Aid Stations
Not including the start and finish, there are 7 aid stations for the 40 miler, 2 for the 20 miler and 1 for the 10 miler. The longest, unsupported gap is 9.3 miles in the 20 miler. Aid stations are well stocked with water and Gatorade electrolyte drink, ice, single-serve and pre-packaged food including a wide array of sweet and salty items, fruit, candies, gummies, GU vanilla gels, chips and pretzels. Crew locations are accessible by car: on the Blue Ridge Parkway, always park with 4 wheels off the pavement. For the 40 miler, there is one crew access location at Bald Mountain Overlook which is not and aid station but a crew location only.
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Cutoffs
Aid stations on the 50M, 50k course will have cutoffs. The cutoff for the 50M course is 15:04 hours, or before sunset. For the 50k course is 12 hours. Please note that cutoffs will be strictly enforced with no exceptions. Continuing on the course beyond a cutoff will NOT be allowed under any circumstance. Please respect the fact that, even unsupported, you are still under the race management's responsibility and respect and abide by the race management's decisions, as it is crucial for your safety and the safety of our staff.
Drop Bags
- We will not ship your drop bags! What is left, is lost forever
- Absolutely no valuables: race management is not responsible for lost or stolen drop bags.
- Kennedy Trail drop bags will NOT return to the finish until approximately 2pm. You are welcome to drive there to pick up your drop bag.
- Bald Mountain drop bags will NOT return to the finish until AFTER 4pm. Bald Mountain is NOT accessible by car- do not put anything in your drop bag which you cannot live without.
- Drop bags must be no larger than a small backpack: no paper bags. Please label each drop bag with: aid station name, your bib number, your name.