THE end of season party...
Talk about saving the best ‘til last! The North Face Endurance Challenge 50 Mile Championship takes place this weekend and promises to be a grand finale of the 2011 season and a veritable feast for ultra trail fans around the world.
In trail running terms this event is big, very big. As is the $10,000 first prize for the winning man and woman. The fields are stacked with US and international talent, as the lure of a big pay day and a sack full of scalps tempt many into the Bay Area this weekend.
2010 Western States 100 winner Geoff Roes goes as does multiple UTMB women’s winner Lizzy Hawker – but are just two of a whole list of contenders for this one. 2010 TNFEC50 winner winner Anna Frost is back too, and has been targeting this race with some hurt-box training deep in New Zealand over the last 6 weeks.
Anna Frost at the TNFEC
Any previews that I could write wouldn’t do these races justice, so it’s best left to the ultra-trail expert and local-guy-on-the-ground Bryon Powell, and his most excellent iRunFar previews on the men’s race and women’s race.
Check the MST, iRunFar and Endurance Challenge twitter feeds for updates on the races and some exclusive images and reactions, direct from the Marin Headlands…
