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Dirty German Endurance Fest
25K,
50K & 50 Miles
Pennypack Park, Philadelphia, PA
Sunday,
May 26th 2013 8:00AM
Limit 500 Runners
Raceweekend Update, please read!!!
This race takes place within the city
limits of Philadelphia, and therefore qualifies as an urban
ultramarathon, but you will not find things like traffic, noise, bad
air quality & concrete buildings here.
This race course is located within
Pennypack Park, a hidden gem within Philadelphia's Fairmont park
system. The park stretches along Pennypack creek for about 7
1/2 miles, and is home to many trails, huge old trees, birds
& other wildlife. I run here all the time, and never
get tired of it.
This race offers
a perfect opportunity for runners to enter the exiting world
of trail (ultra)
running . We accomplish this by providing a course that is well marked
& not too technical.The course
features different surfaces. Some soft and occationally sandy spots
along the creek, a lot of smooth single track as well as some
wider flat gravel trail. Every loop includes about 2 miles of
paved bike trail. There is some elevation, but the
climbs are short.
This course is very runnable and easy by
trail running standards, which as experienced runners will know, can
make it even more challenging, because it will not give you many
opportunities where you can/should hike.
Category:
25k,50k & 50 Miles
Start Time:
Number pickup starts at 6:45AM.
Race starts at 8:00AM
Start/Finish:
Pine Road Entry at Pennypack Park, 8750 Pine Road, Philadelphia, PA 19111
View map of start/finish area (bird's eye view)
Coursemap with aidstation locations/distances
Area Road Map
25K
$45 till
2/28
$50 till 4/30 $55 5/1 until sold out
Online registration 25K
50K
$60 till
2/28
$65 till 4/30 $70 5/1 until sold out
Online registration 50KM
50 Miles
$70 till
2/28
$75 till 4/30 $80 5/1 until sold out
Online registration 50M
Online reg. will close 5/22 11:59PM. Raceday reg is avalable from 6:45AM - 7:45AM
Refund
policy:
Till 4/30/2013:
Mail us a self-addressed envelope to receive a refund minus $10 to:
UES
c/o DirtyGermanRF
2137 Old Lancaster Pike
Reinholds, PA , 17569
No refunds after 4/30/13, no exeptions.
Awards:
Every runner will receive a tech-shirt, no advertising on the back. Every finisher will receive a
finisher award, all 50K and 50 Mile finishers will receive an
embroidered tech hat in addition to the mug.
Winner overall &Winner
Masters (age 40+) male and female
will receive a cuckoo clock.
Top 3 in age groups: 29 & under, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59
and winner 60+
These unique
awards come from the Black Forest of Germany. They
are german weather houses. They can predict future weather
pretty much as reliable as "Glen Hurrican Schwarz" . Here is
how they work:
There is a gut string inside which reacts to all
changes in air humidity. Depending on wether the air is dry or humid,
the gut string changes it's position and twists more or less, so that
the female turns outside when it is dry (predicting nice weather) and
the male, when it is humid. We will go 3 deep for 18-29, 30-39,
40-49, 50-59 and winner 60+ .
Time Limit:
12
hours. This is a firm time limit. The park closes at 9 Pm, and we need to be all cleared out by
then, therefore we can not go out on the course and look for runners in
the dark. You have to make it to the 35 Mile mark by 8 hours,
otherwise you can not continue.
Temperatures:
The
average temp at the start is in the 50ies. Average
high 70. The course is mostly shaded.
Aid
Stations:
Aid Stations are
about 3-4.5 Miles apart and are staffed by ultra trail
runners.50k
and 50 Mile runners should carry a bottle to keep hydrated
between
aidstations. Gatorade and water will be available at all the
aidstation. Also available:
PBJ Sandwiches
Grilled Cheese (Aidstation 4 only)
Gels
Ibuprofen
Sodium
tablets
Bananas
Oranges
M&M's
Chocolate
Chip cookies
Oreos
Cooked
potatoes
Crackers
Pretzels
Nuts
potatoe
pancakes (Aidstation 4 only)
Sportsdrinks
Water
Soda
powered by
Octoberfest Aidstations:
This aid station will
focus on german carbs like pretzels ... served by
the St. Pauli girls. If you decide your PR is not gonna happen today,
take a break right there and enjoy the view.
Course:
Along
the Pennypack Creek within the limits of Pennypack park. Course is
basically a figure 8 consisting of mostly single track trail and a
short paved bike path section.One loop is 25K. 50 K runners will run it
twice, 50 mile runners will run a mini loop first and then run the main
loop 3 times. No traffic at all. It's actually
pretty cool , that you run miles and miles within the city limits of
Philadelphia without seeing a house or a car at all.
Coursemap and elevation chart
(please note , GPS data usually shows a shorter distance due to leaf coverage and inaccurate elevation changes)
Post
Race:
There
will be no official award ceremony. We will hand out the awards
as you cross the finish line.
However
, we encourage you to stick
around, relax, talk running, refuel.
Lodging:
Click on link to view hotels nearby the race.
There is
a casino and an amusement park nearby, so these hotels fill up quickly,
therefore we recommend making reservation early.
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Great park to have a race.
And here they go.
There are a few rocks in there to keep your feet dry.
Plenty of single track during the race.
Our Aidstations are staffed by local Ultra runners
100 mile specialist and Badwater 135 Finisher Keith Straw, better known as Pink Tutu.
How much longer do I have to go?
US National Team member Anna Piskorska and local 100 Mile Stud Joe Kulak.
Looks way too good after running 50 Miles :-), way to go!!!
Local Ultra Running Club. I call this the 1000 Mile tent.
50 Miles comes never easy
Wacky Shirt !!!
