Welcome to the Q50 Races Bleau Moon 10 and 5 Miles!
DATE: AUGUST 17, 2024 at 8:00PM
Distance: 5 and 10 miles
Categories: ONLY Individual
There will be NO refunds
Register at: https://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=113903
Time limit: 2hr and 30 minutes in both categories
Welcome to Q50 Races Bleau Moon 2024! We are using the 2020 race format for this race, approved by Louisiana State Parks that will allow for social distancing and local pandemic guidelines. We encourage you to continue to follow common sense hygiene and to take personal responsibility for your own health & safety concerns. As always, if you don’t feel well, please don’t come.
Please read the race instructions below:
Race Site: Fontainebleau State Park (Mandeville, LA) Pavilion at the very end by the water and nearest the large parking lot. $3/person Park Entrance Fee
1 Start Time: 8:00pm for 5 & 10 Miles
Registration: 6:30pm-7:35pm & Course Instructions: 7:40pm
10 Milers have one water/food station at the end of the 5 Mile loop. No Station for the 5 Milers.
Please don’t wait to show up at the last minute, as we are expecting a full house.
NO mileage switching on Race Day and NO Race Day Registration. The deadline to switch your mileage up or down was Wednesday, August 14th at Midnight.
At the start of the race, we ask that you line up according to your “minutes per mile”. 7-8 minute per mile will line up in the front, 9-10 minutes per mile, and so on down the line. We will NOT micromanage this. This is a courtesy you will be providing to each other.5
As our races already have a minimal paper or plastic policy, every participant must supply their own hydration container, and the provided water/Gatorade will ONLY be dispensed by our volunteers.6
Hand Sanitizer will be available7
Keep Hydrated and bring Mosquito Repellant.
We are doing our best to provide a safe and fun environment for you to MOVE in a positive and challenging way. Please, let’s continue to extend mutual respect to one another.
Please feel free to contact us with any questions, and as always, we thank you for your support. Happy Trails!
Where: Fontainebleau State Park, Mandeville, La
Mandatory Gear:
1. HEADLIGHT! (batteries)
2. Whistle
3. Water Bottle or Camelback
We are doing our best to provide a safe and fun environment for you to MOVE in a positive and challenging way. Please, let’s continue to extend mutual respect to one another, our Q50 Staff, and our Q50 Volunteers.
Please feel free to contact us with any questions, and as always, we thank you for your support. Happy Trails!
Cesar Torres, Director
Q50 Races
504-390-8807
Entry Fees
If you
78433 Hwy 25
Folsom, La 70437
ACTIVITIES BY TIME:
1.- Packet Pick up and Race Day
2.- Children’s Race 7:45pm a 200 yds Children’s race just for fun, no fee, no t-shirts, no
3.- Instructions for the runners: Course Instructions 7:35pm
4.- Race Stars at 8:00pm
– There is a fee of $3.00 per person to be admitted to the park.
This fee does not appl to
– NO DOGS, NO PACERS, NO BABY STROLLERS, NO BICYCLES,
and NO EARPHONES, etc. ALLOWED on the COURSE!
– This
keep our races and the park green, cups will not be provided at the water station. This helps reduce our impact on the park. Water will be provided for filling your bottles, camelbacks, and other containers at the start/finish of the race. The only water station will be at the start/finish of the race. Drink lots of water before, during and after the race to stay hydrated.
– Come prepared for the HOT weather.
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– Don’t forget your headlamp (batteries), camelback, hydration belt or bottle water!
– HAVE FUN! Plan to stay for the post-race activities and awards
ceremony. There will be
We do not guarantee a t-shirt if you
WE ARE GOING GREEN NO PAPER CUPS, All runners should bring water bottles and/or camelbacks
Park Address: Address:
62883 Hwy. 1089
Mandeville, LA 70448
Coordinates:
30.345013, -90.022842
Location: Fontainebleau State Park in Mandeville, LA – $3.00 entry fee per person to get into the Park (Driving Directions from New Olreans: Once you reach the north side of Lake Ponchartrain, get in the right lane and curve right 100 meters after exiting the Causeway Bridge. Continue east on Florida Blvd for 3.6 miles (6k). Fontainebleau State Park is on the right. There is one main entrance to the park. Once you
Surface: Trail Run
Aid Stations: Only one at the Start/Finish of the race. Water will be provided. Paper cups will not be provided. All runners should bring water bottles and/or camelbacks.
Awards: Hand made!
Course: The course will be in the amazing Fontainebleau State Park in Mandeville, Louisiana. This race will be ran at NIGHT! The course will be one loop with the
Rules: Please, it is responsibility of each runner to know and respect all rules for the event. At the same time, every runner must be medically fit to participate in this event. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at info@q50races.com.
1. You will run in areas where nature will offer all its beauty, please DO NOT leave any trace behind you. Every runner must carry out their trash (granola bar wraps, gel packs, paper, etc) and
Runners not respecting this rule will be disqualified.
2. It is completely forbidden to extract and/or collect any kind of flora or fauna, rocks, etc. anywhere on or around the course.
3. Each runner will have to cover their
4. For safety reasons, companions, friends or family will only be able to assist runners at the start/finish line. No pacers are allowed.
5. For safety reasons, no vehicles will be permitted to accompany any runner at any time during the race.
6. Cut off times are not negotiable.
7. The numbers given to the runner prior to the race, must be at a visible place on the front of the runner at all times during the course.
8. For logistic and safety reasons, companions, family and friends will only be permitted in assigned areas noted by Q50.
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10. Q50 will be coming and going all around the course during the event. They will be properly identified. In case of emergency, runners should inform one of these Q50 people.
11. Q50 reserve the right to take out of the race any runner that is considered not to be physically capable of finishing the race (medical opinion will be requested for this to happen).
12. A Q50 representative should be informed immediately by any runner dropping out..
13. The only Aid Station will be at the Start/Finish Line. Each runner must bring with him/her from the
Safety: THE RACE WILL TAKE PLACE AT NIGHT. THERE WILL BE NO LIGHTS EXCEPT YOUR HEADLIGHT. THE TRAIL WILL BE MARKED WITH NIGHT TAPE-GLOW STICKS AND THERE WILL BE Q50 VOLUNTEERS ALONG THE COURSE.
