With the cancellation of Ultra Trail Du Mt Blanc (UTMB) just this past weekend, that makes at least three mountain ultras in the past year canceled mid-race due to bad weather. Chimera 100 mile 8 hours into the race, Pocatello 50 miler 17 miles in, and now UTMB 3 hours into the race. Being an …
Finish line cutoffs are something I’ve never understood. Most races have them, including Western States at 30 hours (11:00am). At Waldo this past weekend we had 98 runners finish before 9pm to earn their Sporthill Waldo finisher hat. A record number. The choice this year for most people was a black rain hat, a white …
The 2010 Where’s Waldo 100k, the first race in the 2010-2011 Montrail Ultra Cup, had a record number of finishers. We had 107 finishers out of 123 starters which was a record in terms of total finishers and percentage (87%). Here are the top five male and female finishers. Tim Olson, 26, 9:25:04 Dan Olmstead, …
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Apparently the Waldo trivia was harder than I thought. Here are the answers. Why don’t each of you that answered questions come see me at the race I’ll give you something. 1. Where did the idea for the name of the race come from? The ski run on the backside of Willamette Pass with the …