2011 Waldo 100K Registration

Registration for the 10th Waldo 100K, which will be held on August 20, 2011 at Willamette Pass in Oregon, will open at 8am on March 1.  Since the readers of this blog seemed to be split on registration preference there will be two options this year: old school print out and mail-in entry, or online …

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2011 Trail Work Training

Have you ever seen a road runner repave a street?  Or drive the street cleaner?  Or volunteer as a flagger while work is being done on a road?  One of many things that separates trail running from road running is the fact that runners and race directors are citizen stewards of the trails we use.  …

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A Hypothetical Conversation

FastDude: I wasn’t selected in your lottery and I am calling to ask you to let me in your race. RD: Sorry, FastDude, but we only have a limited number of available spots as permitted by the land managers.  Many runners want those limited entry spots and we have determined the most fair way to …

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