Ultra Run: Course Profile
Courses for 2023 are pending permit approval.
There will be 3-4 staff cars on course at aid stations as well as roaming. Each staff car will have water & ice as well as some sort of sponsored electrolytes/nutrition. Runners will be able to fill drop bags for each staff car with their personal nutrition & gear needs.
Day 1 – Kauai
Will be one of the following two courses
COURSE A
Aid station approximate locations: mile 4, 8, 12.5, 15, 19, 23.5
Approximately 1/3 trails during first portion of course.
NOTE: There is an alternate Kauai course we are considering, pending multiple land owner approvals.
COURSE B
Day 2 – Oahu
Aid station approximate locations: mile 5, 11, 21, 27.
You’ll need to be able to carry enough water from mile 11-21 as cars will not have access to the road/trail.
About 25-30% trail and remainder on roads. The climb & descent is trail, as well as the last few miles.
Day 3 – Lanai
Will be one of two courses
COURSE A
Aid station approximate locations: mile 5, 10, 14.5, 19, 26
Two loops of approx 14.75 miles. Each loops includes about 4 miles of road + 10.75 miles of dirt roads, technical in some points. + 1.5 miles around the park (3 loops).
Total is approximately 2/3 trail & 1/3 road.
COURSE B
Aid station approximate locations: mile 4.5, 11, 17.5, 22, 28
Lollipop course. This leaves directly from the ferry and climbs up a private road to the top. Approximately half trail & half road. Some road portion will include running on grass as to stay off the pavement, so trail road.
Day 4 – Maui
Aid station approximate locations: mile 11*, 15, 19.5, 25
*In the past runners were able to access a staff car at approximately mile 11. We have discovered a (somewhat recent) road closure, we are working to gain approval to access. At the very least, we will have staff run in at approximately mile 11 with water. First car access may not be until mile 15 where the closure is. This section is at the start, will be cold, and is all downhill.
First 1/3 is trail and the rest is road. Huge descent, initially trail then road (switchbacks), then some back road flats/rolling hills, followed by a (road) climb at the end.
Total descent = 8967′
Day 5 – Big Island
Aid station approximate locations: mile 3, 9, 15, 20.5, 27
All road, 4000′ descent.
NOTE: There is an alternate Big Island course we are considering pending permit approvals.
Courses subject to change pending permit approvals.
