Driftless Endurance Rumble on the Ridge

Driftless Endurance – Rumble on the Ridge is a take on the traditional Backyard Ultra Last Person Standing. The event will take place on private land just 40 minutes west of Madison, WI. In the heart of the Driftless Area on an old dairy farm, participants will compete on a 1-ish mile looped course, dubbed “The Driftless Mile”, completing a loop every 20 minutes.

Sounds easy enough right?….Within the 1ish mile loop you’ll hit 250 feet of elevation gain via a .4 mile climb up an active access road to the top of the ridge, single tracks along the spine of the ridge, back down the hill on an old snowmobile path (with an average grade of -18%) before running the base of the hill back to the . And just to keep it interesting we are going to reverse the course every 3 hours to save your quads from the downhill….You can thank us later.

All participants will receive a soft blend race t-shirt.

Winner receives bragging rights for a year, a free entry into next year’s event to defend their title and a unique winner award. Anyone who reaches the 20,000 feet club (80 laps) will also win Driftless Endurance swag.

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Rules
-You have 20 minute to complete a loop.
-You must be in the corral at the of the next loop when the cowbell rings. Crew tent/restrooms/on the course do not count as the corral.
-Runners coming in after the 20 minute limit will be eliminated.
-This is a bring your own aid event. There will be a designated spot with tents where you can set up a chair, tent and/or small cooler.
-No runner may accept aid while on the course. Any aid must be carried on the person.
-Running poles are NOT allowed before the 3-hour mark or lap 10, unless course is wet then will be allowed from the .
-3 minute warning-You will hear 3 whistle blows and music playing
-2 minute warning-2 whistle blows .
-1-minute warning-1 whistle blow
–Cowbell
-The winner is declared when there is only 1 person left who has successfully completed all laps in under 20 minutes.
-If at the 30 hour mark (90 laps) there are still multiple competitors left there will be a Sudden Death Lap where the first person back to the corral under 20 minutes wins.
-If no participant successfully completes the final lap. There will be no winner for this year.

Have FUN!!

Driftless Trail
All donations and a percentage of the proceeds from the event will go directly to the planning and building of the Driftless Trail. The Driftless Area Land Conservancy (DALC) is leading this project to build the Driftless Trail which is a planned 50-mile loop that connects Tower Hill, Governor Dodge, and Blue Mounds State Parks. This is a foot-only trail, to be used for hiking, running, snowshoeing, or cross country skiing wandering through the woods, prairies, farms, bluffs and streams of Iowa County’s Driftless landscape.