We started the Northwest Mountain Trail Series in 2013, the same year that Go Beyond Racing was born. The idea behind the Series was to encourage people to try some new races and run in places they’d never visited before. We feel that the Series has done this, so we are retiring the Series. The […]
The Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc® (UTMB) has become a big goal race, and a destination race, for many. To enter, runners must earn points at official qualifier races. We are thrilled to share that, again, many of our 2017 ultra races are qualifiers for 2018 UTMB events. Here are the points for our 2017 races: Smith […]
Go Beyond Racing is going cupless! We’ll start this year at our Volcanic 50 race. We had held off on making this move as we have been purchasing and using compostable cups, plates, bowls, and utensils at our races for a couple years now – even buying carbon offsets on the shipping of those materials. […]
Many races over 50K in distance offer drop bags. Drop bags allow racers who do not have a crew supporting them along the course to stash supplies they may need later in the race. Drop bags are generally dropped off at the race start and the race organizers transport them to the designated aid stations. […]
The Pick Your Poison Relay is unique when it comes to relays because you aren’t traveling around in a van, trying to chase or get ahead of your runner. Instead, your whole team gets to literally camp in one spot for the entire race. Runners take turns running around the lake, either on the trail […]
Update 2/9/16: The NUT 50K is now a qualifier. Some consider the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc® (UTMB) to be the crown jewel in ultra running. This race, which starts and finishes in Chamonix France, and circumnavigates Mount Blanc, is difficult to say the least. It is also difficult to get into and runners must qualify by […]
We are going to do something special for the Mt. Hood 50 Lottery again this year, because we know that many people like to run this race with a friend. With any lottery, you may get in, but your friend may not. If your name is drawn in the lottery on January 10th, and your […]
It’s only August and we are receiving a lot of email asking about the dates for our 2016 races. While the permitting process for many of our events doesn’t begin until this winter, we have planned our race schedule for next year and are happy to share it with you here. Put these on your […]