save the date for lighthouse 2021:
June 12th, 2021!!!
Announcements for 2021 (Updated May 11th, 2021)
1. Course Maps: I will be driving the course this weekend to finalize the course map for 2021. Next Monday I will begin getting those documents updated and added to the website. I hope to have a high-level map and turn-by-turn directions done by next Friday, but the large Race Packet which contains additional details such as Aid Station information and bathroom locations will be available at the end of the month (That takes a lot longer to put together). As previously stated, the 2021 course will mimic the 2019 course currently shown on our website with a few small variations due to local construction projects – if you familiarize yourself with the 2019 course, you will be prepared for the 2021 course.
2. Pre-Race Check-in and Packet Pickup: Packet pick-up will be located at the Grand Traverse Civic Center Park Pavilion (1213 W Civic Center Drive, Traverse City, MI 49686) on Friday, June 11th. We tentatively plan to be available between 4 and 6pm, but may set up slightly early. Please note, we are asking all runners to attend packet pick-up on Friday so that we can get you your bib/swag and we can collect any drop bags from uncrewed runners.
NOTE: I understand that there may be some of you that will be unable to attend packet pick-up on Friday. We will have bibs available on Saturday morning but I cannot guarantee that your swag bag may be available until after the race concludes. The reason I say this is because the same volunteers who will be working packet pickup will be the same volunteers spread out along the course on Saturday to help at aid stations – Our equipment trucks simply may not be available to get you all your gear Saturday morning.
3. Pre-Race Meeting: We will not be holding a pre-race meeting on Friday as has been tradition and will instead hold a small meeting 20-minutes before each race begins on Saturday. I’ll go over several items during that small meeting, but please note that runners and crews are responsible for reading the Rules and Regulations page on our website prior to beginning the race. Our race depends on permits and the adherence to local guidelines – I will not tolerate any runners or crew member breaking race rules.
4. Bib Assignments: Bib assignments are now available under the 2021 Bib Assignments tab in the upper-right corner of the website.
5. Race Shuttle for Uncrewed Runners: There will be no race shuttle for the 2021 race. In years past, we have offered a race day shuttle for our uncrewed runners to park at the finish line and be shuttled to the starting line - this service is being suspended for 2021 but should hopefully return for 2022. Uncrewed runners will need to find their own transportation to the starting line for 2021 - Please note, overnight parking is not allowed at the Mission Point Lighthouse where the race starts. I apologize for this inconvenience.
6. Aid Stations: As of right now, we do plan to still offer 9 main aid stations along the course. These aid stations can be anywhere from 8 to 15 miles apart, so please plan accordingly. While we will do our best to provide normal aid station fare (Water, Pop, Gels, Fruit, Snacks, Candy, Potatoes, etc.), but we may have to cut back our offerings for 2021 and shift to more limited and prepackaged options to reduce person-to-person contact. If you have any dietary restrictions or favorite ‘must-have foods’, I encourage you to prepare those items ahead of time.
7. Drop Bags: Uncrewed runners will be welcome to utilize drop bags throughout the race and can have drop bags sent to any of the 9 main aid stations along the course. Please bring drop bags to pre-race check-in on Friday, if possible, but drop bags will also be accepted on race morning. Please clearly mark all drop bags with you name, bib number, and drop bag location.
Crewed Runners: We ask that if you are a crewed runner with a support vehicle to please avoid using drop bags. Our capacity to carry drop bags will be limited and we need to prioritize this service for uncrewed runners.
8. Volunteers: We are actively looking for both Aid Station Captains and volunteers for 2021. If you know someone who may be interested in being a part of our race, please send them our way! As a reminder, any person who signs up to be an Aid Station Captain for 2021 will be gifted a free race entry for 2022 to be used by them or gifted away to someone else.
9. “The Unknown”: We are moving forward in our planning and preparation with the expectation that we will be able to hold our event June 12th, 2021. However, we also do not know what June 2021 will bring. As we get closer to our race date please be aware of our potential contingency plans which include, but are not limited to, the following items:
a. Required use of face-coverings and social distancing
b. Staggered starting times
c. Adaptions to aid stations formats and offerings
d. Course Alterations due to local laws or extenuating circumstance
e. Modifications to Packet Pick Up in Traverse City
f. Signing a COVID-19 waiver prior to receiving your race packet
If there are any questions at all, please feel free to reach out to me directly at lighthouse100ultra@gmail.com and I would be more than happy to help.
1. Course Maps: I will be driving the course this weekend to finalize the course map for 2021. Next Monday I will begin getting those documents updated and added to the website. I hope to have a high-level map and turn-by-turn directions done by next Friday, but the large Race Packet which contains additional details such as Aid Station information and bathroom locations will be available at the end of the month (That takes a lot longer to put together). As previously stated, the 2021 course will mimic the 2019 course currently shown on our website with a few small variations due to local construction projects – if you familiarize yourself with the 2019 course, you will be prepared for the 2021 course.
2. Pre-Race Check-in and Packet Pickup: Packet pick-up will be located at the Grand Traverse Civic Center Park Pavilion (1213 W Civic Center Drive, Traverse City, MI 49686) on Friday, June 11th. We tentatively plan to be available between 4 and 6pm, but may set up slightly early. Please note, we are asking all runners to attend packet pick-up on Friday so that we can get you your bib/swag and we can collect any drop bags from uncrewed runners.
NOTE: I understand that there may be some of you that will be unable to attend packet pick-up on Friday. We will have bibs available on Saturday morning but I cannot guarantee that your swag bag may be available until after the race concludes. The reason I say this is because the same volunteers who will be working packet pickup will be the same volunteers spread out along the course on Saturday to help at aid stations – Our equipment trucks simply may not be available to get you all your gear Saturday morning.
3. Pre-Race Meeting: We will not be holding a pre-race meeting on Friday as has been tradition and will instead hold a small meeting 20-minutes before each race begins on Saturday. I’ll go over several items during that small meeting, but please note that runners and crews are responsible for reading the Rules and Regulations page on our website prior to beginning the race. Our race depends on permits and the adherence to local guidelines – I will not tolerate any runners or crew member breaking race rules.
4. Bib Assignments: Bib assignments are now available under the 2021 Bib Assignments tab in the upper-right corner of the website.
5. Race Shuttle for Uncrewed Runners: There will be no race shuttle for the 2021 race. In years past, we have offered a race day shuttle for our uncrewed runners to park at the finish line and be shuttled to the starting line - this service is being suspended for 2021 but should hopefully return for 2022. Uncrewed runners will need to find their own transportation to the starting line for 2021 - Please note, overnight parking is not allowed at the Mission Point Lighthouse where the race starts. I apologize for this inconvenience.
6. Aid Stations: As of right now, we do plan to still offer 9 main aid stations along the course. These aid stations can be anywhere from 8 to 15 miles apart, so please plan accordingly. While we will do our best to provide normal aid station fare (Water, Pop, Gels, Fruit, Snacks, Candy, Potatoes, etc.), but we may have to cut back our offerings for 2021 and shift to more limited and prepackaged options to reduce person-to-person contact. If you have any dietary restrictions or favorite ‘must-have foods’, I encourage you to prepare those items ahead of time.
7. Drop Bags: Uncrewed runners will be welcome to utilize drop bags throughout the race and can have drop bags sent to any of the 9 main aid stations along the course. Please bring drop bags to pre-race check-in on Friday, if possible, but drop bags will also be accepted on race morning. Please clearly mark all drop bags with you name, bib number, and drop bag location.
Crewed Runners: We ask that if you are a crewed runner with a support vehicle to please avoid using drop bags. Our capacity to carry drop bags will be limited and we need to prioritize this service for uncrewed runners.
8. Volunteers: We are actively looking for both Aid Station Captains and volunteers for 2021. If you know someone who may be interested in being a part of our race, please send them our way! As a reminder, any person who signs up to be an Aid Station Captain for 2021 will be gifted a free race entry for 2022 to be used by them or gifted away to someone else.
9. “The Unknown”: We are moving forward in our planning and preparation with the expectation that we will be able to hold our event June 12th, 2021. However, we also do not know what June 2021 will bring. As we get closer to our race date please be aware of our potential contingency plans which include, but are not limited to, the following items:
a. Required use of face-coverings and social distancing
b. Staggered starting times
c. Adaptions to aid stations formats and offerings
d. Course Alterations due to local laws or extenuating circumstance
e. Modifications to Packet Pick Up in Traverse City
f. Signing a COVID-19 waiver prior to receiving your race packet
If there are any questions at all, please feel free to reach out to me directly at lighthouse100ultra@gmail.com and I would be more than happy to help.
welcome to the
june 12th, 2021
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Welcome to America's most-beautiful road ultramarathons . . . the LIGHTHOUSE 100-mile and LIGHTHOUSE 50-mile ultras!!
In Northern Michigan, at sunrise (6:00 am) on Saturday, June 12th, 2021, 100-mile runners will depart from the Old Mission Lighthouse, on the peninsula north of Traverse City, and head south to Traverse City, along the bay, and then make their way north, through Elk Rapids, Torch Lake, Norwood, Charlevoix . . . all the way to the Petoskey Lighthouse!!! The LIGHTHOUSE 100 is a point-to-point course that travels through some of the most scenic areas our country has to offer. You will be running almost exclusively on bicycle paths along the bay, paved trails, little-used country roads, and through some of the most exclusive areas in Michigan. All along the way, you will enjoy countless unobstructed views of the water. 
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Run mainly on quiet seaside bike paths and streets with little to no traffic (only 3-5 of the 100 miles are on the main road through the area (US31), and those few miles have a very wide shoulder), the LIGHTHOUSE 100 is a gorgeous course with terrain that ranges from flat to rolling hills. And with the moderate-to-cool North Michigan temperatures in early-June, this course is absolutely perfect for anyone looking to run a first 100-miler, or to notch a "PR" in the distance. Additionally, with the race so near the summer equinox, runners will enjoy 16 full hours of daylight (6:00 am until 10:00 pm), and when the sun sets, a full moon will illuminate their way throughout the night!
You can run the LIGHTHOUSE 100 either crewed or uncrewed, that's up to you. We will have fully-stocked aid stations approximately every 10 miles, and unmanned water stations every 5 miles between those stations. Whether you run crewed or uncrewed, rest-assured, you are in for a treat . . . this course is insanely-beautiful. Dave Krupski, the Lighthouse 100 founder, has run road ultras all over the world, from the California desert (Badwater) to the coast of Italy (UMS 175), to the iconic Spartathlon in Greece . . . and while Lighthouse cannot claim to be as difficult as those races, it is every bit as beautiful (and perhaps more so)! |
In conjunction with the LIGHTHOUSE 100, we will also be hosting the LIGHTHOUSE 50 mile race (which will follow the second-half of the 100-mile course)!
You will pass through gorgeous seaside towns such as Petoskey, Bay Harbor, Charlevoix, Torch Lake, Elk Rapids, Acme, and right through downtown Traverse City, America's "cherry capital"!
Regardless of which race you choose, both races will be electronically-timed, so your friends and family who are at home will be able to follow your progress online!
You will pass through gorgeous seaside towns such as Petoskey, Bay Harbor, Charlevoix, Torch Lake, Elk Rapids, Acme, and right through downtown Traverse City, America's "cherry capital"!
Regardless of which race you choose, both races will be electronically-timed, so your friends and family who are at home will be able to follow your progress online!
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Additionally, the LIGHTHOUSE 100 will feature fully-custom and personalized race bibs! For all runners who sign up by May 1st -- one month before the race date -- we guarantee their name and country will be on the bib! Also, we offer the option to request your favorite race number!!!
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Schedule of Events
Friday, June 11th, 2021
Packet Pickup: Grand Traverse County Civic Center Pavilion - 1213 W Civic Center Drive, Traverse City, MI 49686
Time: 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Saturday, June 12th, 2021
6:00am EST - 100-Mile Start: Old Mission Lighthouse Park. 20500 Center Rd, Old Mission, MI 49686
12:00pm EST - 50-Mile Start: Final Location TBD. The 50 Mile race will follow the 2nd half of the 100-mile course
Sunday, June 13th, 2021
12:00pm EST - Race Ends for both 100-Mile and 50-Mile Runners. Bayfront Park - 101 E Lake St, Petoskey MI 49770
100-Mile Runners will have 30 hours to complete the race
50-Mile Runners will have 24 to finish
Packet Pickup: Grand Traverse County Civic Center Pavilion - 1213 W Civic Center Drive, Traverse City, MI 49686
Time: 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Saturday, June 12th, 2021
6:00am EST - 100-Mile Start: Old Mission Lighthouse Park. 20500 Center Rd, Old Mission, MI 49686
12:00pm EST - 50-Mile Start: Final Location TBD. The 50 Mile race will follow the 2nd half of the 100-mile course
Sunday, June 13th, 2021
12:00pm EST - Race Ends for both 100-Mile and 50-Mile Runners. Bayfront Park - 101 E Lake St, Petoskey MI 49770
100-Mile Runners will have 30 hours to complete the race
50-Mile Runners will have 24 to finish
entry to The Lighthouse 100/50
(June 12th, 2021)
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Registration for the LIGHTHOUSE 100 and LIGHTHOUSE 50 will open on January 4th, 2021 at 8:00am EST.
Pricing will be as follows for 2021: -LIGHTHOUSE 100: limit 100 runners -LIGHTHOUSE 50: limit 50 runners - January 4th, 2021 - May 2021: -LIGHTHOUSE 100: $250 -LIGHTHOUSE 50: $200 |
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Cancellations and Deferrals
Because the LIGHTHOUSE 100 and LIGHTHOUSE 50 have many upfront costs, we have a strict and uniform policy of no refunds or exchanges and no person-to-person bib transfers.
However, we do offer runners the option to defer their entry to the following year.
We do understand that plans change, injuries happen, and various situations arise, but we feel it is most fair to apply a uniform policy to all, instead of a subjective line of who should receive a refund and who shouldn’t. All purchases and sales are 100% final, no exceptions. Refunds will not be issued based on weather conditions. We appreciate your understanding in this matter.
However, we do offer runners the option to defer their entry to the following year.
We do understand that plans change, injuries happen, and various situations arise, but we feel it is most fair to apply a uniform policy to all, instead of a subjective line of who should receive a refund and who shouldn’t. All purchases and sales are 100% final, no exceptions. Refunds will not be issued based on weather conditions. We appreciate your understanding in this matter.
