Both events are filled.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE COMING! I order shirts and do the final finisher mug award order May 24. If shirts and awards are important to you register no later than May 23. Participants who register after May 23 get shirts and awards only if I have leftover stuff from no shows.
THERE WILL BE NO RACE DAY REGISTRATION. Registration is online only and will absolutely close when the 150 entry slots are filled or June 7.
The 2023 Boogie will be the 29th presentation of the Bethel Hill Moonlight Boogie 50 mile event and the 18th Boogie Marathon. It will be hot and hilly and the difficulty is quite often underestimated by participants. It's not an event to expect a new PR but it is one that you will always remember and get great satisfaction from finish
The course
Both courses are certified. Five repeats of a 6-mile loop and a 4-mile out-and-back for the fifty miler. All rural and all paved. There are several long hills and some smaller ones too. This is not mountainous but is definitely not flat. The marathon course is the same as the 50 but with less repeats. Marathoners and 50 milers start together. Shortly after the start marathoners will make a left turn and do an out-and-back that is necessary to get the distance correct. The out-and-back just after the start is only done once and is not repeated on later laps. 50 milers will not do the early out-and-back.
Marathoners be warned
This is not your normal marathon. This is all rural, not a city marathon. You will be in woodland countryside on a two lane road all the time with no porta-potties, no splits, no mile markers, no spectators, and late in the run you could find yourself running alone in the dark with no one else in sight. There are only 7 houses on the course and some have dogs. Aid stops are over 5 miles apart, so you will need to carry a water bottle. If you decide to quit, there are no pick-up vans, so you will either have to walk to the aid station or hitch a ride. The race will start at 6 pm and the temperature will probably be about 85 degrees with little shade. Darkness comes about 9 pm and there are no street lights. You will need a light for the reasons cited in the waiver. If you need to be catered to every couple of miles along the course or worry running in the dark, you should not come. We really have seen everything listed in the waiver except the polecats and they are there too. The drop out rate among veteran 50-milers is usually 40% or so. Think long and hard before you enter this event. Ask yourself "Am I ready for this. Or would I be better off doing an event where I still have somebody to look after me." If you're not ready to step up and be responsible for yourself all the way, stay away. Find an easier event.
Registration
2023 fees. Retro Deal-10 Days only!. $50 through March 31.
$65 April 1 through April 30.
$75 May 1 until closing.
Registration closes at the event director's discretion.
I have to order shirts May 24. Register by midnight May 23 to be guaranteed a shirt in your selected size. Register after May 23 and there is no guarantee you will get a shirt or the right size if they are available.
You may change events up to the 50 or down to the marathon up to the start on race day. If you change after May 23 you will get the shirt that goes with your original registration. Also if you change events after May 23 you get no pottery finishers award. So do your changing of events prior to May 23 if shirts and awards are important to you.
To change events, email the race director (doug@theboogieraces.com)
There will be no refunds no wait list, no deferrals, and no transfer of your entry to someone else if you decide to not come.
Event's current local time: 4:52 PM ET
