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American River 50-mile Endurance Run Web Site

Runner check-in and packet pick-up (shirt, bib number and chip) is Friday, April 4, from noon to 7:00 p.m. at the Fleet Feet Fair Oaks store or Saturday morning at the start line from 5 to 5:45 a.m. See Runner Info or Participant Guide for directions.

If you will not be running, be sure to let the person checking you in know. DO NOT take your bib number or chip. If you will NOT be running AR, but would like your goodies, have someone else pick them up for you. They MUST be picked up during regular runner check-in hours. AR shirts will not be mailed.

I would recommend that before arriving at the start line, stop and use a bathroom at a service station or restaurant. There will be 10 port-a-johns at the start line, but the lines may be long. You don't want to be in the john when the "gun" goes off. Please do not use any of the neighborhood landscaping as a bathroom.

In the first 31 miles, you will be passing several county and state park bathrooms located next to the bike and horse trail. The start line is located in a mixed neighborhood of offices, homes and an RV Park. Please respect the privacy of the residents and keep the noise to a minimum.

For details about drop bags, pacers, course markings, aid station cutoffs, bus transportation, and important medical precautions including poison oak and hyponatremia please visit the Runner Info page or Participant Guide page.

You will be presented with your finisher's jacket when you cross the finish line. This year's jacket is again an embroidered, top quality garment.

A reminder that while we must order the jackets well before the event, we will do our very best to insure that you receive the jacket size you requested. If you are not happy with the way your jacket fits, you must wait until the event is over (or nearly over) before we can exchange your jacket for a different size if the size is available. Shirts can be exchanged for a different size at the finish line, depending on availability.

Once again I have requested a 6:44 a.m. sunrise and a 7:32 p.m. sunset, clear skies with temperatures in the 60's.

Until April 5, Greg Soderlund, RD