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2023 race date - Saturday 10/7/2023.  25K distance has been added for 2023. 

New website - https://oc100trailruns.org/

The oc100.org and OilCreek100.org websites are obsolete as of March 2023 - use the above new website

Unforgiving.  Historic.  Gnarly.  Do you have what it takes? 


RRCA's 2022 PA Ultra Championship race - 100 miler

2023 registration - will open probably in March on RunRace.net  .   


    - Wild & tough 1860's oil boom era policies:

         NO REFUNDS

         NO DEFERMENT 

         NO DOGS or pets race weekend (runners, crew / family, volunteers)

         NO HEADPHONES per RRCA guidelines - especially Saturday during the busy morning & afternoon (or keep volume very low)

          NO TRANSFER or selling of your entry to another runner - drivers license / photo ID required to pick up your race packet & chip

          NO CHANGING OF RACE DISTANCE once you register

          AGE - entrants and pacers must be at least 18 years of age

          NO CREDIT FOR FINISHING A SHORTER DISTANCE - if you don't finish the distance you signed up for it is a DNF

          "Strike oil or move on!"

    - no paper entry forms - online entry via RunRace.net 

 

Date:        Oct 7, 2023 - 14th running 

 

 

Location:  Titusville Middle School race HQ, Titusville PA - race is primarily on the Gerard Hiking Trail of Oil Creek State Park 

 

4 concurrent races: 



Parking in order of proximity to TMS race HQ



Other overflow parking - Burgess Park - 0.6 mile walk - be careful, partial sidewalks on S Brown St:



RV / camper parking at

2.  Ed Myer's Recreation Complex - the large parking lot by the bleachers / track

Run in the valley where the world's first oil boom began in 1859 when "Colonel" Edwin Drake drilled the first commercial oil well and the reason John D Rockefeller amassed much of his fortune.

  

As a member of the Road Runners Club of America (RRCA), we follow their guidelines on headset use.  RRCA does not encourage headphone use during its member races but does not disallow them as long as they are used safely. For this reason, Oil Creek 100 Trail Runs will allow headphones on the course only if it does not pose a safety risk.  If you absolutely must use them KEEP THE VOLUME DOWN so you can hear runners approaching from behind - or risk getting run over in wild & tough 1860's oil boom era fashion.  For safety reasons, it may be necessary for a course official to ask you to remove your headset/earphones during the race. You are required to comply or face disqualification and removal from the course.

 

 

Like to volunteer?  Email volunteer coordinator Katie Gilbert at katiegilbert8815@gmail.com or ideally join the "Oil Creek100 Trail Runs Volunteers" group - 400+ members

 

Email Race Director Heather Nelson @ rd_oc100@yahoo.com

Are you on Facebook?  Join the "Oil Creek100 Trail Runs" group - 3,100+ members

Benninghoff Farm today - the 35' replica oil derricks are the inspiration for the logo and finisher's award buckle.  All runners will pass them on their way from Wolfkiel Run AS #1 to Egbert Farm AS #2 in Petroleum Center :

 

 

A large (approx. size 3.5" X 2.5"), heavy, high-quality belt buckle from Creative Casting Inc in Denison TX will be offered to all ultra finishers.  

NOTE: in 2021 we removed the date from the front - due to COVID-19 pandemic cancellation concerns - and put the distance instead

100 = two-tone gold & silver buckle




Sub-22 hour 100 mile buckle - gold derricks and hills:


100K = silver (nickle) buckle




50K = bronze buckle





1,000 mile buckle - for ten 100 mile finishes




Oil Creek State Park was the 2010 National Gold Medal "Grand Award" winner for excellence in park and recreation management

 

The wild & tough 1860's oil boom era in Petroleum Center where crew-accessible aid station # 2 is located (Egbert Farm picnic pavilion).  Washington Street is now Petroleum Center Road - notice the faint outline of the hill in the background for the then / now photo below:

Washington Street then, Petroleum Center Road now.  Benninghoff Farm is only about 1/2 mile down this road (toward Titusville) where the OC&T railroad tracks & train tressel are located:

Benninghoff Farm today - from the east Gerard hiking trail scenic overlook.  The paved road you see in this photo is Petroleum Center Rd (the old Washington Street) that is used to access Petroleum Center's Egbert Farm aid station # 2.  This overlook is on the official course - it is beautiful with the October fall colors - and 100 mile participants will get to see the derricks illuminated Sat. night / Sun. morning