Saved By The Trail
58k, 28M, 14M,11k and 5k
March 13th 2027
Gateway Park
751 Beach Street
Fort Worth, TX 76111
500 RUNNER MAX CAP
ALL RUNNERS GET MEDALS AND SWAG!!
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Gateway Park delivers a true trail-racing experience right in the heart of Fort Worth. Runners will wind through shaded singletrack, wooded Trinity River bottomlands, fast and flowy sections, punchy climbs, rocky terrain and plenty of twists and turns.
Below for route, gpx and elevation
7Mile Loop
https://www.plotaroute.com/route/3414993
58K Race, 6:00 am start, 5 loops
28k Race, 7:00 am start, 4 loops
14M Race, 7:30 am start, 2 loops
11k Race, 8:00 am start, 1 loop
5k Race, 8:00am start, ,modiefied loop
SCHEDULE
Friday March 12th
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm Packet Pickup @ TBD
Saturday March 13th
5:00 am - 8:30 am Packet Pickup @ Start/Finish Line
6:00 am 58K starts
7:00 am 28M starts
7:30 am 14M starts
8:00 am 11k/5k starts
12 hour cutoff.
Post Race Party TBD
CUTOFFS
6:00pm is the hard cutoff for all races.
You CANNOT start another loop after 4pm
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
1.55/4.5 - OVerlook
7.10 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
No Pacers for this race
Crew is allowed at main aid only
COURSE MAP
PARKING
DIRECTIONS TO PARK
From Downtown Fort Worth:
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Head east on E 4th Street toward the Trinity River.
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Continue east and connect toward E 1st Street.
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Follow E 1st Street east toward Gateway Park.
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Continue past Beach Street and follow signs for Gateway Park.
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Enter the park from E 1st Street and follow race-day signage to parking, packet pickup, and the start/finish area.
AIRPORTS
The closest airports is:
RACE SWAG
TBD
FINISHER AWARDS
TBD
ALL RUNNERS GET MEDALS AND SWAG!!
WINNERS AWARDS
58k/28M/14M/11k/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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