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This year’s High Lonesome 100, on July 22-23, was a unique event for a variety of reasons. With nearly 24,000 feet of vertical gain through Colorado’s Sawatch Range, this relatively new event was established in 2017 and is singularly challenging in the way that appeals to the truly “Type II Fun” loving trail runner. But aside from the beautiful and bone-breakingly tough course, there are some off-trail aspects that set the race apart, too.
The 2022 High Lonesome was the third year of the race–including a canceled event in 2020–to use a lottery system that selects runners. However, the High Lonesome lottery is set up differently from any other race known by its race directors Caleb Efta and Kelsey Banaszynski, co-owners of Freestone Endurance. It’s the only race the husband-and-wife duo know of that includes a 50-50 split lottery: half men and half women, with a 150-person race field to match.
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