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The North Carolina Ultra Running Association
presents
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The North Carolina Ultra Running Association
presents
THE 15TH ANNUAL UMSTEAD
100-MILE ENDURANCE RUN
WITH 50-MILE OPTION
April 4-5 2009
Sept 5, 8 pm, Both the Race and waiting list are full. No additional entries will be accepted. We are saddened that so many Umstead hopefuls had to be turned away due to our race cap. We hope you will try to run with us in a future year
Click here to print 2009 race packet
Please check the 2009 registration policy for more information
We hope you can join us in 2009. We have an opt-in list you can join to get the latest info and updates - see home page.
Click here for an article on how to train for your first 100
Character and Philosophy of the Race: The Umstead 100 Mile Endurance Run is designed with several basic concepts in mind. It will help new ultra runners to bridge the quantum leap from 50 mile runs to the mountainous and more rigorous demands of most 100 mile endurance runs. It will allow those runners who have difficulty finishing 100 miles in 24 hours or just finishing 100 miles the opportunity to do so when severe topography, heat, and getting lost are removed as major obstacles. Many runners will find the Umstead 100 to be an excellent preparatory run for the Massanutten 100, Western States 100, Leadville 100, Mohican 100, Wasatch 100, Vermont 100 and other 100-mile mountain runs. The Umstead 100 can serve many purposes, depending on your level of development and personal goals.
Date/Time - Race, Registration and Briefing: The race will begin on Saturday, April 4, 2009 at 6:00 am, EDT. Race registration will be between 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm on Friday, April 3 at Camp Lapihio. Race briefing will follow at 5:00 pm. For those unable to attend the race briefing, late registration will be between 5:00 and 5:30 am on race day at Race Headquarters. Check in must be before 5:30 am on race day. All race times are Eastern Daylight Time.
Contact: Blake Norwood Race Director
10908 Raven Rock Dr. 919-847-7613
Raleigh, NC 27614 Email: BlakeNorwood@nc.rr.com
Website: www.umstead100.org
Location: Umstead State Park, near Raleigh and Cary, North Carolina (see race map). The race headquarters and start/finish will be located at Camp Lapihio in Umstead State Park. Follow the signs for Camp Lapihio Group Camp from the US 70 (Glenwood Avenue) Park entrance. The Camp Lapihio Group Camp is approximately 3 miles into the Park from the US 70 entrance.
Qualifying: You must have completed at least a 50-mile race within the time limit allowed for that race since January 1, 2007 or show proof of adequate training and/or suitable running history for acceptance into the 100 mile event. We want to know that you know what you are getting into and you are prepared to meet the rigors of a 100 mile run. Locally and given the rugged nature of each, we also accept the Uwharrie 40 Mile Adventure Run and the 40 Mile Mount Mitchell Challenge.
We accept your word if running a qualifier subsequent to your registration for the Race. Runners desiring a 50-mile only entry need to denote such on the race application. There are no formal qualifications for the 50-mile run except good judgment as to your fitness for such an event.
Time Limit: There will be a 30-hour time limit for the race. There will be a cutoff time of 26 hours (8 am, Sunday) at the 87.5-mile point. Any participant who continues after that time/point will not be guaranteed support.
Course: The course is a 12.5-mile loop with spurs in Umstead Park. The course will be repeated eight times equaling 100 miles. There are two out and back spurs on the course. The Headquarters Spur is 1.85 miles long and accesses the start/finish aid station, race headquarters and parking. This spur allows you to see fellow runners up to 5.3 miles behind and in front of you, as well as providing some race camaraderie. The other is a .75-mile long spur to adjust the course to the 12.5 mile distance. The .75 mile spur (called the Airport Spur) branches off the Headquarters Spur at the
0.6 mile point of each loop and is run only on the outbound leg of the Headquarters Spur. You will pass the entry point of the Airport Spur as you return on the inbound leg of the Headquarters Spur, mile 11.9; do not take the Airport Spur at this point. We will have signs at this junction to help guide you. The distance has been rolled with a calibrated wheel and is very accurate. The course is along a converted dirt road, which now serves as a running, biking and bridle trail through the Park. The trail width is approximately 10 to 15 feet and the footing is excellent. There is no single track trail on the course. All creek crossings are on permanent bridges.
The course’s surface is primarily fine packed powdered, granite screenings (1/16 inch and finer). This is an outstanding running surface. There is crusher run material on the vehicle access road portion of the course leading into Camp Lapihio and the S/F Aid Station (.4 mile). We continue to recommend a light trail type shoe but a well cushioned regular running shoe will do just as well on this surface. We also recommend gaiters to keep the small grit out of your shoes.
The course is rolling topography with a total of 8000 feet of climb over the 100 miles (1000 feet per loop). The entire course is runable for front-runners with nicely spaced hills (see profile graph). The course will be well marked; getting lost, even for a short time, will be difficult. The course will be marked with cherry colored, Umstead 100 Logo, direction signs and with glow sticks at night.
There is no motor vehicular traffic except the very rare official park vehicle on the majority of the course. There is .4 mile of the course with very light park traffic consisting primarily of race/crew vehicles. There will be some bike traffic and a few horses on the trail during the course of the day.
The start/finish line is located at the Camp Lapihio Headquarters Aid Station. Each loop begins and ends at the south door of the headquarters building. The aid station, during inclement weather, is immediately inside the Hqs door; for good weather, the aid station will be outside at the S/F line.
Maps: A general map of Raleigh, a Park/course map and a course profile graph are available, upon request, as part of the race information packet. Maps are also available on the Race website.
Entry Fee: $140, if postmarked by March 1, 2009, $160 thereafter. Registration may be made either by postal mail to the Race Director or online by going to www.active.com from our website. Make checks payable to the North Carolina Ultra Running Association. No entries accepted on race day. Entries are strictly limited to the first 250 runners; this is a hard cap mandated by our Park permit. No refunds after February 1. Refunds before February 1 will be less a $20 administration fee. Entry fee includes: race support, either a race tee-shirt or race hat, a finisher certificate, and a Friday night spaghetti dinner. A belt buckle or ladies silver pendant will be awarded to each first time finisher of the Umstead 100 Mile Run. The one buckle/pendant policy applies only to finishes 2004 and after. Finishers may purchase an acrylic triangle finisher’s award after the race. We regret we cannot refund the entry fee if, for any reason out of race management’s control (ie, natural disaster, Park closure, etc), the race has to be canceled.
Aid Stations: Aid will be at two manned aid stations for each 12.5-mile loop. Aid Station #2 (Tom & Jerry's Ptomaine Tavern) will be located on the old Crabtree Creek Bridge, the 6.85 mile point of each loop. There will be unlimited crew access at the start/finish. Access to AS #2 can be made by a 7-mile drive around the park or a 5.6-mile walk or bike trip along the course. Cookies, fruit, potato slices, sandwiches, hard candy, candy bars, bananas, crackers, hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken, pretzels, trail mix, soup, ice cream, yogurt, pizza and a variety of other food will be available at each aid station. Drinks will include water, Gatorade, Pepsi, Mt. Dew, coffee, southern tea, fruit juices and milk. We believe our aid stations are “second to none”. Unmanned, “water only,” stops are available at the 0.6, 2.1, 3.4, 5.6, 8.7, 10.6 and 11.9 mile points of each loop. The 3.4/10.6 mile point water station will also have Gatorade and a food box with a limited number of items such as cookies, trail mix, candy bars and pretzels. Latrines will be available at all manned AS.
Crews: Crews are welcome but are not necessary for this race. Crew members are allowed at the start/finish at any time. Access to Aid Station #2 can be made by a 5.6-mile walk along the course or a 7-mile drive around the outside of the park. Parking is limited at AS #2; we encourage crew members not to visit this site unless support is very necessary or to retrieve drop bags. If visiting AS #2, please park at Pilgrim Presbyterian Church on Ebenezer Church Road and walk the .25 mile to AS#2 from there. Please do not park at the Church parking lot after 8 am on Sunday as church members will need the spaces to attend church service. Do not park at or near the Park gate, near AS#2, on Ebenezer Church Road. Crew members are allowed on the course to pace their runner either after 6 pm, Saturday or at the start of lap 5, if started earlier than 6 pm, or otherwise as expressly permitted by the race director or aid station captain. Crew members may not use bicycles to accompany or crew runners on the course at any time (penalty DQ). There will be no crew or runner parking on the park access roads or at Race Headquarters. We like to think of the Umstead as a one big happy family type event. Race crews are welcome to assist with the operation of the aid stations. We appreciate any assistance, just come on up and offer to help. Our only requirements are a smiling face and patience with our runners.
Drop Bags: Drop bags will be allowed at the start/finish and AS #2 (small or medium size requested at AS#2). Drop bags must be delivered to the Race Headquarters on race day NLT 5:30 am. They will be transported to AS #2 before the race starts. Runner designated drop bags (placed at designated return location by the runner) will be returned from AS #2 leaving at 6:30 pm on Saturday for delivery to Race Headquarters NLT 7:00 pm. All other drop bags will leave AS #2 at 10:00 am on Sunday for delivery to Race Headquarters NLT 10:30 am. Runners or crew may drive to AS #2 to retrieve drop bags. You may choose to use your vehicle, if convenient, for personal needs at headquarters (see parking at Camp Lapihio) or leave your primary drop bag in the headquarters building, immediately adjacent to the S/F Aid Station.
Accommodations/Food/Airport: Motel listing, location, and phone numbers are shown on the official race map. Lodging indicated on the map is as close as three miles from the US 70 Park gate. Note the map key for identification of lettered and numbered points of interest. Also included on the map are eating and shopping locations. There are numerous eating establishments on US 70 east of the Park (towards Raleigh) and in the Cary area. For tent or RV camping information at Umstead Park call 919-571-4170. The Park does not allow personal tents, at any time, or RV’s at Camp Lapihio. See below, Camp Lapihio section, for cabin lodging at Camp Lapihio Group Camp. We have negotiated an $89 rate at the Hampton Inn at 6209 Glenwood Avenue; phone 919-782-1112. Rooms reserved for the Race at this rate are limited, call before March 15. The Hampton Inn will maintain a ride matching service for race participants at the front desk. Sign up if you either need a ride or are willing to give other runners a ride to race events. This is a service of Hampton Inn and not race management. The RDU Airport is immediately adjacent to Umstead Park. The Hampton has provided a shuttle from the airport to the motel in past years, runners should confirm.
Weather: Temperature: Average high 68 degrees F; Average low 45 degrees F
Moon: Waxing Gibbous – 73 % Illuminated (Bring your flashlight!)
Moon Rises 2:37 pm, April 4; Moon Sets 4:31 am, April 5
April 4 - Begin Civil Twilight 6:31 am; End Civil Twilight 8:05 pm
Medical Checks: There will be no medical checks before, after or during the race. Each entrant is responsible for knowing his or her own physical limitations. We encourage each entrant to get a complete physical before participating in this race. The Red Cross will be available at the Headquarters’ aid station. Rex Hospital is located 3 miles from the course's eastern flank and transportation will be supplied for those with serious problems. If in the opinion of the race director or aid station captains, your physical or mental condition deteriorates to the point of endangering your safety, you will be withdrawn from the race.
Runner Performance Requirements: Each runner is expected to be courteous to aid station volunteers and other runners. The runner is also responsible for the courteous behavior and actions of their crew members. No alcoholic beverages allowed in the Park by State law. No pets will be allowed. Littering beyond 300 feet from aid stations is prohibited and is grounds for removal from the race. It is each runner’s personal responsibility to insure his number is visible on the front of his clothing. Each runner must insure, verbally, that the scorer at each aid station has recorded his number. We have substantial problems with groups of runners in the first loop and with non-reporting late at night, when the scorers are as tired as the runners. Help the scorers out. Runners and crews are expected to be familiar with and comply with the information contained in the “2009 Race Information Packet”!
Friday Night Spaghetti Dinner: We offer a free pre-race spaghetti dinner to all runners, one crewmember per runner and race staff. Additional crew and/or visitors are invited for a five dollar donation, payable at Friday registration. On your entry form please let us know if you intend to eat with us and how many will be eating. The meal will be served at 6:00 pm in the race headquarters building. The meal's purpose is two fold: one, to encourage race camaraderie and, second, to provide a good meal for people staying in the cabins. Experience has taught us that it is difficult to leave the race briefing at 6:00 to eat and be back by 8:00 pm when the park gate closes. If you are leaving the Park after the meal, be sure to be on your way to the gate by 7:45 pm.
Camp Lapihio: Race Headquarters, the start/finish, and Headquarters Aid Station (Sally’s Asylum) will be located at Camp Lapihio Group Camp. The Camp may be accessed from the main Park gate off US 70 (Glenwood Avenue). At the Camp, we will have access to a mess hall, restrooms, showers, running water and 40 primitive cabins. Parking in Camp Lapihio is scattered among various satellite cabin groups. Much of the parking, but not all of it, is located within 300 feet of the course. We will have a drop bag site at the aid station if you choose not to use your vehicle as a drop site. The primitive cabins are just that, primitive. They are small (150 to 225 sq. ft.) with no electricity or water. They do have built in bunks with mattresses, 2 to 4 per cabin. Bring your own blankets or sleeping bags. They provide a roof over your head and not much more. There is running water, latrines, and showers adjacent to the cabins. Runners and crew are welcome to stay in these cabins on a first come, first serve basis. The cabins may be reserved by enclosing payment with your entry form. There will be a $10 per person charge to use the cabins for the weekend. Cabins are available to runners from noon on Friday until 1:00 pm on Sunday. Please clean up your cabin as you leave. Do not remove any Park equipment from the cabin at any time. We will assign single cabin applicants to share a cabin with other single, same gender, runners. We will make every effort to keep requested groups together. We will assign the cabins closest to the racecourse first. Twenty-five cabins are in Camp Lapihio and fifteen are located .5 mile away at Camp Crabtree. The cabins have become a popular feature of the race and normally “sell out”, so get your reservations in early.
Parking at Camp Lapihio: Parking will be scattered throughout the four satellite cabin groups at Camp Lapihio. To facilitate parking on Saturday morning, parking areas will be assigned to each runner based on race number and/or cabin assignment. The cabin groupings are 500 to 1000 feet from race headquarters, the main lodge, and the start/finish line. The race course itself winds through the four cabin groups. In some places parking will be within 100 feet of the course and others will be up to 300 feet, with some spaces even more. At registration, please check with our parking coordinator to get your assigned parking location. We strongly suggest you find your location immediately so you will be familiar with it for Saturday morning in the dark. The smoother parking goes Saturday morning the better for everyone. There will be no runner or crew parking adjacent to the race headquarters building or on the park access roads!
Awards: A beautiful acrylic triangle award and a sterling silver “Champion” belt buckle or ladies gold “Champion” pendant will be presented to the first place male and female finishers. All other 100-mile finishers may purchase a similar, smaller acrylic (8”) completion award for $50 after the race. Additionally, each finisher will receive a "Hundred Miler" certificate suitable for framing from the North Carolina Ultra Running Association. Each first time finisher, of the Umstead 100 Mile Run, will receive their choice of either a distinctive belt buckle or ladies silver pendant at the finish line. Finishes prior to 2004 do not count against the one belt buckle/pendant awards policy. Runners finishing subsequent Umstead 100 races may purchase additional belt buckles or pendants for $35 and $30 respectively. Examples of the awards will be on display at registration.
Access to the Park: The main Park gate is normally opened at 8:00 am and is closed and stays closed at 8:00 pm. This applies to race Friday night. On race day, arrangements will be made to open the US 70 gate at 5:00 am. Once the gate is closed at 8:00 pm Saturday, park management will maintain access control into and out of the Park. Please note, park management, and not race management will control access into and out of the Park. On Saturday night only, access in and out of the Park will be limited to one-hour intervals (on the hour) unless there is an emergency. Crew members should be back in the Park prior to 8:00 pm or they will have to wait until the gate is opened on the interval schedule. Traffic is very congested on I-40, I-540 and US 70 on Friday afternoons so allow yourself plenty of time to get to the race registration, briefing, and dinner.
Real Time Race Results: At the end of each 12.5 mile loop, detailed splits will be available for each runner at the scorer’s tent located beside the Headquarters Aid Station.
Post Race Activities: There will be no awards ceremony. 100-miler certificates and race statistics will be mailed out following the race. Race results will also be posted on the race website: www.umstead100.org. Detailed race results and previous years’ race history may be found at our separate race history website: www.rgdweb.com/ultra/umstead.
50 Mile Option: This race is conducted primarily as a 100-mile event. However, for those who begin the race and finish 50 miles or more, we will report the 50-mile time to UltraRunning. The Race will present an acrylic triangle award to the first place male and female 50-mile finishers. There will be a smaller (6”) version of the 100 Mile Acrylic Triangle Award that may be purchased by 50-mile finishers for $40.
Race Director's Comments: We at the North Carolina Ultra Running Association hope many members of the Ultra Community will come and give the race a try. We promise a “good time", aid stations “second to none” and a beautiful course. We are committed to making this a runner friendly event. Please let us know if you have any suggestions for improving this event. Good luck and good running.
UMSTEAD 100 MILE RUN - AWARD ORDER FORM
Name as it is to appear on the award: ______________________________________________________________
Street Address: __________________________________________________________________
City/State/Zip: __________________________________________________________________
Email Address: __________________________________________________________________
Time: _______________ 6" Acrylic - 50 MILE AWARD______ $40
Year: _______________ 8" Acrylic - 100 MILE AWARD ______ $50
Belt Buckle 100 MILES-ONE DAY______ $35
Belt Buckle 100 MILES-FINISHER ______ $35
Ladies Pendant 100 MILES-ONE DAY______ $30
Ladies Pendant 100 MILES-FINISHER ______ $30
Enclose appropriate check made out to North Carolina Ultra Running Association and mail to the following address. Acrylic order must be received by April 20, 2009. Allow six weeks for delivery.
Will Brown
phone: 919-790-7898
3901 Old Creek Court
Email: Umstead100@earthlink.net
Raleigh, N.C. 27604-3455
