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YOU MUST CARRY A HANDLAMP AND A HYDRATION DEVICE OR YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO RUN.
THIS IS A NIGHT TIME RACE.
Check in Place: Camp Ouachita for all races.
Times: 5pm for 25K and 50k.
You’ll pick up your bib, wristband, swag at runner check in. You must wear your number in such a place that a reasonable person can see it in the dark – i.e. on the front of your hat, shirt, shorts etc. Not on your back, butt, backpack, etc.
You may not pick up a packet for another runner during check in. Please stop by after 10 p.m. to do so.
50kers: If you want to switch to the 25K at check in, please let the volunteers know. You will run with your 50K bib number, but without the 50K wristband. Your start time will be 8 p.m. for the 25K.
Please wear the numbered wristband on your right hand. This is the hand facing the finish line staff as you blaze across the finish and helps them identify you as a 50K finisher.
50kers: If you find your fun meter is tapped at the 25K turnaround aid station you are allowed to drop to the 25K race at that point. You will need the Aid Station Captain, or the Radio Crew Captain, to cut off your bracelet. Please don’t tear it off and leave it. If you stop at the 25k, that will be a DNF. You will wait for the sag wagon to pick you up.
If you want a different size shirt than what you indicated, we’ll do our best to exchange them for the desired size after the run.
Do not come to check-in 5 minutes before your race. This will make Tara the Check-In Queen very angry. You do not want to see Tara Angry.
Race Start
50k Race
The 50K race starts for all runners at 7 p.m. The Cutoffs are 10:00 for the outbound 25K turnaround aid station; 12 a.m. for the 50K turnaround aid station; and 2:00 a.m. for the inbound 25K turnaround. We are offering a 6 p.m. early start for 50kers that know it will take them over 8 hours to complete the 50k (cutoff is 9 hours***This early start is only for 50K runners that know they will not finish by 4am.)
25K Race
The 25K race starts for all runners at 8 p.m. The Cutoffs is 2:00 a.m. at the 25K turnaround.
If you do not make the cutoffs, you will ride back to Camp O in the sag wagon. Be cool with that. You can race again next year.
Parking
Carpool if you can. You must park on the north side of the road (opposite of the race HQ). Please ensure your entire car is parked to the left of the white line on the side of the road. Plan ahead and be prepared to walk to the check-in/start line. There is no parking in the lot at Camp Ouachita; this is for emergency and aid vehicles only, plus a place for everyone to congregate at the finish safely without fighting tired runners trying to back over them in the dark. Do not block the driveway. Do not pull into the driveway.
No Dogs
Camp Ouachita banned dogs from the premises like three years ago. Having dogs at Camp Ouachita could result in our permit being pulled.
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