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Directions to Packet Pick-up & Pre-race Meal (Friday, Sept 4, 5-8 PM)
(Packet pick-up may also occur race morning at the starting location 6:00 - 6:45 AM.) Packet pick-up and pre-race meal will be on Friday, Sept 4, 5-8 PM at the Harvest Table Restaurant in Meadowview, VA (inside the Meadowview Farmers’ Guild) (http://meadowviewfarmersguild.com/HarvestTable.html). Coming from Bristol/Abingdon (from the South): Head North on I-81 to exit 24 (Meadowview). At the bottom of the ramp, turn left, proceed 1/2 mile to the stop sign at the "T" intersection. Turn left onto Hillman highway. Drive ~100 yards, park in the square on the right. Coming from Emory/Marion/Roanoke (from the North): Head South on I-81 to exit 24 (Meadowview). At the bottom of the ramp, turn right; proceed 1/2 mile to the stop sign at the "T" intersection. Turn left onto Hillman highway. Drive ~100 yards, park in the square on the right.
Direction to the Start/finish area From the South: Drive North on I-81 to exit 19. Turn Right at the bottom of the exit onto Hw 58 East. Drive 10.3 miles on Hw 58 into Damascus. You will see a red caboose (as Hw 58 curves left); stay straight and park near the white gazebo.
From the North: Drive South on I-81 to exit 29. Turn Left at the bottom of the ramp onto Hw 91 South, following Hw 91 for ~12 miles to Damascus. At the stop sign (in Damascus), turn Right onto Hw 58 West (Laurel St). Turn left beside the red caboose; park near the white gazebo.
Crew Directions (follow link)
General Information
Cell phone coverage in Damascus may be unreliable. Do not count on cell phone coverage at the start or during the race. Coverage is good at the pre-race meal location.
Check in on race morning by 6:45 Check in on race morning at the starting line (even if you picked up your packet the night before). If you do not check in, you will not be counted as an official entrant (and your results will not be recorded) and you will not receive the finisher’s award.
Drop Outs If you drop out of the race, PLEASE make sure an aid station worker writes it down so we don’t start a search for you.
There will be cut-offs at various aid stations. If you do not leave the aid station by the cut-off you will be pulled from the race. Cut-offs are different for the various distances.
Drop Bags Drop Bags will be allowed for 30 mile and 50 mile entrants. Bags dropped at the race start will be taken to the Skulls Gap Aid Station. 30 mile entrants will pass this once & 50 mile entrants will use this aid station twice.
Road Crossings We will try to have someone at the major road crossings. However, you are responsible for stopping for cars; the roads will not be closed!
Course Markings The trails will be marked with streamers (flagging) approximately every ¼ mile and more frequently near turns. In town, the course will be marked with cones. The VA Creeper Trail will not be marked.
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