Mountain Lakes 100 Lottery Friend Refund

This is the first year that Mountain Lakes 100 is using a lottery for registration. It sold out in less than 30 minutes last year. We know how frustrating lotteries (and quick sell-outs) can be when friends are trying to all get into a race together. So, we have decided to offer our Friend Refund program for Mountain Lakes 100, just like we do for the Mt. Hood 50-Miler lottery.

The Friend Refund gives you a way to get a your money back if you had planned to run the race with friends or family, and they didn’t get chosen during the lottery drawing, and are too far down on the wait list to give you confidence that they’ll get in. Here’s how it works:

1. If you were selected in the lottery but don’t want your spot because your running partner was not drawn, you must contact us (use this form) by 5:00 p.m. Pacific on Saturday, February 9th.
2. We will remove you from the race and refund your registration fee. We cannot refund the Ultrasignup processing fee.
3. By removing you from the race, we can invite someone from the wait list to take your spot.
4. Your friends on the wait list can remove themselves from the wait list. There is no charge to get on the wait list, so there is no refund due.

The Mountain Lakes 100 lottery is open for registration from February 1^st starting at 7:00 a.m. Pacific and closes at 6:00 p.m. on February 7^th. The drawing occurs on February 8^th.

You can watch the lottery drawing, live, online via the Go Beyond Racing Facebook page and Twitter. We will randomly draw all the names from those entered into the lottery. The first 170 selected are in the race. The remaining names are placed on the wait list in the order they are chosen. Registration for the wait list opens back up on Saturday, February 9^th. If you aren’t familiar with a wait list, you can learn about how the wait list process works here.

One hundred miles is a long way, and we understand that running that far with your buddy is ideal. But please know, Mountain Lakes 100 is a special race and you will make friends along the way. If your friend doesn’t get in, you can still do it on your own!