Fab 5 Fifties Ultra Series

Races | Results | Rules | Registration

Races

April 17 Trail Mix Race Minnesota 50K Bloomington, MN
May 8 Ice Age 50K or 50 Mile La Grange, WI
May 15 Superior Trail 50K*
* UMTR Ultra Championship Race		 Lutsen, MN
July 3 Afton 50K Afton, MN
July 24 Voyageur 50 Mile Carlton, MN
August 21 Marquette 50K or 50 Mile Marquette, WI
August 28 Lean Horse 50 Mile Hot Springs, SD
September 10-11 Superior 50 Mile or Sawtooth 100 Mile (50 Mile split) Lutsen
October 10 Glacial Trail 50K or 50 Mile Greenbush, WI
October 16 Wild Duluth 50K Duluth, MN
 

Results
2008

2009

2010


Rules

  1. There will be overall male and female winners, plus age groups for each: open (under 40 years), masters (40-49) and grandmasters (50+). If, after the second race of the series the number of entrants warrants it, additional 10 year classes will be created. To avoid duplication of awards, overall winners will not be eligible for group awards.
  2. Participants may run as many of the series races as they wish, but only the top three 50K and top two 50 mile results will be used for the final tally. A runner must complete at least two events to win their age class. Entry into the series does not guarantee entry into any race in the series; each race has its own fees and rules.
  3. Scoring will be as follows: 50 points for first place, 40 for second, 30 for third, 20 for fourth, 10 for all other finishers. Scoring for the overall competition and age classes will be done separately. If there are fewer than 5 finishers either overall or in an age class, the scoring will be: 10 points for last place and 10 additional points for each runner beaten (for example, with three finishers: 30 points for first, 20 for second, 10 for third).
  4. Volunteering at any race in any UMTR series will be awarded 25 points, which may be substituted for the lowest score (both overall and in age class) of a completed 50K race. This may be done only once by a runner during the season. It is the responsibility of the entrant to notify the series director of their volunteering within three weeks or by the next race, whichever is later.
  5. Should any runner complete every race in the series, he or she will receive special recognition. A finish of the Lean Horse Hundred will be counted as a finish of the Half-Hundred, with the finish time, not the 50 mile split time, used for scoring. The Superior Sawtooth 100 Mile fifty mile split and Superior Trail 50 Mile will be scored separately; a runner need finish only one of these to have run every race.  Finishers of the Wild Duluth 100K will receive 10 points counting as a finish of the Wild Duluth 50K, but their scores will not be included in the calculations of the scores in the 50K.
  6. Ties in scoring at the end of the season will be decided by the series director by head-to-head race comparison or by any other method the director chooses. The director reserves the right to disallow any score deemed unfairly received.
  7. If a runner changes age class during the season, all of his or her scores will be included in the age class entered when signing up for the series.
  8. There is no retroactive scoring; only races completed after entering the series will be scored.

Registration
The Fab 5 Fifties Series is part of the Upper Midwest Trail Runners club.  A UMTR membership is required for entering the series.