⏵ Course guide · Outer Banks paved road ultra
Blackbeard's Revenge sends its field the length of North Carolina's Outer Banks, point-to-point from Corolla to Hatteras, on a course the race itself describes as 100% paved road. This is a road ultra, not a trail race, decided by pacing, weather, and mental grind rather than technical footing. I will walk you through the format first, then give you a pacing and fueling plan built for a long, flat, coastal effort, plus free tools to dial in your own numbers.
The official course description says it plainly: the route is "100% paved road" from Corolla to Hatteras. If you came looking for singletrack, this is not that race. It sits in the same category as flat coastal road ultras like the Daytona 100 or KEYS100, and its appeal is the point-to-point format down the length of the Outer Banks and a finish celebration at The Wreck Tiki Bar, not technical trail.
These facts come from the official Trivium Racing event page and RunSignup. Check the current year details, cutoffs, and aid stations before you commit. Race logistics change year to year.
Blackbeard's Revenge runs point-to-point down the length of the Outer Banks from Corolla to Hatteras, entirely on paved road with coastal views along the way. There is no loop and no repeated terrain, just the length of the barrier islands ahead of you.
The race's own copy calls the Outer Banks "a temperamental mistress": temperatures could be 80 degrees Fahrenheit or 20 degrees on race day in March, and winds that start calm can turn blustery without much warning. The road itself is flat and fast underfoot, but a point-to-point course over open, exposed coastline gives you fewer places to shelter from whatever the weather decides to do.
The 100 Mile and 100K are the individual distances, and a 100 Mile Relay lets a team split the route for those who want the point-to-point Outer Banks experience without a solo 100-mile effort. All three finish together at The Wreck Tiki Bar in Hatteras, a fitting reward after a long day on the road.
No numeric cutoff times are published for this race, so build a pacing plan around your own goal rather than a hard external deadline, and confirm current cutoffs directly with Trivium Racing before race day.
A flat, paved course tempts you to go out fast because it feels easy underfoot. On a point-to-point 100 mile, that borrowed speed almost always gets paid back late, especially if the wind or temperature swings against you. A finish-time projection built off your training helps you set a sustainable early pace rather than banking time you cannot hold.
Since the Outer Banks can swing from 80 to 20 degrees Fahrenheit, your pacing plan needs a weather contingency built in, not just a single target split. Decide ahead of time how you will adjust effort and clothing if the forecast turns, since a point-to-point road course offers fewer chances to change plans mid-race than a looped event would.
⏵ Free tools to pace this course
No aid station spacing or fueling detail is published for this race, so plan your carry the way you would for any point-to-point road ultra without loop-based restock access.
Aim for roughly 60 to 90 grams of carbohydrate per hour. On a point-to-point course without confirmed aid station spacing, lean toward carrying more of your own nutrition and confirming crew access points on the official event page well before race day.
Keep sodium in the 300 to 700 mg per liter range, and plan two versions of your hydration strategy, one for a warm 80-degree day and one for a cold, windy one, given how wide the Outer Banks' March temperature swing can run.
⏵ Build your fueling plan
Get a carb, sodium, fluid, and caffeine plan per hour built for your weight, your goal time, and either extreme of Outer Banks weather with the free ultra fueling calculator. Browse the rest of the free running tools at the tools hub.
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No. The official course description is direct about it: the race is "100% paved road" the entire way from Corolla to Hatteras. It is a point-to-point road ultra, not a trail race, the same category as events like the Daytona 100 or KEYS100. If you came looking for singletrack, this is not that course. What it offers instead is a genuinely unusual point-to-point road effort the length of the Outer Banks, with coastal views and a beach-town finish at The Wreck Tiki Bar.
The road surface removes technical footing from the equation entirely, but the race's own tagline warns that the Outer Banks are a temperamental host: temperatures could swing between 80 and 20 degrees Fahrenheit, and winds can turn blustery at any point on the route. The flat road can also feel lonely and never-ending late in a 100-mile point-to-point effort. Difficulty here comes from weather, distance, and mental grind on flat pavement rather than climbing or technical trail.
No specific aid station spacing or fueling detail is published on the official pages available for this guide, so plan your carbohydrate and hydration strategy the way you would for any point-to-point road 100: roughly 60 to 90 grams of carbohydrate per hour, sodium in the 300 to 700 mg per liter range, adjusted for whichever end of the Outer Banks' unpredictable temperature swing you get on race day. Confirm current aid station spacing and crew access on the official event page before you build your race-day plan. Run your numbers with the free ultra fueling calculator.
No specific numeric cutoff times are published on the official Trivium Racing or RunSignup pages available for this guide. Confirm current cutoff details directly on the official event page or through Trivium Racing before you build your pacing plan.
The race's own copy calls the Outer Banks "a temperamental mistress": March temperatures there could be 80 degrees Fahrenheit or 20 degrees, and winds that are calm one hour can turn genuinely blustery the next. Pack for both extremes rather than trusting a single forecast, since a point-to-point road course gives you fewer places to shelter or adjust than a looped race would.
The flat, 100% paved surface removes the technical trail risk that trips up a lot of first-time 100-mile finishers, and the 100 Mile Relay option lets a team of friends split the distance if a solo attempt feels like too much for a first try. The trade-offs are the unpredictable coastal weather and the mental challenge of a long, flat, point-to-point road effort with fewer landmarks to break up the miles than a mountain course offers. If you handle flat road ultras well and can prepare for genuinely variable weather, this is a reasonable choice for a first 100.
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