Distance: No one you know has run this course. Race format consists of running two 50K trail runs back to back, the first being Friday night after packet pickup at an undisclosed location of which you won’t learn until a few hours before the start. The second 50K is the traditional Algonquin race course the following Saturday morning which we all know and love.

Qualifications: If you signed up to run the Algonquin and have completed a 50 mile race or longer and finished under the official cut off time with in the last year, then you are qualified for consideration.

There will be 30 open spots, however it is totally up to the Race Dictator and General Gabe to make the ultimate decision on who is in and who is not. Night experience running, a high tolerance for pain as well as a strong mind are all keys to crossing that finish line and earning the right to be called a DUC!

Finishers: The runners two times will be added together to decide whom our top male and female DUCs are.

Rules

• NO DROP BAGS

• No bib transfers or bandits

• Bib numbers should be visible at all times

• No littering. Pack in, pack out.

• Runners should stay on the established course

• Runners who drop out should turn in their bib to the first ALQ crew member and should make their way to an aid station to be picked up

• No pacers, but runners may have friends and/or family run with them from the end of the Algonquin trail to the finish line

• No deferrals

• No refunds

• No dogs for runners

• No early or late starts

• Runners’ crews may meet and assist runners only at aid stations. Assistance could include food, fuel and other items the runner could use.