Mandatory Aid Station Check-in for 50M & 50K

• We haven't lost anyone yet, but this requires your cooperation. (We were pretty worried a couple of times, especially early on in Hell when a guy got off trail and decided to just go to sleep... overnight...)
• At each aid station, please inform the volunteers that you have arrived; shout out your bib number to wake them up.
• It is vital that we record your race number at Steinke Basin!!!
• Thank the volunteers even if they seem clueless and intoxicated.
  
  

Course Marking and other IMPORTANT STUFF!

• 50M is marked PINK throughout. Think PINK!
• 50K is PINK for the first 25 miles. The last 6 miles are WHITE for the 50K!
• MARATHON is PINK for the first 20 miles. The last 6 miles are WHITE for the MARATHON!
• The 50M/50M/26.2 will al Start after the big bright yellow thing makes it's appearance! No headlamps/flashlights required.
• 50M cut-off: 6:30 PM. That's 13 hours!
• 50K cut-off: You must be past Steinke Basin and on the last 6.2 (white) loop by 1:30 PM. If not past Steinke by 1:30, you'll be directed to the finish and given a DNF. (That's a 19.2 min/mile to get to Steinke.)
• 50 Mile & 50K travel the same course for 25 miles; the Marathon course is similar with different turn-arounds on the 2 out & backs.
• When you all return to Steinke Basin Aid:
  • 50M runners do the PINK loop again
  • 50K switches to the WHITE flags for their last 6 miles
  • Marathon also switches to the WHITE flags for their last 6 miles
• The course is marked with stick flags; there are signs where I feel you might feel confused.
• Stick flags of other colors are for other events. They intersect, coexist and depart your event. So remember what color you're following:
  
  • READ THE SIGNS!!!!
  • 50M stays on PINK the whole way: THINK PINK (no matter how much you stink)!
  • 50K/MARATHON will be told by Steinke Aid Staff to switch to WHITE for the last 6 miles.
    
    

Cut-Off Times / Pulled from Course

• 50M cut-off: 6:30 PM. That's 13 hours! (15.5 min/mile pace)
• 50K cut-off: You must be past Steinke Basin and on the last 6.2 (white) loop by 1:30 PM (19.2 min/mile pace to get to Steinke by 1:30). If not past Steinke by 1:30, you'll be directed to the finish and given a DNF.
  
  

50M Decision Point/Steinke Basin

• If you arrive at Steinke Basin (at 25 miles) after 12:00 noon, you will be required to head to the finish and be scored in the 50K.
• You can also elect to drop from the 50M to the 50K voluntarily at that point.
• You must inform the volunteers you are doing that.
  
  

50M Pull times (on second loop in the park)

You will need to maintain a 15.5 min/mile pace to complete 50M in 13 hours.

• Lake (30 miles) - 1:15
• South Bluff (32 miles) - 1:45
• Meadow (38 miles) - 3:20
• Solum (42 miles) - 4:30