| Drop Bags
a) Two drop bag locations: Dam Road & Dog Wood. b) Dog Wood can be used by 100mi & 50mi runners. c) Dam Road can only be used by 100mi runners. d) We take the Dam Road drops out at 8pm on Friday. e) Do not bring your Dog Wood drop bags until race morning. f) All drop bags will be lined up according to bib number. g) Please keep these bags down to a reasonable size. No ice chests larger than 6 pack size, no styrofoam coolers, please don’t ask my crew to haul 3 large tubs of gear. h) We will provide colored tape for all drop bags going to Dam Road. Green or Blue. Just a small splash or tag for ID. i) All drop bags must be labeled. Name, Bib#, & Dog Wood or Dam Road. If any of this information is missing, we will leave your drop bags at Dog Wood. |
| 1mi Kids Trail Run (12 and under)
We just added a 1 mile kids race (12 and under eligible for awards) but anybody can run Friday at 4pm |
| Crews
Crew support is ok at (Park Road), (Nature Center), and (Dog Wood). No crews are allowed at (Dam Road). Please provide no assistance to your runner except at the aid stations. |
| Parking
There is a large parking lot near the start. This is where all runners will park. Please do not park in boat dock area near the finish line at Dog Wood |
| Pacers
Pacers are allowed to enter any place after 60 miles or after dark (whichever comes first). You can have as many pacers as you like, but only one pacer can run at a time with each runner. No mule-ing. Let the runner carry his own gear. If you are over 60, you can have pacers the entire 100 miles. |
| Dogs
please keep your dogs away from all aid stations and the main lodge. |
| Packet Pickup
Friday 2:00pm-7:00pm, Saturday 5:00am-7:00am at the Lodge Can you pick your packet up on Friday. Race morning is available but very chaotic. Please leave the folks who cannot make it until then have less chaos by picking yours up on Friday if you can. Thanks. |
| Cutoffs
The 100 mile cutoff is 30 hours. But, I see no reason to stop any 50 mile runner while we are still supporting the 100 milers. The 50 milers can continue as long as the 100 milers are running. This means the 50 milers now have a 29 hour cutoff. I must also add an intermediate cutoff also. A runner cannot go out on the last loop after 6am. The 6am cutoff is firm. |
| Aid Station Food & Drink
The aid stations begin with all the basics: water, gatorade, coke, salted items in pretzels and chips, sugars in candies, plus cookies, pb&j sandwiches, and other sich items that we find on sale as we buy these items for the race. Also, we usually find some fresh fruits such as oranges, bananas, and melons. Depending on the weather, we will put my cold stuff when its extra hot and hot stuff when its cold. After dark, we'll sit up stoves to start cooking soups, broths, hot drinks, and such. |
| Contacts
RD: Joe Prusaitis (jprusaitis@austin.rr.com) 512-294-6456 Do not call or email me after Wednesday. I will be in the park and out of contact |
| RaceDoc
I like to put EVERYTHING into one document... for all those who never did see any of this online stuff. Problem is, most people won't see this until they arrive. A lot of this information is to help you plan your trip and this is virtually worthless the day before the race. Anyway, You'll get a copy in your race packet but it is no more and no less than everthing I have here on line... minus the pictures. |
| Volunteer
You have heard this a million times, but it becomes more apparent when you get closer to the event... we cannot put this event on without volunteers. They really are the key to the quality and safety of this event. We get great help and there is always a need for more. If you want to give us an hour or a week, there is something we can use you for. we have quite a few small jobs and some pretty large one. If you want to help, an advance word is helpful so we can plan you in. But even if you just show up, we may also find something for you to do. And Thanks for helping. |
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