Prairie on Fire runner parking is currently located off-site at 11800 Koteewi Dr, Noblesville, IN 46060, When arriving the morning of the race, please give yourself at least 30 minutes to ensure you can catch a shuttle to the start area (this is provided you set up the night before). If you are setting up the morning of, you'll want at least an hour. You can drive into the park to set up your tent/canopy but will then need to move your vehicle to the off-site lot. Then ensure we have plenty of parking for spectators throughout the day.

Prairie on Fire is currently set up like the original Big's Backyard featuring a day and a night course. During the day you'll be in the beautiful Koteewi park, and at night you'll get to run next to some Indiana farmland on a paved out & back trail.

A hi-res running vest and headlamp are required on the night loop. Hand lamps are also permitted if you do not prefer headlamps.

Crew is strongly encouraged for a race like this, given that the optimal strategy isn't typically to leave yourself much time in between yards. 3 things of note as it relates to your crew. They may not pace you at any time, no pacers are allowed during backyard ultras. They may not meet you on the course with any aid for any reason, once you cross the start line you cannot receive aid and you cannot leave the course for any reason outside of the restroom. Lastly, given our limited space, crews must share tent's/canopies with their runners.

Prairie on Fire always has some kind of food available, it's one of our highlights. Whether it be King Dough Pizza the night before, pancake breakfasts in the morning from Chaos Crewing or the legendary smoked meats from Jon Faust in the evenings, you'll never go hungry....although....we do recommend you have fuel that you've tested and that agrees with your stomach. We'll have typical ultra snacks and tailwind on top of the prior mentioned food, but that's about it.

IF you're looking to camp at White River Campground leading up to the event, just visit https://www.hamiltoncounty.in.gov/1942/White-River-Campground to look for availability.

Given that our trail loop doubles as a horse trail, we use white course paint to mark the turns, so if it's early and you're wondering if you're going the right way, just look down.

We've been lucky over the years, but Koteewi Park can flood. While we all love a little bit of adversity, we do have an alternative day course that will be communicated closer to race day if we in fact have significant rain leading up to or during the event.

‍Starting

• Competitors must be in the starting corral at the bell
• There are warnings 3, 2, and 1 minute before the bell‍

Laps

• Each lap must be completed within an hour
• Competitors can't leave the course during a lap except for bathroom breaks
• No non-competitors or personal aid on the course‍

Winning

• The last person to complete a lap wins
• If no one can complete another lap, there is no winner

Other rules

• No artificial aids, including trekking poles
• Slower runners must allow faster runners to pass
• Runners may not stash aid or supplies along the course