A two-day trail race weekend in the Black Mountains outside Burnsville, North Carolina, run on some of the steepest terrain in the eastern United States near Mount Mitchell. The 50k starts at 5:30 AM Saturday with a 15 hour cutoff, with an optional 4:00 AM
… MoreA two-day trail race weekend in the Black Mountains outside Burnsville, North Carolina, run on some of the steepest terrain in the eastern United States near Mount Mitchell. The 50k starts at 5:30 AM Saturday with a 15 hour cutoff, with an optional 4:00 AM early start giving 16.5 hours; the 25k goes at 7:00 AM with 8 hours and the 11k at 8:00 AM Sunday with 5. The climbing is severe enough that the 50k cutoff is longer than many hundred-kilometre races, and the event has a reputation as one of the hardest 50k courses in the country.
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