2019 Year

(COUNTERCLOCKWISE DIRECTION)

NEW START TIME - SEE DETAILS BELOW

UPDATE 8/5/19:

Due to permitting requirements our 2019 race will start at 10am, and not at 5am as previously stated, all of the cutoff times will be pushed by 5hrs. With the change it means that most runners will finish during the night time, please plan accordingly.

Location:

The event will start at Beals Point.

Google maps to start

September 14-15,  2019

Race will start promptly at 5:00am 10:00am (Relay and Individual)

Runners briefing / Packet pickup:

Joins us the day before race day  for optional packet pickup The Aid Station - Trails & Ales. Same day packet pick up will also be available at the start area.

A lot of information will be shared during the runners briefing. We would like to minimize any doubts/concerns about the race course, aid stations, dropbags, and rules.

Running the relay? – Bring the whole team!

Google maps to the Aid Station

Google maps to start Beals Point, Granite Bay, CA 95746

Schedule of events:

• Packet pick up from 4:00 – 6:00pm (Sept 13) at Auburn Aid Station
• Race start at 10:00am (Sept 14)
• Awards ceremony 12pm at Claimstake Brewery (Sept 15)

Information:

Folsom Lake Ultra Trail (FLUT) is the only event to run all the way around Folsom Lake, to our knowledge, this may be the only race covering this length of distance while circumnavigating a body of water in California.

FLUT has a total of 12 aid stations that are packed with all kinds of food that ultra-runners need, water, electrolyte, boiled potatoes, chips, candy, gel packets, salt pills, and the later aid stations will have wholefoods such as soup, quesadillas, etc.

This race changes directions every year, 2015 was a counterclockwise course,  2016 will be clockwise course, and now we are back the original course, counterclockwise course. The  course is a mix of trails and some roads (85% Trail, 15% Road).

Click here to read the race report from the 2015 1st place overall, Jean Pommier. 

Click here to see all the pictures from our 2015 event. 

Relay team:

Click here for more information on each relay leg.

Come test your limits as a team! – You and 2 other of your friends can run all the way around Folsom Lake (2 person teams: 1 runner must cover at least 2 legs of the race). No runner or team can skip a leg, you will be considered as a DNF.

When a runner register as a relay team, the runner will receive an email for the other team members to finish their registration.

Only one runner at a time. This event consist of three legs:

1st leg –  From Beals Point to Salmon Falls AS  (21.3 miles**)

2nd leg – From Salmon Falls  AS to Gate 142 AS (24.5 miles**)

3rd leg – From Gate 142 AS to Beals Point (21.5  miles**)

**All distances are approximate. This course was mapped using a Garmin 920, Garmin 220, and Suunto Ambit 3, we got a different distance every time and decided to use the average.**

Prize purse: (Solo Race)

Only solo runners are eligible for prize money. .

We will allocated $100 per finisher. The total prize purse amount will be divided equally between male and female fields. Each gender prize purse will be divided as followed.

1st Place = 50% of prize purse
2nd Place = 32.5% of total prize purse
3rd Place = 17.5%
The more runners we get, the higher the prize purse.

Everyone is entered, runners who do not reside in the US will be subject to tax initially when paid

Prize will be mailed to the runner.

Example:
43 finishers = $4,300 prize purse.
100 finishers = $10,000 prize purse.

Pacers for Solo and Relay:

NEW: Solo and Relay runners can have pacers starting from Cool Aid Station (MILE 39.4).

Pacer are only allowed to join the runner at designated spots. Please, see the chart below for detailed instructions.

Pacers are only allowed in the relay under special circumstances.

Crew / Spectators:

Crew members must follow all State Park parking rules. They must display their park day/year permit when parking within the State Park, which is basically almost every accessible aid station except or No hands bridge and Gate 142 AS. Day pass can be obtained at the start area at the Iron Ranger “permit box” the morning of the event.

Click here for a print friendly map showing how to get around to each aid station.  (Map 2017 )

Cut off times:

The event will have a total allotted time of 20:15hrs. See chart below for cutoff times along the course.

Aid Stations:

Aid Station chart

All cutoff times will be enforced. Runners must check in at each aid station.

All distances are approximate
Accommodations - (Camping is available at the start area at Beals Point)

Different websites show the course with different distances: Strava 68.1mi, Map my run 69.2, ridewithgps 68.9

Also, climbing accumulation oscillates between 6,200' and 9,850' depending on the GPS watched used, we picked the average.