Course Support

The course will be monitored by the Team Ultramax and dozens of great volunteers. They will be there to keep you safe and help you stay on course. They will also help set up the race site, and clean up after you leave. Please thank them when you get a chance, and help them out by taking your trash with you or placing it in a trash bin.

Aid Stations:

There will be a bike station that you will pass on each lap of the bike (long course only). Please make sure to have a water and/or sports drink bottle on your bike, so that you can stay hydrated. There will be aid stations (~every mile) on the run, stocked with water, ice, HammerGel and HEED sports drink, electrolytes, sponges, fruit, light first aid supplies and etc...

Course Maps

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First of all we want to appoligize for the last minute changes. Ultramax does not make like to make changes like this, unless it dramatically improves the overall quality of the race experiance. After reviewing the wave start times and the turn around point for the Octomax race , we have decided to make a last minute change to the bike course.

The course roads are the same, we have just decided to do the loop in a clockwise direction. This will give us more flexibility with right hand turns and gives us more room for the Octomax racers to make the turn around point.

We sincerely want to appolgize for the confusion. We can promise you the course will be marked with great detail. YOU WILL HAVE NO ISSUES NAVIGATING THE COURSE ON RACE DAY.

UPDATED BIKE COURSE INFORMATION

The new bike course has been updated. You can download this map using the following link:

http://www.ultramaxtri.com/races/umaxkansas/pdf/Kansas50Map copy.pdf

The updated Octomax Bike course bike course can be downloaded using the following link:

http://www.ultramaxtri.com/races/umaxkansas/pdf/KansasOctomax.pdf

The complete pre-race information packet can be downoaded here:

http://www.ultramaxtri.com/newsletters/Pre_Race_Information/Kansas50_Final_Info_09.html

The Kansas Octomax Course will be an out and back format. and will be the first nine miles of the long bike course. The Octomax bike will be 18 miles.

Course Descriptions

Swim Course - The swim will take place in Lake Hillsboro. The lake start features a nice big sand beach with zero entry and excellent sighting. Early in the morning the lake should be calm. Both swim courses will will be a rectangular format. The Kansas 50 Long Course will be the biggest outside rectangle and will be 1 mile in length. The Kansas Octomax Course will be 500 yards and will be the smallest marked rectangle. The course will be marked very well and will be very easy to navigate. The tentative wave start format will be as follows:

Wave 1- All Kansas Octomax Men
Wave 2 - All Kansas Octomax Women
Wave 3 - Octomax Last Swim Wave Option - Open to anyone that does not want to start with the larger two waves.
Wave 4 - All Kansas 50 Men
Wave 5 - All Kansas 50 Women
Wave 6 - Kansas 50 Last Swim Wave Option - Open to anyone that does not want to start with the larger two waves.

Last Swim Wave - Last Wave Option - Regardless of your age group or race distance, you can choose to swim in a special last wave (reserved for first-time lake swimmers, or athletes who are not yet comfortable with the swim). No need to decide early, you can decide on race day at the beach. Anyone wanting to go in the last wave simply waits until it is announced, we will record your racer number and make the appropriate timing adjustments. It is that simple! We will have a Last Swim Wave option as the last wave of each event. (Kansas 50 and Octomax)

Bike Course - The Kansas 50 long course will be a two-loop format. The course design is a loop that begins at the Lake, then heads out onto primarily rolling open roads. The bike course is open to traffic. Having said that, the course runs through a a very rural part of the area, so vehicular traffic on race day will be minimal. Road surfaces are very good. Arrows, signs and volunteers will help guide you. Note: The Octomax short course will now be an out and back format. The Octomax course will be the first nine miles of the long course loop. There will be a bike aid stations on each lap of the Kansas 50 long course. Be prepared to carry fluid and food requirements, it could be a bit warm in August. Please remember it is your responsibility to know the bike course.

Run Course - Run Course - The run course takes place on the paved roads and gravel packed trail system that intertwines the Hillsdale Lake area. The run is staged on both packed gravel trails and paved roads and is entirely within the Lake area property. Very minimal traffic on the run course! Arrows, signs and volunteers will help you. This is a fairly flat and fast run course, only very small inclines. Approximately 50% of the course will be on packed gravel trails. Plan accordingly if you plan to wear racing flats. You should bring both pairs and judge for yourself once you arrive. Aid stations will be located every mile. Aid Station Supplies: * Heed * Water * Ice * HammerGel * Endurolytes * Oranges and Sponges.

Ultramax Kansas 50 Long Course Run Route
Each lap will be 5 miles. The course is a 2 loop format.
We have the long course posted on MapMyRide.com... Click here to see the course!

Octomax Kansas Short Course Run Route
This course will be one lap of 3 miles. The Octomax route will take place on part of the long course loop the turn around point will just be shorter.

Transition Area (TA) - The entire transition area will be located up top by the Finish Line complex. You will exit, on your bike, through the BIKE OUT DOOR. When exiting for the run, you will run for a short period on grass, then onto the road. Arrows, signs and volunteers will help you.

Please remember it is your responsibility to know the course.

Get full course maps and directions in the "Course Maps" section on the site. at left.

PLEASE - Know the Course! This is an open course (no roads are closed completely). It will be manned by volunteers and law enforcement, but is still your responsibility to know where you are going and to keep yourself safe. Please stay aware of traffic and obey traffic laws – you will be able to roll through intersections that are controlled by volunteers and police, but please still pay attention as we do not have control over motorists that do not listen to our directions. Do not pass the centerline of the road any time for any reason!

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