We’re seeing a new trend that we think is pretty cool. More and more runners are planning out their volunteering calendar at the same time they are planning their year’s racing schedule. Whether they are looking to pay it forward, pay it back, learn before they run the race, or just wanting to hang out […]
No one really likes a race lottery. As a race director, you feel badly for the people who want to run your race but, by the luck of the draw, they can’t. As a runner, it makes it hard to plan your race schedule when you don’t know if you’ll get into a race. And […]
Many of you are already planning your 2017 race calendar. I get it. You run a really fun race and you want to go back again next year; or maybe you need to go back because you have unfinished business with a course. Or with how quickly races are filling up these days, you want […]
Each year we organize free group training runs on some of our race courses. These are great opportunities to check out a course you are thinking about racing, or see what you’ve signed up for if you are already registered. For 2016, we have three group runs scheduled that you’ll want to put on your […]
Weather. Fire. Acts of nature. These things can and do causes races to be cancelled. This post describes how Go Beyond Racing will handle registrations if we ever need to cancel a race. If Go Beyond Racing has to cancel a race for any reason, we will give all runners the option of receiving a […]
We are excited to make two announcements today regarding prizes for Mountain Lakes 100 and the NW Mountain Trail Series. Series sponsor Altra has stepped up big time and thanks to them; we awarding a larger cash prize this year for the Mountain Lakes 100 top finishers: 1st male and female: $1,000 each 2nd male […]
Thank you to those who ran, volunteered and supported the Dog Mountain 10K/20K/30K the last couple of years. We are no longer producing this event. You can find the other races that are included in the NW Mountain Trail Series here Results 2014 10K/20K/30K results 2013 10K results Photos 2014 Photos
This post is for the moms out there. As runners, we all secretively want our kids to run, but of course we don’t want to push them into it. We want our children to find their ‘thing’, whatever it is, on their own. One morning when I poked my head into my 7-year-old boys’ bedroom […]