We all want to get back to having in-person races as soon as possible. That “as possible” is what we are spending an inordinate amount of time considering. As race directors, there are many safety factors that we weigh when deciding if a race can go on during this pandemic (which is still going on […]
Lotteries can make it hard to plan races with friends. What if you get in and they don’t? Our solution to this is our Friend Refund. We’ve offered this for both the Mt Hood 50-mile and Mountain Lakes 100 ever since they went to lottery. Our Friend Refund gives you an out if you had […]
Since the beginning of Go Beyond Racing in 2013, we’ve taken recycling and reducing the environmental impact of our events seriously. We’ve tried a lot of different things over the years to be the best we could at this, including using compostable products, eliminating packaging, paying for carbon offsets on the shipping, using reusable dishes […]
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 […]
Since Mt. Hood 50 began using a lottery for the 50-miler in 2015, we’ve offered the Friend Refund option. We will continue this program for the 2019 lottery. The Friend Refund gives you an out if you had planned to run the race with friends or family, and they didn’t get selected in the drawing. […]
We know some of you have big dreams and goals. Sometimes those are our races, and sometimes they are bigger international events. We pay to get our races evaluated by the International Trail Running Association (ITRA) so that they can be UTMB qualifiers. For those wanting to race around Mont Blanc, we are happy to […]
It is getting more and more difficult to get into races. Lotteries, lightning-quick sell outs, and restricted capacities mean that advanced planning and just plain ol’ good luck are often required to run the races you want. Many of our events have multiple distances; the Wy’east Wonder is a 50-miler and a 50K, Smith Rock […]
This was the sixth year for the Mountain Lakes 100 race, and the most popular. The race sold out in just 24 minutes, and that was with the registration server getting slammed from all the would-be entrants trying to sign up as soon as it opened. This is not a big race. The field is just […]