Panther City Ultra
50k, 25k, 10k and 5k
April 4th, 2026
Marion Sansom Park
2501 Roberts Cut Off Rd,
Fort Worth, TX 76114
300 RUNNER MAX CAP
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Natural, unpaved paths with rocky sections, elevation changes, and occasional steep climbs/descents — especially toward the river and waterfall areas. The 5k route has some pavement and is an easy route. The 10k route is harder with more elevation and technical terrain.
Below for route, gpx and elevation
5k route
https://www.plotaroute.com/route/3188953
10k route
https://www.plotaroute.com/route/3188950
50K Race, 6:00 am start, 5 loops
25k Race, 7:00 am start, 3 loops
10k Race, 7:30 am start, 2 loops
5k Race, 8:00 am start, 1 loop
SCHEDULE
Friday April 3rd
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm Packet Pickup @ Trailhead Running Supply
2600 Lakeside Pkwy Suite 140, Flower Mound, TX 75022
Saturday April 4th
5:00 am - 8:30 am Packet Pickup @ Start/Finish Pavillion #2
6:00 am 50K starts
7:00 am 25K starts
7:30 am 10k starts
8:00 am 5k starts
13 hour cutoff.
CUTOFFS
7:00pm is the hard cutoff for all races.
You CANNOT start another loop after 5pm
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
2.60 - OVerlook
6.10 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 and at the other aid station.
PACERS/CREW
There are no pacers for any distances.
Crew is allowed at both locations.
COURSE MAP
PARKING
All parking will be done on the green and not on the grass. We will run a shuttle to the areas with shuttle marked and also are finalizing a plan to have some off site parking.
But we will ask everyone to carpool as much as possible and try and bring in as few vehicles as possible to help the situatio
DIRECTIONS TO PARK
From Downtown Fort Worth:
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Head northwest on I-30 W toward Weatherford.
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Take exit for US-377/US-287 N.
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Continue on US-287 N.
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Turn left onto Roberts Cut Off Rd (near Lake Worth).
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Drive a short distance; the park entrance will be on your left at 2501 Roberts Cut Off Rd.
AIRPORTS
The closest airports is:
RACE SWAG
Shirts are for all distances or a trucker hat.
FINISHER AWARDS
WINNERS AWARDS
50k/25k/10k/5k
Top 3 Each Distance
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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