Childish Nonsense
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About the race
Childish Nonsense is a trail running event in Palatine, Illinois, held at Deer Grove Forest Preserve west and organized by Cussing Runner. The event features multiple distances that use repeated laps on a mostly wide, nontechnical path.
Distances:
- 50 Miler : 9 laps
- 50K : 6 laps
- 25K : 3 laps
- 5.5 Miler : 1 lap
There is one aid station located at the start/finish that participants pass every 5.5 miles. Crew access on the course is not available except at the start/finish area. Fifty mile entrants may have a pacer after completing four laps. A single cutoff time applies to all distances at 7pm.
The organizer describes a playful atmosphere with activities described as shenanigans throughout the day. The organizing group, CUSS Running, frames the event around injecting whimsy into ultrarunning and states a mission to help others fall in love with ultrarunning. The event also includes intentional inclusion measures: a number of free entries are reserved for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ athletes as an affirmation of belonging, and the organizer accepts each entrant’s declared gender at face value while providing a process to record non-binary pronouns. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.
