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, …
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 …
The ninth Where’s Waldo 100km trail run is this Saturday, August 21, 2010. This is the first race of the 2010-2011 Montrail Ultra Cup. Our PR guy, Lewis Taylor, a.k.a lowercase, “winner” of the race in 2006, who now works for Vox Public Relations (formerly Ulum Group), suggested that I do a Waldo trivia contest …
Are you running Waldo next weekend? Do you want a free entry into the 2011 race? Do you want to wear the crazy perpetual Waldo hat? Do you want $250 cash? Then show us your Waldo. We’re pretty sure we are the only race with this kind of award. Each aid station, after they close, …