Jawadhu Hills Ultra, Aug 6th 2017 - Registrations Open

[Peter Van Geit]

Registrations open

What's new in this edition?

• UTMB/ITRA qualifier points
• Extended 37.5K running route
• Relaxed entry criteria (none for 25K)
  
• Relaxed cut off timings
• 50/75/100K ultra runners should be semi self sufficient: carry 1L water (6K distance between aid stations)

Event Summary

• Event: Jawadhu Hills Ultra (4th year edition)
• Categories

Category	Elevation Gain	Cut-off time	Entry Criteria	Start	Fees	ITRA Points
100K	1790m	18 hours	42K finisher in 6 hours	2:00 AM	1500 Rs	3
75K	1220m	13 hours	42K finisher in 6 hours	2:00 AM	1300 Rs	2
50K	890m	8 hours	42K finisher in 6 hours	5:00 AM	1100 Rs	1
25K	390m	4 hours	None	6:00 AM	900 Rs	0

Date: August 6th, 2017
Organizer: Chennai Trekking Club 
Venue:  Athipet, Jawadhu Hills
• Regs closing - July 15 or max. headcount (300)
• Objective: non-profit event to create awareness on hill / trail / ultra running
• Associated Cause: Jawadhu Hills Tribal welfare - education children

Running Route

• Route: 37.5K linear trail with different return loop in first section
• Start/Finish: runners will start / finish at St. Joseph School, Athipet
• Aid Stations (25K): every 3K / (50/75/100K): every 6K
• Altitude:  750-1000 meters
• Terrain: 80% off-road hard trail, 20% rolling tar road
• Location: rolling terrain, farm lands, tribal villages, forest sections
• Climate: Morning / evening - 18 to 25 degrees. Mid-day 30+ degrees

Category	12.5K	25K	37.5K	Distance
100K	U-turn2		U-turn1	75K + 25K
75K			U-turn1	75K
50K		U-turn1		50K
25K	U-turn1			25K

Mandatory Requirements for 50/75/100K

Runners which do not meet below requirements will be disqualified:
Entry: Should have completed full marathon (42K) successfully in last 1 year within 6 hours
Disclaimer form to be signed. Can be downloaded from web site after registration
• Hydration set (Camelback type or belt pouch with minimum capacity of 1 litre - 6K distance between aid stations)
  
• Headlamp
  
• Cap/bandana to protect yourself from the sun
  
• Mobile phone with the registered number
• Runners to carry GPS log of running route in their smartphone. Can be downloaded from web site after registration

Recommended Gears (all categories)

• Sunglasses
• Proper running shoes due to rocky terrain
• Snacks to consume during the race
• Salt caps or ORS to prevent cramps

Elevation Profile

Travel

• Chennai: 4.5 hour drive from Chennai through Polur
• Bangalore: 4 hour drive from Bangalore through Vaniyambadi
• Vellore: airport / bus
• Public transport: last bus from Polur to Jamunamarathur at 6pm

Stay

• Recommendation: travel previous day and stay overnight near venue
  
• Note: 75/100K runners should stay overnight at the venue given the early (2AM) start time.
• Accommodation: free stay available at venue at St. Joseph Higher Secondary School
• Camping:  bring your own tent to camp on school grounds
• Lodging: Hotels / lodges available at Polur, 1.5 hour from venue. Details will be shared after registration

Refreshments

• Aid Stations: water, lemon, salt, banana, orange, ORS, chicies + sandwiches for 50/75/100K runners
• Breakfast: South Indian buffet breakfast at finish (25/50K) or lunch (75K) or dinner (100K)
  
• Coupons: Saturday dinner / Sunday lunch / Sunday dinner coupons available for runners/friends/relatives (100Rs). Separate form to be submitted after registration
• Stalls: availability of organically produced millets and honey by local Tribal farmers

BIB Distribution

Venue: St. Joseph Higher Secondary School, Athipet
Saturday: evening 6-8pm
Sunday:  Sunday: 2-6am
Timing chip: attached with the bib
• T-shirt: optional (400Rs)

Finisher

• No Rankings / Podiums
• JHU Medal (if finished within cut-off timing)
  
• Timings: posted on web site 1-2 days
• Photos: running route + finisher podium: extensive free photo coverage posted 1-2 days
  

About CTC

• About: Chennai Trekking Club is a non-profit volunteer based community which organizes outdoors, sports and environmental conservation events throughout the year. With 40 thousand members and hundreds of events each year CTC is one of the largest and most active groups in India. More than 300 news articles appeared in the media.
• Web site: www.chennaitrekkers.org
• Facebook: Chennai Trekking Club
• Media: In the news
• Queries: info@chennaitrekkers.org

Other Annual Events

• Chennai Coastal Cleanup - June 18th
  
• Chennai Triathlon - July 1st
  
• Jawadhu Hills Ultra - Aug 6th
  
• Annual Green Day - Aug 27th
  
• Chennai Trail Marathon - Sep 10th 
  
• Chennai Swimathon - Oct 22nd
  
• Chennai Iron Triathlon - Dec 16th 
  

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Peter Van Geit
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[Peter Van Geit]

We received overwhelming response to the 4th edition of Jawadhu Hill Ultra since its launch last week - more than 350 registrations from 25 cities across 100 / 75 / 50 / 25K categories! Are you ready for the hill trails?

Registrations

Participating Cities

Bangalore	Hyderabad	salem
Bhopal	indore	Secunderabad
Chennai	KGF	Tirunelveli
Cochin	Madurai	Tiruppur
Coimbatore	Mysore	tirupur
Ernakulam	Navi Mumbai	Trichy
Guntur	Pondicherry	Trivandrum
Hosur	RANCHI	Vellore

Ultra Categories

100K	75K	Dhileeban	Ranjeet Kumar
Ajay Jose Appaden	Aakriti Sanjeev Verma	Douglas Lobo	Sachin Mehta
Amar Ranu	Abhijit Kumar	Ganesh Madhappa	Saigiri G M
Anil Sharma	Anoop	Gnanasekaran	Sameer Joshi
Aravind Kumar	Athreya Chidambi	Gopinath	Sandeep CR
Arjun	G.Charan Tej	Hari krishnan	Santanu Misra
Arun Mohit	GAGAN DEEP MEENA	Jaikumar	Sarath Babu R H
Balakrishnan	Hemang Trivedi	Karthikeyan Padmanaban	Satish
Govindarajan Krishnan	KAMAL KISHORE SOAN	Karthikheyan R	Senthil Arasu VG
Hema Menon	P VENUGOPAL RAJU	Krubananthan	SHAILENDRA SINGH BISHT
JAYA JAYA RAMAN S	pradeep shetty	Kumar Raghavan	Shanmugam K
Kanagasababathy	raghavendran	M.Kalyanasundaram	Sivakumar S
Maniraj K	SRINIVAS MUNIPALLE	Maniraj	Sucharita
Niranjan	Subramanian M	Manish Doshi	Sudhindra Aithal
Paandiyan K	Sweta Khandelwal	Manoj kumar	sundraarama
RAJAPPAN P P	Vijayan	Murtaza Tasira	Sureshkumar
Ramachandran	50K	Nandhirajan	SURESHKUMAR T
Rasmivan Ilangovan	Abid Hussain	Narayanakumar	Thomas Philjon
SampathKumar Subramanian	Akhil Annem	Narayanan Muthuswamy	Vanathi V
Santhosh	Amirtharaj G	Nilesh R	Venkatesh Anbazhagan
Srivatsan	Arabind Panda	Prajakta	Venugopal
Surendhu Govindan	Aravind vinodh	Pratik shah	Vijay Anand
Thomas Habel	Aravinda Kumar J D	Rajkumar N	Viswanathan N
VDS Ravi Kiran	ARUNACHALAM	Rakesh Kumar Pathak	VIVEK RR
Vijay Pandey	Ashish	Ram Ganesh
VIKRAM	Deepa Subramanian	Ramzy

Peter