Now a qualifying race for the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc!
Date: Friday, March29th - Saturday, March 30th, 2013
Accomodations: Click here for a list of hotels in the area. The closest airport is in Pasco (PSC).
Drive Times:
Seattle WA- 3.5 hours via I-90 to I-82
Tacoma WA - 3.75 hours via I-90 to I-82
Vancouver WA - 3.25 hours via I-84 to Hwy 395
Spokane WA - 2.25 hours via Hwy 395
Portland OR - 3.25 hours via I-84 to Hwy 395
Coeur D'Alene ID - 2.5 hours via Hwy 395
Boise ID - 4.5 hours via Hwy I-184 to Hwy I-84 to Hwy 395
Pre-race dinner: 5:00pm-7:00pm on Thursday night. Location TBA. This is going to be a good time to go over the course, answer questions and enjoy a good meal as a group. This dinner is free for the runner and $7 for others. If you are bringing a pacer, crew or family to the dinner please pay for the additional dinners on Ultra Signup.
Accomodations: Click here for a list of hotels in the area. The closest airport is in Pasco (PSC).
Drive Times:
Seattle WA- 3.5 hours via I-90 to I-82
Tacoma WA - 3.75 hours via I-90 to I-82
Vancouver WA - 3.25 hours via I-84 to Hwy 395
Spokane WA - 2.25 hours via Hwy 395
Portland OR - 3.25 hours via I-84 to Hwy 395
Coeur D'Alene ID - 2.5 hours via Hwy 395
Boise ID - 4.5 hours via Hwy I-184 to Hwy I-84 to Hwy 395
Pre-race dinner: 5:00pm-7:00pm on Thursday night. Location TBA. This is going to be a good time to go over the course, answer questions and enjoy a good meal as a group. This dinner is free for the runner and $7 for others. If you are bringing a pacer, crew or family to the dinner please pay for the additional dinners on Ultra Signup.
Check in: 6-6:30am
Pre-race Meeting: 6:30-6:50am
Start time: 7:00am
Entry: the entry fee is $125, which includes entry for one entrant into the running of the Badger Mountain Challenge 100 Mile Endurance Run , one goody bag with an assortment of schwag from event sponsors, access to fully stocked aid stations, drop bag transport, custom belt buckle for all finishers, a long-sleeve race shirt, one pre and post race meal, and access to race photos. Late registration is from 3/8-3/22 and is $10 more.
Packet pick up: at Runner's Soul in Kennewick on Thursday, March 28th, 2013 from 12pm-7pm. I will bring all the packets that have not been picked up to dinner on Thursday night.
The Trail: The course consists of footpaths, multi-use trails, dirt roads, and short stretches of pavement on and around Badger Mountain. The course is going to be a loop with a couple of out and backs. The surface is a lot of rough jeep track with some nice single track and some challenging bushwhack areas. There are a few short road sections but good a/s and crew access. There are several steep 800'-1000' climbs and the elevation low is around 500' and the high is 2000'. This region is unique in that there are very few native trees so a person can see for miles in all directions and it can be very windy on the ridges. Several sustained climbs make the cumulative elevation gain near 19,000'+. The course will be well marked with flagging, reflective tape and glow sticks at night. See maps at bottom of page.
Aid Stations: Every 3-8 miles stocked with electrolyte drink, warm food, and all the goodies you'll need. There will be all the supplies that you need to keep you on the trail. If there is anything specific that you will need let me know and I will try to make sure we have it. There will also be a few specified A/S's where drop bags can be transported for you. To see a chart with detailed info about each aid station, please click HERE. Click HERE for directions to the crew accessible aid stations.
Drop Bags: Drops bags can be left at the start and will be transported to the designated A/S for the runner. Please make sure that the runners name and number is on each bag.
Pacers: Each runner can have one pacer at a time to help them complete the run and these pacers can enter the race at any aid station. It is important to let the aid station volunteers know where the pacer is meeting the runner and for how long the pacer will be with the runner so we can keep track of all of those on the course. Running with a pacer at anytime will take you out of the competition for a prize for first, second, or third place but you will most definitely receive a buckle for your accomplishment.
Cut-off: the 100 mile race will end at 3:00 pm on Saturday with a 32 hour cut-off. This is definitely not an easy course. It is recommended that those who run the 100 miler have completed at least a 50 miler and have trained properly or they will have a hard time and not likely finish. There is no qualifying race so please be prepared. When a runner gets to an a/s and feels that going further is not an option it is best to just sit down, eat, and drink and hopefully the runner will be revitalized. Having a pacer that runs the second half of the race with you increases your chance of completing the race. As a last resort a runner always has the option to DNF and can catch a ride back to the finish from an a/s volunteer but you will likely regret it. If a runner does end up dropping from the race it is extremely important that the runner informs the a/s volunteers.
Awards: special awards for 1st, 2nd and 3rd male and female finishers and a custom belt buckle for all sub 24 hour finishers to help signify their hard work, athleticism, and ability to endure. There is a custom 5 year buckle for those who are up for the challenge. There are no placement awards given to those who run with a pacer. All finishers will receive a custom buckle.
Course Map: These maps give the runner a real good idea about the route that will be taken but there will be a few little changes. Click on maps to enlarge.
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| Start, finish, A/S #1 and #18 |
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| A/S #2 |
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| A/S #3 |
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| A/S #4, #14, #5, and #13 |
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| A/S #6 and #12 |
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| A/S #7 and #11 |
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| A/S #8 and #10 |
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| Turn around at A/S #9 |
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| A/S #15 |
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| A/S #16 and #17 |
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| Jacobs Rd junction home stretch to finish |
"For those of you who do make it, you will cross that finish line as a different person. You will be forever changed by the experience. You will learn more about yourself in the next day than you have previously known in an entire lifetime."
"If you can't run, then walk. And if you can't walk, then crawl. Do what you have to do. Just keep moving forward and never, ever give up."
"Perhaps the genius of ultrarunning is its supreme lack of utility. It makes no sense in a world of space ships and supercomputers to run vast distances on foot. There is no money in it and no fame, frequently not even the approval of peers. But as poets, apostles and philosophers have insisted from the dawn of time, there is more to life than logic and common sense. The ultra runners know this instinctively. And they know something else that is lost on the sedentary. They understand, perhaps better than anyone, that
the doors to the spirit will swing open with physical effort. In running such long and taxing distances they answer a call from the deepest realms of their being -- a call that asks who they are ..."
"You're not puking and nothing's broken so get going."
the doors to the spirit will swing open with physical effort. In running such long and taxing distances they answer a call from the deepest realms of their being -- a call that asks who they are ..."
"You're not puking and nothing's broken so get going."
Train harder. Go further.
