Description
The Rugged Raccoon Trail Race will be held at Wildwood Conservation Area in St. Mary's, ON, with both day and night options.
This is a really great trail and is a lot of fun to run. Although there will likely be mud on the course (there almost always is) and there are plenty of rocks and roots, we consider this to be a very fast and fun course. There really is a little bit of everything and, although there are some climbs, we do not consider this to be a hilly course. There are lots of great lake views and there are plenty of long, winding flat sections where runners can really rip, if they so choose.
For those of you who enjoy running in the woods at night, this might just be the event for you! It is also a great opportunity for runners who are training for an upcoming 100km/100m race that will require you to run through the night.
50k runners will start at 4:00pm and get to complete at least 1 loop in the light. The sun will start setting around 8:20pm so anyone who can run the course in under 4.5 hrs will finish in the light. The 50km course is a double loop of the 25k course (which, is actually more like 24k so the 50k race is more like 48k. A nice change from some of our other courses that run a bit long!)
Everyone must be off of the course by 10:30pm. If you require more than 6.5 hours to complete the course (which many participants will), we will be offering an early start option, which will start at 2:00pm. If you need more than 8.5hrs to complete the course, we can start you earlier- no problem!
