Refund policy:

Till 8/31/2015:
Mail us a self-addressed envelope to receive a refund minus $10

after 8/31/15:
all entries are final

Awards:

Because we think you have to be a little cuckoo to run for 12 hours, every finisher will receive a original Black Forest cuckoo wistle on a band as a finisher award.

1st place male and female will receive a cuckoo clock
Top 3 under 39 & Top 3 Masters (40+) will receive a Kuckulino Desk Clock.

Instead of agegroup awards we will reward a special award to every runner who covered at least a marathon distance.
This special award is a handcrafted german weatherhouse. A special plaque will be attached specifing the distance you covered that day . We have nicely lasercut plaques for milestone distances 26.2 Miles, 50K+, 40 Miles, 50 Miles & 100K or you may opt for a blank plaque, that we can inscribe with a woodburing tool indicating your exact distance.

These unique awards come from the Black Forest of  Germany.  They are german weather houses. They can predict future weather  pretty much as reliable as "Glen Hurrican Schwarz" .
Here is how they work:
There is a gut string inside which reacts to all changes in air humidity. Depending on wether the air is dry or humid, the gut string changes it's position and twists more or less, so that the female turns outside when it is dry (predicting nice weather) and the male, when it is humid.

Time Limit:

You have 12 hours to run as far as possible. You may take breaks throughout the day. It is up to you how many hours you spend on the course. After 6:20 PM no one is allowed to start another loop unless you are in contention for a top 3 finish and your last couple lap times indicate that you may be able to finish within the 12 hour time limit. Between 5:50PM and 6:20 PM Racedirector will decide on a case by case basis, if runner can go out to start another full lap. Only completed laps will be counted towards the overall results, however runners may run a partial lap to marked turnaround points to reach Milestones 40M, 50M and 100K.

Temperatures:

The average temp at the start is in the  60ies. Average high at noon is about 70. The course is mostly  shaded.

Timing:

We will record split times for every lap. Runners must check in with timing table after every single lap before going back out. Only complete laps count towards overall results (you may run a partial lap to get to your personal milestone distance). Results are sorted by longest distance, if more than one runner covered the same distance, the time needed to cover that distance (clocktime) will serve as tiebreaker.

Aid Stations:

There is an aidstation at about Mile 3 on the course and an aidstation at Start/Finish.Aid stations are staffed by local trail ultrarunners. Aidstation will carry all the usual foods and snacks that you expect at an ultra event. Gatorade and water will be available at all the aidstation.  Also available:

PBJ Sandwiches
All you can eat Grilled Cheese (Aidstation at Start only)
Sodium tablets
Bananas
Oranges
M&M's
Chocolate Chip cookies
Oreos Cooked potatoes
Crackers
Pretzels
Nuts
Soda
and more

Course:

Along the Pennypack Creek within the limits of Pennypack park. Course is a 6.55 Mile loop . Mile 1-3 mostly flat and non technical (maybe a few short rocky spots) mostly compacted dirt single track. Very runnable by trailrunner standards. Second half features a lot of fun twisty single track trails (Roller coaster section) and some rolling hills. All hills are relatively short.

Coursemap and elevation chart