Get ready for a course that will show you the true beauty of the diversity of the trails in Forest Park! A course that was developed by runners who have spent many hours on these trails. There is almost 4,000′ of gain.
50K Interactive Caltopo Map link (updated with detours)
CHANGES: The bridge on the Maple trail is still out, so our detour to get around that remains in place this year. Also, the Wiregate trail will be closed during the race as well as part of Firelane 7, so there is an additional reroute this year that takes you up Firelane 5 to Wildwood, instead of using Wiregate. One of last year’s reroutes around a Wildwood closure near Firelane 1 is gone, and so we’ve eliminated the up/down on Nature and Chestnuts trails, making it simpler around the Firelane 1 aid station. The Caltopo and Strava maps and the aid station mileage chart below are updated.
There are four fully stocked aid stations. Each aid station is stocked with Precision Fuel gels, Precision Hydration electrolyte drink, water, soft drinks, PB&Js, potato chips, pickles, Fritos, gummy bears, Oreos, fruit, Fig Newtons, M&Ms and other ultra fare. You are welcome to carry your own aid.
There are no drop bags on course.
Go Beyond Racing is cupless. You’ll need to bring your own cup for liquid aid at all aid stations. Read more about what it means to be cupless.
| Aid Station | Segment Distance |
Cumulative Distance |
Toilet | Cutoff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS 1 (Firelane 1) | 7.9 | 7.9 | No | |
| AS 2 (Trillium) | 7.3 | 15.2 | No | |
| AS 3 (Saltzman) | 5.8 | 21.0 | Yes | 1:45 pm |
| AS 4 (Firelane 1) | 5.9 | 26.9 | No | |
| Finish | 4.2 | 31.1 | Yes |
There is a cutoff at the Saltzman/3rd aid station (mile 21). All racers must leave this aid station by 1:45 pm. Runners who do not make this cutoff will wait with the volunteers to break down the aid station and get a ride back to the start/finish.
There is no spectator parking at any of the aid stations. The best place to spectate is at the start/finish area. You can walk to anywhere along the course from the start/finish, or any trail access points in the park other than the aid stations.
Crewing, from anywhere, is not allowed.
