100km

[ultraslacker]

So, I really want to do 100km in 2011.

There aren't many local ones--there is the new Fat Dog 100 that is running for the first time this weekend. I hear it's a really tough course.

There is the Elk Beaver in Victoria, but it is flat 10k loops.

I could go to Edmonton and do Blackfoot--that was where I did my first 50k and it is a great race, with 25k loops.

OR

I could save up some money and come out to Ontario and join in some ultra hoopla. :)

What would my 100km options be in ON?

[Robbie-T]

taper madness is hitting hard eh.

Pretty much all things ultra in Ontario are here http://ouser.org/

[ultraslacker]

lol no I've been thinking about 100km since February! :)

Will check out the site, but I'd still like to hear what maniacs recommend and also if any specific race will attract hoopla.

[Strider]

100k's are a hard distance to find races for.

Top of my list of 100km is
Miwok - http://www.run100s.com/miwok/
Kettle Moraine - http://www.kettle100.com/index.htm

[ultraslacker]

Pretty much all things ultra in Ontario are here http://ouser.org/

no 100km races listed on that site! I guess they are relatively rare. :(

[Robbie-T]

Pretty much all things ultra in Ontario are here http://ouser.org/

no 100km races listed on that site! I guess they are relatively rare.

Looks like it will be 100 miler then.

[ultraslacker]

Pretty much all things ultra in Ontario are here http://ouser.org/

no 100km races listed on that site! I guess they are relatively rare.

Looks like it will be 100 miler then.

yikes.

I really have NO desire to do 100 miles! But my neighbour says that will change after I do the 50. Maybe I will have to come out and do HF 100!

[ultraslacker]

100k's are a hard distance to find races for.

Top of my list of 100km is
Miwok - http://www.run100s.com/miwok/
Kettle Moraine - http://www.kettle100.com/index.htm

Would love to check out the course that defeated the Great Gary Robbins, lol! But that's kinda scary too (ok, it wasn't the course itself that defeated him...).

[hezzy]

You could do Dirty Girls and aim for 100K in 24 hours? Or do 120 and get a belt buckle

[UltraQueenga]

Alas, no 100k in ON.
But you could always do the Dirty Girls 24hr as a warm up for Haliburton Forest 100 miler.
If Neil puts on a 100k race at Limberlost, you gotta come. That is the prettiest course I've ever run!!
Failing that, look south. Lots more 100k races to choose from.

[ultraslacker]

Alas, no 100k in ON.
But you could always do the Dirty Girls 24hr as a warm up for Haliburton Forest 100 miler. :wink:
If Neil puts on a 100k race at Limberlost, you gotta come. That is the prettiest course I've ever run!!

I'm not travelling out twice! :)

Failing that, look south. Lots more 100k races to choose from.

but no maniacs. :(

[ultraslacker]

You could do Dirty Girls and aim for 100K in 24 hours? Or do 120 and get a belt buckle :)

you get a buckle for 120?

hmmm...

[Spirit Unleashed]

Come to Kansas a year from now. The race I'm doing has a 100k. I'd take good care of you.

[Jo-Jo]

Come to Kansas a year from now. The race I'm doing has a 100k. I'd take good care of you.

Holly...I would so take Spirit up on her offer.
She would take good care of you...she's fun and calm and funny too

And plus...she knows this ultra stuff...easy peasy for her

[ultraslacker]

isn't it tornado season in Kansas?!

[Sir Crashalot]

isn't it tornado season in Kansas?!

You could visit Oz all in one trip!

[Jo-Jo]

isn't it tornado season in Kansas?!

You could visit Oz all in one trip!

Precisely.
Besides you'd look darn cute in a gingham dress and little red shoes

[Spirit Unleashed]

isn't it tornado season in Kansas?!

Oh no, tornado season is in the spring. BUT, I think a pic of you running an ultra with a tornado in the background and a rainbow fram would be awesome: where else but Kansas?

[ultraslacker]

I dunno... I'm kinda warming up to the idea of Dirty Girls...

[Mega Mo]

I dunno... I'm kinda warming up to the idea of Dirty Girls...

Go for it Slacker! My only 50 miler was Sulpher this year, I too was looking all over for 100k as 100m sounds a little daunting....I'm going to do Dirty Girls 24hr and use that to see how I shape up for eventually doing 100miler. I have no idea if I can run for 24hrs, but I'm gonna find out! I've got Sulpher 100m on my radar for next year, unless DG goes really well then I might just do something stupid like sign up for Haliburton 100 mile this year!

Mo

[Spirit Unleashed]

I dunno... I'm kinda warming up to the idea of Dirty Girls...

That probly fits

[VeloCarrie]

I am thinking of planning my holidays around Dirty Girls, Limberlost, and Haliburton for next year, but I might have to pick only one like this year. Transportation & dog sitting becomes a big problem, especially for someone who doesn't drive.

[ultraslacker]

Transportation & dog sitting becomes a big problem, especially for someone who doesn't drive.

same! well, I do drive but I have to rent/borrow cars! :)

But for the amount it's costing me to rent a car and drive down to WR, I could almost buy a plane ticket to ON... so maybe it would work!

[dwayne_runs_far]

What is your timeline for doing 100k Holly? The 12 hour race I put on in the fall could be a good one; the loops are fast, 85% smooth and have no hills bigger than you are tall.

Other than that, I loved Blackfoot, and the 100k at Kettle Morraine is a tough, but the event is super well put on.

Dwayne

[ultraslacker]

What is your timeline for doing 100k Holly? The 12 hour race I put on in the fall could be a good one; the loops are fast, 85% smooth and have no hills bigger than you are tall.

I have no idea... not sure I could do it in 12 (I've yet to do a 50k in 6, though I've never done a flat 50k either!). Ask me this question after my mountainous 50-miler next week! lol I'll keep your race in mind.

eta: how long are the loops?

Other than that, I loved Blackfoot, and the 100k at Kettle Morraine is a tough, but the event is super well put on.

Dwayne

I really would love to go do Blackfoot again, so I'm keeping it in the short list.