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Ultras · US · OH

The Big Deal at the Great Seal

100 Mile · 100M
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 252 days
First held2023
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Distance 100M
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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Finished not checked yet
Finish rate not checked yet
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. No official total elevation gain for the full 100-mile distance has been published, so elevation_gain_ft/published_gain are left null rather than computed by simple multiplication.

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
Lottery opens
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Lottery draw
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Field cap
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Registration
UltraSignup ultrasignup.com
Qualifying
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Minimum age
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Transfers
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Deferrals
Yes ultrasignup.com
Crew, pacers and drop bags

The rules that shape your day Anything marked "not checked yet" is a gap in what we hold, never a no from the race.

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

Mile Station Cutoff Crew 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 · ? ?
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