It is really a shame that this race no longer exists as there are relatively few ultramarathons in the eastern part of Wyoming. The only other major one is the … MORE
It is really a shame that this race no longer exists as there are relatively few ultramarathons in the eastern part of Wyoming. The only other major one is the Bighorn Wild and Scenic Trail run, and that one fills up pretty quickly. I ran this race as my first 50K. I picked a challenging one, as it was in the Bear Lodge Mountains of Wyoming with plenty of vertical climbing. It really gave me a taste of what a trail ultra is like. The weather was cold with heavy rain and a trace of snow at the higher elevations the night before. The scenery was beautiful though, and there was only one place where I had trouble finding the trail. There were sufficient aid stations, but nothing spectacular in the way of trail fare. As I am writing this 4 years after the fact, I don’t remember if there were any finisher medals, but I don’t think so. There were only 14 finishers the year I ran, which was the last year they did the 50K. I think they continued doing a 30K for a few years. I think part of the problem is that there are just few ultra runners in that part of the country. I will always remember it though as it was my first ultramarathon and a challenging one at that.
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Bear Lodge Mountain Run
It is really a shame that this race no longer exists as there are relatively few ultramarathons in the eastern part of Wyoming. The only other major one is the … MORE
It is really a shame that this race no longer exists as there are relatively few ultramarathons in the eastern part of Wyoming. The only other major one is the Bighorn Wild and Scenic Trail run, and that one fills up pretty quickly. I ran this race as my first 50K. I picked a challenging one, as it was in the Bear Lodge Mountains of Wyoming with plenty of vertical climbing. It really gave me a taste of what a trail ultra is like. The weather was cold with heavy rain and a trace of snow at the higher elevations the night before. The scenery was beautiful though, and there was only one place where I had trouble finding the trail. There were sufficient aid stations, but nothing spectacular in the way of trail fare. As I am writing this 4 years after the fact, I don’t remember if there were any finisher medals, but I don’t think so. There were only 14 finishers the year I ran, which was the last year they did the 50K. I think they continued doing a 30K for a few years. I think part of the problem is that there are just few ultra runners in that part of the country. I will always remember it though as it was my first ultramarathon and a challenging one at that.