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 […]
Welp. Sigh. We write this on Friday May 8th, the day after Oregon’s Governor announced the extension of a ban of sporting events and of gatherings of 25 or more people through September. All of our Spring races were already cancelled or postponed to late summer/fall due to the COVID19 pandemic and now it is […]
Cue Crazy Train by Ozzy Osborne. You may have heard that song at one of our start lines so hopefully that’ll bring a smile to your face. Times are definitely crazy right now and we know everyone is just trying to get through this crisis. It’s hard to keep a hopeful outlook when things you’ve […]
Wood You Rather race is a new kind of trail run from Go Beyond Racing. It a checkpoint run, where you decide, by using a map, where you’ll go to get to as many checkpoints as you can. There is a specified amount of time available to find the checkpoints and get back to the […]
For the fifth year, we have made all of our races that we can be UTMB (Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc) qualifiers. This involves having the ITRA (International Trail Running Association) evaluate each course and UTMB determining a point value based on that evaluation. Each of the UTMB races has a number of points you have to […]
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 […]
Go Beyond Racing has some exciting changes coming up for the 2020 trail and ultra running community. We are adding a new race and making changes to the distances offered at another event. Bristow 24/12 Run If you haven’t already heard, the reins for the Elijah Bristow 24/12 Hour Run were passed to Go Beyond […]
The sweat hasn’t even dried from 2019 racing and people are already planning for next year. Heck, there is still plenty of racing to do this year yet. But we hear that you want to know what the Go Beyond Racing 2020 race calendar looks like, so here you go. Everything pretty much stays the […]