Great organization and a whole lot of truly nutty runners come from anything from the 888k down to the 8 miler. If you love trail runs, you will love this … MORE
Great organization and a whole lot of truly nutty runners come from anything from the 888k down to the 8 miler. If you love trail runs, you will love this one.
The festival lasts for 10 days with the marathon on the last full day. There is a 7.5 mile loop that climbs about 2000 feet in maybe 2 miles. Single and double track, not so technical, but steep. All downhill on the last part of that loop. You pass through the start area on the way to do the 20 mile loop which has one hill around 12-13 miles about the same height, but climbs over 4 miles. The 20 mile loop has areas that are more technical and lots of opportunities to roll an ankle. Very beautiful, very challenging, and very well organized. You have support as you pass through the start at 7.5, another minor food and water station around 16, and at 20 is the best food I ever had on a marathon. You need to be self supporting because of the spacing, but the aid stations are nice. Volunteers are great.
We had light to moderate rain the day prior and mostly cool and overcast on race day. There was some mud, but mostly minor/avoidable. A few stream crossings, but there were wood planks, rocks, or something to get across. As timing would have it, I had a fairly new pair of shoes on and they stayed mostly clean and dry.
Not everyone’s cup of tea, but if you don’t like trails, you stopped reading at the beginning. Do this one!
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Great organization and a whole lot of truly nutty runners come from anything from the 888k down to the 8 miler. If you love trail runs, you will love this … MORE
Great organization and a whole lot of truly nutty runners come from anything from the 888k down to the 8 miler. If you love trail runs, you will love this one.
The festival lasts for 10 days with the marathon on the last full day. There is a 7.5 mile loop that climbs about 2000 feet in maybe 2 miles. Single and double track, not so technical, but steep. All downhill on the last part of that loop. You pass through the start area on the way to do the 20 mile loop which has one hill around 12-13 miles about the same height, but climbs over 4 miles. The 20 mile loop has areas that are more technical and lots of opportunities to roll an ankle. Very beautiful, very challenging, and very well organized. You have support as you pass through the start at 7.5, another minor food and water station around 16, and at 20 is the best food I ever had on a marathon. You need to be self supporting because of the spacing, but the aid stations are nice. Volunteers are great.
We had light to moderate rain the day prior and mostly cool and overcast on race day. There was some mud, but mostly minor/avoidable. A few stream crossings, but there were wood planks, rocks, or something to get across. As timing would have it, I had a fairly new pair of shoes on and they stayed mostly clean and dry.
Not everyone’s cup of tea, but if you don’t like trails, you stopped reading at the beginning. Do this one!