The Hawk 100 / 50 / 26.2 Race, presented by the Lawrence Trail Hawks, is located at: Clinton State Park Army Corp of Engineer - Shelter 1 - Overlook Park 798 N 1402 Rd, Lawrence, KS 66049
The Hawk Hundred, sponsored by the Lawrence Trail Hawks, has the option of a 100-mile, 50-mile and Marathon trail race. The course covers a 25 mile loop through the technical rolling trails at Clinton State Park, Lawrence, KS. The Marathon runners will run 1.2 miles on the Nature Center Trail before they start the 25 mile loop.
NEW for 2022!!! ReNew Earth Running team members will participate in the 100-mile events as a relay team, to support their #LegsForLandBack efforts. To learn more about ReNew Earth Running's environmental justice work, or to sponsor their runners' participation in The HAWK, check out https://www.renewearthrunning.org/donations
The pre-race briefing and packet pickup for all distances will be the morning of the event. DROP BAGS need to be dropped off race morning 15 minutes before your scheduled start time.
As always, Mile 90 will be capturing the beauty of the race day with its breathtaking pictures. Please visit their website www.mile90.com for the last several years of the Hawk Hundred pictures.
All distances 100 / 50 / 26.2 are chipped timed by Timer Guys and live updates will be available on race day.
SPONSORS - We are very grateful for the continued support from Orange Mud, Tailwind Nutrition, Squirrel’s Nut Butter, and Honey Stinger
KANSAS GRAND SLAM OF ULTRA RUNNING - The Hawk Hundred is once again part of the Grand Slam
FLYOVER SLAM - The Hawk Hundred has joined with neighboring 100-mile events to create the FLYOVER Slam for runners completing the HAWK (September 2022), Mines of Spain (October 2022), Hitchcock Experience (December 2022), and Outlaw (February 2023), Interested participants must sign up for the Ultrasignup event Flyover Slam no later than October 1, 2022. https://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=94043
100-mile Start time: 6:00AM. 50-mile Start time 7:AM You’ll begin at the Start/Finish and run about an eighth of a mile to the trail head for the blue-blazed trail. Make a left turn onto the blue-blazed trail and follow it a couple hundred yards to the Sanders Mound trail. You’ll take a left and do a quick 1.1 mile out-and-back to the top of Sanders Mound. From there you’ll get back on the blue-blazed trail and head for the Lands End aid station.
From Lands End you’ll take the RED blazed trail for about 1 mile and then connect with the blue-blazed trail. You will follow the BLUE trail and after you cross the Park road and it will turn into the white-blazed trail 3.5 miles from Lands End 1 at a point known as Cactus Ridge.
The white-blazed trail will take you to the West Park Road aid station. From there, leave the trails and follow the signs, flags, and ribbons along West Park Road, staying on the grass, to Bunker Hill. This is the Goodwin Loop. Complete the 2.5-mile Goodwin Loop, which includes a traverse of Bunker Hill, and return to the West Park Road aid station. You’ll then continue on the white-blazed trail back to the Lands End aid station.
Leaving Lands End you will continue on the white-blazed trail back to the Start/Finish aid station. This completes one loop of the course.
Big Loop: At the Start/Finish aid station, runners will have completed 25 miles (26.2 for marathoners)—what we call the “Big Loop.” Hundred-milers repeat the Big Loop three more times and 50-milers one more time.
When the trails cross: The white-blazed trail and the blue-blazed trail cross at several points on the course. The crossings will be heavily marked and signed, but it is your responsibility to read and heed the markers, signs, and white and blue blazes to stay on course.
Marathon: Start time 8:00AM - runners will follow the same course as the 50 and 100-mile runners, but they will run an additional 1.2 miles at the beginning of the race.
The Hawk is a fully-staffed race with three aid stations, manned by experienced UltraRunners. Aid stations will be modified based on current COVID-19 restrictions - we will communicate what will be offered 30 days before the race. Following are the locations and distances runners will hit aid stations as they traverse the 25-mile course (26.2 for marathoners).