100 Miles: Friday from 13:00 pm
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Runners may extend the 100 k run to 100 miles by adding a 75 k prologue.
The race organisation for this prologue is limited
to course marking, aid stations with limited supplies and coordination of the
resources (volunteers, provisions) supplied by the runners. The first loop
of the 100 mile course is for the experienced ultrarunner
with good orienteering skills and "survival" knowledge. You might be
on your own the whole night through!
In those first 75 k race organization guarantees only for aid stations
supplied with water, limited foods and runner's drop bags. Check point and aid
station personnel will only be present if runners supply enough volunteers.
This way additional aid will be available (e.g. hot soup at k 53 / 69). So
bring friends or family along! Additionally you can find several springs along
the course. From k 87 (Stadium) the 100 mi runners will use the manned and well
stocked aid stations of the 100 k course.
Runners may switch between the 100 mile and the 100 k distance, but only
as long as there are vacancies in the other race. Change of distance has
priority over the waiting list if your opening spot can be filled.
Regulations for the 100 mile run:
1. Open start on Friday from 13:00 to 21:00 at any full hour. You need
to indicate your starting time when you pick up your bib number.
2. Each participant should select his departure time in such a fashion
as to hit the opening times of the aid stations of the 100 k run in the second
half. The opening times are shown on the maps of the 100 k course. All cutoff
times apply for 100 k and 100 mi runners alike. Additionally you must not leave the stadium (k 90) before 4:30 a.m.
3. Several check points are distributed over the course. If there will
not be sufficient volunteers for these check points, they will be unmanned:
there will be lists where you need to register your time (as control and for
your safety) and there will be orienteering punches with which you will have to
punch your bib number.
4. I offer to coordinate the volunteers provided by the runners.
Convenient (easily accessible by car) aid station locations are Hörgering (19 k), Adlgass (53 k) and Mauthäusl (69 k). Check points Stoißer Alm (37 k) and Steiner Alm (48 k)
can only be reached on foot or by MTB, Kohler Alm (59
k) only on foot.
5. The prologue leads first N then E and S from Ruhpolding over
Zinnkopf, Teisenberg, Adlgass, Kohler Alm, Weissbach to Zwing, where you will
join the 100 k course close to its k 13. Easily runnable forestry roads alter
with difficult, technical trail sections. The toughest climb is up and down
Kohler Alm (59k) in the middle of the night. This
prologue adds 61 k and about 3000 m of climb to the 100 k course.
6. If necessary, you may choose an official shortcut after notifying the
aid station crew: At k 140 (V8, Egg) until 21:00 to a total of 146 k, thus omitting
Hochfelln mountain.
7. Between Hammer (k 25) and the stadium the course is marked with night
markers (reflectors), However we advise each
participant to bring along a map of the course and/or a GPS-device with the
track.
8. Details for the additional course:
detailed maps and
GPS-track are available to participants in the participants
area
elevation
profile
time table
of aid stations and checkpoints