Rules:

1. Pacers allowed only in the 100 mile race.

2. 100 mile runners can pick up a pacer at aid station 10 or any aid station after that where crew is allowed.

3. No bike pacers.

4. One pacer at a time, except for the final leg from aid station 20. We encourage you to run in with your friends and family here.

5. Crew is allowed only at crew access aid stations. If crew comes to any other aid station it is to pick you up because you are dropping out of the race. Don’t let your crew make that decision for you.

6. Contact aid station captain or text Michele if you are dropping. Give bib number and name. Michele’s cell: 815-261-2667

7. If you are registered for the 100 mile race and drop at the 50 mile finish you are not eligible for overall or age group awards. We will have alternate 50 mile finisher awards available as a token to you running 50 miles.

8. Do not litter. You will be disqualified if you throw trash on the ground. There is garbage cans at every aid station. If you produce garbage between aid stations carry your garbage until you get to a garbage can.

9. We do not have a permit to allow dogs in the race as a runner or pacer.

10. Each runner is responsible for their crew understanding and following the rules.

11. Sexual harassment of anyone at the race will not be tolerated. If there are any reports of it sent to the Race Director we will call the police.

12. We value keeping our runners safe. If you have or have ever had any kind of protection order keeping you from any person in this race, Race director, volunteer, runner, etc... you are prohibited from participating in the race.

Aid station captains can disqualify runners for breaking any of these rules.

Rollover policy. We take pride in working hard to keep our race prices down. This policy allows us to properly prepare for race, give runners options, and keep our registration prices low. We have no cost options all the way to the day before race with an 8 hour volunteer option. This is listed at "check out" when you register for the race.

2023 REFUND & ROLLOVER POLICY

• NO COST ROLLOVER IF YOU LET US KNOW BY 70 DAYS BEFORE EVENT. ***Do this on your ultrasignup registration history.

• 50% OMR EVENT CREDIT (GOOD FOR TWO YEARS) AVAILABLE UNTIL 25 DAYS BEFORE EVENT. ***Do this on the your registration history page.

• 100% rollover option is available all the way to the day before race if you volunteer 8 hours at the event. We will assign the spot. Sign up for that here: LINK to Volunteer

• Pregnancy rollovers are allowed. Please let us know as soon as you know your pregnancy is going to keep you from participating.

• We need to follow our policy to plan for a successful event. We listed our policy at check out on registration.

• If you choose to volunteer for a rollover you will need to sign up to volunteer and choose the option “I am volunteering to receive a rollover to 2024”

• Please respect that we follow the policy for everyone to be fair to all.

IF YOU NEED TO WITHDRAW FROM THE RACE, YOU CAN DO THIS ON ULTRASIGNUP AND IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY EITHER ROLL YOU OVER OR GIVE YOU THE 50% CREDIT. DEPENDING ON WHEN YOU CHOOSE.

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The credit will be for the amount you paid for event minus extra fees/add on.

Directions to rollover on Ultrasignup. All rollovers must be done on ultrasignup.

-Log into your ultrasignup account

-Click drop down “registration history”

-Remove yourself from race

-The current options available will show up for you to choose. Read those options above.