No alcohol or pets - we risk losing the right to use the middle school otherwise
RRCA's 100 mile "PA Ultra Trail Championship"
Beautiful & modern Titusville Middle School (TMS) will serve as the start & finish line, race headquarters, and aid station # 4. Showers - with 4 private stalls in each locker room as well as the traditional school group showers - will be available all weekend for runners, pacers and crew for a nominal fee of $5 to cover the custodial staff that will be on hand all weekend - be sure to thank them for giving up their weekend so we can use this incredible facility!
Click on school floor layout for a larger view - 3 restrooms open for use:
- Initial limit of 125 runners in the 50K, 75 in the 100K, and 125 runners in the 100.6 miler
- Friday Oct 15th evening - pre-race pasta dinner (included for runners), race meeting, and packet pick-up
- You won't want to miss this - key information will be passed along and door prizes from our product sponsors
- 100.6 miler will start Saturday Oct 16th at 5 AM
- 100K will start Saturday Oct 16th at 6 AM
- 50K will start Saturday Oct 16th at 7 AM
Female: 73 total - 13 in 100, 28 in 50 miler, 32 in 50K
Male: 199 total - 71 in 100, 55 in 50 miler, 73 in 50K
- General:
- Wild & tough 1860's oil boom era policies - no refunds, no credit toward next year's race, no changing of distances - "strike oil or move on!"
- Awards
- Top 3 males and females in each distance
- All finishers will receive the traditional trail ultra finisher's award belt buckle (see below)
- Last place finisher in each distance will be honored with the prestigious "Last Wildcatter to Leave Pithole" award. Pithole / Pithole City is the ghost town that is just a few miles away from Oil Creek State Park. Pithole went from a wilderness area with 3 cabins in 1864 to a population of 15,000 in 1865 with no sewage system and knee-deep mud. By the end of 1867 the town was essentially dead with a population of 281.
- The 6 male and female winners of each race will have a complimentary entry for next year's race
- Since much of the trail is single-track and next to impossible to pass another runner on, no headphones can be used during the race until 12 PM (noon) on Saturday to allow for runners from the 3 different race distances to disperse along the 50K loop. Being able to hear a faster runner coming up from behind you so you can step aside to let them pass is key to everyone's safety. Faster runners have the right-of-way so please be aware of your surroundings at all times and listen for them coming up from behind you and their call out to you to pass.
- The race registration website will capture your medical background (allergies, medicines currently on, blood type, etc.) and emergency contact information. This data will be written on the back of your race bib for EMS (emergency medical services) use. This is for your protection in the event of a medical emergency so please complete this information as accurately as possible - give yourself every chance to survive in an emergency situation. Thank you to our Emergency Services sponsors that are so graciously providing equipment on race weekend for your safety - as well as to Allegheny Mountain Rescue Group for lending their incredible search & rescue expertise:
- A helicopter and ambulance will be on hand as well as a rope rescue team, ATV "mules" for transporting injured runners, and an EMS worker at each staffed aid station in the park will be provided to assist you in an emergency. However, these are very remote locations that are difficult to get aid to in a short amount of time so please read the waiver on the race registration website very carefully. You must run / walk in a manner to protect yourself, other runners, and your pacer (if applicable) at all times.
- The first and last 1.25 miles of all race distances & loops will be on a short side street and the paved bike path that runs between TMS and Oil Creek State Park (the Jersey Bridge canoe launch parking lot just north of Drake Well Museum). It is possible to run on the side of the paved bike path to avoid asphalt as much as possible. See the maps / directions page for more information. This 2.5 mile section will enable you to see where you stand in relation to other runners in your distance.
- All races will be run on an approximate 50K loop course on the rugged trails at Oil Creek State Park and short sections of the 9.7 mile paved bike path and area dirt roads. The 100 miler has roughly 88 miles of trail and a short amount of dirt road and 12 miles of asphalt - and much less if you run on the side of the paved bike path in the dirt / grass.
- Staffed aid stations every 7 to 8 miles - stocked with Hammer Nutrition's HEED and Hammer Gel, pure Culligan water, and other goodies. The two main aid stations at TMS (AS#4) and the turnaround point at the Egbert Farm AS#2 at Petroleum Center may have more food available than the remote aid stations of Wolfkiel Run AS#1 and Miller Farm Rd bridge AS#3.
- 4 unstaffed aid station(s) will have just water due to remoteness / lack of parking - these will be at the approximate midpoints between staffed aid stations. Therefore, water will be available about every 3 to 4 miles.
- DROP BAGS for your extra gear & special needs:
- TWO drop bag locations will be available for the ultra races - 1) TMS race HQ / start / finish line and 2) Egbert Farm main aid station at the south end / turnaround of the 50K loop in Petroleum Center where the park office is located. Drop bag guidelines follow.
- Ziploc Big Bags or similar drop bags are recommended to keep your gear dry if it is a wet weekend
- Have your name, bib #, and the aid station name clearly labeled on the bag. The two choices are:
- Egbert Farm - AS # 2
- TMS - AS # 4
- No trash bags as they could be mistaken for trash and thrown out
- PACERS:
- Runners in any distance race that is age 60 and older are encouraged to have a pacer the entire race (one pacer at a time)
- None allowed for the 50K (unless you are age 60 or older)
- 100K and 100 miler - one pacer at a time
- 100K - up to 2 pacers allowed the last 50K loop from race HQ / aid station # 4 at TMS and back
- 100 milers - up to 3 pacers total. 1 to 3 pacers will be allowed the last 40ish miles of the race (the 3rd and final 50K loop plus the 7.75 mile "headed home" loop). Pacers can join the 100 mile runner after the 2nd loop is completed at TMS. They can only join at either TMS AS # 4 or at Egbert Farm AS # 2 after checking in with aid station personnel.
- Pacers must register at TMS race HQ to sign the waiver and pick up their pacer bib. Pacers sometimes get left behind due to injury (rolled ankle, etc.) and we need to know about them on the course as well.
- CREW: crew will be allowed for all race distance participants
- For the safety of the runners, please keep pets away from the aid stations - we don't want anyone getting bitten or tangled up in a leash and getting injured
- Wolfkiel Run AS #1 and Miller Farm Rd bridge AS#3 will not be crew accessible due to the lack of parking / remotenes
- It is only 10 miles on paved roads from TMS AS#4 to Petroleum Center's Egbert Farm AS#2 which is the turnaround point of the loop and where the park office is located.
- 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 - inspired by the replica 35' oil derricks at Benninghoff Farm that all ultra distance participants will run by
- 100 = gold two-tone buckle
- 100K = silver buckle
- 50K = bronze buckle
- Actual flatbed printer scan of the "bronze" medal is below
- Race timing provided by Miles of Smiles:
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