The UMTR Ultra Series is a series of ultra trail races throughout the upper Midwest.
Series Coordinator: Carl Bliss
Sponsored by: Ultimate Health Chiropractic
Ultra Series
Dr. Chad Koterba is not only a chiropractor, but also a certified athletic trainer. His background in sports medicine and chiropractic gives him a unique ability to treat sports injuries, as well as other nerve, muscle, and joint injuries. He specializes in runners and active individuals by using a comprehensive approach of treating through adjustments, specific stretching and strengthening exercises as well as soft tissue techniques such as myofascial release, Gua Sha tools, and trigger point therapy to relieve muscle tension which can lead to pain and dysfunction.
At Ultimate Health Chiropractic, we are runners, we treat and care for runners, and we get runners! You can see this from our wall of greatness filled with race bibs and medals from numerous patients who have trusted us to get them to the starting line and / or helped them with their recovery post-race.
As you can imagine, 2021 may look a little different. We are still waiting on dates for a number of races, and it's likely that many events will be postponed or cancelled. But we'd still like to run!
2021 Ultra Series Races
Event Name Location Date End Sure 100 Mile, 100K, 50K Leonard, ND March 20 Trail Mix 50K Rockford, MN April 18 Zumbro 100 Mile, 50 Mile Zumbro Falls, MN Chippewa 50K New Auburn, WI April 23-25 Ice Age 50 Mile, 50K La Grange, WI May 8 Superior Trail 50K Lutsen, MN TBD Chester Woods 50K Rochester, MN June 6 Kettle Moraine 100 Mile, 100K, 50K La Grange, WI June 12 Black Hills 100, 50 Mile, 50K Sturgis, SD June 12 Afton Trail 50K Afton, MN TBD Dances with Dirt 50 Mile 50K Devils Lake, WI July 10 Voyageur 50 Mile Duluth, MN TBD Marquette 50 Mile, 50K Marquette, MI August 20 Underdown 50 Mile, 50K Gleason, WI TBD Superior 100 Mile, 50 Mile Lutsen, MN TBD Birkie 100K Cable, WI September 25 Glacial Trail 50 Mile, 50 K Greenbush, WI October 10 Wild Duluth 100K, 50K Duluth, MN October 16 Surf the Murph 50K Savage, MN October 23 Hixon 50K LaCross, WI TBD tBunk 200 Mile, 100 Mile, 50 Mile, 50K Whitewater, WI November 12-14
Note: 100 milers run during the Ultra Series that are also on the Gnarly Bandit list will count for both series.
Rules
- You must be a UMTR member to participate in the series.
- Entrance in the Ultra series does not guarantee entry into any individual race. Entrants are responsible for their own race registration and all race entry fees.
- Races started prior to the official start time will not be counted in the scoring. This ensures that all runners have the same amount of time and conditions in which to complete an event.
- There is no retroactive scoring; only races completed after entering the series will be scored.
- There will be overall male and female winners, plus age groups for each: Open (under 40 years), Masters (40-49) and Grandmasters (50+). A runner’s age group is determined by their age as of April 1, just prior to the start of the series.
- To avoid duplication of awards, overall winners will not be eligible for age group awards.
- A runner must complete at least three races to win overall or in their age class.
- Only official finishes, as determined by the event’s Race Director, will earn points in the series standings.
- Scoring will be as follows:
- Participants may run as many of the series races as they wish, any race finished at any distance listed will be used for the final tally.
- A runner must complete the distance for which he / she originally registered and started to earn points in the series standings.
- Only official finishes, as determined by the event’s Race Director, will earn points in the series standings.
- 50 points are awarded for first place among participating series runners, 40 for second, 30 for third, 20 for fourth, 10 for all other finishers.
- Volunteer Bonus: Volunteering at any race in any UMTR series will be awarded 15 bonus points, applied to both overall and age class standings in all series in which the entrant is participating. Up to 3 bonuses will be applied per entrant per UMTR series season. It is the responsibility of the entrant to notify the series director, of ALL the series in which they participate, of their volunteering within three weeks or by the next race, whichever is later.
- Point system will be applied per age group, and for the overall championship.
- There will be no tie-breakers for age group or overall standings.
- Standings for the series will be posted here. Please contact the series director if there are questions about scoring.
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