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Race Start Times
- 50 Mile: 6:00 AM
- 16 Mile: 8:30 AM
Registration will open early 2015. Please check the Register page for pricing.
Headquarters & Camping Layout
Camping will be available at Boiling Springs campground (the start/finish of the race). As we are using the free, dispersed camping area that is non-reservable, there is no way to reserve yourself a spot other than arriving earlier in the week than Friday night. There are also eight sites available in the established fee-based Boiling Springs Campground, and if you want to stay there, you will have to coordinate that on your own. They do not take reservations. Carpooling from Boise or Crouch is strongly advised, as parking is limited. It is also advisable that you try to coordinate the sharing of camp sites with some of your buddies so that everyone can have a spot to sleep. Use the Facebook Group to hook up with ride or camp site sharing. Contact the Race Director for more information.
Weather and Conditions
Weather in this section of the mountains can be unpredictable. We anticipated good weather last summer, but it got warm on race day, slowing many runners down considerably. Your best bet is to have a little bit of heat training and watch the forecast for Crouch, ID the closer to the race we get. Afternoon thundershowers are a possibility, and it could get downright cool at night.
Aid Stations
All aid stations will be stocked with water, Heed, Coca-Cola, and other beverages of the RD's choice. You pay good money for this race, so we'll make sure you have plenty of yummy morsels to munch on while killing yourself in the process (why DID you sign up for this crazy event?). Our main food staples will be watermelon, cantaloupe, bananas, salty chips, potatoes, gummi bears, oreo cookies, potato soup, pickles, grilled cheese sandwiches, broth. Hammer Nutrition products will be our hydration supplements. We don't want anybody DNFing due to an unhappy stomach.
The Silver Creek Saddle Aid Station will have a Porta Potty!!
50 mile runners will have the following cutoffs:
- Mile 23.4: 1:00 pm at Boiling Springs
- Mile 38: 7:00 PM cutoff at East Mountain Lookout
- Mile 45: 8:45 PM at Skunk Creek Summit
- Finish line cutoff: 18 hours (midnight)
50k runners will have the following cutoffs:
- Mile 25.1: 8:45 PM at Skunk Creek Summit
- Finish Line Cutoff: 16 hours (midnight)
Drop Bags
Drop Bags should be dropped off at the packet pick-up from 10 AM-5 PM on Friday or at the pre-race briefing at 6:45 PM on Friday. If you cannot drop your bag off Friday, then please contact the RD. Drop bag locations are: Boiling Springs, Silver Creek Saddle, and Skunk Creek Summit. If you are going to have a drop bag at Silver Creek Saddle, you must drop it off on Friday at the pre-race briefing.
If you want to have a drop bag at East Mountain Lookout, we'll take it there, but you need to pack it out with you or plan on not getting it back. Any bags taken to East Mountain will NOT be returned to the finish line – we will be disposing of them.
If you plan on potentially finishing after 8:30 pm, you should have a headlamp with you or in your Skunk Creek Summit drop bag.
You may run with your dog, but it should be kept on a leash. The race is held in bear country, and bears have been seen out on the race course (although they should all be scared away by the racers and volunteers on race weekend).
Highly Recommended: Bowling/Billiards Night
Come to the Bowling/Billiards Night on the Wednesday before the race at 7:00 pm at Meridian Lanes! We are doing this race in C2M style. Even though you won't get bonus points for your participation, you will get an extra day of meet and greet with fellow participants before you head off into the mountains. It's up to you. We are reserving lanes this year, all at no cost to you!
Pacers are a very important aspect of safety. As ultramarathons progress, the mind can become weak and confused. Pacers provide a high element of safety for runners and keep the race running smoothly. If you choose to use a pacer, please let race staff know. Your pacer must sign a Pacer Waiver.
Packet Pickup & Runner Checkin
Packet pickup will be held noon to 5 PM on Wednesday before the race at The Pulse Running & Fitness in Meridian.
Packet pickup and drop bag drop off will be 10 AM – 5 PM on Friday before race day at the dispersed camping area right next to Boiling Springs Campground. If you have drop bags for locations other than Boiling Springs, bring them at this time.
***Mandatory: ALL runners must check in with the race director prior to your race start Saturday morning. Please arrive early and make sure you have your own race number on you. If you have a pacer, they need to fill out a Pacer Waiver before race start. Please print it and bring it with you.***
The course is located completely on Forest Service property. This means negotiating forest service roads that can be treacherous at times. Be sure to stop by your local Forest Service office to pick up a Motor Vehicle Use Map for the Emmett Ranger District and Cascade Ranger District. This will be the best way for your crew to navigate through the confusing mountain roads. The main crew road will be marked this year to help alleviate any confusion as well.
Due to the nature of the sport, I know many of you would like to have crew meet you at the various points of the race. If you plan to have somebody meet you at Silver Creek Saddle, (mile 4) they must leave within 1 minute of the race starting, while you are running the new start trail. Please be advised that cars driving on the race course is dangerous, as the road is narrow and doesn't have a lot of room for give. Vehicles driving while runners are present shouldn't travel more than 10 mph. Other than that, vehicles can drive to the other points of the course, no problem. It is a long drive up to Skunk Creek Summit and East Mountain. If you are a fast runner, a car driving from Skunk Creek Summit back to the finish line will not meet you back in time to watch you finish. Crew driving instructions (in Google Earth files; right click and 'Save as'):
East Mountain Lookout to Hwy 55
Skunk Creek Summit to Boiling Springs
Skunk Creek Summit to East Mountain Lookout
Skunk Creek Summit to Hwy 55
Your entry fee will get you a finisher's award (which will be unique from any ultra you've done) and some cool stuff with your goody bag. Overall winner awards will likely be donated by some local business.
If we can issue a refund, we will. Race costs will be incurred early.
The RULES
1. NO LITTERING. This includes biodegradeables.
2. Be able to hear cars on the dirt road portions. Have ear and eye awareness!
3. No pacers without signing liability form.
4. No dogs until the return to Boiling Springs, the halfway point for all runners.
5. No indecent exposure. Please find a good spot off the trail so you don't horrify an ultra virgin ;^D
6. NO TRASH. Please have a spot on your person or that convenient little pouch on your NathanTM vest to stash your trash.
7. If you do not complete the distance you were signed up for at the start of the race, your finish will be a DNF or unofficial. You must declare pre-race what distance you intend to finish, as you will not be allowed to drop from one race to the other mid-race and still be a finisher.
8. No heckling the RD or making fun of him. If you do, you'll run the rest of the race with a 15 lb. weight attached to your ankle (or you'll be fed to the RD's pet cougar).
9. No stashing aid on the course!
10. No giving up! At Javelina Jundred in a past year, I DNFed at 45 miles. I laid down for a couple hours afterward, feeling terrible. One of my buddies showed up and convinced me to go on. 55 miles later. . .


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Resurrection Medical Center Designated as a Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care®
Chicago - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois has designated Resurrection Medical Center as a Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care. This accolade is based on Resurrection Medical Center's achievement of meeting evidence-based clinical criteria, developed in collaboration with expert physicians' and medical organizations, including the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), and is subject to periodic re-evaluation as criteria continue to evolve.* Resurrection Medical Center has demonstrated its commitment to quality care, resulting in better overall outcomes for cardiac patients.
"This distinction, coupled with our Chest Pain Center accreditation by the Society of Chest Pain Centers, is a direct result of our efforts to continually strive to enhance our cardiac treatment protocols and best practices," says Victor Mokarry, M.D., Medical Staff President. "Our goal is to implement initiatives and processes that will not only improve patients' outcomes but also their quality of life."
Resurrection Medical Center offers comprehensive cardiac care services, including inpatient cardiac care, cardiac rehabilitation, cardiac catheterization and cardiac surgery (including coronary artery bypass graft surgery).**
To be designated as a Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care, Resurrection Medical Center met the selection criteria posted at www.BCBS.com, which includes:
- an established cardiac care program, performing required annual volumes for certain procedures (e.g. a minimum of 125 cardiac surgical procedures annually, including both CABG and/or valve surgery)
- appropriate experience of its cardiac team, including sub-specialty board certification for interventional cardiologists and cardiac surgeons
- an established acute care inpatient facility, including intensive care, emergency and a full range of cardiac services
- full accreditation by The Joint Commission, Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) or national equivalent**
- low overall complication and mortality rates
- a comprehensive quality management program
Blue Distinction is a designation awarded by Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies to medical facilities that have demonstrated expertise in delivering quality healthcare. To date, more than 400 facilities nationwide have received a Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care designation. The designation is based on rigorous, evidence-based selection criteria established in collaboration with expert physicians' and medical organizations' recommendations. Today, more than 800 Blue Distinction Center designations have been awarded to facilities nationwide, providing consumers with a framework for making informed decisions on where to go for specialty care in the areas of bariatric surgery, cardiac care, complex and rare cancers, and transplants.
*These organizations have provided information and input, but do not formally endorse the Blue Distinction Centers program.
** At the discretion of the local BCBS Plan and under a specified contingency process, a facility that provides the full range of cardiac services but does not provide on-site coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery may be considered for Blue Distinction designation if it is part of a cooperative system with a qualifying facility that provides emergency backup CABG for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and meets our contingency criteria. Blue Distinction Centers for Cardiac Care without on-site CABG will be differentiated from full-service Blue Distinction Centers for Cardiac Care in program listings.
Note: Designation as Blue Distinction Centers means these facilities' overall experience and aggregate data met objective criteria established in collaboration with expert clinicians' and leading professional organizations' recommendations. Individual outcomes may vary. To find out which services are covered under your policy at any facilities, please call your local Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield Plan.
Resurrection Medical Center is part of Resurrection Health Care, a family of health care services providing advanced medical care and exceptional customer service with compassion and hope. Our hospitals, nursing homes, retirement communities, home health services, behavioral health programs and other services are conveniently located in many Chicagoland neighborhoods.
Resurrection Health Care is a not-for-profit Catholic organization sponsored by the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth and the Sisters of the Resurrection.


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Charlene Kaye's music is at once classic and contemporary, a mix of glam rock and classical music in just the right measures. In her new video for "Forever Is A Long Time," she takes a darker turn.
"I wanted do a ballsy rock video, something that would really capture the chaos and panic of the song," Kaye explained to VH1. "Liam (White, the video's director) got a bunch of public access footage and projected it over us, and if you look closely you can see that there are two narratives going on- one of the past, and of the present, which is something I think is really beautiful and relevant to the song. The shots range from bombs raining down during WWII to old circus acts in the 1920s to the Hindenberg exploding, so there's no lack of things to look at!"
"Forever Is A Long Time" is the third song off her most recent, Kickstarter-funded album, Animal Love, to get a music video, and is definitely less sunshine and hope than Kaye's previous tracks.
"The song is one of the darker ones on the record," Kaye explained. "I was in sort of a morbid place, thinking about my own mortality a lot and the idea that nothing, not even love, really lasts – you know, light and easy stuff! But it's also about letting go of your fears and embracing whatever comes next, even if there's nothing but shadows on the other end."
Kaye has spent the last year both touring her own music with her band, as well as taking part in Team StarKid tours as a band member with her fellow University of Michigan alumni. Kaye paired with another Michigan alum with StarKid connections to direct her video, Liam White.
"I've been a huge fan of Charlene's since I first saw her perform during our freshman year at the University of Michigan and have always wanted to work with her, but never got the opportunity because Liann, Charlene's ridiculously talented sister, has always been around to create her videos," White said. "But then, while on tour together last year, I shot the footage for what would become her 'Hummingbird Heart' music video. When Charlene asked what I thought would be fair in terms of payment for my time on that project, I told her all I wanted was the chance to direct a video for her in the future."
Kaye is heading west for a LA show on Oct 18th, then back east for a stop in Boston Oct 29th and home in New York on Nov 11th (more details can be found at her site). She can also be seen in Guns N'Hoses, an all-female Guns N'Roses cover band where she plays as Slash.


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Pompei Oven CAD Drawings - Corner Installation
On pages 17 and 18 of the Version 2.0 Pompei Oven Instructions, there are some CAD drawings for the hearth and oven in a corner installation. The largest shown is for a 49" outside diameter oven. To my way of thinking, if you have
4.5" bricks on the opposite sides of the circle totaling 9", this drawing will yield an oven with a 40" diameter cooking surface. I assume that when FB refers to a 42" oven in their plans, they are talking about the cooking surface, which would require a 51" outside diameter and similarly increased hearth size. Is my thinking correct?
If so, does anyone have a CAD drawing of a corner hearth and oven in this configuration that they would like to share?
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Quite a few readers are sending in stories about ThruVision's products, slated to be demonstrated in Britain next week, that are claimed to use Terahertz radiation ("T-rays") to detect foreign objects under clothing, without revealing body details, from a distance of 25 meters and while the subject is in motion. T-rays lie on the electromagnetic spectrum between infrared and microwaves, and are the subject of lively research efforts worldwide. ThruVision says it developed its products in cooperation with the European Space Agency.


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Camp Lincoln Summer Camp
Welcome to YMCA Camp Lincoln. We are excited that you would like to learn more about our programs. Explore the site and see all of the great activities we have planned for the summer.
At YMCA Camp Lincoln, kids are surrounded by the beauty of nature, the energy of their own creativity and opportunities to explore. Located at 67 Ball Road in Kingston, NH, Camp Lincoln is situated on 70 wooded acres for discovery and fort building and offers more than a mile of waterfront on Kingston Lake for swimming, kayaking, paddle boarding and fishing.
This traditional day camp offers a rustic feel with modern amenities. In addition to waterfront and forest-based activities, YMCA Camp Lincoln offers:
- 17 cabins, grouped by age to meet specific needs
- 3 sports fields
- 2 archery ranges
- A climbing wall
- High and low ropes courses
- Amphitheatre, covered pavilion, modernized bathrooms, program lodge and dining hall
- Activity cabins: arts and crafts, pottery, woodshop and sports
Though it may be best known for popular summer camps, YMCA Camp Lincoln is busy throughout the year offering school vacation trips; ski clubs at area elementary schools; outdoor education for schools, home-school groups and youth organizations; and leadership training for organizations and businesses.


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