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HOKA Rocky Raccoon 100 Trail Race

Races: 100mi, 100k, Youth 1mi
When: February five-vi, 2022
Where: Huntsville State Park
565 Park Road 40 West, Huntsville, TX 77340
Closest bigger cities: Huntsville, Conroe, Higher Station, Houston

Known as the perfect trail running course for veteran runners wanting a 100mile P.R., also as the perfect race for rookie ultra runners wanting a adept setup to reach their goal. Look frequent and incredible (known effectually the earth) aid station back up all 24-hour interval and night. Generous cut-offs. A fun atmosphere for family, friends, and awaiting crew members with 5 10 20 mile cute loops around the lake, over wooden bridges, and through the alpine pines. Gently undulating trails on a bed of pine needles. Don't let the proper name fool y'all, you don't have to worry virtually rocks on this course, but keep your eyes on the tree roots grabbing at your feet.

2023 Western States 100 Qualifying Race : Runners who consummate Rocky 100 mile within 30 hours will authorize to enter a lottery where the runners for Western States will be selected. The qualifying menstruation for the 2023 Western States will be from November 8, 2021 through November vi, 2022. The lottery will exist held on Dec iii, 2022 and the race itself volition be run on June 24-25, 2023.

$500 to anyone who breaks the male person or female person course record for 100 miles or 100km.

Race Twenty-four hours Results

Click the button below on race twenty-four hour period to run into live results each time a runner passes a timing mat on course and the final results.

Race Schedule

TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY

Class Marking and Race Hub Setup: Sun up to sun downwards pretty much

FRIDAY

Packet Pickup: 5:00-7:00pm (inside Raven Lodge)

Pre-Race Conference: 6:00pm (on back porch of Raven Club) Non-Mandatory

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Parcel Pickup: Anytime during your xxx Minute Start Window, when you are ready to arroyo the offset line to begin your race (don't enter the Race Hub area any sooner than this).

Start: Depending on what Get-go Window you lot sign up for. Commencement Windows will exist spread out throughout Saturday morning.

It is of utmost importance that if you lot are going for the overall meridian few places per gender, you should kickoff at the beginning of the Competitive Start Window per distance, and you lot should race your heart out all the way through the finish line. Everyone's fourth dimension will be a "chip time". This is not a "gun fourth dimension" similar we accept historically washed. So, if y'all are going for the overall win, y'all demand to be on the commencement line, correct at the front end. In other words, if someone starts 10 seconds afterwards you lot, and you beat them past v seconds, they will actually trounce you by 5 seconds.

Drib Bags:

Anytime Thursday afternoon to Saturday morning = If dropping your own drop numberless at aid stations.
Anytime earlier vii:00pm on Fri = If placing drop bags for united states to evangelize for you, you must practice this at the Race Hub (verbal spot will be marked, and volition exist in forepart of and to the side of the Bundle Pickup surface area, virtually Raven Lodge.

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Cutoffs: Sunday Last Lap = 8:00am

Grade Closed: two:00 p.m. on Sunday.

Untimed Youth Mile: Tin can be done at any time with a parent, and will exist .5 miles out and .5 miles back. Ask at Packet Pickup for details nigh the race course. Nosotros will identify a class mark to show the .five mile marker. FYI, it'southward fine with united states of america if your immature one wants to run farther or shorter.

Teardown: Dominicus all day (yes, we always need help)

Course Information

RACE DISTANCES: 100 mile, 100K

ROUTE DETAILS:

100 Miles = 5 x twenty mile full laps

100km = 1 x 2 mile brusque lap, followed by 3 x xx mile full laps

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This is an sometime summit profile merely is meant to testify you the lay of the land, not the exact course profile this year.

Course Markings

We go above and beyond on our course markings, and have go known around the earth for it. We will have orange Tejas Trails circumspection record blocking off any open intersections; yellow arrows stapled to stakes, signposts, fences, and trees; and hundreds of confidence markers between. You never take to navigate or use a map.

Course markings are not color-coded per altitude. When you become to an intersection where a shorter distance breaks off from the longer primary loop, there will be signs with distances on them pointing the advisable ways. But follow the signs with your distance on them. If you don't see your distance, you just missed your turn. Don't ever cross caution tape. It usually is required that we proceed the caution tape on the ground, but it'south ever obvious, and will act as a guardrail for you at open intersections.

Besides for any of our races that accept place in night hours, all our markings take loftier course reflectors in them, then the course actually becomes even easier to follow in the dark!

Now of course, y'all tin can go off form… So if you're new to trail running, you have to train your brain to keep looking upward; and especially don't trust the person in front end of you. We accept a special "Lemming Accolade" for those who blindly follow someone else off form and and then get mad at united states.

Aid Stations

Nosotros will be providing total Aid Station support. We'll be certain yous accept a plethora of hot and common cold options, and we'll do our all-time to accept care of you lot with our usual Texas hospitality.

We also encourage everyone possible to drop their own drib bags and small ice chests earlier the race, if you feel more comfortable cocky-supporting or have a crew who tin have care of your hydration and nutrition needs along the manner.

The road lays out in a manner where information technology is easy to admission all aid stations, and gives your crew easy access to you at multiple locations around the course. See Drop Handbag department for more details.

Cutoffs:
Sunday Concluding Lap Cutoff = eight:00am
Sunday Final Cutoff (Grade Airtight) = two:00pm

Drop Bags

Delivery Details:

Now that Dam Nation and Gate Aid Stations are next to each other, and a short stroll from the Coloneh Parking Lot Trailhead, you can hands go someday on Friday and driblet your own drop numberless. Please get your Drop Bags in position on Fri equally information technology volition exist congested over there Saturday morning.

If you lot cannot find time to evangelize your own Driblet Numberless, y'all may bring Dam Nation and/or Gate Drop Bags to Raven Lodge during packet pickup on Friday, and we will driblet them for y'all that evening.

They will be taken to Dam Nation and Gate on Friday night at 7pm. This is your merely chance to become a bag to Dam Nation or Gate via our services.

We practice not offer Drop Bag service to Nature Center. You drive correct past it en route to the Race Hub. So, yous may drop your supplies off in that location without any problem.

Render Details:

We volition bring the Dam Nation and Gate drib bags back to the Gild Sun by two:00pm.

We cannot bring any drop bags back earlier. If you must have it before and so, then don't ship a bag out to Dam Nation or Gate. Or your crew can go go information technology (ON Human foot OR Cycle But) for you lot anytime throughout the effect.

Also, delight do not intentionally leave your bag or camping chair or tent. You are not doing u.s.a. a favor "altruistic" your stinky stuff.

Other Details:

Bring your Raven (Offset/Finish/Next Lap) bags to the start line area on race morning or the nighttime before.

There are a ton of trees and a huge amount of space to cull from at the Race Hub. Delight pick whatever spot you like near / along the border of the Chute. Delight place your bag six feet from anybody else'south. Go on in listen, nosotros exercise not touch (or monitor) anything in that area at present. Your coiffure is allowed to setup anywhere around there likewise. It's a huge infinite and is a lot of fun running through the tunnel of big pine trees, tents, spectators, and crews!

Volunteering

Nosotros fully recognize we could non (and would not want to) put on any of these events without your help. Volunteers breathe life into these events. Y'all make them personal for people. We no uncertainty need you and love this component to our business organisation. So, know that we will always exercise everything we tin afford to do to help you lot enjoy your fourth dimension out there in the trenches helping those runners achieve their goals and dreams.

Every bit a volunteer, you get:

Park entry fees and Camping fees paid for (if your role requires you to slumber at the park)
Food brought to you while y'all are volunteering
Shirt, hat, race swag, etc.
Loads of good memories
All the gear yous need to successfully accomplish your task
Volunteer hours exchanged for time to come race entries

We can always use help, specifically for: course marker, packet pickup, aid stations, course sweeping, teardown, and more!

Swag & Stuff

Your race entry comes with a bunch of skillful stuff! You tin can expect awesome gear you'll actually want to wear, and a truly unique medal you lot'll be proud to have. Y'all'll get the condolement of our world-renowned form markings so you don't have to worry near getting lost. You'll become our notorious staff and volunteer support (and probably leave with new friends y'all met at an assistance station or cease line)! We also typically have a food truck at the terminate line serving a lot of various types of foods, including an accommodating menu of near food allergies and vegan options.

If yous don't like the item you lot received, you may bandy your detail on Saturday subsequently the last PPU is over and nosotros have ensured anybody got the item they signed up for. You can also purchase the other item(s) if you similar all of them. This will all happen from the Tejas Trails merchandise tent.

New to this yr, we will still give you your shirt or chapeau at Packet Pickup on Fri evening at Raven Gild. But if y'all pickup on Race Morn, you volition simply become your timing chip and bib. Then when y'all cross the finish line, you volition receive your buckle or medal and hat or shirt. If you DNF, don't forget to go your swag.

Timing & DNF

Chip Timing

All races will exist scrap timed. Chips will be fastened to an ankle strap, picked upwardly on race morning merely at the event venue, and must exist worn on your ankle during the race. Chips are likely to not work if worn anywhere other than your talocrural joint.

One time you terminate, nosotros will have a bin for y'all to place your chip into. Our head timer will take care of information technology from there.

Notation: this year your official time will be calculated from when y'all cantankerous the timing mat and offset during your First Window. Information technology is very important yous practice non get near the Kickoff Line until y'all are ready to beginning.

Check Out

If y'all leave the race for any reason before completing the full race distance, y'all must turn in your timing chip. If we have your Scrap, then we know you take left the class & we won't become looking for you lot all twenty-four hours & night.

DNF (Did Not Finish)

If you lot decide to not finish the distance you registered for, you may get a finisher medal to commemorate the miles you did cease; but you will exist a DNF in the results; and yous will not be in contention for awards for the shorter altitude category.

Split Time Drove

Some races may have mid-bespeak reads to help us track progress during the race. If you lot encounter a timing mat on the grade, make certain you run over information technology.

COVID-xix Updates

This Race Is On!

We have safe plans in place, and permission from all needed entities, too as total support from the host park. We are and then thankful we still become to make this event happen in person for you all!

We want to be every bit transparent every bit possible so y'all experience comfy knowing what you're getting into this crazy year, and so check out the button beneath for more than details, and know nosotros will be including pertinent info in your pre-race electronic mail. Otherwise, feel free to email us with any questions.

Let the fun begin…again!

Pacers

100 mile and 100K: Pacers allowed afterwards the runner completes 49 miles (and so for both distances, that means you cannot choice upward a pacer until Nature Center A.S. at primeval). 60 and older may take a pacer their whole race. Pacers must first and end at an assist station. Only one pacer with a runner at a time. No mule-ing. All pacers must complete free registration.

Overall Awards

Nosotros will exist application Top v male person and Pinnacle 5 female this year, as well every bit Top Masters male and Elevation Masters female person (50 and upward), and 1st male and female person per 10 year age group.

We are very excited to announce our friends at Nathan Sports are giving each overall award recipient an incredible online shopping spree! Nosotros'll e-mail all honor winners the instructions and details.

In that location are special awards handed out uniquely for the Tejas 250, Tejas 300, and Tejas 400.

For anyone who completes 500, yard, 1500km or miles at the aforementioned event, we give away special fleeces for you to make others jealous with.

At that place volition not be an awards ceremony for this issue.

Families & Youth Run

Tejas Trails is for families! This ways several things.

Offset, for you runners who are trying to figure out how to train and race while trying to be a good husband, father, wife, and/or mother.
Second, for you lot wives and husbands (and other family members) who are trying to back up your runner, but become bored out of your minds trying to go along your kiddos safe and occupied.

Our goal is for the families of the runner to accept fun things to practice, enjoy hanging out, exercise together, play in the woods, and create peachy life-long memories together. Bottom line, we want families to grow closer together because of Tejas Trails events. So we will provide things similar family discounts, yard games, practically free youth races, and a family-friendly environs.

1 of our favorite part of our events is the Youth Trail Run. You tin register your child on the chief Reg button at the pinnacle of this page. Includes race and finisher medal.

For this year, we won't be able to have whatever interactive backyard games. Also the Youth Trail Run will be done very loosely. Parents can run .5 miles out on the course and return (out and back road). We'll place a marking at the halfway point. Only let us know when you are starting and done so we can check your child(ren) in and out; and get them their finisher medal (unique to the youth race).

Getting Here

Everything happens at the Huntsville State Park, in Huntsville, TX.

Specifically at Raven Lodge by the edge of the lake and the park's main boat ramp.

When you pull into the park, you'll check in at the Park'southward HQ. Non-racers volition need to accept $seven per solar day cash ready to hand them. All race registrants must bear witness your registration confirmation email to prove you are racing. We took all racers' park fees during the online registration procedure and will pay the park your day apply fees for yous. Y'all are covered for Saturday and Sunday. If you programme to stay longer than those two race days, you do need to permit their office staff know and pay for those additional days onsite.

But caveat to that is, if you are entering the park on Friday tardily afternoon to evening to only pick up your packet, drop off your driblet bags, and possibly attend the pre-race briefing; you will be immune to go through without paying for that day. But you need to be respectful of their extra permissions yous're receiving and go out relatively apace.

Once through the Park HQ, continue straight ahead. Yous'll soon see the lake in forepart of yous and a big parking area on your left. Do not park on the grass anywhere or y'all'll go ticketed. But on paved parking spaces. Raven Order is in front of you lot a little to the left next to the playground. Everything is happening effectually there this year.

Camping & Lodging

The park has allowed us full use of the park! So we are booking reservations for campsites, RV hook-upward sites, and screened shelters through a new system. See the buttons and instructions downward below to volume your campsite. If you lot don't become a reservation, y'all cannot campsite at this park. Y'all cannot book your campsite through the TPWD organisation. Merely via the buttons and info below.

IMPORTANT NEW INFO FOR Camping ground RESERVATIONS:

Click the "RESERVE A CAMPSITE" button below.
If everything is booked, you still have a take a chance. Simply click the "Army camp SHARING" button, and fill out the quick grade.
Nosotros will contact you lot asap and permit y'all know if nosotros are able to discover a match with someone else who has enough room for you and your party at their site.

If you want a hotel room nearby, Tejas Trails recommends you book your hotel through this booking portal: Hotels for Hope

Not only will y'all receive a discounted rate through this booking portal, but your hotel reservations will make a deviation in someone's life! Every room dark booked generates a $2 donation to fund a absurd organization.

Tejas Trails has chosen "Kids in a New Groove" equally the organization to benefit from this service.