I want to be the first the promote the Knoxville Track Club's first ultramarathon. History will be made October 10 as the KTC will hold its first ultramarathon, the Cumberland Trail 50k at Cove Lake State Park. The race benefits the Cumberland Trail Conference and will be limited to 100 runners (those who have completed another ultra in under 8 hours). This seems strict, but the Race Director, local ultra runner, Susan Donnelly, warns that this course is extremely tough and to expect times twice as slow a your PR. That would mean this course would take me more than 6 hours to complete ... ouch.
Course Description
The race takes you on a challenging, out-and-back route on the rugged New River section of the Cumberland Trail. This section crosses the high point of the trail, Cross Mountain, at over 3000ΚΌ. The climb up Cross Mountain is steep and will be slow. The course is 80% single-track trail and 20% gravel road. The race course starts through Cove Lake State Park, then uses approximately 9.3 miles of the Cumberland Trail before diverging off the trail and onto ATV and gravel road the rest of the way to the halfway point. It returns to the finish using the same route.
Course Description
The race takes you on a challenging, out-and-back route on the rugged New River section of the Cumberland Trail. This section crosses the high point of the trail, Cross Mountain, at over 3000ΚΌ. The climb up Cross Mountain is steep and will be slow. The course is 80% single-track trail and 20% gravel road. The race course starts through Cove Lake State Park, then uses approximately 9.3 miles of the Cumberland Trail before diverging off the trail and onto ATV and gravel road the rest of the way to the halfway point. It returns to the finish using the same route.
A more detailed course description can be found on the RACE APPLICATION.
Even though I'm excited for this event, I still haven't fully decided if I'm going to run it or not. It depends on when the UT/Georgia game is that day (the later the better) AND whether I decide to get in a fast road marathon instead to prepare for the JFK 50-miler in November.
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