GAP factor 0.4% slower than flat · net elevation -0 m
Decision summary
Lower than 91% of comparable mapped races
32:00:00 total cut-off
Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast
Verified GPS route
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RaceIndex has a GPS course file for The Pistol Ultra (Alcoa), so runners can inspect the route line on the map. Elevation charts and ascent figures appear only when that file includes usable elevation data.
The The Pistol Ultra (Alcoa) route has 696 m of ascent, 696 m of descent and an estimated 0.4% grade-adjusted pace penalty versus a flat route.
The The Pistol Ultra (Alcoa) route starts at Springbrook Pool Center, Alcoa, Tennessee (start/finish for all distances) and finishes at Springbrook Pool Center, Alcoa, Tennessee. Underfoot, expect mostly flat (for East Tennessee), paved, generally eight-foot-wide greenway with grassy shoulders along sections; lit at night. It passes Pistol Creek, Springbrook Pool / Springbrook Park, Maryville-Alcoa Greenway, Maryville Bicentennial Greenbelt Park and ponds and fountain. Loop format with on-site food truck (ultra finishers receive a meal ticket), warming areas, real indoor heated restrooms at points along the course, and a Saturday-night 50 Mile run on the lit greenway.
Pacers permitted for mental support only (no muling); a single pacer on foot at a time. Bicycle pacing is not allowed during daylight hours on Saturday. Pacers must wear a fully visible bib.
The stored route produces 696 m of ascent, while a source states 351 m. GPS sampling and elevation models can produce different totals, so both are labelled rather than combined.
Its normalised GAP factor is 0.4% slower than a flat course, with about 696 m of total ascent.