Wildcat Ridge Romp

Race Website

Additional race information can be found at http://www.njtrailseries.com/wildcat.

Place

524 Green Pond Rd.
Rockaway, NJ US 07866

Description

Please read the entire message below for all important information about the race on August 14, 2021.

Parking is located at the Hudsonia Fields approximate address is (573-575 Green Pond Rd, Rockaway, NJ 07866). If you are heading North on Green Pond Road aka CR 513 then the parking lots will be on your left. There are two lots.

There is limited parking at the Katherine D. Malone Elementary School (524 Green Pond Road Rockaway, NJ 07866)

Please do not end up on Upper Hibernia Road thinking you can get through by going down Darlington Road. Darlington Road is a partially unimproved road which is a no outlet road.

Race Start Times

Corrals were set up to alleviate crowding. You should check in within a hour of your start time that you chose during registration unless you are starting at 6:00am

Registration is in front of the school where the start/finish line and aid station is located.

6:00am Start –50M and 100K Race
MUST START AT 6:00AM
Please check in between 5:30am-5:55am on the day of the race

7:00am Start 50K - Please check in between 6:05-6:55am on the day of the race

8:00am Start – 20M Race Please check in between 7:05-7:55am on the day of the race

9:00am Start – 10M Race Please check in between 8:05-8:55am on the day of the race

CUT OFFS
There is a cutoff at 7:00pm for ALL races.

You must leave on your last lap by 5:00pm for the 100K.

You must leave on your last lap by 4:30pm for the 50 Mile.

You must leave on your last lap by 3:00pm for the 50K.

We reserve the right to end your race if you will not be finished by 7pm based on your split times.

Bathrooms We will have 3 porta johns available at the start/finish line on the side of the school.

Race Prep and Aid Stations
You must have your own cup, handheld, or hydration pack with you. We will not be supplying cups. When you arrive, please have your hydration pack and handhelds already filled from your own house. We do not have access to water while we are on site. We will have water for use during the race.

The aid station will be limited. We will have single serve items. For example, single serve potato chips, pretzels, and goldfish. We will have fun size candies, gogo squeeze apple sauce and veggies, and single serve cookies. There will be fresh fruit in individual cups.. We also will have some Uncrustables PB&J. If you are unsure, you should bring your own aid station supplies. We will have limited sodas, water, and Gatorade concentrate.

RACE INSTRUCTIONS
The course is marked in Black and Yellow arrows mostly on trees. There will also be orange landscape paint on the ground. The course is a 10 mile loop.

A couple notes about trail at around ½ mile, almost as soon as you enter the woods, you will pass the back of people’s property. The last house has two loud large dogs. They are contained by a hidden fence, we have seen it in action, and they cannot come out to you. Just run right by.

Around mile 6 you need to cross over a stream. There has been a bridge here in past years but weather damage has made the bridge unsteady. Please take caution as you go over the bridge or rocks to get to the other side.

For the last mile of trail you pop into a neighborhood and run on streets. Just before getting to the main road you pop back in the woods on your left and come back to the school.

It is likely you will see wildlife. In the past people have seen bears, snakes, bees, hawks, deer, small critters, etc. please be careful.

There is a small aid station with water and some food at mile 4. There is a water only unmanned station at mile 7. We will see you at mile 10 of every loop back here at the School. You have to come all the way back to the school to cross the timing mat even if you don’t want aid.

IF YOU STOP RUNNING MAKE SURE YOU TELL RICK OR JENNIFER. We need to know if you are off the course and you need to return your timing chip. If you do not return the chip, you will need to replace it. The replacement cost is $110.