Gunpowder KegFatAss 50K
2006 Results

Saturday, September 22, 2007
8:00 AM Start
Bunker Hill Parking Lot
Gunpowder Falls State Park
Hereford, MD
(Note: All volunteers are going home at 4:00 PM)

No Entry Fee.  Bring your own supplies.  Any potential refreshments, meals, etc, are subject to the whims of potential sponsors who may decide not to contribute at the last minute, and we are not in the going around town begging for hand-outs mood.  If you want to be fed at a race, you can go pay $35 and run a "flat, fast 5K" and get a cheap cotton Tee-shirt to wipe the crumbs of a day-old cinnamon-raison bagel that tastes suspiciously like onions.

Or you can come blow up on the Gunpowder and pack your own home-cooked trail mix to nibble on when you get hungry.  Ranger Marconi is not too fond of people building unauthorized fires in his park, so you may want to "pre-cook" your secret sauce and make sure that it is ready to go when you are.

There may be small concessions to human foible.  We might decide to set up a self-service water station.  Knowing our volunteer crew, it will probably consist of a tin cup hanging on a branch next to the river.  There may be a bottle of Clorox for those of you who want to purify the water rather than risk Montezuma's Revenge up there in the hills.  Bring your own doo-rag if you want to filter the scum out of the water before drinking.

If you are coming, please email Chris at ccucuzzella@blakefield.loyola.edu to give us an idea of how many participants to expect.

More serious stuff from a genuine volunteer:  This will be a three-loop course, with each loop about ten miles.  Those needing to opt out after one or two laps can do so.  There will be one aid station in addition to the start/finish line. Somewhere out on the course the aid station will be stocked with your favorite ultra marathon snack foods and some form of hydration. How could we possibly know what your favorite foods and beverages are? Simple, we are asking you to bring them.  Come expecting that there will actually be a marked course and a curious group of runners whose idea of a fun time is to run for the better part of a day. The prizes will top out at a pat on the back and a little something called personal satisfaction (if you finish within the 8hr cut off).

Directions to Gunpowder State Park from I-83 near Hereford:
1. From the south, Take I-83 North to Mount Carmel Rd.
2. Take Mount Carmel Road East to York Rd. (Bear right at end of I-83 ramp.)
3. Turn left (North) on York Rd.
4. As you pass Hereford High School on right, turn left onto Bunker Hill Rd.
5. Drive to the bottom of the hill. Turn Left into the new parking lot.

The course is a multiple loop section between Pretty Boy Dam and Hereford High School.  Here are some maps of the area with some trails marked, but the lines on these maps are not the actual course (even if they are part of the course).