I’ve always been interested in who signs up to run an ultra. Below are some stats that I pulled from Ultrasignup. While it’s not completely comprehensive (US and trail/ultra centric), I think it’s pretty representative of most runner’s background. This is a fairly normal distribution from what I normally see. The M40-49 age group has…
2021 Eastern States 100 Preview
Almost go time. This will be my fourth go at ES100. It’s been a long 2 year wait and I’m chomping at the bit to get back out there and run around Pine Creek. I’ll be interested to see how much of the course I remember. Even though I had already run it twice before,…
Pine Creek 100 Mile Preview
After almost 8 long months, it’s time for me to the line up for another 100 miler. This was my 3rd or 4th backup option so I didn’t even sign up until about 10 days ago. For the past couple months, I had been targeting Wawayanda 100 up in NJ which is a hilly course…
Long Haul 100 Demographics
I’m a numbers guy through and through. As such, I like to look at who signs up to run 100 mile races with me. Data from the charts below are pulled from Ultrasignup, which does a pretty good job of capturing US ultra results however isn’t all inclusive. These splits are similar to what I’ve…
2019 Eastern States 100 Preview
Finally. I’ve been waiting almost 2 years now to get back to Little Pine State Park and the long, long wait is almost over. This will be my third year running ES100 and hopefully (fingers crossed) I’ll be able to hobble away with my third buckle. I signed up the first year because it was…
Who’s Running 2018 Blues Cruise 50K?
I’m always curious about the other crazies that run ultras so I’ve started looking at the demographics of those that run the same races I do. All of the data below was pulled from Ultrasignup and while I’ve found it to be fairly accurate (i.e. all my ultra finishes are listed there), it’s not going…
2018 Burning River Participant Demographics
I’m always curious what type person runs an ultra so I’ve pulled together some data on who else ran Burning River 100 this year. All numbers were pulled from Ultrasignup based on the race results posted on the Burning River website. Age and Gender As is typical in hundreds, the starting field was dominated by…
Who Finished 2017 ES100?
When I pulled together the information for my demographics post, it was primarily to see who would be able to finish. I had some ideas about who would be better able to finish this race and I have to say I’m a little surprised at how wrong I was on several many all of them.…
2017 ES100 Participant Demographics
So who’s running Eastern States this year? I was curious what type of person would sign up for the race so pulled together the below numbers. Huge honkin’ disclaimer: these numbers were pulled from Ultrasignup and while they are very accurate for US races, they don’t have a lot on international races. Also, some runners…