Is crew access allowed on the 100 Mile course?

Yes, crew access is allowed on the 100 Mile course. "Crew Access is allowed at The Start/Finish (Ireland Shelter), and Lick Run Aid Stations. Please DO NOT access your runner at Rocky Road or anywhere else on course (unless and emergency). These rules are for safety and law abiding."

Are drop bags allowed on the 100 Mile course?

Yes, drop bags are allowed on the 100 Mile course. "Runners are permitted to have one drop bag per Aid station for a total of 3 drop bags (2 of which you can access twice per loop). Drop bags permitted: Up to a 15L dry bag. Gallon Ziplocks are great. No coolers."

Are pacers allowed on the 100 Mile course?

Yes, pacers are allowed on the 100 Mile course. A pacer may join starting at mile 20. "100k and 100 mile runners are welcome to have pacers anytime after the first lap. One pacer at a time. Each pacer must be registered as a pacer on UltraSignup (under volunteers). Pacers must wear pacer bib (one Pacer bib per runner, can be shared from pacer to pacer). Pacers must access runner from either the Ireland shelter or Lick Run."

What is the cutoff time for the 100 Mile course?

The overall time limit for the 100 Mile course is 36 hours from the start. The race allows 36 hours in total to finish (an average pace of 21:36 per mile), and requires starting the final (5th) lap within 28 hours of the start (21:00 per mile average to that point). The RD states no other distance run at this race carries a published cutoff, and notes that decisions to allow a runner to continue are at the RD's discretion.

Ultras · US · OH

The Big Deal at the Great Seal

100 Mile

Registration open

Next edition. The 2026 edition (most recently completed) sold out; per RunFluent's Facebook page, "2026 Big Deal at Great Seal is SOLD OUT!" (posted Apr 16, 2026). Registration for 2027 is open as of this research (Aug 2026), with no indication of a lottery or waitlist.

Race dateMay 1-2, 2027

Duration2 days

Start6:00am

Whenin 197 days

First held2023

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Distance 100 Mile

Climb not checked yet

Descent not checked yet

High point not checked yet

Time limit 36:00:00

Aid stations 26

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The course

Where it goes multi-loop · 26 aid stations

Five laps of the same 20-mile loop used by the 100K and 20 Miler, starting and finishing at the Ireland Shelter. About 95% singletrack; the first lap includes the Sugarloaf Mountain climb, which later laps bypass.

RD-published elevation gain is per loop, not per course, and is a range rather than a single figure: "roughly 3200 feet of elevation gain per loop" in the course description, revised elsewhere on the same page to "3100-3200 feet per loop" after a course tweak (removal of the Shrake Road section). The first of the five laps includes the Sugarloaf Mt climb; laps 2-5 bypass it, so per-lap and course-total elevation are not uniform across the day.

The race

What this one is

A trail race at Great Seal State Park outside Chillicothe, Ohio, on a hilly 20-mile loop that is roughly 95% singletrack. As of the 2026-2027 cycle it offers four distances built on repeats of that loop: 100 Mile (5 laps), 100K (3 laps plus a 2-mile finishing loop), 20 Miler (1 lap) and a 5K on a separate short loop. Earlier editions (2023-2025) were run as 50K/25K/5K instead.

RD Chris Stangle ran his first ultra in Great Seal State Park and later became the first person to host an ultra there in several years, after a long gap with no ultras in the park at all. He trained in the park daily before moving to Florida, and had his first date with his now-wife and co-RD, Ivi Stangle, there. The race has run each year since 2023 (per UltraSignup's published results history: 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026). It began as a 50K/25K/5K event; the 2026 and 2027 editions switched to a 100 Mile / 100K / 20 Miler / 5K format, the 100-mile distance having been part of Chris Stangle's plan for the race from early on.

Getting in

Getting in Entry, lottery and what the race asks of you before race day.

Lottery: No ultrasignup.com

Lottery opens: not checked yet

Lottery draw: not checked yet

Field cap: not checked yet

Registration: UltraSignup ultrasignup.com

Qualifying: not checked yet

Minimum age: not checked yet

Transfers: not checked yet

Deferrals: Yes ultrasignup.com

Running, crewing, pacing or still deciding

How NavRun helps with The Big Deal at the Great Seal Thirty six hours.

You are running it

You reach Ireland Shelter, mile 80, before its 10:00am cutoff, and you already knew that this morning.

An arrival time for all 24 stations, worked out from your own training.

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You are pacing

You are at Ireland Shelter, mile 20, warm and fed, and you know you have 80 miles ahead of you.

The same sheet says when they reach you.

You are deciding

You find out The Big Deal at the Great Seal is months of work away, not years, and you enter.

Put in a race you have already run. NavRun shows you where this one sits from where you are.

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Crew access, pacers and drop bags

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Crew allowed: Yes ultrasignup.com

Vehicles per runner: not checked yet

Pacers: Yes, from mile 20.00 ultrasignup.com

Muling: not checked yet

Drop bags: Yes ultrasignup.com

Cupless: Yes ultrasignup.com

Course marking: Fully Marked ultrasignup.com

Night running: Yes ultrasignup.com

Dogs: not checked yet

Headphones: not checked yet

Crew rules: "Crew Access is allowed at The Start/Finish (Ireland Shelter), and Lick Run Aid Stations. Please DO NOT access your runner at Rocky Road or anywhere else on course (unless and emergency). These rules are for safety and law abiding." ultrasignup.com

Pacer rules: "100k and 100 mile runners are welcome to have pacers anytime after the first lap. One pacer at a time. Each pacer must be registered as a pacer on UltraSignup (under volunteers). Pacers must wear pacer bib (one Pacer bib per runner, can be shared from pacer to pacer). Pacers must access runner from either the Ireland shelter or Lick Run." ultrasignup.com

Drop bag rules: "Runners are permitted to have one drop bag per Aid station for a total of 3 drop bags (2 of which you can access twice per loop). Drop bags permitted: Up to a 15L dry bag. Gallon Ziplocks are great. No coolers." ultrasignup.com

Cutoff philosophy: The race allows 36 hours in total to finish (an average pace of 21:36 per mile), and requires starting the final (5th) lap within 28 hours of the start (21:00 per mile average to that point). The RD states no other distance run at this race carries a published cutoff, and notes that decisions to allow a runner to continue are at the RD's discretion. ultrasignup.com

Aid stations

Every stop, and what you get there ● yes ○ no ? nobody has checked – does not apply to this race

Mile	Station	Cutoff	Crew access	Bag	Pacer	Med	To next
0.00	Ireland Shelter	?	●	●	●	?	3.60
3.60	Rocky Road	?	○	●	○	?	4.90
8.50	Lick Run	?	●	●	●	?	5.80
14.30	Lick Run	?	●	●	●	?	3.00
17.30	Rocky Road	?	○	●	○	?	2.70
20.00	Ireland Shelter	?	●	●	●	?	3.60
23.60	Rocky Road	?	○	●	○	?	4.90
28.50	Lick Run	?	●	●	●	?	5.80
34.30	Lick Run	?	●	●	●	?	3.00
37.30	Rocky Road	?	○	●	○	?	2.70
40.00	Ireland Shelter	?	●	●	●	?	3.60
43.60	Rocky Road	?	○	●	○	?	4.90
48.50	Lick Run	?	●	●	●	?	5.80
54.30	Lick Run	?	●	●	●	?	3.00
57.30	Rocky Road	?	○	●	○	?	2.70
60.00	Ireland Shelter	?	●	●	●	?	3.60
63.60	Rocky Road	?	○	●	○	?	4.90
68.50	Lick Run	?	●	●	●	?	5.80
74.30	Lick Run	?	●	●	●	?	3.00
77.30	Rocky Road	?	○	●	○	?	2.70
80.00	Ireland Shelter	10:00am	●	●	●	?	3.60
83.60	Rocky Road	?	○	●	○	?	4.90
88.50	Lick Run	?	●	●	●	?	5.80
94.30	Lick Run	?	●	●	●	?	3.00
97.30	Rocky Road	?	○	●	○	?	2.70
100.00	Ireland Shelter	6:00pm	●	●	○	?	?

Same race, other lines

Other distances and other years

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20 Miler (20 miles)
5K
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