Febapple Frozen Fifty - Maplewood NJ
February 24, 2024
Registration is Open
We can take electronic registrations with Venmo
Race Date: February 24, 2024
Distance: 50 Mile, 50 Kilometer, 20 Miles, 10 Miles - all distances are approximate using a 10 mile loop.
Race bib pickup:
starts 1 hour before your race begins.
Race Start Time
50Miler:
7:00 for 50M (12 Hours to finish-must avg 14 min/mile pace) (Bib pick up starts 6:30am)
50KM:
8:00 for 50K (11 Hours to finish-must avg 22 min/mile pace) (Bib pick up starts 7:00am)
20Miler:
9:00 for 20M (Bib pick up starts 8:00am)
10Miler:
10:00 for 10M (Bib pick up starts 9:00am) Cutoff: All Races must be finished by 7:00PM.
Race Directors reserve the right to end your race because you will not finish by 7:00PM.
50 Miler Runners must leave on their last 10 Mile loop by 4:30pm as long as they are
keeping pace to finish by 7:00pm. If you take longer than 2 1/2 hours to finish your
40 mile split, then you will not be permitted to continue.
Bring a Headlamp.
Sunrise: 6:41am
Sunset: 5:42pm
START LOCATION - At Summit Field picnic area.
The closest parking lot in the Park is at the dog park off Crest Drive.
Registration -
50 Mile - $95- $105 after Oct 25, $115 after Nov 29, and $125 after 1/3
50 KM - $85- $95 after Oct 25, $105 after Nov 29 and $115 after 1/3
20 Mile - $55- $65 after Oct 25, $75 after Nov 29 and $85 after 1/3
10 Mile - $45- $55 after Oct 25, $65 after Nov 29 and $75 after 1/3
Price includes SWAG, awards for top 3 M/F. There will be 2 aid stations, an accurate time and a great course. NO MEDALS.
Register early for the best price.
If there is race day registration. Race day fees will be $130 for 50M, $120 for 50K, $90 for 20M, and $80 for 10M.
**For ALL races; you can receive a 50% refund until 8 weeks before race date. After that NO REFUNDS.
** If you transfer your bib to another runner, please contact us with the new runner's information ASAP.
Bag drop: There will be room at the Start Finish area for you to place a bag. It will not be in a secure or weather proof area. Someone will be close by to the bags all day (Jennifer or Rick).
What is a Febapple? I have no idea. I like the course for the Mayapple 50K and 100K that is run in May and wanted to use the same course in the winter. I thought February was a good time to use the trail and thus called the event the Febapple Frozen Fifty.
Awards
We offer 100% off a future race of similar or less value for the 1st place M/F.
We offer 75% off a future race of similar or less value for the 2nd place M/F.
We offer 50% off a future race of similar or less value for the 3nd place M/F.
Good for 1 year
Trail Loop - 10.0 miles:
You will go by Summit Field twice every loop. This will provide a total of 2 Aid Stations for each 10 Mile loop.
Trail Marking
We will use orange landscape paint, flagging or flour.
We mark using the 3 arrow system. One before the turn, one at the turn and then one on the new trail.
Trail Surface and Terrain
In short, this course has a little bit of everything:
Long stretches of double-wide woods road
Meandering single-wide trail
About a mile and a half stretch of pavement
Good combination of level patches, rolling hills, moderate climbs, and a few very steep ascents and descents
PARKING
As you enter the Park off South Orange Avenue you will be arriving on Crest Drive. If you drive straight until you get to the wooden gates blocking your access you have to turn right into the parking lot on Bear Lane. The registration area will be in the South Area of Summit field. One entrance is across from the Dog Park entrance.
You can park in any of the lots that are on Crest Dr or Bear Lane. Once those are full you need to parallel park on the side of these streets. The park rules state No Parking on grass so be careful. You may have to walk as much as a half mile to registration. The entire circle of Bear Lane and Crest Drive is over a mile long.
Warning to anyone taking public transportation:
The start has moved to a more central location in the Park and is approximately 1.1 miles from the Maplewood train station.
Please allow yourself more time to get to the start.
Train Depart : NEW YORK PENN STATION at 7:11 AM
Board : Train 6913 toward DOVER
Arrive : MAPLEWOOD at 7:51 AM
Please check with NJ Transit for accuracy. Trains and Time Tables may change.
2012 Results Photos from 2012 courtesy of Hillcrest Photo
2013 Results 2013 Photos by Hillcrest Photo