"OHMIGOD! I DIDN'T KNOW INDIANA *HAD* HILLS!"

NOTE: This run is NOT affiliated with the Hoosier Hikers Council and their long-running "Knobstone Mini" held in Morgan-Monroe State Forest
http://www.hoosierhikerscouncil.org/Trail_Race_Info/Knobstone_mini.shtml
although our past net proceeds have been donated to them.

2011 BACKPACKERS! LOOK FOR SPECIFIC NOTES as April approaches. (Gear and food and hikes, oh my!)

April 08, 09, 10, 2011!! Come enjoy an amazing forest route, of an EXTREMELY RUGGED single track trail, adorned with an amazing carpet of wildflowers AT THEIR PEAK, and allow yourself a peaceful campfire get-together post-run.

Please read/study/KNOW the nature of this run, 19,400 feet of rise/fall over the Knobstone Escarpment west of I65, from roughly Exit 9 to Exit 33. If you've not run on THE ACTUAL KNOBSTONE TRAIL before, PLEASE READ THE INFORMATION POSTED IN THE "FILES". The KT EATS quads. Please train safely. Please plan to stay Saturday nite, rest up, sip a Guinness by the campfire after a big helping of lasagna/potato soup/chili or other items... Enjoy!
See also http://www.delaneypark.com

Sign-up and costs: Look, forget the old stuff. We will again create the 2011 edition as we go. But it would be wild (as well as against tradition) if any of this went above $25 per person, for the entire weekend.

VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED TO: {ok, again, for 2011, what follows is a list of possible places to help. Contribute where you can, and don't whine where you can't.}

a i) Shuttle 50 milers and the initial water/drop bags
a ii) Shuttle 50k runners, secondary aid/drop bags, 50 mile "sags"

b i) Shuttle 26.2 runners, 50 mile "sags"
b ii) Shuttle 13.1 and 10k runners with ending drop bags

c) RUN THE LAST 10K SOUTHBOUND, marking trail with flour

d) START THE PM KITCHEN: lasagna, potato soup, etc. into oven, etc.

e) SETTLE-UP WITH DELANEY at $3 gate fee + $7 bunk fee per person per night
THAT'S FIVE PERSONS TO FIND....