Gulf Coast Grind
100k,26.2.13.1,10k and 5k
Run or Ruck - 100k relay
April 18th, 2026
Surfside beach
3312 County Rd 257
Surfside Beach, TX 77541
400 RUNNER MAX CAP
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course runs along the water at surfside beach on the hard packed sand.
100k Race, 6am, 6 loops 5 mile out +back
50k Race, 7am, 3 loops 5 mile out+back
26.2M Race, 7:30am am start, 6.55 out back 2x
13.1M Race, 8:00 am start, 6.55 out and back
10K Race, 8:30 am start, 3.1 out/back
5K Race, 8:30 am start, 1.55 out/back
SCHEDULE
Saturday April 18th
5:00am - 9:00 am Packet Pickup @ Start/Finish Area
6:00 am 100K starts
7:00am 50k starts
7:30 am 26.2M starts
8:00 am 13.1M starts
8:30 am 10K starts
8:30 am 5K starts
CUTOFFS
20 hours is the cutoff for the event
DROP DOWNS AND DISTANCE CHANGES
Once your race begins that is the distance you must finish to receive a medal for that distance. There is no dropping of distances during the race and you will be listed as a DNF no matter what the reason.
Online Distance Changes Until Wednesday of Race Week. All other changes must be in person and may not be changed due to sold out distances.
Go to UltraSignup.
Log into your account.
Under your name and “Account Into” towards the upper right of the screen select “Registration History”
On the "name of this race" , to the right of the date select “Edit”
Under “Switch Event?” select distance to change
Select “Checkout” to go through the process of paying the additional $ or changing lower. There will be a small UltraSignup fee if moving up in distance. During this process you will be dropping from the old distance, so you will need to immediately finish the checkout process to be added back into the the new distance.
AID STATIONS
There will be aid at mile 5 and start/finish
WHAT'S ON THE TABLE
All aid stations (2) are FULL AID STATIONS and will be full stocked with Texas Style goodies.
Drinks - Gatorade, Water, and Electrolyte Mix
Sodas - Coke, Ginger ale, and maybe some orange as well.
Sweets - Cookies, Candy, Peanut Butter, Nutella
Salty - Pringles, Trail Mix, Chips
PB&Js, Bean burrito rolls, fruit (bananas, oranges, seasonal fruits)
Medical - bandages, vasoline, band aids, etc. ( NO NSAIDS e.g. ibuprofen) , Feminine Care Products
PM Foods- Quesadillas, Soups, Ramen, Potatoes, and fun concoctions
We will have everything you need at our aid stations and we usually throw in something to make it fun.
We have had sheet cake, pies, watermelon, etc… You never know what the surprise will be!
CUPLESS RACING
We DO NOT have cups at the aid stations for water. We do our best to limit the footprint we leave at races and on the trails, so we will not have any cups for you. We encourage all of our runners to have reusable cups, bottles, and hydration packs to carry water in.
DROP BAGS
There will be a large area with a tarp at the main aid station for drop bags. We will take drop bags to mile 5 when the race starts.
PACERS/CREW
No Pacers for this race
TRAIL PHOTOS/VIDEOS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlvK5v6oVh4
PARKING
Start/Finish line
AIRPORTS
The closest airports is
RACE SWAG
Shirts are for all distances
FINISHER AWARDS
100km buckle
All other distances medals
WINNERS AWARDS
100k,50k,26.2M/13.1M/10k/5k
Top 3 Each Distance
Top 3 Ruckers In Each
Top 2 Masters 50+ Each Distance
All Awards are Male, Female and Non Binary
VOLUNTEERING
With any race comes a small army that works behind the scenes to make it all happen. We think volunteers are the MOST important part of any race and we do our best to provide them with the best as well. If you have never been on the other side of the table, give it a shot!
Volunteer Shifts Range from 4-8 hours depending on the event.
All of our volunteers will receive:
Free park entry, an area to camp, race merchandise, and a provided meal on race day.
In Addition to this:
*If you volunteer for (1) Shift at any race you will get 50% off registration for any of our events in the future.
** If you volunteer for (2) Shifts at one race you will receive A FREE 100% comped entry into any one of our races in the future.
If you would like to volunteer please visit https://signup.com/Group/333678346050/ if you have any issues
please email me at rob@riseracingco.com
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