Women's 6000 meter (6K) race and the Men's 8000 meter (8K) race are run on a moderately challenging course mostly on trails with some amount of grassy areas. Campus roads are crossed several times and there some roots and rocky sections on the course. The primary hill is known as Monks Misery which is an up and down, roller-coaster section of the trails that traverses for about 400 meters. The start area and finish area are very close to one another.