Space City Ultra
50k,25k,10k and 5k
February 27th 2027
Brazos River Park
18427 Southwest Fwy,
Sugar Land, TX 77479
500 RUNNER MAX CAP
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Great beginner-friendly singletrack trails with scenic river + wooded terrain.
Below for 5 mileroute, gpx and elevation
https://www.plotaroute.com/route/3283354
Below for 3 mile route, gpx and elevation
https://www.plotaroute.com/route/3283355
50k Race, 6:00 am start, 6 loops
25k Race, 7:00 am start, 3 loops
10k Race, 7:30 am start, 2 loops
5k Race, 8:00 am start, 1 loops
SCHEDULE
Friday Feb 26th
12:00 pm - 7:00 pm Fleet Feet Sugarland
15890 Southwest Freeway Sugar Land, TX 77478
Saturday Feb 27th
Packet Pickup @ Start/Finish
6:00 am 50K starts
7:00 am 25K starts
7:30 am 10k starts
8:00 am 5k starts
CUTOFFS
3:00 pm is the hard cutoff for all races.
You CANNOT start another loop after 1:00PM 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
3.12/5.3 mi - MAIN
WHAT'S ON THE TABLE
All aid stations (1) 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
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
No Pacers allowed in this race
COURSE MAP
PARKING
All parking will be done on the Brazos River park Grounds.
LODGING
There are 5-10 hotels within 5 miles of the park.
Click below to check some out.
DIRECTIONS TO PARK
The park is location 18427 Southwest Fwy, Sugar Land, TX 77479
exit festival road on 59
AIRPORTS
The closest airports are:
Bush IAH
RACE SWAG
Shirts are for all distance
MOCKUP SOON
FINISHER AWARDS
5 INCH MEDAL
WINNERS AWARDS
50k/25k/10k and 5k
Top 3 Each Distance
Top 3 Relay Teams
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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