The Ice Age!

Welcome to the Mass Extinctions Elimination Challenge: Ice Age. The mild winters of South Carolina may not bring arctic winds, white-out snowfall, or anything too wild, but the name was begging to be used. The 7a.m start should be dark and chilly, so we will have that!

Thanks to Lancaster Parks and Recreation, we are able to hold the Ice Age on the Bailes Ridge Nature Trail again. The partnership has been seamless and easy over the years and we certainly appreciate that.

The classic 1.1-mile loop will be used for Ice Age as well. The structure will be the same as the original with a few updates. We will be testing out a few changes with this event. For instance, the laps will be done washing machine style, each lap will be in the opposite direction as the one before it. We will have the loop number and time requirement for completion easily visible throughout the event.

The structure and rules:
Each 1.1-mile loop will have a group start and finish time requirement. The first loop must be completed within 16:00 minutes. The time allowed to complete each loop will decrease by 10 seconds every loop. All loops will be a full-field start. Sprint, jog, walk, prance, dance, or crawl, the choice is yours... just get back before the next lap starts. Those who fail to get across the line within the allotted time are eliminated and can not continue. Hang out, have a good time make friends talk about how you will do better in the next one.

Loop times are as follows:
1: 16:00
2: 15:50
3: 15:40
4: 15:30
5: 15:20
6: 15:10
7: 15:00
8: 14:50
9: 14:40
10: 14:30
11: 14:20
12: 14:10
13: 14:00
14: 13:50
15: 13:40
16: 13:30
17: 13:20
18: 13:10
19: 13:00
20: 12:50
21: 12:40
22: 12:30
23: 12:20
24: 12:10
25: 12:00
26: 11:50
27: 11:40
28: 11:30
29: 11:20
30: 11:10
31: 11:00
32: 10:50
33: 10:40
34: 10:30
35: 10:20
36: 10:10
37: 10:00
38: 9:50
39: 9:40
40: 9:30
41: 9:20
42: 9:10
43: 9:00
44: 8:50
45: 8:40
46: 8:30
47: 8:20
48: 8:10
49: 8:00
50: 7:50
51: 7:40
52: 7:30
53: 7:20
54: 7:10
55: 7:00
56: 6:50... etc...etc...

When the field gets down to the last few runners, they will be split up and sent in opposite directions. In the event that everyone is eliminated on the same lap... the first to cross the start/finish line, will be the winner. For this event... there will be only one winner. Only one. Of the winners, there shall be only one. This is a gender-neutral event.

Shirts and Hoodies

Due to this being close to the holiday season, I will have to close the ability to get shirts added on after OCTOBER 15 2023. So, if that was something you were looking to do. Get on it now! I will have a few extra shirts and hoodies available for purchase at the event. these will be very limited.

Awards and Junk

Those who complete the half-marathonish distance, 12 laps, will get a resin dinosaur trinket. Those who complete the marathonish distance, 24 laps, will get a burned chunk of wood with some fake snow on it! Those who get over a 50k-ish distance, 29 laps, get... a chance to go further on the next lap!

Event's current local time: 12:41 PM ET