Click the Heartland logo above to go to the Heartland page, with past results, photos and lots of runners race comments, race reports and thank you's.


Heartland 2008 Race Reports
 
And lots of nice comments about  the race.


Eric Steele has produced a short video on our Heartland race click the link below to see the movie!

Heartland 100 Movie

National Geographic Magazine's published an article and pictures on the Tallgrass Prairie, where the Heartland 100 Spirit of the Prairie is located. Here's a link to the article and online photo gallery.
Rich Limacher on a section of the Heartland course on the seemingly endless prairie in the beautiful Flint Hills of Kansas, near Cassoday.                 Photo by Gary Henry

We have reached our 125 entrant limit for the 2009 race and entry is closed. We do not keep a wait list, please consider entering our 2010 event.


Current Entrants please read and print the following   Information Packet


Heartland 100

Heartland 50

Aid Stations & Crew Directions

Course Map

Crew Map
The KANSAS ULTRARUNNERS' SOCIETY is an RRCA affiliated, non-profit ultrarunning organization. The sole mission of our society is to organize, sponsor, staff and support ultrarunning events/competition in Kansas and the surrounding region. Our vision is to create an atmosphere that fosters not only the enlightenment of the novice ultrarunner, but nurtures the needs of the veteran ultrarunner as well.

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2009 Confirmation Packet

Course Map

Course Distances

Email the RD's
Phil & Stacy

Photos 2009
from David Klema

Photos 2009
from Gary Henry


KUS would like to thank these sponsors of our events.
Click the logo's to go to these sites.

Top Left: Theresa Wheeler the 50 mile Womens winner. Top Right: Thomas McKenna winner of the 50  mile race for the third year in a row. Bottom Left: Elena Yates the Womens marathon winner for the second year, set a new course record. Bottom Right: Jeremy Morris the marathon winner, also set a new course record.  
Photos courtesy of David Klema and Gary Henry.
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Heartland 100 & 50 Mile Races
Spirit of the Prairie
October 10, 2009
Cassoday, Kansas
Email the RD's Randy & Jim
Last Updated 6/23/09
Current Heartland Entrants as of 6/13/09
NEW AREA RACES
KUS Member Paul Schoenlaub and Stuart Johnson along with the SLUG's in Missouri are hosting Missouri's first 100 mile trail race on Nov. 7, 2009.  For more information go to the Ozark Trail 100 web site.

AND
Oklahoma Ultrarunning Championships    24 The Hard Way: 24, 12 & 6 Hour Road Race
Double Dirty Dozen: 24, 12 & 6 Hour Trail Race
October 24-25, 2009       Bluff Creek Trails         Oklahoma City, OK
Results (HTML) or (PDF) and Report from the Rockin K Trail Run
on April 4,2009 at Kanopolis State Park.
Rockin K Trail Run
Some of the blog reports on the 2009 race

Adam Monaghan and
Part Two

Coleen Cynical Dirt Doll

Laurie Euler

Nick Lang

Gary Henry

Rick Mayo

Gabe Bevan

Willie Lambert

Mark Inbody (some great course photos)

Mircea Sauciuc

Shane Jones

Jim Megerson

Louise Mason, at Ridgeline Aid Station, the only person to finish every Heartland race.             Photo by Gary Henry
Holiday Inn Express in El Dorado, 22 Miles from Cassoday is offering a 10% discount, please mention the Heartland group rate when making the reservation.

Holliday Inn Express
3100 W. El Dorado Ave
316-322-7275
888 465 4329
Sorry entry is closed for the 2009 Heartland Race.