Blood Rock 50
50 Mile Endurance Trail Race
The 50 Mile Race
13,057ft. of Elevation GAIN - 22 Hour Cutoff
Race Start is 7:00 AM, Saturday, December 2Nd.
Blood Rock 50 Mile is a Southeastern Trail Runs race. The race will take place at Oak Mountain State Park in Pelham, Alabama, 20 miles south of Birmingham. The race will start and end at the Cabins on Tranquility Lake. The 50 Mile Race will start at 7:00 AM Saturday. Aid stations distances range from 5 to 9 miles apart. The Cutoff for the 50 Mile Race will be 22 Hours. The 50 course is one full laps of the 34.1 mile, 55K course, returning to the Cabins Start/Finish Aid Station. Runners will then run the north loop a second time. Due to the extremely difficult and remote nature of the backcountry sections of Blood Rock, we must enforce mandatory cutoffs.
Race Shirt Cutoff - November 20th
IF YOU WOULD LIKE A BLOOD ROCK RACE SHIRT YOU "MUST" REGISTER BY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH.
The shirt order absolutely must go in on the 21st. Please register early to insure getting one of these really cool shirts. Additional Long Sleeve Tech shirts and 100% Poly Hoodies with the look and feel of cotton will also go off sale on the 21st.
THERE WILL BE NO LATE REGISTRATION
THERE WILL BE NO LATE REGISTRATION FRIDAY OR SATURDAY BEFORE THE RACES.
Download the 2022 Blood Rock 50 Mile Runners Manuel
2023 PARKING PASS
Please download and print the parking pass. It should be displayed on the dash of your car at all times while in Oak Mountain State Park for the Blood Rock races.
Click on the image to the right to download the PDF file.
Lodging and Camping at Blood Rock
We have reserved all 10 cabins at the start of the Blood Rock 100 and 50 Mile, 55K & 25K race. There is also a very nice campground 2-miles from the start. Watch for Updates on Facebook at the Blood Rock 100 Facebook Page.
CABIN RESERVATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO 100 AND 50 MILE RUNNERS
Follow the link below to the cabin reservation page and review the information. Then select and complete the proper form and hit the “Submit” button. Cabins will be reserved in the order in which we receive the completed forms. We will contact you within 24 hours letting you know if you have a cabin reserved, or on the waitlist. If you have reserved a cabin, we will send payment information at that time. Use the link below.
2023 Blood Rock 50 Mile Pace Chart
Blood Rock 50 Mile Aid Station Details
THE BLOOD ROCK 34.2 MILE LOOP GPX FILE
Almost every year at Blood Rock, people mess with flags and signs. last year, two days before the race, all the signs at a major intersection were thrown out into the woods. The next day, over a mile of flags and signs were pulled and thrown in the woods. Oh, and one rather critical signs was reversed potentially sending runners miles in the wrong direction. I had several game cameras on the course, one actually on the Green Trail where all the flags were pulled. Of course, that’s the one that didn’t work. I have more cameras this year but don’t take chances. Download the Gaia App to your phone. Then load the GPX file to the Gaia App. Although GPS navigation in the woods isn’t prefect, it’s good enough to keep you on, or very close to the correct trail. Download the app in advance and practice with it. Make a GPX file of one of your standard training runs. Send the file to your phone in an email. Open the GPX file in the email and load it to the Gaia App. Run with it. See how it shows your location in relation to the downloaded course. You do not need any cell reception to use the app.
The GAIA website had thorough directions on how to load your GPX file to the app.
