RRCA Club Challenge 10M

Date: Sunday, February 22nd, 2026

Howard Community College

The Club Challenge is an annual race between all RRCA running clubs in Maryland & the District

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General Info

Annual Running: 46th

Time: Race start is 8am – See Runner’s Guide for full schedule

Distance: 10M

Race Location:

Howard Community College
10901 Little Patuxent Parkway
Columbia, Maryland 21044

GPS Address for South Entrance: 10600 Hickory Ridge Road, Columbia, MD 21044

Runner’s Guide: (last year’s reference) 2025 Club Challenge Runners Guide

Course

The course starts and finishes at Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland.

For 2026 we are able to return to our home within the Athletics Building and finish within Lot H.

Beginning 2026, there is a new course. Each participant is required to familiarize themself with the course and is responsible to staying on course during the race.

(zoom out to 2000ft to see full course)
v2026 course map (distance = 10 miles, ascent/descent= approximately 800ft/800ft)

v2026 Course is certified as USATF #MD26001NP

From 2021-2025, the course had to be modified due to campus construction. For the first 9.88mi, please reference the course map (USATF course number #MD10004JS) View the course map

Prior to 2021, the course followed USATF course number #MD10004JS View the course map

pre2026 COURSE RECORD

Gender	Year Set	Club	Runner	Gun Time	Avg. Pace
Male	2020	Falls Road Running	Garrett Corcoran	00:50:35.34	5:04
Female	2023	Georgetown Running Club	Kerry Allen	00:58:03.31	5:49

Registration

Register: You will need your club coupon code to successfully complete the registration process

There is no walk-up registration. There is no race day registration. Once registration closes online [12 Feb 23:59], that’s it. This cutoff is required in order to allow each club to perform a final review and validation of their runner’s roster, and provide time for reach-out ahead of the scoring team preparing systems and bibs for race morning PPU.

Registration Fee: $35

All registrants must be a member of an RRCA running club from Maryland or Washington, D.C.

To register and run this event, the following criteria must be met:

Valid and active membership in a MD or DC RRCA club at the time of registration
Valid and active membership in a MD or DC RRCA club at the time of registration close
Valid and active membership in a MD or DC RRCA club on race morning
Be able to complete the 10 miles within the stated 2h10m cutoff time (better than 13mpm)

Submit for participation consideration here (link will open 29Dec)

… I think I already registered but can’t find my confirmation email. Is there a way to check? Yes, click here!

Packet Pickup

Packet pickup will take place only on race day at Howard Community College from 6:50am to 7:40am.

Directions/Parking

Race Location:

Howard Community College
10600 Hickory Ridge Road
Columbia, MD 21044
Map

Parking:

All participant parking will be in Lots “F”, “G”, and the West Garage. See map below.

Lot “H” is closed for race activities.

Results