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Saturday, July 14, 2012 

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Trail Nerds' Present:

The Mizuno Cabrakan
"Psycho Psummer" Run Toto Run
50K, 20-Mile, & 10-Mile Trail Run
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Kansas City, Kansas
A beautiful but challenging run on hilly single-track trails.
This course will be different in many ways from the February "Run Toto Run" Race. 

50K Run, 10-Mile Run, and 20-miler. All on bridle trails and single-track trails. This is a rocky and hilly UNPAVED loop course. 9-hour time limit. 

Starting times:
50-Kilometer & 20-Mile race: 8:00 a.m.     
10-Mile race: 9:00 a.m.

All early entrants will receive a technical fabric" short-sleeve shirt and mug, with an original Jason Crosby design. (No guarantee for post-June 24 entrants).

Yes, this year's event is a 10-mile, 20-mile, and 50-Kilometer event!

2012 Online Registration is Open!
               
Click Here


Some entrants are serious about this race:
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Gregor's Tattoo

2011 UltraRunning Magazine Article

 

Course: A challenging loop course on rocky, rooty, and hilly bridle trails & single-track trails. "But it's Kansas, how tough could it be?"

Location: In beautiful Wyandotte County Lake Park, shelter 2. This park is a gem; it's like a piece of the Ozarks, right here in Kansas City, Kansas.


Date:
Saturday, July 14, 2012


Start times:

8:00 a.m. for the 50K & 20-Miler. 9:00 a.m. for the 10-Miler. Chip timing will be used for all event distances.

Shirts: Well-designed long sleeve technical t-shirts for all participants that enter prior to June 24, 2012. No guarantee of a shirt or proper size for later registrants.

Mugs: All Entrants in all distances will receive a race logo mug!

Finishers' Medals: Finishers of the 50K & 20-Miler will receive a large, heavy, finisher's medal! Finishers of the 10-Miler distance will receive a finisher's "dog-tag" medal. 50K finishers will also receive a special 50K oval car sticker!


Food:
We will have food and drinks for all participants, after your race, regular and vegan.

Airport: Fly in to Kansas City International airport, (MCI). The race Start/Finish is just 25 minutes from the airport.

Lodging and Restaurants: There are many lodging and dining opportunities within 5 miles from the race.


Questions? Email Ben: badbendrs@yahoo.com
Phone: 816-810-0440

Keep up with this Race on Facebook:
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See all of our events HERE.

Results, Photos, Race Reports for 2007 - 2010

Gregg Buehler
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Photo by Bry Gardner

Mindy Coolman
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Photo by Bry Gardner

This Park is Beautiful!
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A Greg Highberger Photo

Photo by Rick Mayo
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Andy Henshaw, Ivan Marsh, & Darin Schneidewind

Race Information:

Packet Pickup
Packet Pickup will be on Friday, July 13, from noon to 7 p.m. at Garry Gribble's Running Sports, at NW corner of 119th St & Quivira Rd, Overland Park, Kansas.  Please pick your packet up at Gribbles, if at all possible.  We want to reserve late packet pickup (on race day), for our late-arriving out-of-town guests.  Thanks.


DIRECTIONS to start of race:
Get onto I-435 N on the west side of KC Metro  
Take exit 15A for KS-5 S/Leavenworth Rd E  
Head East onto KS-5 S/Leavenworth Rd  
Turn left at N 91 St/N 91st St  
Turn left as you enter the park...look for parking lot by ranger station.
Garmin, Magellan, and Tom Tom users, please set your GPS device to find: West Dr & N 91st St, Kansas City, KS 66109.

Drop Bags (for 20-milers and 50K, only): There is only one location for staging drop bags...at the Main Aid Station (which is the start/finish area).  There will be a row of long tables set-up to put your drop bag on, and you will pass these tables on your way to the aid area of the Main Aid station.  It is a very convenient location, so you won't be held-up looking for your bag.  Special Note: Please take your schtuff home!  While Sophia and I are very good at preparing for, and race-directing races, we really suck at getting heavy, mud & sweat-soaked crap back to its rightful owner(s).  Any drop bags left at the race will probably be donated to "broke-as-heck" local trail-runners.  They thank-you in advance!


Dropping-down (or up) to another Distance:
  You can change your distance before the race (and up to July 6th), by
emailing Bad Ben.  If you want to bump-up to the 50K, you can work out a deal with Ben.  And during the race, if you've bit-off more than you can chew, you can always drop down a loop (or two), and still get a finisher's medal (appropriate to the new distance). 

Dropping-out of the Race:
Please personally let Bad Ben, or our timing person know, if you're dropping out of the race.  We don't want to muster a search party for you!


Post Race Food:
  There will be post-race food for you for after the event.

Shoes...should I wear trail-running shoes?
  In a word: YES.  Because of the rocky terrain and various course oddities, Bad Ben highly recommends the Mizuno Wave Cabrakan shoe, for this course.  It has full wave-rock-plate protection, is low-profile, and has great traction.  And there are other trail-running shoes (like the Ascend) that might work for you, also.  Garry Gribble's store (where packet pickup will be located) will have the Cabrakans, along with many various trail shoes in stock. 


Eating During the Race:
  If you want to finish this hilly race without bonking bigtime, you should fuel your body during the race. Our aid stations will be well-stocked with different kinds of carb-filled goodies and a few salty foods, too, along with offering water & SUCCEED brand sports drink. Many non-ultra-runners would never think of eating "real food," during a race.  Now is the time to try-out this concept.  For GU Fanatics: there will be a limited amount of gels available at the Main Aid Station, only.  If you need gels elsewhere along the course, please buy and carry your own with you.  And Ten-Milers...please leave the gels for the multi-loop runners!


Course Marking:
   This is not a road race, so there won't be folks standing on some street corner pointing and saying: "this-way." But our Trail Nerd races are very-well marked, as far as trail races go.  The course route will be marked with pink flags and signs that say, "Straight Ahead, Right Turn, Left Turn, and Wrong Way."  There will be very few "mileage" signs on the course.  If you're an anal mileage person, please buy local...purchase and use a Garmin product.  And you can cuss at it, while being freaked-out for only moving at a 12-minute/mile pace through the hills.


Time Limit:
On the multiple-loop course, you will not be allowed to leave the start/finish Main Aid station to start your final loop after 1:59 p.m.  There will be an additional time limit for reaching the middle aid station: If you arrive after 3:45 p.m. at that station, you will be driven back to the finish area. 

Free Race Photos:
  Dick Ross will be taking hundreds of race photos on the course and near the finish area.  The photos will be available for viewing or downloading after the race at
www.seekcrun.com , probably very late that night.


Race Timing:
  Raul Flores is in charge of race timing.  Please send your post-race timing questions to him, at
runsfar@kc.rr.com , or call 913-206-4334.

Contact the Race Director:
Ben Holmes, 816-810-0440,
badbendrs@yahoo.com

Ultrarunning Magazine article about the 2009 event.

Our Sponsors:

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Photos by Dick Ross & Ben Holmes

 
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