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| | | | | | Race Information | | Race Name: | Oil Creek 100 Trail Runs | | Date: | Saturday October 16th, 2010 - 5:00 am | | Location: | Titusville in northwestern PA - Oil Creek State Park - birthplace of the oil industry in 1859 | | State: | Pennsylvania, United States | | Website: | http://OilCreek100.org OR http://OC100.org | | Post a Race: | https://www.runrace.net/postarace.php?id=10289PA |
| | Description: | | | | | NO ALCOHOL
NO PETS
LEAVE NO TRACE
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On page / step 2 - you can pay by CHECK, MONEY ORDER, or credit / dedit card
** FREE registration for 2009's 1st, 2nd and 3rd place male and female finishers - select "pay by check" but send no payment
** Are you a Race Director ? eMail RD Tom Jennings at rd_oc100@yahoo.com about "RDs run for free!" Just pay for schwag and shower voucher so the race doesn't lose money **
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Family, crew & pacer friendly!
1) Race headquarters where the start & finish line is located as well as aid station # 4 (for the 100K & 100 mile participants) is beautiful and modern Titusville Middle School (TMS). They can relax in comfort in the spacious and beautiful cafeteria (just steps away from aid station # 4) while you try to overcome the rugged Gerard hiking trail at Oil Creek State Park. Nearby dining is available.
2) Showers with 4 private shower stalls in both the men's & women's locker rooms are available to family, crew & pacer(s) for a nominal fee of $5 each to cover the custodial staff's time the entire race weekend.
3) Crew-accessible aid station # 2 at Egbert Farm picnic area in Petroleum Center PA (park office) is accessed via paved roads.
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3 simultaneous trail races:
- 100 miles - 32 hour time limit = 19:12 / mile - Sat Oct 16 @ 5 AM
- 100K - 31 hour time limit = 30:00 / mile - Sat Oct 16 @ 6 AM
- 50K - 17 hour time limit = 32:55 / mile - Sat Oct 16 @ 7 AM
RRCA's 100 mile "PA Ultra Trail Championship"
Finishers award - the traditional ultra belt buckle (same design but different color / finish for each distance).
Technical t-shirt to all entrants - a long sleeve unisex CoolMax Alta t-shirt from RaceReady.
The course is a 50K loop run mostly on the single-track Gerard hiking trail (GHT) of Oil Creek State Park. Short sections of dirt road and asphalt. There is a short 1.25 mile asphalt section between race HQ at Titusville Middle School (TMS) and the park.
100K & 100 mile trail races both end at 1 PM on Sunday Oct 17, 2010
50K trail race ends at midnight on Saturday Oct 16, 2010
Showers available to runners, pacers and crew for a nominal $5 fee to help with custodial coverage race weekend - the school would not be available as our race HQ if they were not giving up their weekend for this event so be sure to thank them race weekend!
Free tenting in the lawn next to the TMS parking lot and pitching a sleeping bag / air mattress on the gymnasium floor are two inexpensive options for lodging.
LEAVE NO TRACE - on the trail in the park (no littering), in the lawn next to the parking lot while tenting, and the middle school itself - please remove muddy shoes at your car or tent before showering.
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Wild & tough 1860's oil boom era policies:
No refunds, no credit toward next year's race, no changing of distances. If you don't finish the distance you signed up for it is a DNF. "Strike oil or move on!"
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NO ALCOHOL
NO PETS
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| | Posted: | February 9th, 2010 11:32 am | | Last Update: | October 4th, 2010 3:14 pm | | Viewed: | 56075 |
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| | | | | | Event Information | For multiple Member Events: | | | Name of Event | Distance | Measurement | Date | Start Time | Relay Members | Team Members | |  | 100: sold out - see you next year ! | 100.00 | Miles | Oct 16th, 2010 | 5:00 am | 0 | 0 | | | 100K: sold out - see you next year ! | 100.00 | Kilometers | Oct 16th, 2010 | 6:00 am | 0 | 0 | | | 50K: sold out - see you next year ! | 50.00 | Kilometers | Oct 16th, 2010 | 7:00 am | 0 | 0 |
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| | | | | | Name of Race Director | Email Address | Phone Number | | Tom Jennings | rd_oc100@yahoo.com | 8148333495 |
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