See the 2024 event

Location

Caloosahatchee Regional Park
19130 N River Road
Alva, FL 33920

Course Map

Full Loop:

Half Loop:

Caloosa Fest Schedule of Events

Shoe demos from Fleet Feet, 7:00am-12:00pm
Food Truck(s) 7:30am-6:00pm
50K trail race 7:30am start time (7:30pm cutoff)
25K trail race 8:00am start time
5K trail race 8:30am start time
5K Glow Run 7:00pm

Information

The 8th Annual Caloosahatchee Ultra, now Caloosa Fest Ultra, 100k, 50k and Keith Carlton Memorial 25k is going to be bigger and better this year. We are adding two 5Ks and we will have food trucks and vendors on site for a full day of endurance athlete fun.

The ultra races will be ran on an exciting 10.5 mile loop counterclockwise on varying terrain with beautiful views, rolling hills and some tough technical stretches in Caloosahatchee Regional Park. The course will run the perimeter of the North side along Green, Black and Blue trails. Tailwind Nutrition will be providing the electrolyte drink for all runners. There will be two aid stations in this race. There will be a mini Aid Station out at the entrance to Far East with water to help get you back to the main Aid Station. Park has a no alcohol/no dogs policy, please abide by the park rules so that we can continue to have events like this at Lee County facilities.

Awards

Awards will be giving to the top three female and male finishers for each race.

Course Description

Race starts in Parking Lot #3 and heads East along Sunburn Meadow, Light Bulb, and Wrots O Ruts to the Tree of Life-AS#1. Course then leaves AS#1 and heads out Three Bridges and South Lollipop Lane into Far East-Mini A/S. Traverse along Far East counterclockwise and return to Mini A/S. Leave Mini A/S along North Lollipop Lane and Tractor Lane returning to Tree of Life A/S#1. Lastly, leave Tree of Life A/S#1 headed North along Calcutta Ridge returning to S/F Parking Lot #3.

25K-2nd Lap will run half a lap along Sunburn Meadow and Wrots O Ruts to Tree of Life A/S#1 and then return to Finish along Calcutta Ridge.

Start Times

100k/50k-7:30am
25k-8am

Race cutoff-7:30am (must begin final lap by 3:00am)

Pre Race Info

General Information (All events):

Friday Night Packet Pickup:
Friday December 6th 2024
4:30-6:30pm

Fleet Feet Fort Myers
13499 S Cleveland Ave
Ste 209
Fort Myers, FL 33907



Race Day Packet Pickup:
Opens at 6:45am, open all day but packets must be picked up 15 minutes prior to start of your race.
Caloosahatchee Region Park



Race Location:
Caloosahatchee Regional Park (Mountain Bike Park)
18251 N River Rd
Alva, FL US 33920
--The Park will open at 6:30am to participants



5K Participants:
Race Day Schedule:
Saturday December 7th 2024
Daytime 5K Race Start: 8:30am
Night Time Glow Run Race Start 6:45pm (Start Time has Changed)
***Night Time Glow Run Participants must have headlamps***

5K Route:
https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2819810?units=km




25K and 50K Race Participants:
Race Day Schedule:
Saturday December 7th 2024

25k:
8:00am start
7:30pm cut off (Must be off course by 7:30pm)

50K:
7:30am start
7:30pm cutoff (Must be off course by 7:30pm)

25K and 50K Course:
Please see link for course map below.
25K is one full loop and one half loop
50K is three full loops

25K and 50K Full Loop:
https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2814175

25K Half Loop
https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2814177


25K and 50K Aid Stations:
Main aid station will be stocked with the essentials: (water, tailwind, fruit, snacks, sunscreen, etc). This will be a cupless race and we will provide all participants with a flexible/folding race day cup.
Mini aid station will have water, electrolyte tabs and a very limited amount of snacks and nutrition.
We will have a dedicated space for people to set up canopy tents for crewing out of near the start and finish line. Vehicles will be park away from the start and finish line.


Mandatory Gear:
-All 25K and 50K participants must carry a hydration system of some kind.
-25K, 50K and 5K glow run participants must have a head lamp. It will be dark and the trails are rugged, if you don't have a head lamp when the sun goes down you will not be allowed to continue.
-We highly recommend a back up light source for the head lamp like a flashlight.
-We highly recommend having a red light attached to your hydration pack or the back of your shirt.


Due to the cancelation of the Adventure Races we will not have a food truck vendor on site.

Parking:
All parking will be inside the Mountain Bike Park, we will be there to guide you to the locations. The parking is on grass near the trails. If you plan to have a tent or canopy on site to crew out of there will be a dedicated space for this near the start line.

Event's current local time: 6:11 PM ET