June 15-16, 2007
I again ran in the Bighorn Mountain 100 Trail Run near Sheridan, Wyoming. This event is extremely challenging due to the rugged terrain of the Bighorn Mountains. The course is an out and back with elevation gains of 18,300 feet. The course features three major climbs and goes in and out of forests and fields full of wildflowers. As for its beauty, I believe it is probably one of the most scenic 100-milers in the country. Also a very unique feature is that the race directors run concurrently 100-mile, 52-mile, 50K, and 30K races. They schedule the races to all finish on Saturday afternoon. In the final 17 miles of the 100-mile race, depending on your speed, you can be running with participants in the other races. By 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, there can be over 500 runners on the trails at the same time.