The Run Rabbit Run 100 Miler Turns 10 This Year

• 78 years of Netflix subscriptions.
• 88 pairs of Hoka Speedgoat 5s.
• 10,563 Clif Bars.
• A brand-new 2018 Kia Rio.

These are just some belongings you would possibly do together with your $15,000 prize cash after successful this weekend’s 10th annual Run Rabbit 100, in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

Began in 2007 by Fred Abramowitz as a profit 50-mile run, the 100-mile distance was added 5 years later and has now turn into the marquee occasion. 

“After we began this [50-mile] race 15 years in the past, the aim was first to boost cash for native charities, and second, to convey world-class athletes in the summertime to Steamboat Springs, Colorado, a city already recognized for producing extra winter Olympians than every other city in America,” stated Abramowitz. “Thus far, we’ve contributed over $250,000 to native charities, largely these serving the children of northern Colorado. We additionally supply the very best prize cash of any path extremely on this planet, with a complete purse for our 100-miler of over $80,000, the female and male winners getting $15,000.”

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“The rationale we provide prize cash is as a result of we have to promote the game within the U.S. with races which have aggressive fields,” stated Abramowitz. “Aggressive fields appeal to curiosity and aggressive fields permit individuals to start out regarding the athletes, and once they begin following these athletes, the athletes wind up getting higher sponsorship offers and there may be extra curiosity within the sport.” 

Course Description

Each the 50-miler and the 100-mile programs begin and end on the Steamboat Springs Ski Space, three hours northwest of Denver, at about 7,000 ft. Situated within the Routt Nationwide Forest, the course rests on the standard lands of the Indigenous Ute individuals.

The 50-mile course travels as much as Mount Werner (10,372 ft) and takes a proper to Rabbit Ears, earlier than turning again to the beginning, whereas the 100-mile course contains Mount Werner and way more, up and thru the Routt Nationwide Forest, the Continental Divide, Buffalo Cross, and Emerald Mountain. In all, there may be 21,000 ft of climbing and 80% singletrack, with solely 4 miles of paved highway.

One other distinctive part of the Run Rabbit Run 100 is that there are two separate begins: one for the “Hares” and one for “Tortoises,” which begins 4 hours forward. 

Canadian elite ultrarunner Alissa St. Laurent–securely within the Hare class–will likely be toeing the road this weekend, and he or she’s ready to combat it out. 

“I’m so excited to be again for the race, it’s considered one of my all-time favourite occasions,” Laurent advised the race organizers. “I’ve two second-place finishes at Run Rabbit Run, and I’m hoping to enhance on that. I stay in Alberta, Canada, however have been based mostly in Mammoth Lakes, California for the previous few summers now, so I spend a number of my time right here off-trail and up on peaks.”

Laurent will likely be teaming up with Arlen Glick for the workforce problem, a brand new addition to the race this 12 months. The foundations are easy: Every workforce will need to have one man and one lady, and each should compete within the 100-mile distance. The quickest mixed occasions win $5,000.

“We’ve been amazed on the stage of curiosity and the enjoyable this has added to our occasion, with runners emailing and contacting one another, making an attempt to assemble the quickest workforce, and having enjoyable with it,” says Abramowitz. “Simply take a look at a few of the names our elite athletes have provide you with for his or her groups – Group Lactic Acid Journey, The Center-Aged Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Scorching Mess Categorical.”

Jim Rebenack is a firefighter from Littleton, Colorado, who completed second in 2019 and received Run Rabbit Run 100 in 2017. “Run Rabbit Run holds such a particular place in my coronary heart. I’ve made so many nice associates and recollections over time right here. As all the time, I’m humbled to toe the beginning line with so many unimaginable athletes in my favourite city.”

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Runners to Watch

Males

• Arlen Glick
• David Sinclair
• Nick Elson
• Cory Logsdon
• Nick Lewis
• Mark Hammond
• Bryan Kerl
• Michael Wirth

Ladies

• Annie Hughes
• Katie Arnold
• Michelle Kent
• Anne George
• Alissa St Laurent
• Maggie Guterl
• Melissa Beury
• Salynda Heinl

Different Necessities

• 100 Mile Begin Time: Friday, September 16. Tortoises: 8 a.m. MT; Hares: 12 p.m. MT
• 50 Mile Begin Time: Saturday, September 17. 6 a.m. MT
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