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2021 - Burning River

Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, United States View on map
Jul 24, 2021 (America/New_York local time)
Trail running

2021 distances

Trail running

100 Mile

The 100 mile event starts and finishes in Downtown Cuyahoga Falls. Runners have 30 hours to complete the course and receive their belt buckle.

Jul 24, 2021 Ultra 4:00 AM
$315.00
Closed

50 Mile

The 50 mile distance begins in Downtown Cuyahoga Falls and finishes at Silver Springs Park in Stow, Ohio. Runners have 15 hours to complete the course and receive their 50M medal.

Jul 24, 2021 Ultra 4:00 AM
$195.00
Closed

Back Half 50 Mile

The back half 50 mile distance begins at Silver Springs Park in Stow, Ohio and finishes in Downtown Cuyahoga Falls. Back 50 runners have 16 hours to complete the course and receive their 50M medal.

Jul 24, 2021 Ultra 11:00 AM
$195.00
Closed

100 Mile 4 Person Relay

The 100 mile relay starts and finishes in Downtown Cuyahoga Falls. Relay teams have 27 hours to complete the course and receive their medals. Female participants must run at least 25% of the segments to be considered for Co-ed awards. Relay exchange locations are subject to change.

Jul 24, 2021 Ultra 7:00 AM
$137.50
Closed

100 Mile 8 Person Relay

The 100 mile relay starts and finishes in Downtown Cuyahoga Falls. Relay teams have 27 hours to complete the course and receive their medals. Female participants must run at least 25% of the segments to be considered for Co-ed awards. Relay exchange locations are subject to change.

Jul 24, 2021 Ultra 7:00 AM
$93.75
Closed

Running

Pacer Registration

All 100 mile runners may have a pacer beginning at Silver Springs Park (mile 50). Runners age 60 years and over may have a pacer for the the entire race. Please see the Burning River Information Guide at westernreserveracing.com for additional pacer rules and guidelines.

Jul 24, 2021 Ultra 4:00 AM
Free
Closed

Race-day weather

Conditions on July 24, 2021 — historical Open-Meteo data.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (recorded on race day) 18.0° / Maximum temperature (recorded on race day) 28.2°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (recorded on race day) 18.0° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (recorded on race day) 31.2°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (recorded on race day)
17.1
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (recorded on race day)
2.3mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (recorded on race day)
71.0%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on July 24, 2021 (EDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on July 24, 2021 (EDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
14h 35m

The sun rises at 6:14 AM and sets at 8:50 PM local time (EDT) in Cuyahoga Falls on July 24, 2021 — 14h 35m of daylight.

Course

No course map published yet.

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2021 results — Burning River

559 finishers across 5 distances · leading places in the 100 Mile

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Leading finishers of the 2021 Burning River
Place Name Time Pace
1 Arlen Glick 14:15:33 8:32 /mi
2 Dustin Mitchell 16:13:52 9:43 /mi
3 Gerald Biedenbender 16:14:48 9:44 /mi
4 Drew Miller 17:36:09 10:32 /mi
5 Lindsey Dwyer 17:36:49 10:33 /mi

Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.

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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.

  • Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
  • Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
  • Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
  • Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 7 Cuyahoga Falls events

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