General Information
- Awards
- IT100
The overall male and female winner will be provided free entry into the IT100 (or IT50) in 2009. Buckles will be awarded to all athletes finishing under 24 hours, with plaques to those finishing between 24:01 and 36 hours. Mugs will be awarded to the top 7 overall men’s and women’s finishers. Assorted additional awards will be raffled during the post-race celebration. All racers will receive something functional such as a tech-t, socks, or related schwag yet to be determined.
- IT50
The overall male and female winner will be provided free entry into the IT50 (or IT100) in 2009. Mugs will be presented to the top 3 males and females, as well as winners in each age group. Assorted additional awards will be raffled during the post-race celebration. All racers will receive something functional such as a tech-t, socks, or related schwag yet to be determined.
- IT100
- Respect for the Land, Race, and Oversight
Races, especially in their infancy, run a fine line with acceptance and success in the community. Greek Peak Mountain Resort has been overly generous in allowing us access to both the Nordic and Alpine facilities and trail networks. Community volunteers including those organized as the Finger Lakes Trails Conference have worked hard to cultivate relationships with local land owners and the New York State Parks who have been kind enough to permit trail construction and use. They continue to ensure the responsible use of the amazing public resources available for all for generations to come.
Abuse of these trails and/or private lands may not only result in failure of this event, but more critically in the termination of land grants and thruways that have been worked so hard to secure. Race directors and volunteers will ensure that garbage bags are available at aid stations and that toiletry facilities present and pre-established locations on the course. Littering from athletes or their crews will not be tolerated and result in immediate disqualification from not only the current race but also those for the future.
Additionally, all realize the volunteer intensity and supervision that such events require. Organizers most appreciate the assistance of all volunteers and officials. Please be respectful of their presence and assistance.
- Medical Considerations
All athletes understand that even in the best of fitness, accidents happen and the body may break in any number of ways in course of competing in a 50 or 100 mile trail race. Athletes taking on the challenge of the IT Ultras are indicating that they are experienced enough in endurance racing to make safe decisions over the course of this event. While the race organizers will make efforts to ensure that wilderness search and rescue volunteers are present on the course during the event weekend, athletes should not expect nor rely on medical assistance being available during the event.
To borrow from Stan Duobinis and the MMT, “you are responsible for your own safety. We do not provide any medical care during the run nor do we perform ‘weight checks’. No doctors, nurses, or EMTs are available along the course or at any aid station. IN case of an emergency, we will endeavor to get local emergency personnel to an injured runner as soon as possible, but due to the remote location of portions of the course, this could take hours. Many runners finish, or drop out, with bruises and scrapes. This is an event with risks”.
Race organizers, volunteers, and search and rescue volunteers retain the right to pull runners from the race if they exhibit unusual amounts of disorientation, confusion, or fatigue. Runners will be permitted monitored recuperation time within aid stations and cut-off times, but must agree to accept the judgment of race officials for the safety of all involved.
If you become lost or consciously disoriented do not wander off of the trail in search of help. Stay put on the trail until another runner or sweep is able to inform the next aid station and until volunteers and/or medical personnel return. Blue first aid boxes will be present at each aid station and will contain a few basic supplies (bandages, tape, Vaseline, Rolaids, Ibuprofen). Please bring any supplies that you envision needing during the race for placement in drop bags, but take only those medications that have been approved by your physician for use under these extreme conditions.
Cortland Regional Medical Center is located in Cortland, N.Y., 30 to 45 minutes by car northwest of Virgil. Take Route 13 North to Cortlandville. Pick up Route 281 North. Follow for approximately 3 miles. Turn right onto West Main Street. Follow for approximately 1/2 mile, the hospital will be on your left. Turn left into the parking lot.
- Parking
Entrants are to park in designated areas only for Gatherings start and finish area. Crew and pacers meeting athletes on the course are to ensure that vehicles are parked off of roadways, removed from visible private residences, and commensurate with local traffic regulations. The race is not responsible for traffic fines or the safety of vehicles throughout the duration of the race weekend.
- Dogs
Athletes and families are not encouraged to bring dogs along as even the best-trained may not be welcome in tight aid-stations, on the course, or at the pre-post race meals. If the canine does make the trip please ensure that they remain on-leash.
- Accommodations
- Cabins
- Gatherings’ Cabins - The race will look to reserve several cabins located at the Start/Finish area which sleep up to six individuals. Tenting around the cabins and start/finish area at Gatherings will be hoped for but should not be banked on until further notice. 1-800-955-2754.
- Buttermilk Falls and Robert H. Treman State Parks in Ithaca
- Camping
- The potential exists for runners to sleep in a common room in the A-Frame Lodge at Greek Peak for a nominal fee. If this is worked out race organizers will attempt to section of these respective rooms to foster a little quiet time for entrants.
- Hauck Hill Primitive Camping area - Hauck Hill Rd. between Bleck and Cortwright Rd’s on the Finger Lakes Trail Dabes Diversion
- Country Hills in Marathon, N.Y.
- Cortland Country Music Park in Cortland, N.Y.
- Woodchuck Hollow Lean-To is near AS#2 with parking designated on Cortland 9 Rd (Intended for users of the Finger Lakes Trail, first-come/first-serve).
- Foxfire Lean-To is near AS#6 with designated parking on Bleck Rd (Intended for users of the Finger Lakes Trail, first-come/first-serve).
- Greek Peak Mountain Resort Lodging
- Greek Peak offers condos and single family homes from 1 to 3 bedrooms that can accommodate up to 12 adults. Most have mountain views to view the opening and mid-race progression of runners or headlamps in the distance. So grab the family or make contact with some other runners and get on that reservation!
- Greek Peak Mountain Resort
- Hotels
- A good number of hotels and motels are available within 20 minutes of Virgil in most any direction. The following is a link to a mapquest search using Virgil
- Cabins
- Sun/Moon and Temperature Data for September 20th, 2008:
Sunrise 6:50 am, Sunset 7:05 pm (12 hours 14 minutes)
~ ¾ moon rising at 9:56, 70.6% illuminated
Average Low Temp: 51 F, High: 70 F, Mean: 61 F, Records: 34 F / 88 F
Average Monthly Precipitation for September: 4.21 inches