program or after release from prison, EDWINS graduates have gained employment in Cleveland’s finest restaurants.
EDWINS results have been astounding: at least 95% employment after graduation and 1.4% recidivism for our graduates.
Clean UP efforts
Clean Up Efforts of our City Trails
Doan Creek runners and families collect litter from the Doan Brook Watershed helping with the environment and improving their community
Two Clean Up Dates for 2020
Dates TBD
50 Mile Top Performers
Male
Female
Female
'19Mark Bain (42)9:07:17
'19Scott Breeden (29)10:28:34
'19James Corrigan (30)11:54:21
'19Marc Ivory (48)12:12:45
'19Steve Warnock (33)12:34:43
'19Matt Monsman (42)12:36:25
'19Adam Knabe (38)13:01:26
'19Ladd Clifford (51)13:06:58
'19Frank Dwyer (48)13:36:26
'19Andrew Gordon (50)13:42:50
Female
Female
Female
50K Top Performers
Male
Female
Female
'18Paul Ryland (26)4:44:27
'17Paul Ryland (25)4:44:49
'17Mark Bain (41)5:01:48
'18Mark Bain (42)5:20:20
'16Mark Bain (40)5:21:00
'17Christopher Koch (36)5:53:41
'16Christopher Koch (34)6:05:00
'19Charlie LoTempio (42)6:13:51
'17Andrew Bain (39)6:14:29
'19Jason Thibault (39)6:15:37
Female
Female
Female
'17Emily Collins (38)6:16:26
'19Alescia Roberto (34)6:24:28
'17Crystal Shinosky (46)6:37:21
'16Leah Johansen (37)6:39:00
'18Crystal Shinosky (47)6:50:00
'18Stephanie Skrzysowski (43)6:50:00
'17Vanessa Kline (36)7:17:59
'18Helena Bratko (48)7:19:10
'18Jennifer Duncan (39)7:48:38
'19Steph Skrzysowski (44)7:49:19
25K Top Performers
Male
Female
Female
'16Dan Mesh (52)2:21:00
'16Larry Tafe (51)2:25:00
'19Aaron Hirsh (29)2:29:25
'17Dan Mesh (53)2:31:57
'18Larry Tafe (52)2:36:08
'17Kevin Skilskyj (39)2:37:02
'18Steve Mcgowan (51)2:37:30
'18Dan Mesh (54)2:39:57
'19Steven McGowan (52)2:42:27
'17Bryan Prack (39)2:50:34
Female
Female
Female
'17Amanda Debevc (39)2:53:30
'18Carina Reimers (50)2:59:30
'17Carina Reimers (49)3:00:54
'17Molly Elmer-Dewitt (29)3:01:57
'19Carina Reimers (51)3:03:44
'17Anja Jankowsky (47)3:10:32
'17Sarah Saefkow (29)3:16:00
'19Caroline El Sanadi (32)3:18:41
'16Christina Wright (31)3:22:00
'19Anja Jankowsky (50)3:36:15
Parking
Parking is Very Limited!
In order to avoid crowding the street around the Lower Shaker Lake and to respect our locals kindly park in the streets designated by your distance.
Each side street is a short walk to the Start/Finish.
Friends and family and volunteers can choose any of the side streets.
Please if you can carpool!!
