EVEN YEAR

(CLOCKWISE DIRECTION)

Location:

The event will start at Beals Point.

Google maps to start

September 15, 2018

5:00am Relay and Solo Runners

**Everyone starts at the same time**

Runners briefing / Packet pickup:

Joins us the day before race day  for packet pickup and runners briefing at Beals Point. We have some sweet swag that will be distributed and raffled during the runners briefing.

A lot of information will be shared during the runners briefing. We would like to minimize any doubts/concerns about the race course, aid stations, dropbags, and rules.

Update (8/24/2018)

Our optional but recommended runners briefing is being moved to The Auburn Aid Station ; if you cannot attend the runners briefing, don't worry, we will have your bib available the morning of the race starting at 4am at the start area (Beals Point).

We highly recommend attending the briefing as we will discuss every aspect of the race. From course marking, trail conditions, and much more!

Every runner will receive 15% off of any product at The Aid Station. Including beer. Yes, a running store with beer = Genius.

Google maps to start

Schedule of events:

• Packet pick up from 5:00 – 6:00pm
• Runners briefing 6:00 – 7:00pm
• Packet pick up from 7:00 – 7:30pm

Information:

Folsom Lake Ultra Trail (FLUT) is the only event to run all the way around Folsom Lake, to our knowledge, this may be

the only race covering this length of distance while circumnavigating a body of water in California.

FLUT has a total of 12 aid stations that are packed with all kinds of food that ultra-runners need, water, electrolyte, boiled potatoes, chips, candy, gel packets, salt pills, and the later aid stations will have wholefoods such as soup, quesadillas, etc.

This race changes directions every year, 2018 will be clockwise course. The whole course is a combination of 82% trail

and 18% road.

Click here to read the race report from the 2015 1st place overall, Jean Pommier. 

Click here to see all the pictures from our 2015 event. 

USATF GRAND PRIX EVENT:

Folsom Lake Ultra Trail is part of the USATFPA Grand Prix. To receive points towards the GP, you must be a current member of the USATF.

For more information, visit the USATF GP page. Click here.

The Pacific Association is home to many of the premier ultra running events in the nation, if not the world. The very active USATF Pacific Ultra Running Committee and its athletes take full advantage of these events with its annual Ultra Running Grand Prix. On a national Level this committee belongs to the Mountain-Ultra-Trail (M.U.T.) LDR Division.

Prize $$$

Only registered solo runners are eligible for prize money.

Prize purse is based on the number of runners that finish the race. We will allocated $1,000 per every 10 registered runners in the Solo race that actually complete the whole race, for up to $10,000 (combined). The total prize purse amount will be divided equally between male and female fields. Prize purse will be divided as followed:

1st Place = 50%
2nd Place = 32.5%
3rd Place = 17.5%
The more runners we get, the higher the prize purse.

Everyone is entered, regardless of their USATF MEMBERSHIP status; runners who do not reside in the US will be subject to tax initially when paid

Prize will be mailed to the runner and final check can take up to two months for delivery.

Example:
43 runners registered finish = $4,000 total prize purse.
100 runners registered finish = $10,000 total prize purse.

Relay team:

Click here for more information on each relay leg.

Come test your limits as a team! – You and 2 other of your friends can run all the way around Folsom Lake (2 person teams: 1 runner must cover at least 2 legs of the race)

When a runner register as a relay team, the runner will receive an email for the other team members to finish their registration.

Only one runner at a time. This event consist of three legs:

1st leg – From Beals Point to Gate 142 AS (21.5  miles**)

2nd leg – From Gate 142 AS to Salmon Falls AS (24.5 miles**)

3rd leg – From Salmon Falls AS to Beals Point  (22.5 miles**)

**All distances are approximate. This course was mapped using a Garmin 920, Garmin 220, and Suunto Ambit 3, we got a different distance every time**

Pacers:

Pacer are only allowed to join the runner at designated spots. Please, see the chart below for detailed instructions.

Pacers are only allowed in the relay under special circumstances.

Crew / Spectators:

Crew members must follow all State Park parking rules. They must display their park day/year permit when parking within the State Park, which is basically almost every accessible aid station except or No hands bridge and Gate 142 AS. Day pass can be obtained at the start area at the Iron Ranger “permit box” the morning of the event.

Click here for a print friendly map showing how to get around to each aid station. flut-crew-map-8-5x11. (paces are NOW updated)

Cut off times:

The event will have a total allotted time of 20:15hrs. See chart below for cutoff times along the course.

Aid Stations:

Printable Clockwise AS chart (paces are NOW updated)

Paces below are correct.

All cutoff times will be enforcedRunners must check in at each aid station.

All distances are approximate
Accommodations - (Camping is available at the start area at Beals Point)

Different sites show the course with different distances: Strava 68.1mi, Map my run 69.2, ridewithgps 68.9

Also, climbing accumulation oscillates between 6,200' and 9,850' depending on the GPS watched used, we picked the average.