Runners – Run Rabbit Run 50 & 100 Mile

REGISTRATION

The entry fee for the Sixteenth Annual Run Rabbit Run 50 is $200 if you enter before before January 1, 2024, $275 if you enter January 1 or after but before before July 15, 2024. It’s $350 thereafter.

We we will limit the number of entrants in the 50 miler to 200. We will have a wait list.

The entry fee for the Eleventh Annual Run Rabbit Run 100 is $350 if you enter before January 1, 2024, $450 if you enter January 1, 2024 or after but before July 15, 2023. It’s $550 thereafter.

We will limit the number of entrants in the 100 miler to 350 (Tortoises and Hares combined)! We will have a wait list.

A Hare is running for the prize money, without pacers, and must complete the course in under 30 hours. For more details read our FAQs.

100 Mile Refunds and Transfers

We don’t offer refunds, deferrals or transfers for our 100 mile run. Please don’t ask, and please don’t be upset if we ignore you when you do. But if you withdraw before September 7, 2024 we will credit you $150 to next year’s race if someone takes your slot from our waitlist. Please withdraw through Ultrasignup. This is not a guaranteed entry into next year’s race and you’ll still need to enter before the race fills. But otherwise, no refunds, deferrals or transfers. Please don’t ask. We are a charity event so consider that your money goes to a good cause. We will maintain a wait list.

50 Mile Refunds and Transfers

We do not offer refunds, deferrals or transfers for our 50 mile run either. Please don’t ask, and please don’t be upset if we ignore you when you do. But if you withdraw before September 7, 2024 we will credit you a $75 to next year’s race if someone takes your slot from the waitlist. Please withdraw through Ultrasignup. This is not a guaranteed entry into next year’s race and you’ll still need to enter before the race fills. But otherwise, no refunds, deferrals or transfers. Please don’t ask. We are a charity event so consider that your money goes to a good cause. We will maintain a wait list.

If you have a credit from 2023

For those of you that have a credit for 2024 your credit should be noted on ultrasignup.com. You must use the same email address you used when you registered. Please check that you have the credit on ultrasignup before you complete your registration. If it does not appear, please do not complete your registration but let us know since we can no longer offer refunds. If you complete your registration without receiving your credit consider that it has gone to a good cause – our charities. Please note that the credit does NOT guarantee you entry – you will still need to register, and if the race fills before you register, your name will be placed on the wait list just like everyone else’s. We know what you all want to ask but the answer is we really have no idea how quickly our races will fill, but our best guess is, pretty quickly.

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RUNNER'S MANUAL

PRIZE MONEY & AWARDS

RULES

All decisions of the Race Directors are final. Aid station captains have the authority to act as on-location race directors, but the RDs have final say on all decisions.
You may not cut the course. There are very few “bushwacking” sections; when there are, they will be well noted. You must follow and stay on the trail and course and you may not shortcut it in any way. If there is a flag or marker it means stay on the trail the marker is on. It’s your responsibility to know and stay on the course. If you fail to run the course as marked you will not receive an official finish time and will not be eligible for an award– no time adjustments, no exceptions.
You must complete the course on foot, with no assistance from vehicles, bicycles or animals. No scooters, skateboards or roller skates either. Or hot air balloons. Or sled dogs.
While headphones are fine, no headphones between Spring Creek Trailhead and Olympian Hall. And remove your headphones when approaching an aid station. It’s impolite not to.
THERE IS NO CREW PARKING AT FISH CREEK FALLS TRAILHEAD NOR MAY YOUR CREW DRIVE THERE! CREWS ATTEMPTING TO PARK OR DRIVE THERE WILL CAUSE THEIR RUNNER TO BE DISQUALIFIED! Really. You don’t want to do that. Access to this aid station is only by foot or bicycle. It’s four miles from Olympian Hall aid station on a very pretty road.
HARES – crews may aid at designated crew aid stations only, and at the top of the gondola. We’re seeing how fast you can run, not how many crewmembers you can muster to help you.
You are responsible for the behavior of your crew! No crewing or vehicle access above Dry Lake on Buffalo Pass Road. If your crew tries to drive past Dry Lake, you are outta here! WE WILL ALLOW CREW ACCESS AT DRY LAKE BUT NO PARKING. PLEASE TRY TO CAR POOL, OR ARRANGE TO HAVE YOUR CREW DROPPED OFF. THE SHERIFF WILL TICKET OR TOW ALL ILLEGALLY PARKED VEHICLES.
This is new – we will now permit all runners to use hiking or trekking poles. But be courteous to others.
MULING – we don’t care if your pacer hands you a flashlight or a Honeystinger bar or holds your water bottle (or your hand) while you puke, but really, consider fairness and good sportsmanship. Pacers are there mostly for safety, to keep you company, and to keep you on course. HARES – FUHGETTABOUTIT. And, while we’re not setting any hard and fast rules about it for Hares, that includes receiving physical assistance from other runners. You are running as an individual – this is not bicycle racing.
If you receive an IV or oxygen, your race is over.
Being rude, discourteous or otherwise annoying race volunteers or staff is grounds for disqualification. Same with being rude or annoying to other runners or anyone else on the course, such as bicyclists, hunters or hikers.
No littering. Ever.
No stashing food, drink or other supplies along the course. Drop bags at aid stations so designated only.
Poor sportsmanship is grounds for disqualification and grounds for being barred from future races. A sense of humor is also always welcome. Try to smile no matter how rotten you feel. Sending nasty emails or making awful online postings may also bar you from future races. We’re volunteers. Until you try and put one of these on yourself – best be quiet and hush up.
Pacers for 100 mile TORTOISES only, and only at designated exchange points. EXCEPTION: 100 mile runners over 60 may have a pacer for the entire course. Only one pacer at a time. ANOTHER EXCEPTION: Runners, 50 and 100 milers, may have as many pacers as they’d like from the top of the gondola building to the finish. No pacers for 50 MILERS except as here noted.
Generally, no cheating. If you wonder if what you are doing is cheating, it probably is. If you’re really not sure, ask us before you do it.
The clock runs until you hug the Designated Hugger (DH).
HARES ONLY – how deep we go in prize money will be based on the number of starters; fifteen starters is the minimum for five deep prize money; four starters for the masters premium. For the team championship we need a minimum of five teams. Masters are eligible for both masters and general prize money. See the Prizes page.
TORTOISES run for TORTOISE awards, HARES for HARE prize money. No matter how fast you run. No prize money for 50 MILERS.
Any objections or complaints must be made to the Race Directors within a reasonable time of completing the race. Like, within minutes of finishing.
See Rule # 1

Drug Policy

The Run, Rabbit, Run has a zero-tolerance policy regarding the use of performance enhancing drugs. If you, whether you’re a Hare or a Tortoise or running our 50, have ever violated any anti-doping rule or policy, whether of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), or any other national sports federation you are ineligible to run in any of our event – no ifs, and, or buts. Not only that, but we reserve the right to conduct pre and post-competition testing for any and all performance-enhancing drugs listed on the current WADA Prohibited List and entry into our race constitutes consent to such testing. If you refuse to submit to testing you’ll be disqualified and will be subject to a lifetime ban.

Transgender Policy

We will accept a runner’s self-declared gender for any runner who runs our 100 miler as a Tortoise or who runs our 50 miler. If we decide to require a government issued identification for registration, we may request that the runner enter pursuant to their gender identified on the identification. No one may challenge a runner’s self-declaration unless a top finish, an age group award or a minor prize money or free entry is at stake and we will then determine whether the challenge warrants further review. As a general proposition, undergoing continuous, medically supervised hormone treatment for at least a year and having a physician’s statement to that effect will be sufficient to overcome a challenge.

For 100 mile Hares, where there is significant prize money at stake, we will review this on a case by case basis depending, among other things, on the amount of prize money involved. We may, for example, require compliance with the USATF/IOC guidelines regarding transgender athletes. A transgender runner looking to compete as a Hare should contact us beforehand. All such inquiries will be kept confidential.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What is the course like?
How do I register for the race?
Where can I find the Runner's Manual?
What about aid stations, and what are the cutoffs?

• 100 Mile Aid Station, Mileage and Cutoffs (pdf).

• 50 Mile Aid Station, Mileage and Cutoffs (pdf).

All major aid stations will be fully stocked with at least water, soft drinks, Tailwind electrolyte replacement drink, sweet and salty objects, sliders, sandwiches , the full array of terrific Honey Stinger products and tampons. Most will have a whole lot more. We will try and have hot things at night, things like bacon, egg and sausage. Carrots and green leafy vegetables will also be available. Tortoises and Hares live on that stuff, you know.
What’s with the prize money and the 'Bunny Money Meter?'

Yup, we’re going to have prize money. We’re now at $75,000. Depending on entries and sponsors, the cost of putting this darn thing on – and we promise a first-class event, for everyone – and the charities we love, we hope to keep raising it. The “Bunny Money Meter” will let you all keep track.
How is the prize money going to be distributed?
What’s the difference between a Hare and a Tortoise?

One has fur and silly ears, and the other has a shell and a serious forlorn look. One is pretty quick, and the other perseveres. Over 100 miles one may not be faster than the other. We’ll see. But you can be whatever you want to be. Can you run the course in under 30 hours? We’re not sure, but if you’re asking this question, you’re probably a Tortoise. Most people are.

BUT, if you want to be a Hare and you want to run for the purse, by signing up you agree:

1. To run without a pacer. You’re on your own!

2. That your crew will only help you at and within the designated aid stations, and that you will really read all the rules in the Runners Manual.

3. That you will not use hiking or trekking poles.

4. That you will strictly abide by the cutoffs, which will be much tougher than for the Tortoises, no matter what, and not raise a fuss if we tell you your race is over.

5. That if you really think you have a chance at winning some money, you won’t throw your name in the hat for any of our pre-race drawings, which will all be left to the Tortoises and the slower Hares.

6. That if you cut the course in some way, on purpose or by accident, or cheat in some way, or do something bad, like litter, or use headphones in the middle of town where you might get hit by a car, or otherwise violate any of our rules and the race committee determines you did it, that you’ll agree to forfeit whatever you might have won, and not raise a fuss about it.

7. That you, and your crew, will be courteous to everyone, including all Tortoises and volunteers. And especially Harvey.

8. That no matter how fast you run, you’re not eligible for any Tortoise awards.

9. That if you win money, you’ll stay for the awards ceremony, and maybe make a nice little speech. But you can brag to the whole world if you want.
Will there be a buckle for finishers?
When does the 100 mile race start and finish?

Tortoises start at 8 AM on Friday. Hares at noon. 50 milers start at 6 am on Saturday. We will let male runners over 60 and female runners over 50 have another hour head start, so they can start at 7 AM for the 100 and 5 am for the 50. Last 100 mile finisher 8 PM on Saturday, 9 pm for the 50. Awards ceremony at about 7:30.
Why the separate start times?

Tortoises deserve a head start and we want the Hares to finish in the daytime, or close to it. With a head start, and with the few out and backs the course has, Tortoises will be able to see the Hares race and we think – at least for some of you – that that will be fun. Plus we’d like to have everyone finish as close together as possible and enjoy the party together.
How long is your 100 miler really?

Bunnies and Turtles, we’ve had all sorts of people with their little GPSs say, ”Hey, your course is (107.5 .. 105.2 .. 103.5 .. whatever) miles. It’s way long.” No, Bunnies and Turtles, it’s not.

First, ALL GPSs measure long. The reasons are varied and complicated. Some of it involves some pretty complex mathematics. But if you want to know why, do a Google search (e.g., “Why Every GPS Overestimates Distance Traveled.”) There’s lots of information on this. While how much your GPS will overestimate the distance varies with the time of day, from day to day, and from device to device, and also depends on the course it’s measuring (the more turns, the more the course will be overestimated) most of the time a GPS will overshoot by between two and seven percent, and that’s not even considering that – Second- no one runs in a straight line. Runners with high end GPSs typically say they measure our course at about 103.5 miles so, while we haven’t wheeled our course, we think the distance we’ve listed is pretty darn close.
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