Holy schnikes! I’ve managed to make it a full decade of offering up my 100 miler ranks. When I started these lists way back in 2017 as a way to help people choose which races to run there were only 6 different races to rank. This year I’m only adding one race (Uwharrie), however this…
Uwharrie 100 Mile Race Report
What a really cool little race. Simply Unrelenting The course is marketed as Simply Unrelenting™, which I can 100% confirm is accurate. I would also describe it as punchy. As in if you don’t come with your A game, then it’ll knock you out. The advertised elevation gain is 18,000, yet my Garmin measured it…
Uwharrie 100 Mile Preview
I’ll be heading down to North Carolina this weekend for the Uwharrie 100 Miler, which is a race that’s been on my radar for a number of years. It’s set up as five 20.5 mile figure eight loops with about 18,000 feet total elevation gain/loss. It’s advertised as “classic NC technical” so I’ll be interested…
2026 Virgil Crest 100 Mile Race Report
Finish rate this year was 33%. If you’re looking for a challenging hundred, look no further. I enjoyed myself so much last year, that I just had to come back. This is a small, intimate race and the very definition of an old school ultra. The course layout is two small loops that are each…
2026 Virgil Crest 100M Preview
I had so much fun running this race last year that I just had to come back. This is a very small race with only 44 runners signed up across the three distances (100M, 50M, 50K) and only 15 signed up for the hundred. I’m a huge fan of small races and wanted to come…
2026 Eastern States 100 Race Report
Turns out my patent application for the Eastern States YOLO race strategy does not need to be sent in after all. Sigh. Everything went exactly according to plan for the first 5 miles: I got to the top of the climb in probably the top 60-70 runners, however realized I was working too hard. The…
2026 Eastern States 100 Mile Preview
Eighth time is a charm. If you’ve been following this blog for any length of time, then you know this is my favorite race. And it’s not even close. I love everything about ES100. The course is drop dead gorgeous. The volunteers are amazing. The community is awesome. The race organization is world class. If…
There’s A First Time For Everything
Eastern States 100 is my favorite race. By far. And it’s not even really close. I love everything about the race, the course, and the organization behind it (Eastern States Trail-Endurance Alliance). Every year I’m excited to head back to Little Pine State Park to start my circumnavigation of Pine Creek. ES100 is the final…
2026 Angela Ivory Memorial 100 Mile Race Report
What an amazingly awesome (awesomely amazing?) little race this is at Killens Pond State Park in Felton, DE. It’s a throwback to the bygone days when ultrarunning was just a bunch of friends dressed in tube socks and cotton shirts who wanted to spend all day roaming the countryside with fruit stuffed in their pockets…
2026 Angela Ivory Memorial 100 Mile Preview
I loved this race so much last year, I’m heading back for 32 more trips around Killen’s Pond State Park in Felton, DE. This race is structured as a fatass so there’s virtually no aid provided. The entry fee ($50?!?!) goes toward the permit to allow us access to the park overnight and a belt…