Death by 5k Oak Mountain
About the race
Death by 5k is coming back to Oak Mountain State Park! The first four years have been awesome so let's do it again!
RunStrong Event's signature 24 hour challenge, Death by 5k requires participants to run ten 5ks, starting each 5k spaced 2.5 hours apart. This challenge is designed to test participants mentally and physically with physical fatigue, sleep deprivation, and running in the dark.
Camping
In between each 5k, participants will be able to sleep in their vehicles in the parking lot or set up tent camping in the grass camping field across the road from the parking lot.
Tent camping sites will be first come first served with a maximum of 4 people per campsite. People wishing to camp will need to stop at the Oak Mountain park entrance and fill out the standard camping paperwork.
Camping will be available both Friday and Saturday nights of race weekend.
The tent camping area has a bathroom and at least 4 electrical poles that will be available to everyone camping. You'll have to share them, in other words.
Truck campers and camper vans can be parked in the parking lot, but must take up only one parking spot.
Food and drink
There will be 5 meals, each including hot food, served over the course of the event. Meal times will be 830a, 130p, 630p, 1130p, and 430a.
Plenty of snack food and drinks will be available throughout the event.
Start times and requirements
The first 5k starts at 8 am, and subsequent 5ks start at 1030, 1, 330, 6, 830, 11, 130, 4, and 630 am.
Participants need to be present at the start of each 5k, and have that 5k finished prior to the start of the subsequent 5k.
Headlamps, hand lights, or some other form of illumination will be required.
Registration limit and waitlist
Registration will be limited initially to 200 participants. After that, a waitlist will be enabled and spots will open if/when they become available or if the organizer decides to expand the field.
Cancellation policy
Athletes can cancel their registration, but no refund is given.
No refunds.
The course
The course starts on the Lake Trail, then continues onto Rattlesnake Ridge, making a counterclockwise loop back to the start. The event starts and finishes near the Dogwood Pavilion at the South Trailhead. Participants must be present at the start of each 5k and finish it before the next 5k starts.
Location
City insight: Pelham
Pelham is a suburb in Shelby County, Alabama, USA, within the Birmingham metropolitan area. It was incorporated in 1964 and named for Confederate officer John Pelham. Summers are hot and humid, so spring and autumn are the best seasons to race.