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!
NEW 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)
Urban Challenges
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.
- 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.
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.