Is crew access allowed on the 100 Miler course?

Yes, crew access is allowed on the 100 Miler course. Crews are not allowed on any section of the course during the race. Crew vehicles are not allowed on any portion of the Heartland 100 course during the race, except as noted in the race's crew directions. Runners are responsible for the actions of their crews and pacers. Pets must be leashed at all times. No smoking on the course.

Are drop bags allowed on the 100 Miler course?

Yes, drop bags are allowed on the 100 Miler course. All manned aid stations are drop bag locations. Bags must be double thick plastic, securely tied, about shoe box size, and marked with the runner's name, race number and aid station. Bags can be left at the Cassoday community center Friday, or Saturday morning if they arrive before 5:30 AM, and can be picked up there by noon Sunday.

Are pacers allowed on the 100 Miler course?

Yes, pacers are allowed on the 100 Miler course. A pacer may join starting at mile 42.5. Pacers are allowed from the Matfield Green aid station (42.5 miles) to the finish. Runners may have as many pacers as they like, but only one pacer at a time, and a pacer must be on foot only. Runners aged 60 and older may have a pacer for the entire 100 miles.

What is the cutoff time for the 100 Miler course?

The overall time limit for the 100 Miler course is 30 hours from the start.

Heartland 100 Miler 2026: Cutoffs, Start Time

The course

Where it goes out and back · 22 aid stations · rust marks a stop your crew can reach

An out and back course on backcountry gravel roads with less than one mile of paved surface, through open range in the Flint Hills tallgrass prairie. There is a 14 hour cutoff at the 50 mile turnaround.

The race

What this one is

Heartland, Spirit of the Prairie, is a fall ultra in Cassoday, Kansas, run on backcountry gravel roads through open range in the Flint Hills tallgrass prairie. The 100 mile course is an out and back with about 6,000 feet of climb, and there are shorter distances, a marathon and a half marathon on parts of the same roads. A 125 mile option starts Friday night.

Getting in

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

Lottery: not checked yet

Lottery opens: not checked yet

Lottery draw: not checked yet

Field cap: not checked yet

Registration: UltraSignup

Qualifying: not checked yet

Minimum age: not checked yet

Transfers: No ultrasignup.com

Deferrals: Yes ultrasignup.com

Running, crewing, pacing or still deciding

How NavRun helps with Heartland Thirty hours, and thirteen stations with a clock on each.

You are running it

You reach Matfield Green, mile 57.3, before its 10:25pm cutoff, and you already knew that this morning.

An arrival time for all 21 stations, worked out from your own training.

Start free →

You are crewing it

You park at Lapland, and you are standing there when they come in.

One link from your runner, with the stop and the window they arrive in.

You are pacing

You are at Matfield Green, mile 42.5, warm and fed, and you know you have 58 miles ahead of you.

The same sheet says when they reach you.

You are deciding

You find out Heartland is months of work away, not years, and you start.

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

No account needed →

Crew access, 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 42.50 ultrasignup.com

Muling: not checked yet

Drop bags: Yes ultrasignup.com

Cupless: not checked yet

Course marking: Fully Marked ultrasignup.com

Night running: not checked yet

Dogs: Not allowed ultrasignup.com

Headphones: not checked yet

Crew rules: Crews are not allowed on any section of the course during the race. Crew vehicles are not allowed on any portion of the Heartland 100 course during the race, except as noted in the race's crew directions. Runners are responsible for the actions of their crews and pacers. Pets must be leashed at all times. No smoking on the course. ultrasignup.com

Pacer rules: Pacers are allowed from the Matfield Green aid station (42.5 miles) to the finish. Runners may have as many pacers as they like, but only one pacer at a time, and a pacer must be on foot only. Runners aged 60 and older may have a pacer for the entire 100 miles. ultrasignup.com

Drop bag rules: All manned aid stations are drop bag locations. Bags must be double thick plastic, securely tied, about shoe box size, and marked with the runner's name, race number and aid station. Bags can be left at the Cassoday community center Friday, or Saturday morning if they arrive before 5:30 AM, and can be picked up there by noon Sunday. ultrasignup.com

Cutoff philosophy: not checked yet

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
4.60	Unmanned (NE 135th) NoneSignal wrong?	?	?	?	?	?	3.60
8.20	Battle Creek NoneSignal wrong?	8:20am	○	●	?	?	4.40
12.60	Unmanned (Lapland Rd) NoneSignal wrong?	?	?	?	?	?	4.20
16.80	Lapland NoneSignal wrong?	10:45am	●	●	?	?	4.30
21.10	Unmanned (Thrall) NoneSignal wrong?	?	?	?	?	?	3.90
25.00	Teterville Road NoneSignal wrong?	1:00pm	●	●	?	?	6.20
31.20	Texaco Hill NoneSignal wrong?	2:45pm	○	●	?	?	5.30
36.50	Ridge Line NoneSignal wrong?	4:15pm	●	●	?	?	6.00
42.50	Matfield Green NoneSignal wrong?	6:00pm	●	●	●	?	5.00
47.50	Unmanned (Towers) NoneSignal wrong?	?	?	?	?	?	2.40
49.90	Lone Tree NoneSignal wrong?	8:00pm	○	●	?	?	2.40
52.30	Unmanned (Towers) NoneSignal wrong?	?	?	?	?	?	5.00
57.30	Matfield Green NoneSignal wrong?	10:25pm	●	●	?	?	6.00
63.30	Ridge Line NoneSignal wrong?	12:20am	●	●	?	?	5.30
68.60	Texaco Hill NoneSignal wrong?	2:00am	○	●	?	?	6.20
74.80	Teterville Road NoneSignal wrong?	4:00am	●	●	?	?	3.90
78.70	Unmanned (Thrall) NoneSignal wrong?	?	?	?	?	?	4.30
83.00	Lapland NoneSignal wrong?	6:40am	●	●	?	?	4.20
87.20	Unmanned (Lapland Rd) NoneSignal wrong?	?	?	?	?	?	4.40
91.60	Battle Creek NoneSignal wrong?	9:20am	○	●	?	?	3.60
95.20	Unmanned (NE 135th) NoneSignal wrong?	?	?	?	?	?	4.80
100.00	Finish Line - Community Building NoneSignal wrong?	12:00pm	●	●	?	?	?

Driving your crew

Getting your people there 8 stops with directions the race published.

Lapland mile 16.80 cutoff 10:45am

START/FINISH TO LAPLAND – Proceed north through Cassoday on 177. Make a right turn on Sunbarger and proceed east on the last blacktop road on the north edge of Cassoday for approximately 12 3/4 miles. Make a right turn on G50 Rd (at the transformer) and proceed south for 3.3 miles to the Lapland Aid Station.

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Teterville Road mile 25.00 cutoff 1:00pm

LAPLAND TO TETERVILLE ROAD – Turnaround and proceed north 3.3 miles back to the Teterville Road intersection. Make a right turn and proceed east 5 miles to the aid station. Please drive slowly as the last 1 1/2 miles of the road is on the course the runners will be using.

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Ridge Line mile 36.50 cutoff 4:15pm

TETERVILLE ROAD TO RIDGE LINE – Turnaround and proceed approximately 17 3/4 miles back to Cassoday. Make a right turn on 177 and proceed north 10 3/4 miles to the town of Matfield Green. Make a right turn at the sign, BOCOOK St, and proceed 1/4 mile into town to the intersection by the old school. Take a right at the sign ROGLER St, for the Ridge Line aid station and proceed 10 3/4 miles to the aid station.

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Matfield Green mile 42.50 cutoff 6:00pm

RIDGE LINE TO MATFIELD GREEN – Turnaround and proceed back to the town of Matfield Green. At the intersection by the old school, turn right at the sign BOCOOK St, for the Matfield Green aid station and proceed 3 miles to the aid station.

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Ridge Line mile 63.30 cutoff 12:20am

MATFIELD GREEN TO RIDGE LINE – Turnaround and proceed back to the town of Matfield Green. At the intersection by the old school, turn left ROGLER St, and proceed 10 3/4 miles to the Ridge Line aid station.

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Teterville Road mile 74.80 cutoff 4:00am

RIDGE LINE TO TETERVILLE ROAD – Turnaround and proceed back to Matfield Green. Make a left turn at the old school house BOCOOK St, and go 1/4 mile west to 177. Turn left on 177 and head south 10 3/4 miles to Cassoday. Make a left turn on the blacktop road on the north edge of Cassoday SUNBARGER ST, and proceed east 17 3/4 miles to the Teterville Road aid station. Be careful on the last 1 1/2 miles as you will be on the road with the runners and it will most likely be at night.

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Lapland mile 83.00 cutoff 6:40am

TETERVILLE ROAD TO LAPLAND – Turnaround and proceed west 5 miles. Turn left at the signs G50 Rd, and proceed south 3.3 miles to the Lapland aid station.

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Finish Line - Community Building mile 100.00 cutoff 12:00pm

LAPLAND TO FINISH – turnaround and proceed north 3.3 miles to the signs. Turn left and proceed 12 3/4 miles back to Cassoday. Turn left on 177 and proceed back to the Cassoday community building.

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Same race, other lines

Other distances and other years

Other distances: 125 Miler (125 miles)
1/2
100K
50 Miler (50 Mile)
Marathon
Teter Rock 100K (100K)

What it looks like out there

Somebody has been out there with a camera the tables say the climb is long. these say what long feels like.

Nobody has been out there with a camera or a microphone yet. A gap means nobody has found it, not that it is not out there. Seen a course preview or a film of this one? Send us the link.

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What does it show that the page cannot? Required. A line is plenty. Where the climbs are, what the footing does, what the last twenty miles look like.

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Heartland

Who's going to Heartland?

Where it goes out and back · 22 aid stations · rust marks a stop your crew can reach

What this one is

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

How NavRun helps with Heartland Thirty hours, and thirteen stations with a clock on each.

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

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

Getting your people there 8 stops with directions the race published.

Other distances and other years

Somebody has been out there with a camera the tables say the climb is long. these say what long feels like.

What you know every one of these is read by a person before it changes anything

Which stops did a text get out from?

Ultras change. We will tell you when this one does.