The way we designed this race gives everyone a chance to see how far they can push themselves to go in a 24-hour period. We're offering multiple race options too, you can sign up to go at it alone for 24-hours, or you can partner up and participate as a 3-person team - teams cans run together or split up to divide and conquer, and finally, we also offer the option to complete a 100-mile race.
Ultimately, it's up to you how you want to participate, you can go all out and try to win one of the awesome custom SISU 24 PNW clocks we had made for Top 3 Male, Female, and Teams or you can just come out and run/walk/hike as much or as little of the course as you'd like. The choice is yours! After all, this is a Choose Your Own Adventure style race.
The Race Layout
We're currently in the process of designating the various trails that we will use for the course, it's looking like there will be 5 or 6 different routes to choose from. For those competing in either of the 24-hour events, you'll be tasked with earning as many points as possible in a 24-hour period. Each trail will have a turnaround checkpoint where you get a stamp to indicate that you made it to that destination. The first time you arrive at any checkpoint there will be a one time bonus objective you have the option to complete for additional points, and for the 24-hour race, you want ALL the points if you're going for the win. These bonus objectives may be carrying an egg back to the basecamp, or tying a special knot, or memorizing a special code, each will be there to challenge you in different ways and add to the fun adventure! The person or team with the most points at the end of 24-hours wins.
For the 100-milers, you'll be tasked with attempting to complete 100 of the most difficult miles I could find here in the Pacific Northwest. There will be special rules for which routes you can run and when you can run them. Don't come into this thinking you can take the shortest route with the least elevation and just do that over and over again, we don't like making things that easy. The final rules are still being decided upon by our staff, but we promise, it'll be a very challenging 100 miles. During the first 24-hours you need to make it to AT LEAST 75-miles, if you have anything less than that at the 24-hour mark you will not be able to continue. If you are able to make it to 75 miles by the time the first 24-hours have elapsed you'll be granted a time extension of 8-hours, giving you a total of 32-hours to complete 100 miles. Think you have what it takes? We sure hope so because we ordered a bunch of these incredible belt buckles for those that do.
This is sure to be one incredible weekend, we rented the campground for the weekend so tent camping is encouraged. If you want to bring an RV, please contact me directly and I can work with you to get that setup (there will be additional fees required). We have also secured a food truck and espresso cart that will be serving hot food and drinks throughout most, if not all of the event. There will also be all kinds of SISU swag available for purchase including these exclusive SISU 24 PNW performance tops for men and women.
Personally, I am beyond excited to host this event. I love seeing people push their limits and get out of their comfort zone. Below you'll find some details from the race registration page about gear and everything else. If you haven't signed up already, what are you waiting for?