Christof’s Routes and Challenges
This page contains a bunch of routes and challenges that are perhaps a little beyond your normal running routes and habits. I hope that some of these will inspire you, challenge you, and help you to accomplish things you thought you couldn’t. Enjoy!
Download a convenient cheat sheet with all the routes & challenges and stick it to your bathroom mirror as a reminder to go out and do some epic shit: Routes & Challenges Cheat Sheet (pdf, v2, Jul 5, 2020) NEEDS AN UPDATE, SORRY…
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Urban Challenges
- Walmart 100 (100mi)
- Tour de Graves (TdG)
Multi-distance Challenge Series
Each of the series below has several distances. There’s a bit of something for hopefully everybody.
- Goat Rocks Clover (96mi, 124mi)
- Tamanawas 1-2-3-Hundred (100mi, 200mi, 300mi)
- Wy’cool Challenge Series (50k, 50mi, 100k, 100mi)
- Ape Spirit Challenge Series (Marathon, 50k, 50mi, 100k, 100mi)
- Hatfield Challenge Series (50k, 50mi, 100k, 100mi)
- This is Hart (35mi, 39mi, 43mi)
Single-distance Challenges
These are single challenges with no distance options.
- Triple go rooound ‘n’ up ‘n’ between (300+mi)
- Walmart 100 (100mi)
- 5-legged Zigzag Spider (100km/60mi)
- Anza-Borrego Loop (210mi)
- Blast to Pass (150mi)
- The Olympic Loops (324mi)
- Steens Traverse (75mi)
- Gorge(ous)2Adams 100 (100mi)
- Adams2Hood
- Adams2StHelens
- Pistachio 100 (100 pistachios)
Peak Bagging Challenges
The goal of these challenges is to bag as many peaks as possible. It is up to the athlete(s) to design a specific route that links up the peaks. The mileage obviously depends on the chosen route.
- Triple go rooound ‘n’ up ‘n’ between (300+mi)
- Eagle’s 33
- Gorgeous 16
- Cascades 11-over-10 Challenge Series
24h Hill Rep Challenges
What makes people do the same stupid things repeatedly?
48h Hill Rep and Traverse Challenges
Need a bit more time? I give you 48h. You are welcome.














