Information

When & Where

The event will be held Sunday, March 9th, 2025. The 4 & 10 mile events start at 12 noon & the 2 mile run & walk starts at 2 pm. Both races start/finish on Main Street near Ocean Avenue in the Victorian Village of Ferndale! 

Awards & Results

4 & 10 Mile Event Awards

Distinctive awards will be presented on race day to 1st place overall male/female in the 4 mile and 10 mile races.  Age group awards are 1st thru 3rd male/female in each 5 year increment.

Results will be in the April 2025 6RRC Newsletter and posted on our website and at 6rrc.com.

2 Mile Event Awards

Ribbons for all finishers! 

See additional information about 2 mile awards for individuals and school/youth group teams under the youth tab on this page. There are no age group awards for the 2 mile event.

Packet Pickup

Packet pickup and late registration will be available at Portuguese Hall, 355 Ocean Ave in Ferndale, CA:

Saturday (day before the event) from 1 p.m. - 4 pm

Sunday  (day of the event) 

• 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. for the 4 & 10 mile 

• 12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m. for the 2 mile.

Not Allowed

Due to insurance limitations, baby joggers/strollers, dogs, bicycles, skateboards, roller blades/skates, etc, are not permitted in any of the races, or anywhere on the course.      Six Rivers Running Club strongly discourages the use of music headsets while running.

Online Registration

Please click the "Online" button on the Home Page and you will be directed to RunSignUp. Be sure to add the school name if you are participating for a team. Pre-registration closes on Thursday, March 6 at noon.

Mail-in Registration

Pre-registration closes on Thursday, March 6 at noon. If we do not receive the registration in our P.O Box by that time, you will not be registered and will need to come to Ferndale to register at Portuguese Hall on race weekend (see below). Paper registration forms are available at the Jogg'n Shoppe and can be downloaded here. Be sure to add the school name if you are participating for a team. 

Saturday and Sunday Registration - Portuguese Hall, 355 Ocean Ave., Ferndale

Late registration takes place on Saturday, March 8, from 1pm to 4pm and on race day, March 9, from 10am to 11:30am for the 4 & 10 mile races, and from 12:00-1:30pm for the 2 mile.

Fees

4-Mile Race: $35.00 per person, increases to $45.00 on race weekend

10-Mile Race: $45.00 per person, increases to $55.00 on race weekend

2-Mile Race: $25.00 per person, increases to $35.00 on race weekend: Special Price for 14 & Under: $15.00 per person

All applications can be accessed on the "Home" page by clicking the "Online" button

All applications are due by midnight on Thursday, March 6. There will be a $10.00 late fee added for late entries on March 8th and 9th (14 & Under will not have an extra charge)

T-Shirts

Race T-shirts are included with the registration fee. 

All participants in the 2 & 4 mile events receive a cotton short sleeve T-shirt (unisex sizes = adult S, M, L, XL, XXL, and child S or M).   All participants in the 10 mile event will receive a tech short sleeve T-shirt (women's sizes S - XXL, and unisex sizes S-XXL) For participants registering after 2/15 T-shirts will be available while supplies last. There will be NO T-shirt re-order!

Youth

There is a special entry fee for the 2 mile run for elementary school or youth group participants, girls and boys ages 5-14.  There are 4 divisions for individuals: 5-10 & 11-14, girls & boys. The top 30 finishers in each division will receive individual awards (need not be on a team). 

There are also 5 team divisions – 4 school divisions & 1 youth group division. 1st place teams will be presented with trophies & certificates; 2nd, 3rd and 4th place teams will receive certificates. Kids can compete individually and/or on a team. Teams = 5 or more participants from the same school or youth group. 

School/youth group registration is due by 2/15 to guarantee t-shirts for early school delivery. Please email foggybottommilkrun@gmail.com for delivery.

The first time this March race with two different distances was held was on Sunday March 5th of 1978. 1.8 mile run started at 1PM, and 8.2 mile run followed at 1:45PM. Before 1978, it was 4.8 Rohner Park affair in Fortuna. In 1978, the location for the 8,2 miles was in Ferndale and the surrounding bottoms, thus the name began as The Eel River Valley Bottoms Run. This change was largely due to race director, Dr. Larry Wieland of Eureka. In 1978, the race not only featured the usual long and short runs, the post-race party of soup, beer, and buttered bread, but also included 24 medals to 9 different divisions and the introduction of a perpetual trophy as well.

The day was cool, sunny and breezy at the start of the race turning to a cloudy and drizzly afternoon by the time most of the runners were finishing. There were 105 finishers in the long race and 43 finishers in the short race.

The post-race party was held in the Turf room on the Fairgrounds. SRRC newsletter #75 (April, 1978) reports: There was ample seating, lots of good food and drink and a lousy P.A. system. At about 4 0clock, Dick Meyer came in with the much anticipated race results. The crowd applauded as Larry Wieland called out each division winner and presented their individual medals. But the loudest applause was held over for the recipient of the Annual Quality Runners Trophy. A grinning George Crandell stepped forward to receive his trophy amid a three minute applause.

When this race was held for the 3rd time on Sunday March 2nd, 1980, it was renamed as Foggy Bottoms Run. Short race started at 1PM and long race started at 1:45PM. Start and finish at the Bank of Loleta in Ferndale (corner of Ocean and Main Street) and co-sponsored by the Fortuna JoggN Shoppe. There were 372 finishers in the 8-mile race and 100 in the 2.5 miler. SRRC newsletter #99 (April, 1980) reports:

The large number of runners was partly due to the fact that Ferndale is a beautiful town to run and partly because there was a Tee shirt waiting at the finish line. The T-shirts and special advertising were generously donated by the Bank of Loleta. Other race contributors included the Ferndale Chamber of Commerce, Lows Furniture, Etters Victorian Glass Works and the Ferndale Village Inn.

In 1978, there were 105 runners in the 8.2-mile run. In 1979, there were 157. In 1980, the race director , Bill Etter, was stunned by the appearance of 372 finishers and ran out of T-shirts and race tags.

The long course was changed to 8 miles, and the short one to 2.5 miles in 1980. The wind was mild and the course was flat. Richard Gilchrist won the SRRC Quality Runner Award, presented to him by injured George Crandell.

In 1981 race director Gary Baker confesses that the 10 mile race was 10 miles (plus maybe 4 yards because the Start/Finish line was chalked a couple yards behind the actual measured Start/Finish), the 4 mile run was only 3.85 and the two mile only 1.85 actual miles.