Canyons 100K was a slower race for Shavi this year. He just wanted to complete it in under 18 hours to qualify for Western States 100 lottery which he did. Plus with no sleep last 2-3 days due to chores and my surgery the day before, he hardly got rest. Waking up at 3am for this race is no joke. The race starts in Foresthill at 5:30am and packet pick up is at the start. Organizers of the race did a great job, just like all past years. This is a hard course and it has to be since it is a WS100 qualifier. It seems like they would be starting a lottery next year to get into this qualifying race. Until this year, it has been on first come first serve which of course fills up in few hours of opening for registration. This race has over 15000 feet of climbing. This race has 25K distance as well.
Shavi thinks that the first part of the course is harder than the second part. Foresthill is where the race starts and it is the mid-point of the race as well. Foresthill - swinging bridge - Foresthill - Rucky Chucky - Foresthill. The race doesn't allow pacers if you are running it as a qualifier for WS100.
He got home pretty late, after midnight and got me a finisher's pendant with a necklace instead of getting a belt for himself! A great ending to this year's long distance running unless he finds another one;-) Now it will be all about CIM (26.2 miles) in December.
