***NEW FOR 2025*** - This year we will be doing two starts, 5-minutes
apart to help space runners out for the first few kilometers. Please
choose your start wave based on your expected race time. We would like
the fastest runners to go out first to avoid congestion and traffic.
Please choose Wave 1 if you plan to complete your race around 3 hours
or less. Please choose Wave 2 if you plan to be longer than 3 hours.
This race is chip timed, your start wave will not impact your time.
Welcome to the 3rd edition of The Callous Crow trail race at Crowbar
Hiking Trails in Porters Lake, Nova Scotia. The land these trails pass
over is part of the Waverley - Salmon River Long Lake Wilderness Area.
This trail system is maintained by the team at The Crowbar Lake
Wilderness Association (CLWA) and their team of volunteers. For more
information about the CLWA including info about the trail system
please visit their Facebook Page or Website.This event will take place
on narrow technical trails that meander their way through old-growth
forests while passing by many massive granite boulders and rocky
outcrops, some of which offer up expansive views.We reckon this is one
of the toughest half-marathon distance races in these parts thanks to
the challenging terrain. We are pretty excited about having access to
this trail system and showing everyone all it has to offer. This race
will test everyone's technical trail running ability while keeping the
distance at an inclusive length.There is just one distance at the
Callous Crow, a 21ish km trail race. The course is much more technical
than some of our other races, with roots, rocks and lots of leaves to
keep you watching your footing. There are some steep ascents and some
fun downhills in there too!There will be amazing prizing for the male
and female podium from Salomon, Smatwool, and Eastwood Pottery.
There's also lots of other prizes up for grabs as always.We hope you
can join us for a fun and memorable day of technical trail racing!$3
from every race entry will be donated to the trail system. Please note
there will be an enforced cutoff at the 7.6km mark of this race. All
competitors must reach this point under 2 hours from the start to
continue around the loop. Anyone who doesn't reach this point by the
cutoff will be asked to run the shortened (13km route). Our goal is to
have everyone off the trail within 5 hours of the start.
FYI...everyone made the cutoff last year!Please note the cutoff to
order all merchandise is March 14th, 2024 @11:59pm. ***The Fine Print
- There will be no refunds from AO on this event but you can transfer
your registration to another person up to April 18th, 2024 @ noon
directly through Race Roster for $1.95 + processing fee. We have
turned on Race Rosters "Enhanced Refund Protection" that can be
purchased for a small fee during registration. There is a small chance
this event will be cancelled or postponed due to trail use
permissions. We will refund people if this occurs.In an effort to
preserve the trails. If the trails are deemed too wet to race on April
26th we will be using May 3rd as our rain date.We will send an email
out to all participants prior to the race with more details. You can
also follow us @allouttrailracing on Instagram for the latest updates.
Click HERE to view map on Strava ***Please note the will be no dogs
allowed on the course, but are welcome at the start-finish***
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