Blame it on Rio (Del Lago)
Lukas Temer nabs the win in his first 100 mile race. (Photo by Agnès Pommier)
Every summer, a million words are spilled in honor of the big, local hundred mile race: The Western States 100. Under the shadow of so much reporting, it would be easy to miss the region’s other, smaller, long-standing hundred mile race: The Rio Del Lago 100.
This race had been Norm Klein’s baby for many years, and last year he passed the baton to new Race Director Molly Sheridan.
This year, Sheridan reconfigured the course significantly—eliminating the loop around Lake Natoma, and replacing the lost mileage with a repeat out and back from Twin Rocks to Cardiac. “This part of the course is so cool that we wanted you to experience it again!” says the race website.