To keep the difficulty level of the race consistent across all runners you must run the entire course located at Blanchard State Forest as indicated on the course map. We will not accept results ran elsewhere.
You have until Monday November 11 to run the course as many times as you like.
The course is an open course and (for most of the course) is open to horseback riding and mountain biking. Please follow proper trail etiquette while running.
A Discover Pass is required to park at Blanchard State Forest.
2Timing & Results
—Once completed with your run you must log the result to our system regardless if it is on Strava or not.
—GPS data is required to qualify for time-based and attempt-based awards.
—The GPS track must go through the five waypoints shown on the course map.
—The results are calculated by our segment detection program. If you believe there is an issue with the time it gave you, please flag it. Note that if you use Strava the results may differ since Strava uses "moving time" unless the activity is marked as a "race".
—The uphill and downhill rankings will be based on the cumulative time of the two uphill/downhill segments shown on the course map. Note that there are some rolly hills in the segments so just because you are on a downhill section that doesn't mean there will be no climbs!
—The results are only as good as your GPS's accuracy so the reported times may differ some from your recorded time.
—It is recommended that you use the fastest interval your GPS can handle, ex. 1 second, to decrease the likelihood for error in your results.
—Time-Based awards specifics:
An award will be given to the top male, female, and non-binary GPS based times for the overall course, uphill segments, and downhill segments.
The top overall runners will be excluded from receiving the top uphill and downhill awards.
The "Masochist Award" will be awarded to the runner who has ran the course the most times and submitted GPS data for each attempt. It can be won in combination with any of the other time-based awards. The tie breaker will be the lowest total cumulative time of all race attempts.
The "Infini-Beast Award" will be award to the fastest runner to run the course forward and then imediately backwards during the same run. Depending on how many participate we will likely give out other prizes as well.
3Other Awards & Prizes
—Raffle prizes will be randomly selected from all participants (GPS and non-GPS).
—Prizes will be given out for the photo contest as decided by a panel of judges.
The photos must be taken on the race course and uploaded with your race result(s).
Awards will be given for the best overall, funniest, best slug, and maybe others!
—Since we love Halloween an award will be given out for the best costume ran in as decided by a panel of judges. A photo/selfie is required to be submitted with your race results.