Reality Bites... Sometimes for the Better!

The cliché that “life happens” is certainly true. So is Steinbeck’s famous line “the best laid plans of mice and men, gang aft agley”. So it is with running the Moab 100 this year. The scheduling of the Moab 100 fell on the same weekend as ski-racing event for which I had the responsibility for providing the timing, and unfortunately the person I was planning on being able to do that timing for me ended up not being able to. So, no dice!

HOWEVER, out of crisis rises opportunity (aren’t I just the king of cliché?)! I have decided to start my own 100 mile event in April! Currently, April is devoid of any 100 Milers anywhere near Utah, so starting at 0700, in Grantsville, UT, I’ll start running along the Hastings Cutoff trail and Donner-Reed road across the Bonneville Salt Flats to Donner Spring, UT. I figure if those stalwart folks working their way to the riches of California could brave that stretch, I can do it too! Hopefully, so will some of my Ultra-running buddies!

This inaugural event will be a benefit for both the Crossroads chapter of the Oregon-California Trails Association and the MORE Project charity, and each year we’ll dedicate the race proceeds to these non-profit organizations. This terrain should prove uniquely challenging, despite the course being predominantly flat, it is relentless!

I’m hoping that this will become a regular for many in the Ultra running community, and will provide a great benefit to the OCTA and MORE organizations. Stay tuned!