RACE DAY
Parking/Check-in & Bibs/Start/Need To Know
Getting to the Start - it's a twisty, windy mountain road so do allow ample time to arrive by around
4:00 a.m. or so. We strongly suggest you choose the Panoramic Highway route, rather than the cliff-edge of
Highway 1 in the dark. To map from your location (Google maps, etc.) directly to the start, choose 12 Marine
Way, Stinson Beach, CA as your destination.
5:00 a.m. start - headlamp, or just a cheapo flashlight, required - You'll need to pack a light for the
first
90 minutes up the trail, since dawn is not until 6:00-ish. If it's a cheap light, you can drop it in the
cardboard "light box" at Bolinas Ridge and we'll have the box at the finish then donate whatever isn't picked
up to the local school. Do not drop a valuable light into the light box.
9:30 p.m. finish line cutoff - start earlier, finish earlier - in time to enjoy the full moon over the
ocean.
Supermoon - there will be meteor showers - Google "Eta Aquarids" - before dawn on May 5th and the moon will
be the closest it gets to the Earth in 2012 on race evening; it will be full and at its brightest at 9:36 p.m.
How cool is that?
Parking:
New start/finish is at Stinson Beach Park (B), on the lawn adjacent to a large dirt parking lot (A) at the south
end of the beach: Race Day Parking.
Go north through the little town of Stinson Beach then turn left off of Highway 1 into the park. [Aid station
captain Ana Braga-Levaggi highly recommends that you take Panoramic Hwy from Mill Valley rather than braving
the Highway 1 cliff-hanger on the way to the race (and I agree with her!)] Follow the road past the parking
kiosk and proceed all the way to the dirt lot (A) at the end and park as directed.
Start Time Has Changed ! ! !
Check-in and Bibs: Saturday, 5/5, at Stinson Beach Park - 4:15 a.m. - 4:45 a.m. You must check in on race
morning before 4:45 a.m. Bib numbers will be handed out race morning at check-in.
Start: 5:00 a.m.; you will need a headlamp or flashlight for the first leg.
Aid Stations
Aid stations are stocked with water, GU, GU Brew, Coke, boiled potatoes, chips, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches,
hummus roll-ups, pretzels, salt, bananas and canteloupe. There will be soup (vegan/no MSG) in the evening at
Muir Beach. Runners must carry a water bottle/hydration pack during the race.
Need To know
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Littering will get you DQd.
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If you have a reaction to poison oak or bees (other than the usual: Run Away!) please bring medication
as these Elements of Nature have been known to be found outdoors.
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Sunscreen is advisable; so is a light jacket. Race day can be hot and sunny, cool and foggy, rainy,
muddy or a combination of ALL of the above!
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The race starts at 5:00 a.m. (you'll need a flashlight). Bib pick-up is at check-in on race morning.
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Place your dropbags in the appropriate pile (See Mileage Chart for details) at check-in on race morning.
Do NOT put glass containers or valuables in them. Occasionally a runner picks up the wrong bag by mistake and
the bag then gets lost.
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Runners do not have precedence over other trail users. Be respectful of everybody as you stoke along the
single-track. Or, as the Park Service puts it: Any pushing, shoving, touching, etc. by any race participant of
other park visitors can be considered an assault (by law) and can be enforced as such by park staff. Any race
participant involved in any such incident will be cited and prosecuted for assault and will be disqualified
from the event. Additionally, all race participants agree to indemnify all event organizers/volunteers against
any claims arising from any such incident.
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Runners must use the bathrooms/outhouses at all of the aid stations when nature calls. Runners violating
the "no poop in the woods" policy are subject to disqualification. There will be rangers on the course.
You have 16 hours and 30 minutes to complete the course and must abide by cutoffs enforced by aid station
personnel.
