2010 Aid station time cut offs and info: Coming Soon

Directions to each aid station from SR3 and SR97:

Station A Covered Bridge: Absolutely NO Crew or Family Access, Failure to comply may result in disqualification of the racer

Supply personnel and volunteers only proceed WEST on SR 97 to 2nd Park/Forest entrance. Turn RIGHT on the second Park/Forest Road entrance and immediately turn LEFT on Park Road #8. Continue on PR #8 to the Covered Bridge. Aid Station location is on SOUTH side of bridge.

Station B Bridle Staging Area: Crew/Family AccessProceed WEST on SR 97 about 3 miles to the 2nd Park/Forest entrance. Continue about 300 feet and turn LEFT into the Bridle Staging Area. Go straight back and follow road to the Aid Station area. Do NOT park in the front lot. Go to back gate and park at the Aid Station.

Station C Rock Point: No Crew/Family Access (instead, use the nearby Handler location #1) Proceed SOUTH on SR 3 to CR 3275 (Pine Run) and turn RIGHT. Proceed to CR 959 and turn LEFT. Proceed to TR 3364, stop, park on CR 959. Continue on foot .2 mile on TR 3364 to Aid Station B, Rock Point. No vehicles are permitted on TR 3364—you cannot turn around at Aid Station!!!!  Please!

Aid Station Distances and Elevation Charts

Drop Bag Information  Tagged drop bags may be left ONLY at the following aid stations.Note that these locations are NOT identical with the locations where your family / crew / handlers may meet you.  See the Family/Crew document for those locations. 

DROP BAG AID STATIONS: 

Policy Change: Drop bags will not be available at the first two passes through the covered bridge, however, racer's will be able to access drop bags at Bridle Staging and Rock Point so that lights can be stashed.

Since the race begins at 5am and the covered bridge is just 4.96 miles into the race, it will likely be very congested. It is also highly likely that many may need lights beyond the covered bridge on the more difficult purple loop. 

A= Covered Bridge          

B=Bridle Staging Area

C=Rock Point

D=Buckhaven

E=Mohican Wilderness

G=Fire Tower

I=Mohican Adventures 

The race packet that you receive at Friday check-in will contain your bib/race number, T-shirt, and a meal ticket for the Friday night dinner. The bib numbers and color of the bib for the 50 mile race will be distinct from those for the 100 mile race. Pacers will have a unique color bib as well. Your race number and the aid station letter must be clearly marked on each bag in a manner that will not be obliterated by moisture.

Please mark aid station letters and your race number clearly.   Volunteers distributing the drop bags use the aid station letter to deliver the bags to the proper aid stations.  The aid station personnel use the numbers on the bags to organize them and to find your bag for you when you need it. 

Please be sure to include your name on your drop bag tag.  Your name is essential so that if your crew members go to an aid station to pick up your bag after you have no further need of it at that location; they retrieve YOUR bag and not one with a similar number.   Your name will also prevent someone’s family from picking up your bag.  It is very easy to reverse digits in a runner’s number, 142 and 124, etc.  Runners can be distraught upon reaching an aid station and discovering their drop bag missing.   Think about the baggage claim at an airport when preparing your bags.  Many look the same. 

Try to make yours unique in some way by using brightly colored ribbons, straps, etc.  This can help the volunteers find your bag for you more quickly and will also prevent others from picking up your bag by mistake. Because Mohican has an abundance of rain some years, waterproof the contents of your drop bags but do NOT use black garbage bags as drop bags.  They can be mistaken for trash and disposed of accidentally.  If the bag which you are using is not waterproof, you may put a garbage bag inside that bag.

Large lettered placards near the conference center start/finish area will designate locations at which drop bags for the various aid stations should be placed.  Please have all your aid station drop bags in the appropriate area by 10:00 PM Friday night. Only the aid stations listed above will have such placards. Aid station drop bags will be returned to the conference center area before Sunday noon. Most will be back earlier as aid stations begin closing.

If you finish the race early or DNF, you and/or your crew may pick up your drop bags at the aid stations.  You/your crew may even retrieve drop bags from the Covered Bridge Aid Station.  This is the only time that your crew is allowed near that area during the race. 

When you pick up your bags, please carefully check the number and name on the bag tags.  Again – think of the airport baggage claim area; many bags look the same. Volunteers who are handling the drop bags will greatly appreciate any help that you/your crew may provide in loading the drop bags on the truck at the Mohican Adventures Conference Center and/or unloading them on Sunday morning.  Many hands make light work! 

It is highly recommended that you also have a drop bag containing some warm clothing at the finish line especially if you expect to finish the race prior to the sun warming up the air on Sunday.  Saturday night is often chilly during the Mohican race.  Your exertion while running can make the clothing that you are wearing damp or wet.  Runners have often succumbed to spastic shivering when they stopped moving and became chilled at the end of the race.  After running the 100 miles you may not want to run/walk/crawl/slither to your camp site or car for warm clothing.  If you have family/crew holding warm clothing for you at the finish line you won’t need a drop bag there. 

You must pick up your drop bags and take them and your other belongings with you when you leave Mohican Adventures the final time.  They will not be mailed to you. If you left bags last year, they will be available for retrieval at Mohican Adventures Start/Finish on Friday during check-in and packet pickup.

Information for Family, Crew, Handlers

IMPORTANT PARK & FOREST RULES -- PLEASE OBSERVE!

DO NOT EXCEED FOREST/PARK SPEED LIMITS!!! 

SPEED LIMITS ARE ENFORCED WITH RADAR

Anyone intentionally littering in the state park or forest  will be disqualified 

No bicycles allowed in Forest/Park, except on Mountain Bike Trails.

No campfires. No camping overnight at aid stations. No vehicle parking at Covered Bridge. No nailing on any Forest property. Put garbage in OUR bags. Do not use barrels.

Allow yourself sufficient time to meet your runner.  Family, crew, volunteers, etc. have been ticketed in previous years both on the park/forest roads and on the area highways for speeding and not wearing seat belts (Ohio law).  

RENDEZVOUS WITH RUNNERS 

Please refer to the course map for Crew Access (CA) and Handler Locations (HL).  These are places where you may meet your runners.  Crew Access refers to an aid station where crew is allowed.  Handler location is not an aid station but is a place where you may meet your runners.   The directions to aid stations tell you how to reach the aid stations from the intersection of SR 3 and SR 97.  When going from one aid station to another, there is frequently a shorter route than going back to that intersection. This document is also used for supply delivery, volunteers, etc. so it gives the directions to all the aid stations even though you are not permitted to go to some of the aid stations except in an emergency (e.g. to pick up a DNF’d runner).  

 You should not be any place north of the river. In order to reach the intersection of SR3 and SR97, from Mohican Adventures Start/finish, head north about 1 mile on SR3 CREW ACCESS AID STATIONS (CA) at (I) Mohican Adventures at 64.96 Miles (100 mile race) Note: Some entrants’ family or friends may be volunteers at Mohican Adventures throughout the race. (G)  Fire Tower; (E) Mohican Wilderness; (B) Bridle Staging Area; There will be no crew access at Rock Point this year, please use the nearby Handler location 1. 

HANDLER LOCATIONS (HL)HL1 Intersection of CR 739 & SR 3 between Aid Stations C and D   NOTE: Absolutely no handlers, crew, family, friends, etc. at Station E (Covered Bridge) or any roads, parking areas, etc. near the Covered Bridge by order of the Park Rangers.  This includes the roads, parking lots, and picnic areas just north of the covered bridge.  No exceptions will be tolerated.  Runners are subject to disqualification if crew, etc. are in this prohibited area.  

In early years of the race, crew access was allowed at the Covered Bridge, but after severe traffic congestion with requests from rangers to move being ignored, the race was in danger of losing the covered bridge as an aid station.  This is an important aid station because runners pass through this aid station five times.  No one remotely connected with any entrant may be anywhere near the covered bridge area – this includes the roads leading to the bridge from all directions as well as the parking lots and picnic areas north of the bridge. 

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES 

Family and friends who will not be crewing for a runner are encouraged to volunteer at an aid station during the race.  Aid station volunteers provide assistance to all runners during their shift but also have an opportunity to pay special attention to their own runner too. Registered Volunteers will receive an official Mohican Trail 100 race Tee and are welcome to join us at the pre-race dinner Friday evening and the Sunday breakfast at no charge.    Please contact the race director, Ryan O’Dell, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it prior to the race and let me what times you are available so that we can find an aid station assignment that fits your schedule. Choose which aid station you’d like to help out with, even a station generally off limits to crew/family, e.g. the Covered Bridge aid station. Be a part of the Action, Don’t delay, send an email TODAY! (“  

HELPING RUNNERS 

Your runner may estimate his/her arrival time at an aid station.  This time may vary greatly in either direction depending on course and/or runner condition and thus the runner may arrive at the aid station much earlier or later than anticipated.  One daughter missed her father at the Fire Tower two years in a row. If your runner is finishing the race at night, have warm clothes / blanket with you at the finish line for him/her.  It is often quite chilly before the sun comes up.  Runners have often shivered uncontrollably when they stop running while they are drenched from their efforts. Carry these warm items with you; don’t just have them in your car which may be some distance away.   You may take your runner’s drop bags after they leave the aid station the last time.  You may also pick up their drop bags at the various aid stations if they DNF.  Please be extremely careful about the drop bag numbers.  Do not reverse digits of the number and pick up the wrong bag.  E.G.   If your runner is # 123, do not take #132 or #213.  If you have any doubt, do not take the bag.  

SOME BASICS 

A pasta dinner on Friday evening is included for the runner in the registration fee.  There is space on the registration form for the runner to order tickets for extra dinners for family/crew. It is also possible to purchase a meal ticket on Friday. A light breakfast is served on Sunday starting around 7:00 AM.  All are welcome for this at no extra charge. Please do not partake of the goodies at the aid stations. Supplies at the aid stations have been calculated for the number of runners in the race.  Runners pass through many of the aid stations multiple times, so the appearance of superabundance of food is in reality enough for the runners but not for family members, etc.  Different runners have different needs at various times; sugary, salty, proteins, etc.  Handfuls of M&Ms or chips may be exactly what a runner needs to regain energy.  These same items may also be extremely tempting to children (as well as to some adults.)   Please have goodies ready to offer children when they are tempted by the wide array of foods meant for the runners many of whom may still be coming through the aid station one or more times.  Of course if anyone is diabetic or hypoglycemic and needs sustenance, they are most welcome to use the runners’ food available at the aid station. 

The conference center at Mohican Adventures is, in essence, the last aid station. The food that is there before 7:00 AM Sunday is meant for the runners and their pacers as they arrive back at the campground during the night. This is not the breakfast food that will be served in the morning.  If you anticipate hunger during the night hours please provide your own snacks.  

Loudonville is the closest city to the race.  It has many stores where you may buy supplies, etc.  There is a McDonald’s a short distance south of Loudonville on SR3.  There is also a Dollar Store, Pizza Hut, East of Chicago and other pizza places, etc. on SR3 between McDonald’s and SR97.  Rader’s is a reasonably priced family type restaurant with scrumptious pies. It is located within walking distance of the new start/finish at Mohican Adventures, located next to the Little Brown Inn near the spot where Wally Road dead ends into SR3. 

There is a saying in Ohio, “If you don’t like the weather, stick around a minute.”  Be prepared for any and every type of weather.  Daytime temperatures may range between 50^o - 100^o F. on race weekend.  Nighttime temperatures may dip much lower.  The thermometer may rise or drop over 50 degrees during the race.  It may be very humid, hot, sticky, clear, delightful, calm, windy, thunderstorms.  Layered clothing and available rain gear is highly recommended.  One year a family from the south had to invest in sweaters because they had brought only very light clothing.  Many types of birds, butterflies, and small animals inhabit the beautiful Mohican area. Unfortunately some years there is also an abundance of flies, mosquitoes, and other pesky creatures.  Binoculars and bug spray may be useful as well as sunscreen.   You most probably will need a flashlight at some time during the race.  Extra batteries are recommended. 

If you are planning a canoe, raft, or tubing trip during your stay, make your reservation at the Mohican Adventures camp office. Mohican Adventures features a variety of trips from 5 miles or more. The Mohican River is one of the most popular in Ohio, family friendly, mostly shallow with a gentle current gently as long as there has not been several days of severe rains. Check with the camp office for river conditions.