The BSFAC is once again please to help provide communications for this event using amateur radios.

Welcome to the No Business 100 Mile Trail Run. We are incredibly grateful that you have decided to volunteer for our race that takes place October 23-24, 2026 and this year we are celebrating our tenth running! We are so excited you can be a part of this special year. A race of this size requires tons of support and help from volunteers. We truly could not succeed without your hard work and dedication. So more importantly than anything else in this handbook, we want to say THANK YOU!

Volunteering is fun, rewarding and you’ll have the satisfaction of helping runners meet their goals on race day. Volunteering at an ultra is a unique experience, and that experience draws people back again and again. It is our aim to make sure you have fun, build friendships, and see the difference that your work makes during this amazing weekend. Who knows? You might even want to do it year after year.

 The No Business 100 began in 2017. The No Business Hundred is a 100-mile loop course with roughly 14,500 feet of ascent that traverses through the heart of the Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area. The course begins in Tennessee crosses the state line into Kentucky and loops back around. Each year they reverse the direction of the course and for 2026 it will be run counter-clockwise. The total race cutoff time is 34 hours however we are only needed for a couple of hours at the start of the event.

We are planning to provide communications for the following aid stations:

·        Sawmill @ approx mile 12.3 (no cut off time)

·        Charit Creek @ aprrox mile 19.2 Cut off 2:00pm Central

·        Bandy Creek @ approx. mile 23.6 Cut off 3:30pm Central

·        Grand Gap @ approx. mile 28.4 Cut off 4:50pm Central

·        Duncan Hollow @ approx. mile 36.2 Cut off 7:15pm Central

All aid stations can be reached via a vehicle (Duncan Hollow may require high ground clearance) and Bandy Creek/Charit Creek has restrooms.

Our role is to provide timely communications regarding the health & welfare of the runners. We will also pass information regarding runners that may have dropped out and in need of transportation or the overall status of the aid station. The first runner is tracked along with the last runner and sweep. The aid stations and others are responsible for tracking individual runners. Our primary role is communications but have also assisted in aid-station duties as time permitted and if our volunteer was comfortable in that role.

In case of emergency, such as a severe or life threatening injury, call 911 immediately! Some of the aid stations do not have cell coverage, in that case use the radio provided at your aid station to contact one of our communication staff members to relay the emergency information to emergency services. Bandy Creek Net Control will have cell service and access to the race director.

Each aid station will either be staffed with a communications team member or equipped with a radio that volunteers themselves will be able to use to communicate with our communication staff. The communications staff will be able to relay any aid station needs or concerns. We want to keep the radio airways clear for the most part unless the following things occur:

1.   There is an emergency. (see Emergencies below)

2.   Supplies such as water are getting low and need to be replenished.

3.   You are reporting a runner who is dropping out of the race or missed the aid station cutoff time.

4.   Your aid station is closing and we need to do a final check on runners to make sure they have cleared your aid station (see Recording Runners & Drops below). This is best done when the sweeper(s) arrives. A sweeper is a volunteer who follows behind the last runner to make sure all runners get through the course.

●    Camp chairs – we will not be providing chairs

●    Water bottle

●    Food and snacks

●    Cooler/Ice/Beverages

●    Sunscreen

●    Bug spray

●    Extra clothing for all weather conditions

●    Lantern and/or Headlamp (if you will be there overnight)

●    Extra batteries