Sacramento Running News

Do you feel lucky? Do you?

If, for you, luck is getting the opportunity to train and run for 100 miles in the extreme heat of summer and the extreme terrain of the Sierras, then you definitely don’t want to miss out on the Western States 100 lottery.

It closes tonight at midnight.

Of course, there are only about 270 slots available and (as of this writing) over 2,700 people who’ve put their names in. Your odds are better than zero but far from reasonable.

Of course, reasonable people don’t aspire to run this event.

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What if you showed up for a color run and the color run wasn’t there?

A white shirted army descended on the Sacramento Raceway for a chance to be showered in colored corn starch Saturday. But the hundreds who turned out for an event promoted as “The Color Fight” discovered only an empty track and their prepaid tickets worthless.

According to an article in the Sacramento Bee, the event’s Race Director, Chris Martin of San Jose, failed to secure the facility for the event.

Accidents happen–even in well established events–but this is a fine example of why you should stick to races with local roots and a solid history.