Night at the Arcade Trail
57k, 28M, 14M, 7M and 5k
June 5th, 2027
Buescher State Park
1606 State Park Road 1E
Smithville, TX 78957
400 RUNNER MAX CAP
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The trails are a good mix of narrow paths and single track trails. There are some smaller inclines and rocky trails. spots along the way as well. Each Loop has 450 ft gain/decent.
Below for route, gpx and elevation
https://www.plotaroute.com/route/3105818
57K Race, 6:00 pm start, 5 loops
28M Race, 7:00 pm start, 4 loops
14M Race, 7:30 pm start, 2 loops
7M Race, 8:00 pm start, 1 loop
5k Race, 8:00 pm start, 1 loop
SCHEDULE
Saturday June 5th
5:00 pm - 8:30 pm Packet Pickup @ Start/Finish
6:00 pm 57K starts
7:00 pm 28M starts
7:30 pm 14M starts
8:00 pm 7M starts
8:00 pm 5k starts
CUTOFFS
6:00 am is the hard cutoff for all races.
You CANNOT start another loop after 3:30am NO EXCEPTIONS
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
Aid Station Locations
3.60 mi - Gate L off turkey run
7.20 mi- 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. This is the only location for drop bags.
PACERS/CREW
No Pacers and No crew at the other aid station.
COURSE MAP
PHOTOS:
PARKING
There will be parking in the park for around 150 cars then we will use rocky hill ranch to shuttle others in. The best BEST is to get a camping spot in the park so that you can walk to the start.
You would turn into the park and make a hard left on KLBJ Road, Right on Ann Powell and Right on 1C. The start is just on your left. There will be signs and cones there so you can drop off.
here is a link from the shuttle location https://www.plotaroute.com/route/3162849
The cost of park entry is $5 per person unless they are under 13 years old. We, Rise Racing, will collect the money for the park when you pick up your bib so that there are no lines at the gate on race morning. You CANNOT use your Texas Parks Pass for the $5 as its for a special event, you may use it that day for the folks with you and or the preceding days.
SHUTTLE
You need to sign a waiver for the shuttle please sign it here.
https://www.rockyhillranch.com/waiver
There is PARKING inside the park as we will rent out spots but we will also run the shuttle to and from Rocky Hill ranch.
The Shuttles will run from Rocky Hill Ranch (4 miles away, see map) to the Race start and Back.
The shuttles will run from 4:45am until 2am.
Rocky Hill Ranch Address
578 FM 153, Smithville, Texas 78957
LODGING
Buescher State Park
100 Park Road 1E Smithville, TX 78957
512.237.2241
Camping is available at Buescher State Park. https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/buescher/
Additional Camping Just Down 1C at Bastrop State Park.
https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/bastrop
Closest Hotels:
Pine Point Suites, Smithville, Tx
Super 8, Bastrop, TX
Days Inn, Bastrop, TX
DIRECTIONS TO PARK
The park is located two miles northwest of Smithville. Take State Highway 71 to FM 153; then travel north on 153 for 0.5 miles to enter Park Road 1.
Park Address:
100 Park Road 1E
Smithville, TX 78957
The Park HQ is located at:
Latitude: 30.039098
Longitude: -97.158295
AIRPORTS
The closest airports are:
RACE SWAG
TBD
FINISHER AWARDS
TBD
WINNERS AWARDS
57k/28M/14M/5k
Top 3 Each Distance
Top 3 Relay Teams
Top 2 Masters 50+ Each Distance
All Awards are Male, Female and Non Binary
COSTUME CONTEST
Top 3 Costumes and Top Relay team win a free race credit.
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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