Oil Creek 100 Trail Runs

 
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2009 100 mile results      80 started, 32 (40%) DNF'd

2009 50 mile results

2009 50K results





No alcohol or pets - otherwise we risk losing the right to use the middle school


RRCA's 100 mile "PA Ultra Trail Championship"


Unforgiving.  Historic.  Gnarly.  Do you have what it takes? 



Oil Creek State Park and the entire Oil Region welcomes trail runners to the valley that changed the world !




    Read PA Governor Ed Rendell's welcome letter 




Registration is now OPEN - at RunRace.net  - 50K & 100K is sold out (waiting list - email rd_oc100@yahoo.com)
    - you will be assessed an additional 6.7% processing fee for credit card orders
    - no paper entry forms - online entry via RunRace.net ONLY
    - check and money orders are also handled on RunRace.net for those not wanting to submit their credit
      card information online.  Just input your contact info, emergency contact / medical info, and waiver
      agreement on the first page and then select check or money order on page 2 / step 2 of the registration
      process.   NO FEE for check or money orders.
    - check or money order - if not received within 30 days of registration your entry will be canceled to make room for others




Date:        October 16th, 2010

Location:  Oil Creek State Park - located between Titusville and Oil City PA

3 simultaneous races: 

  • 100 miles - 17,785' elev gain - 32 hour limit - 5 AM Saturday to 1 PM Sunday = 19:06 / mile  * SOLD OUT on 7/16/2010 *
  • 100K - 11,010' elev gain - 31 hour limit - 6 AM Saturday to 1 PM Sunday = 30:00 / mile  * SOLD OUT on 4/3/2010 *
  • 50K  - 5,459' elev gain - 17 hour limit - 7 AM to midnight Saturday = 32:55 / mile   * SOLD OUT on 3/27/2010 *
  • Initial limit of 75 entrants in the 100K, 125 in the 50K, and 125 entrants in the 100 miler
  • 50K loop course on primarily the rugged single-track Gerard Hiking Trail of OCSP
  • Friends, family, crew and pacer friendly
    • they can wait in beautiful Titusville Middle School (TMS) which will serve as the start / finish line, aid station # 4, and race headquarters




Run in the valley where the world's first oil boom began in 1859 when "Colonel" Edwin Drake drilled the first commercial oil well and the reason John D Rockefeller amassed much of his fortune.


Join the OilCreek100 Yahoo Discussion Group   - 253 members

Email Race Director Tom Jennings @ rd_oc100@yahoo.com

Are you on Facebook?  Join the "Oil Creek100 Trail Runs" group - 610 members


Want to help ?  Contact volunteer coordinator and ultra runner Kate Peterson at katiepeterson15@yahoo.com
Or sign up for a TO-DO or TO-BRING task on VolunteerSpot.com - all you need is a valid email address.  We can use generators, pickup trucks, large moving vans, passenger vans for shuttling aid station workers and runners, food items, etc.




Benninghoff Farm today - the 35' replica oil derricks are the inspiration for the logo and finisher's award buckle.  All runners will pass them on their way from Wolfkiel Run AS #1 to Egbert Farm AS #2 in Petroleum Center :

 


  • A large (approx. size 3.5" X 2.5"), heavy, high-quality belt buckle from Creative Casting Inc in Denison TX will be offered to all ultra finishers
    • 100 = gold two-tone buckle
    • 100K = silver buckle
    • 50K = bronze buckle
    • Actual flatbed printer scan of the "bronze" buckle is below









The wild & tough 1860's oil boom era in Petroleum Center where crew-accessible Egbert Farm aid station # 2 is located.  Washington Street is now Petroleum Center Road - notice the faint outline of the hill in the background for the then / now photo below:




Washington Street then, Petroleum Center Road now.  Benninghoff Farm is only about 1/2 mile down this road (toward Titusville) where the OC&T railroad tracks & train tressel are located:




Benninghoff Farm today - from the east Gerard hiking trail scenic overlook (camera on zoom).  The paved road you see in this photo is Petroleum Center Rd (the old Washington Street) that is used to access Petroleum Center's Egbert Farm aid station # 2.  This overlook is on the official course - it will be beautiful with the October fall colors - and 100 mile participants will get to see the derricks illuminated Sat. night / Sun. morning !