Jason Lehrbaum's Staging Area

This is my first Sasquatch Racing event, and it was smaller race, and had fewer aid stations and items at the aid station.

They don’t have chip times for the start, but they do for the finish. Not sure why that’s the case, so just be sure you are in the lead.. Then again, you have 13.1 + to catch up and pass.

Not only do you get a medal and a tech shirt, but they have these Woodallions lying on the course. Should you find one, you get get a special prize at the end. I found 4 and one of the prizes i got was a free race for Tick (guess i will e running that one too).

The other differences with this organization is that they do have beer at the end, and instead of getting a goody bag in the beginning, you get a paper lunch type bag full of goodies.

That said, if they added one more AS earlier on, that would have been a help, but i came well prepared and didn’t really need it much.

I used Strava and Fitbit to record my race and it registered 14.1 miles, and 2497 feet for Strava, and 13.7 miles and 2504 feet, so it varied of course. There is a little mismatch on what they say the distance and elevation is, but for me i don’t pay much attention to that..

This was a beautiful course and awesome views of far off mountains.. I was impressed. It had remnants of Double Dipsea with the switchbacks and dodging the roots, and feelings of Trailquake.

There is only one real complaint i have. First, there was one section that it was hard to know if you take a left or a right, so put the flags right after the correct route, rather than at the intersection to the direction you should not go. There was a large area in the redwood switchback section where there was no flags and a bunch of us thought we were lost until we asked a guy if he saw any red flags which he said he had.. Had he not come down with his dogs, we might have turned around. It’ts my belief that the this section probably was marked but probably someone removed the flags, so maybe the day of, have someone go once more through making sure they are still there especially if you know this is a problem areas as i heard one of your people say.

All this said, i highly recommend doing one of their races yourself. They do well.

This race was out at Lake Chabot, but a pretty run since it was on paved and dirt trails. This was my first race at Lake Chabot that was not a half. Kind of felt odd, because most of the people doing the 10k i did not recognize.

The food at the end and hydration is awesome throughout, and the metal is top notch. Their shirts are also wonderful, although i tend to prefer colorful shirts, and they sometimes use gray and black a little too often for my preference. But the art is amazing.

This run was pretty cool. Lots of people running and lots of people cheering. Cool shirt, although a little much. Prefer the shirt that was blue from 2 seasons ago.

This is one of the “easier” Ultra series races, but don’t be fooled. Its still tough. It gets dusty and when the sun peaks its head out from behind the overcast, it can get hot. But Brazen Racing is a top notch organization, which spoils you with limitless food and shwag!

This was my first time running this race. The course was much more difficult than i expected, but thats in part because i was not sure what to expect with a water crossing, twice. This course kicked my butt, and at times the terrain was aggravating, with all the sandy places.. But all in all, its not a bad course, but I may not do this race again.

This is one of the most memorable races you may ever do, especially if you know others who are running it. The Brazen Racing organization knows how to put on a race, and create a family environment where everyone cheers everyone else on.