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 and think this is some of the best that the forest has to offer. This year’s route returns to the entire Maple trail (no detour for the broken bridge!). To make up for the distance change, you’ll run down the Hardesty trail instead of the Ridge trail at the far end of the course.
There is almost 4,000′ of gain. Note that the Caltopo map and the Strava map don’t match or show the correct distance. See the chart below for accurate distances between aid stations.
50K Interactive Caltopo Map link
There are four fully stocked aid stations. Each aid station is stocked with Precision Fuel gels and chews, Precision Hydration electrolyte drink, water, soft drinks, PB&Js, potato chips, pickles, Fritos, gummy bears, Oreos, fruit, 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) | 7.0 | 14.9 | No | |
| AS 3 (Saltzman) | 6.1 | 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.
