There is a new section on Stallion that isn’t Lenard’s butt slide. Heard a report that the new boom 9 was at the bottom of a mountain and a runner that couldn’t find book the book said that “we even went over to butt slide to look for it”

just noticed this and came to mention it. good find

Yup figured that out. Even have it drawn out on a map. Ball bearing hill is either the new 1800ft descent or the 1350ft climb right after it. Thanks for the info on the books. That math checks out too. If it’s on stallion I’m guessing butt slide is back. If it is John Kelly will definitely tell us.

16. The most ever. Hence Keith saying “the most marked course ever”

Anything more to this you can share? A source/report? Can confirm there was a new section added around England mtn. Keith makes it sound like part of it is ball bearing hill. two big climbs were added so that would be the 1st. The 2nd is probably around stallion. My guess was Lenard’s was re-added.

Were there any slow stragglers at the back of the start? I remember seeing I think it was Lenard Martin walking out with a handheld flashlight the last year or two.

Did they decide to make reading the master map a new challenge this year? That is a neat wood carving? or 3D print? Either way that looks like a cool piece.

Here are the comments from Ed. At least I think so, I didn't see any others but could have missed them. I don't think this confirms he raced, just that he was there.

Thank you. Had heard about the 16 books this year. Probably why Keith joking called it the most marked course. Figured a new monster climb was added. 2 is a little surprising but helpful info

Where could I find her report? Is it still up?

That’s cool information. I do remember hearing before that was a common practice but didn’t know just how much was accessible, and kinda figured it stopped years before 2012. I had always figured the numbers I used for reference were short but now I know it was much more so than I expected. Thanks!

That sounds like how I think it was 2019 where a bunch of runners said the new course was slightly shorter but felt a lot harder. We then didn’t see any finishers on it for a few years, things were tweaked slightly and then we saw 8 in 2 years. It might take time but the finishers will come again.

I just used those numbers as a reference across years because next to actually being out there it’s the best sense you get from year to year.
But I trust your judgment far more. Thanks for giving your experience, always great to hear from someone who’s done its

I’m sure you’re correct. The numbers I used were from taking a copy of last year’s course map I stumbled across and transposing it into caltopo. I’m sure those numbers could be underestimated and it assumes the course is followed perfectly which is never the case.….

Can you ID any of those runners and if any of them didn’t start loop 2? The past couple years ratjaw wasn’t climbed in CW loops. Seems that it was added back this year.

He got back to camp around 6am