Loopapalooza

Loopapalooza

Welcome to the 2nd Annual LOOPAPALOOZA presented by Sombrero Running Events where you will be running/walking on a 1.25 mile paved loop 3/4 asphalt road 1/4 concrete walking path with a short grassy loop at the end, and surrounded by beautiful pine trees that nicely shade the course throughout the day for a 14k or 3/ 6/ 12 hrs. New this year will be the Russ Hartzell CHALLENGE AKA " The Russ" where you will do a 5k saturday morning March 22 at Ed Austin Regional Park at 7:30am and then Saturday Evening March 22 at 5:30pm do a 10k at the Halsema Trailhead of the Baldwin Rail Trail and then run any of the distances offered on Sunday. If you complete " The Russ" you will get a special custom " The Russ" medal as well as a regular Loopapalooza medal. We will not have any different awards for " The Russ" except Mike the RD will most likely think of something in line with Rule 62 to giveaway because he needs a " giveaway intervention". This a pancake flat and FAST course on a former active military base ( Cecil Field ).

So if you want to do the challenge you will need to register under " The Russ" for the distance that you also want to do on sunday, so if you want to run the 6 hour event in conjunction with the " The Russ" you will register for The Russ 6 hour. If you dont want to do the entire challenge then just register as if you usually would.

Race Info

Pre race: Set up begins Sunday March 23th at 5:30am am with packet pick up and ALL races begin at 7:00 am with a pre race briefing at 6:50 am. You will be able to park on the road leading into the pavilion area ( no parking in the pavilion area ) where you pass by each loop so easy access to your vehicle / set up area and it is directly on the course.


Course: The course has trees lining it and will be fairly shaded for the morning hours, it does have some portions that will be in the direct sunlight later in the day so prepare accordingly during the middle parts of the day. It is FLAT AND FAST with minimal turns ( 5 wide right turns )


Aid Station: There will be one main aid station at the start / finish line in the main pavilion area and will have the standard Ultra foods and will have Skratch Electrolyte for hydration. We also will be grilling food ALL DAY so when you come by you can grab and go, we will have breakfast foods as well as burgers ( vegan as well ) and brats, italian saugage etc... and lets not forget BACON!!! We always try to have vegan options as well.


Awards: We will have OA top 3 in each event as well as some other special awards given out for those that inspire us and motivate us to push our limits and comfort zones.


Swag: Each participant will receive a custom medal and those doing " The Russ" will receive 2 custom made medals, we will also have other items to giveaway yet TBD.


Timing: This race will be chip timed by Josh Fraser with FAST- Fraser Affordable Sports Timing whom is a wonderful asset to have for our race timing.


Local Accomodations: There are several hotels and restaurants within 3-5 miles of the course there are also accomodations for rv hooks up at the Equestrian Center just outside the Cecil Field complex on Normandy Blvd.


Beneficiaries: We always like to give back to local causes and for this race we will be giving back to the Argyle Forest Youth Football ( Argyle Forest Spartans ) whom practice and playing field is adjacent to the pavilion area of our course. Our desire is to give back to this program to help these young athletes with their equipment and other items necessary to help their program be successful.


There are no refunds for this event, if not able to attend let us know and we will consider it a donation to our beneficiary.

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