8:00 a.m.

Is this a run for you? As the name implies, this is not your "normal" well-marked trail run.

If in doubt, call  Louis Joline 816-228-3842 or 816-679-8185 to discuss the race course. No course maps or course descriptions are available before packet pickup. Finish times range from 5 hours to over 10 hours. 5th Annual.

Welcome to the 5th Annual Dude, Where's the Trail Run...also known as the "Directionally-Challenged Lost Souls' Feeding the Vultures Run." The headliner run is a 50-Kilometer Solo Run, but there is also a two-person relay, and 3-leg Bill Smith Sampler, and a 33K (20.7-mile) solo run.

 

This is a non-competitive event.  Run it with a friend or friends.  Groups of 1 to 5 will start at one time in "waves."  (Dude Waves).  Maps, aid, and a finisher's award will be provided. 

 

You will need to bring: a water bottle or hydration system, a cell phone, the map provided, and your wits.  Optional: a compass, some nutritional items, and someone else's wits.

 

All courses are measured and fairly close to dead-on accurate, unless you take a wrong turn.  The course is very scenic and wooded, and is on single-track trails, deer trails, and a little bit of bushwhacking in NO TRAILS areas.  There is also some pavement about 2/3 of the way through the 50K race. 

 

The race director (Lou Joline), advises strongly against wearing shorts on this run.  Lightweight pants (not tights) are more suited to the rigors of running through the woods' brambles and wild rose bushes, not to mention the ubiquitous Missouri Thorn Trees with their 4-inch flesh-eating thorns.  Take a look at one of Rick Mayo's legs, after he completed the 2006 version of the 50K:

This race has minimal support at ad-hoc aid stations.  Some food, water, and beverages are supplied for your comfort (and survival).

The key tie breaking questions on this year's quiz are:
A good name for a baby buffalo.  Suggestions for next year (If the first tie breaker does not settle it).  The other questions can be answered as one runs the course with the questionaire in hand.

 

Entry fees (for early entry) is only $25, which includes a finisher's award.  How can you beat that???

Fees increase to $30 day of race (race day entry is discouraged, but at least tell us you are coming).

 

"This is one of my favorite all-time low-key events.  In 2008, I ran the 50K on that cold and snowy morning, even though I had a bad cold start the night before...I just couldn't see myself missing this event.  It's just too much fun to run with friends and to mentor the newbies through it, and see all of the areas and sights that "mere humans" never see." 
        - Ben Holmes, Trail Nerd

 

 

 

 

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2007 50K Results