AT100 Packet - Information

General Information

Arkansas weather in October can be unpredictable. The average high temperature for race weekend is mid-70’s and the average low is in the low 50’s, but wide variances can occur. It has rained; it has hailed. Don't be without a hat and emergency poncho or garbage bag.

Expect darkness to come at 6:30-7:00 pm and dawn around 6:30-6:45 am. Flashlights and extra batteries are essential during the nighttime. Those anticipating a 28-30 hour pace should either place a flashlight in a drop-bag at Club Flamingo or be prepared by already carrying a light.

Course mileages in this information packet are based from Camp Ouachita. If headquarters is moved to Lake Sylvia, so will the start/finish. There is a 0.6 mile differential.

Over Labor Day weekend, we have the Heart O' the Traveller training runs: approximately 24-mile runs on both Saturday and Monday. These together cover about half of the race course. More details are provided here, or you can contact the race director.

Race Website: http://www.runarkansas.com

Race director contact: AT100@runarkansas.com or 501-329-6688

Race results will be posted as soon as possible on the website.

Final results and split times will be posted on the web and mailed.

Photos will be taken from at least one point during the race by Black Dog Photo Productions. Prints will be available for purchase post-race at race headquarters or at http://www.BlackDogPhotoProductions.PhotoReflect.com

Specific Information; Race Guidelines/Rules

Aid Stations: (See chart for locations and distances)

All referenced aid stations will be manned and well stocked.

The provided electrolyte drink will be Gatorade. Heed will also be available at most aid stations.

Aid stations will not provide Advil, Aspirin, or other pain relievers.

Aid stations may not have blister kits: If you are prone to foot blisters, make sure you carry or have what you need in your drop bags to care for them.

Awards: Plaques to the first female and male, overall and master finishers.

Special enameled buckles to Sub 24 hour finishers. Bronze buckles to Sub 30 hour finishers.

Course: Eight miles of the course are on the Ouachita National Recreation Trail, which is permanently marked with blue blazes. The remaining 92 miles will be marked with pink ribbon, flour (at turns), occasional signs, and glow sticks (at night).

Crews: Runner’s crews cannot be on the race course.

Runners receiving aid from crews outside the designated crew access points are subject to disqualification. (See Aid Station chart for designated crew spots.) Note (changed in 2007): Crews are now allowed at Copperhead Road, but NOT at Turnaround.

Crews must abide by the instructions of aid station personnel.

Runners are responsible for their crews.

Cut-off Times: Each runner is allowed to set his or her own pace as long as he or she is OUT of the aid stations by cut-off times (these are strictly enforced). See Aid Station chart for cut-off times. (Note that there is now a Sunday morning cut-off at Electronic Tower.)

Drop Bags: Drop bags can be left at the start/finish area on Friday, or Saturday morning before the start. They should be waterproof. See Aid Station chart for drop bag locations. Clearly label each drop bag with your NAME, RACE NUMBER, and AID STATION. Drop bags will be returned to race headquarters by noon on Sunday. Please pick them up, as they will not be mailed back to you.

Medical: We will have at least one weigh-in point, most probably at the Powerline Station and will follow the traditional 3/5/7% weight loss guidelines used at other 100's. (A 3% weight loss will warrant a caution. At 5% down, a runner will be held until he can get some fluids in and his weight back up. If a runner’s weight is 7% down he may be pulled from the race.)

Medical personnel, the race director, and aid station captains have the right to pull a runner if they feel the runner may be a danger to himself/herself.

All runners must abide by the directions of the medical personnel and aid station captains.

Pacing: Runners can have a pacer beginning at the Powerline Aid Station (out-bound).

Runners 60 years and older may have a pacer from the start.

You can have only one pacer at a time running with you.

No bicycle pacing.

Pacers and vehicle/pacer shuttle services are not provided or guaranteed by the race.

All runners must wear assigned race numbers. It is the runner’s responsibility to ensure his/her race number is recorded at all aid stations.

At no time may a runner ride in or on a vehicle of any kind. Violators will be disqualified. If you get off the course, you must return on foot to the point at which you left the trail.

Do not litter on the course. Violators will be subject to disqualification.

If you drop out of the race, make sure that a race official at an aid station is notified. Failure to do this could result in search and rescue, which could be at runner’s expense. Please be aware that if you drop out of the race at a non-crew aid location (other than Turnaround), you could be waiting a long time for transportation to race headquarters.