The North Face Endurance Challenge is Underway
Locally, most of us are fixated on tomorrow’s weather and the California International Marathon. Meanwhile, many locals are already racing over on the coast in the North Face Endurance Challenge San Francisco Championship.
Due to the rain, the State Parks Department has mandated a course change so now it will be totally easy. (Serious about the course change. Just kidding about it being easy. Those trails–Marin Headlands–are intense!)
This is one of the most competitive ultras in the United States, and it offers $10,000 to the top male and female finishers in the 50 mile race.
As you can imagine, all the top guns are out there.
I am much too lazy to write up a detailed piece about the field, but fortunately iRunfar.com’s Bryon Powell has done a thorough write up on the top male contenders and another on the top female contenders. (Our own Jen Pfeifer is one of the top women running this event.)
Results are coming in already here.