The pre-race dinner will be at the Monte Sano Lodge from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Vegetarian and meat dish options

Tickets may be purchased at the door for $10. There are limited tickets available.

Catered by Toratora's Italian Restaurant, locally owned operated. www.toratoras.com

***NEW*** State Park Entry Your Monte Sano State Park entry fee is complimentary with your registration, however you must present the park pass provided in your race packet to get in or you must pay park entry. Please be sure to present the park pass on your driver side dashboard to make park entry run smooth. If you wait until the fourth and final opportunity to pick up the race packet on race day, you may have to pay to get into Monte Sano State Park. This will be up to the Monte Sano State Park. Pick up your packet early!

There is plenty of parking at The Lodge, Picnic Area and The Hikers Parking Lot. Please do not park on the softball field. This will only upset the park rangers. Think before you park somewhere you should not.

Do not park on the road or in the grass at The Lodge. Use Common Sense!

Restrooms will be open at the lodge.

We will have Port-o-Johns outside the lodge.

The race will start at 7:30a.m. (CST) sharp! Race course officially closes at 4pm

It is recommend that you carry at least one water bottle. Gatorade Endurance Formula, Water and Soda will be available on the course.

Numbers must be worn on the front and visible. This race is chip timed. Chip is on the race bib, do not bend your race number/timing chip.

If you plan to drop out and are unable to continue to run, drop out at one of the aid stations. Let a race official know you do not plan to continue. HEMSI will be available for medical needs

The course will be marked with neon green Mountain Mist flags. All markings are on the RIGHT side of the trail. If you do not see any for 1 mile, you are off course. Pay attention!

Side Trails are blocked with orange tape.

There are NO DROP BAGS for this race. However, you may drop off extra clothing, jackets, gloves, etc at the aid stations. They will be brought back to the finish area. You are responsible for claiming your belongings. Everything left behind will be given away to the homeless

We will not be shipping any items left on the course

All dropped items will be put out behind the Lodge after the aid station is closed. It is much easier to wear something you plan to "throw away." Most folks forget to pick up their dropped items after the race.

ALL TIME LIMITS ARE STRICTLY ENFORCED! This year; finish line officially closes at 8:30:59 and will be taken down. Don't expect it to be there after this time. Enjoy the aid stations and give a thank you to the workers who are spending their entire day for you to do what you love. Please respect their decisions for all cutoff times! Anyone caught continuing after a cutoff will not be welcomed back in future years. Aid Station #5 Monte Sano Blvd will sound a horn at both 30 and 10 minutes before the cutoff (6:30hrs) to warn those approaching. You must be past the aid station before the cutoff expires!

• Aid Station #1 - O'Shaughnessy Point, 6.4 miles
• Aid Station #2 - Goat Trail , 11.9 miles
• Aid Station #3 Fearn Drive, 17.1 miles (4:15:00 time limit reached)
• Aid Station #4 Landtrust, 21.1 miles (5:10:00 time limit reached)
• Aid Station #5 Monte Sano Blvd, 25.1 miles (6:30:00 time limit reached)
• Aid Station #6 Rest Shelter, 29.2 miles
• Finish Line 31.13 miles 8:30 hours, 4:00 p.m., COURSE OFFICIALLY CLOSES!

The aid stations are well stocked with pretzels, chips, candy, oranges, etc. Coca-Cola products, water and Gatorade Endurance Formula. You should have no problem running this race without a personal aid crew. There will be a variety of food at each aid station

Please DO NOT throw trash on the course! Respect Mother Nature! Leave your trash at the aid stations not on the course.

Fleet Feet Sports Huntsville has the official Patagonia Mountain Mist logo apparel and the infamous Mountain Mist hoodie. These are available at Fleet Feet Sports and we will also have an expo set up at the Monte Sano Lodge. Limited supplies

DeWayne Satterfield
Lonnie Vogan

Beth Auman, Lanier Greenhaw, Jeff Hager, Star Hendrick, Lori Ladd, Charley Meyers, David Milner, Vince Molosky, Timothy Pitt, Randy Saxon, Kris Strope, Nathan Tadlock

Awards; All finishers who make the cut offs and reach the finish line in under 8:30:59 receive a hand painted/crafted Slate from Smokey Mountain Slate Co. Age group awards, Standard 5 year age groups after 0-19 up to 65 years old. Top 5 in age division.

The Post Race Party will be at Tortora's Saturday night from 6:00 p.m. till? Best Pizza in Northeast Alabama. Tortora's was voted the best pizza in Northeast Alabama by voters participating in the Readers Choice Contest. We will have an assortment of appetizers and pizza. Mountain Mist pays for the FOOD! You pay for the BOOZE!!!

Take a moment to reflect of what North Alabama means to you. You have an opportunity today to invest in the future. The time to protect our precious science and historic acreage in NOW. Don't look back with regret in ten years and wish you had helped.

Please consider making a donation to the Land Trust of Huntsville. We use their property (8 miles) for this race. We greatly appreciate their support.

Please thank our Sponsors:

ALTRA SHOES
• Fleet Feet Huntsville
• The Land Trust of Huntsville
• The Huntsville Track Club and their volunteers
• Peggy Ann Bakery
• Coca Cola

From I-65, take exit to I-565 E (ALT US-72 E, AL-20 E). Continue on I-565 E approximately 19 miles. Exit onto off-ramp at exit 19C to Washington St NW. Bear left onto Washington St NW and travel less than a mile. Turn right onto Pratt Av NW and travel less than a mile. Continue onto Pratt Av NE and travel a little over a mile. Bear left onto Bankhead Pkwy NE and travel approximately 3 miles. Turn right onto Fearn St SE and travel less than a mile. Turn left onto Nolen Av SE and travel a little over a mile to the park entrance.

Join us in April for the Bridge Street Town Centre Half Marathon, April 7, 2019! New this year an awesome long sleeve tech shirt for everyone! A beautiful finisher medal and a post race party with great food!

Note from the Altra website:
Since the mid 1990's, runners have come to my family's running store in the Wasatch Mountains complaining of knee pain, shin splints, and recurring foot pain. As a competitive runner who ran a world best 2:45 marathon at age 12, I understood their issues. My college research on running injuries, combined with video analysis at our store, made it easy to see that the design of traditional running shoes promoted poor form and excessive impact.

For decades, virtually every running shoe has featured pointy toe boxes and heels that were twice as thick and heavy as the forefoot. While shoe companies claimed this design would protect your body from running injuries, the scientific research did not agree.

After unsuccessfully lobbying shoe companies for years to change their design, I decided to modify shoes into something that could encourage low impact running technique and prevent injury.

Using the research as my guide, I went to work with my trusty toaster oven to try and solve my customers' injury problems. I melted outsoles off of traditional running shoes and removed the excess heel elevation. It was ugly, but it worked! I coined the term "Zero Drop" to describe how the level cushioning no longer dropped from the heel down to the forefoot. We enlisted our local shoe cobbler to modify our customers' current running shoes to Zero Drop. This worked so well at reducing injuries that we had nearly 1,000 customers buy and modify their shoes that first year! Luckily, some of the best and most innovative minds in the running shoe industry contacted us. With their expertise and two years of development, we created the world's first cushioned, Zero Drop shoes. We built them to be optimal for long distances and to avoid the foot problems that are now common with minimalist shoes.

Zero Drop was just one of the steps we took to return runners' feet to their natural position. The research made it clear that our shoe needed a toe box that actually mirrored the shape of a healthy foot-imagine that! We built the distinctive FootShape toe box specifically to help alleviate foot problems, including bunions, neuromas, and plantar fasciitis. It also enhances stability and comfort while providing a more powerful push-off.

I want to thank the thousands of runners who have embraced our concept and have made Altra one of the Top 10 running shoe brands in only a couple of years. Our entire team races distances from 5k to 100 miles. We also personally test our shoes to ensure comfort-whether running for 30 minutes or 30 hours.

Running is a big part of our lives, and I truly believe that our shoes can help people run better and realize that there are zero limits to what they can accomplish.

Fleet Feet Huntsville is a specialty store carrying athletic footwear, apparel and accessories for runners and walkers. Our store is staffed by runners, walker s and fitness enthusiast, just like yourself. We will offer outstanding customer service and strive to cover the total fitness needs of our community. Our knowledgeable staff will take you through a video gait analysis which will provide us with the information we need to fit you in the best shoe for your foot. We are also committed to enhancing and growing the running and walking communities, offering educational resources, training and racing opportunities to assist you in achieving your goals.