Thank you for running the 2011 Cross Country Challenge!
See you next year: December 2, 2012!

Often imitated, unable to be duplicated, the NOW Foods Cross Country Challenge presented by Dick Pond Athletics provides Chicagoland runners the Original Mud Run For Over 30 Years. This isn't a gimmicky, glamorous, trendy run through the woods with a couple man- made mud pits. The Challenge is an authentic, european-style, 4.9 mile cross country race featuring natural bogs, streams, open fields and rolling hills.

Plus, you can't beat the long-sleeve tech shirt, knit stocking cap with tassels and the famous post-race buffet.

Each year the runner's experience is different based on Mother Nature.


Are you up to the Challenge?

It's the Cross Country Challenge!