So Many Bears (or, a race for those who make questionable choices)

The 100 miler is called 89 Bears for a reason. You will run a loop that climbs up a ski slope called The Bear. You will continue on that loop until you reach the highest point at Lost Valley Ski Resort, giving you about 300’ of gain in 0.75 miles which you will immediately give back, dropping 300’ in about 0.25 miles. Then it’s flat back to the start. The terrain is not technical like most of our races, well, except for a very short, steep part of the down. Ouch! If you want our beautiful buckle, you will have to wrap your head around running that loop 89 times, yielding 102.3 miles and over 27,000’ of elevation gain. Your feet will scream at you especially when you're back at the beginning. Your friends are there, your car is there, beer is there…It’d be so easy to stop. Don’t do it!!!

On Sunday, our timed races will go off using the same loop as the 100 milers. We are eager to see how many Bears runners can crank out in 3 hours, 7 hours, and even 11 hours. You’re still going to be sore as hell, maybe just choose all 89 Bears instead.

89 Bears 100:
Start - October 9th, 6:00AM
Cutoff - October 10th, 8:00PM
Cost - $178.00
Capacity - 89 Runners

3 Hours of Bears:
Start - October 10th, 2:00PM
Cutoff - October 10th, 5:00PM
Cost - $40.00
Capacity - 50 Runners

7 Hours of Bears:
Start - October 10th, 10:00AM
Cutoff - October 10th, 5:00PM
Cost - $60.00
Capacity - 60 Runners

11 Hours of Bears:
Cutoff - October 10th, 5:00PM
Cost - $80.00 Capacity - 70 Runners

The races will start and finish at:
Lost Valley Ski Resort 200 Lost Valley Road
Auburn, ME 04210

Packet Pick Up

Your race packet will be available from 3PM - 7PM on Friday, October 8th at Lost Valley. The Brew Pub will be open with great food options available. 89 Bears 100 runners will have a gift card for $20 available to you or your crew to use for pre-race meal or during the event. We hope you hang out with us a bit before turning in.

Wait List

We will have a wait list for THE 89 BEARS 100 ONLY. Once we fill,if you have to drop after registering, we will refund your money IF we are able to fill your spot from the wait list. There will be no changes to the roster after September 24th, so no refunds/entries after that date. As always, no transfers or deferrals. You have 48 hours to accept or decline once we invite you to the race. If you do not respond in that time, you will be removed from the list and we will invite the next runner.

Event's current local time: 9:51 PM ET