Welcome to Uphill Will, the East's only 24 hour uphill-only race! How far could you climb if you never had to trash your quads running downhill? Well, we are going to find out. Can you make it higher than the Northeast's Mt Washington in 6 hours? How about Mt Whitney in 12 hours? And who will step into the 'Everesting' Hall of Fame with a 24 hour effort of 29,029 ft? Join TruStrength Athletics and Run The Whites on September 20-21 at Sunday River for what will be one of the biggest races of the year.
The premise is simple. The event is not. Racers start at South Ridge Express and run 1,200 ft uphill on wooded single track, open rock slab ridges, ski trails and gravel roads to reach the North peak Lodge. From there racers hop into an 8 person Chondola car and ride back to the start. Spend the 10 mins gazing across the immense scenery as fall approaches the White Mountains of New England while you refuel and chat with other racers. The Chondola spits you out and away you go for another lap! Repeat this for 6, 12 or 24 hours and we have one epic showdown. Let's get some vert!
What you get!
- Intense satisfaction from running endlessly for 6, 12 or 24 hours
- A rad locally made custom award
- A rad pair of socks you will want to wear
- Entry to a crazy festival of Female timber sports events, food vendors, beer tents, and live blue grass bands
- Incredible fireworks display after the awards ceremony
- Bragging rights that you did something this nuts
Rules:
- The 24 hour category will start at 7pm on Friday the 20th.
- A headlamp is the only mandatory gear for racers to have on their person.
- Racers will follow the night time route up Service roads and mowed ski trails and then enter the woods on old MTB trail to gain the service Road at North Peak Lodge.
- Racers can access their aid bag for things like fresh clothes, food, etc before getting on the chondola to ride down and start again.
- All racers must remain on course and complete a full lap uphill in order for that lap to be counted.
- We will only count official laps on course and completed by 7pm on Sat (racer back at South Ridge).