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Kansas City Trail Nerds' Present:
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3rd Annual
Psycho Psummer Trail Run
50K & 15-Mile
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Kansas City, Kansas
A run on hilly bridle trails, single-track trails, and dirt roads.
This course will be different in many ways from the February Psycho Wyco Race.
8:00 a.m. start
All entrants will receive a "gender-specific, technical fabric" short-sleeve shirt and mug with an original
Jason Crosby design. Finishers of the 15-Mile and 50K events will also receive a finisher's medal. | This year, the Psychopathic 5K will be on another date. |
Registration is Still Open!
And we have plenty of shirts left, too, as of July 6, 2009.
There is no penalty for registering online...we pay the fee.
| Online Registration is Now Open |

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| Registration Closes July 8, 2009 |
| Snail-Mail Entry |

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There will be no event-swapping after Wednesday, July 8th.
So, if you want to change from the 50K to 15M (or vice versa), do it prior to that date.
Packet Pickup: Friday, July 10, from noon to 7 p.m.
at Dynamic Earth, at NW corner of 135th St & Metcalf, Overland Park, Kansas.
Or you can show up on race day 45-minutes early. Keep in mind that the park
will not open until 7:00 a.m., and we'll be setting up until 7:15 a.m.
Race Details:
Brief Description:
Loop course on rocky, rooty,
and hilly bridle trails & single-track trails. Time limit: 10 hours. Estimated Participants:250. 3rd Annual. Both
Race Distances: Early-bird Fee: $40. Amenities: Hot food at end of race, finisher's medal, commemorative mug, technical
tee-shirt.
Online Registration Closes:
July 08, 10:00 pm CST.
Limited Number of Participants
REGISTER
EARLY! Due to the success of this event, the 3rd annual event will be limited to 250 total participants. This
is about the maximum number of parking spaces that the park can handle. We have also scheduled the Psycho 5K on another date,
to help with this issue.
Course
The 50K and 15-mile are
a loop course on rocky, rooty, and hilly bridle trails & single-track trails. Each loop is wheel-measured.
Course Map
The course has been slightly
different every year, and this year is no exception. Here is a map of an older version of the course. The main changes are to these sections: Shane's Debacle, Spillway, Fall Down Hill, and the Boy Scout
Honor Trail (and road sections).
"Single-track" Course Sections:
There are a few very
nice sections of single-track trail on the loop course that were built by the Trail Nerds. "Fester's Wander" was designed
by the race director's dog, "Fester," and built by Nerds.
Food and Aid Stations
We will have hot food for
all participants (regular and vegan), after the race(s). Yum! On the course, all staffed aid stations will have food and "SUCEED!"
brand sports drink and water for participants. There will be staffed and unstaffed aid stations. Our water is composed of
the finest organic hydrogen and free-range oxygen, blended to perfection as H2O.
Shirts
Well-designed short
sleeve "technical" t-shirts for all participants that enter prior to June 25. No guarantee of a shirt or proper size for later
registrants. Separate Mens' and Womens' cut shirts by SweatVac. You'll want to wear this one!
Medals
All event finishers receive
finisher's "hardware." The 50K and 15-mile finishers receive a large medal, that is appropriate for the effort they put in.
Charity
The "Kansas City Trail
Nerds" group is dedicated to having affordable and fun trail events, and it's our mission to add and maintain singletrack
trail systems in an environmentally proactive and responsible manner. The Trail Nerds are part of the Kansas City Track Club,
which is a federally recognized 501(c)3, not-for-profit corporation. Any proceeds leftover after race expenses are funneled
back into trail advocacy activities and putting on even more fun and inexpensive (future) events.
Packet Pickup:
Packet Pickup: Friday,
July 10, from noon to 7 p.m. at Dynamic Earth, at NW corner of 135th St & Metcalf, Overland Park, Kansas (Or you can show up on race day 45-minutes early). Keep in mind that the park
will not open until 7:00 a.m., and we'll be setting up until 7:15 a.m.
Psycho 5K
The 5K this year is a separate
event held on Sunday, June 28. It's a very hilly out-and-back trail race. Beware: It's the toughest 5K trail run in the Midwest!
This race gets its own special date, shirt and hardware, and is the Summer (fire) Edition of the Psycho 5K "Fire &
Ice" series. Fee: $30 regular, and $20 for cross-country team members.
Sustainability:
The Trail Nerds have been working diligently to encourage Sustainability
issues. Our goal is to minimize the effects of our events and activities on the environment. We want to leave
the trails better then how we find them. As part of this race, we will require all participants
to carry their own water bottle or hydration device. We will provide water at the start / finish and one un-staffed
aid station. There will be NO cups on the course, except at the MAIN aid station (for soup and hot drinks). Each
runner will have to refill their water bottle or hydration device at the aid stations as needed. There
are approximately 25 million Styrofoam and paper cups thrown away each year. We want to minimize that number.
We will also be using removable course markings and requiring everyone to carry out what they take in. We treat litter
bugs............just like whiners.
We also encourage you to carpool to this race (and all of our races) and to any training
runs.
2008 Race Reports:
Mookie Thompson (first 50K): Thanks
Results for 2008:
2008 Photos:
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