2026 The Sticks | Norton County

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A low-key timed race with a fun, small-town, homegrown feel on a farmstead outside of Norton, KS. Half race, half hootenanny. In the sticks, outside of Norton, KS (BFE) The course will be a combination of mowed pasture and dirt road. The course will not be overly technical, but isn’t necessarily flat.

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