Are you the type of runner that loves the climbs? You are part mountain goat. You can power hike the heck out of a hill. Or are you a downhiller? You take full advantage of gravity and fly down the trail. Quads be damned! The elevation profile of a race shows you where the course […]
Have you ever wondered how the trail you are running on got there? Well, you know how you don’t really appreciate something, until you actually do the work yourself? Kinda like how you become a good tipper after you wait tables. The same is said for doing trail work. You really appreciate the people who […]
New for the 2019 Mountain Lakes 100 race, is a requirement that each runner contributes eight hours of volunteer trail work. We feel that more runners need to spend time building and improving the trails we all enjoy. By making it a requirement to race, there will be 1,200 hours of trail work done in […]
I don’t know if it is the slightly cooler air temperatures, or maybe it’s the fading joy of the warmer weather… or maybe it is just the winding down of one’s racing season, but we get a lot of requests for our next year’s race dates before this year is barely half-way done. So, for […]
Go Beyond Racing is always looking for ways to make our races more environmentally friendly. We are cupless at our aid stations; we use compostable flatware, silverware, and napkins; we recycle and compost a lot of garbage from our events; we donate to organizations that work to improve forests and trails; we are members of […]
Again for the 2018 race, Go Beyond Racing is offering the Friend Refund for the Mt. Hood 50 Mile. Lotteries are brutal. You plan your racing calendar for the year and then your name isn’t selected in the lottery and your plan B races are now already full. Or, you get in, but the friend […]
Updated 3/2/18 UPDATE: Elk-Kings Trail Races Calling skyrunners and mountain runners! New for this year, we have added a Mountain Marathon to the Elk-Kings Trail Races. These are tough races already, with a 50K that runs along the Wilson River trail in the Tillamook Forest, and a steep and technical 25K that goes up and […]
Yes, there is plenty of racing left in 2017, but you people are eager, and apparently planners! We’ve had lots of requests for our 2018 race dates. So here you go, here is what we’ve got planned for next year. New Races! We can’t say too much yet, but we are working on two brand-new […]