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No Business 100 Race Report (2024 - Counter Clockwise)

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To round out the 4x4, I headed west to Jamestown, TN, the starting place of the iconic No Business 100. This notable race was only recently founded in 2017 and quickly sells out every year when registration opens in January. The race consists of a single giant loop that weaves its way throughout Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area and the Daniel Boone National Forest. It even dips into Kentucy for about 50 miles. I had been aware of this race for a number of years and finally put myself on the waitlist late August and got in before October appeared. I knew it would be a tough race and especially so coming at the end of my road trip of 100's, but I was excited for the raw beuaty which I had seen in pictures and videos of the race course. Tired of sleeping in my car, I booked a cute treehouse Airbnb in Rugby, TN (about 40 minutes from the race start in Pickett State Park) for the night before. After checking in there early Thursday afternoon, I headed to Pickett for pac...
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Uwharrie 100M Race Report (2024)

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The Uwharrie 100 was a death by a thousand paper cuts. I'm fairly positive I'm not using this saying in its proper context, but it is the statement that most adequately describes my experience during the run and subsequently aligns with my reflection on the run sitting in a climate-controlled room reminiscing on this brutal thirty five and a half hour ordeal. This race is fairly unassuming by the numbers. It boasts just over 18,000 feet of elevation gain over a course totalling 102.5 miles. While those are each on the high end of the bell curve for 100-milers in terms of distance and elevation gain, the race also had a 36 hour cutoff. With some simple math, it works out to a 21:04 min/mile pace over the course of the race for a 36 hr finish. Pretty manageable, right? I certainly thought so as I drove 11 hours southeast from last week's debacle in Albion, IN. The race itslef nestled in the hills a little over an hour east of Charlotte. After spending a few days in Blacksburg...
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