Broken Arrow Skyrace Course Preview & Training Run

Broken Arrow Course Preview & Training Run

We're very excited to welcome all runners back to the high alpine trails of Palisades Tahoe on Saturday, October 4th for our annual fall course preview and training run, made possible by Salomon and Palisades Tahoe. Registration for this unique course preview opens at 9am PST on Tuesday, August 26th and is limited to 100 runners.

Course marshals Steve Hammond and Jason Wilkins, along with race director Brendan Madigan AND other local trail runners will guide participants on a magnificent 18k-ish loop of the Broken Arrow Skyrace. This is a great way to see the course first hand, while you get in a solid training run with roughly 3,000-feet of gain, at altitude ... complete with epic views of Lake Tahoe.

This is a supported run with two aid stations on course, the first at Snow King (mile 5.0) and the second at Siberia (mile 8.0). At both stops, participants will be treated to basic nutrition in the form of Never Second gels, as well as Tailwind drink mix, plus plain water and basic/skeletal assorted snacks and goodies.

The cost is $59.95 and includes a light-fare breakfast/coffee from Coffeebar and a post-race meal. Breakfast items will include: overnight oats (vegetarian), granola parfaits, classic croissants, ham and cheese croissants, energy bites and Single Origin coffee, while the post-run meal will include some semblance of: iced tea (green, black, and herbal), rice bowls with chicken, rice bowls with cauliflower, or superfood salads (with or without cheese) and last but not least, chocolate chip and snickerdoodle cookies.

We'll have a great raffle with Salomon, LEKI, Nomadix, Garmin, Sidas, Hydrapak and more. There will also be discounts on Salomon trail shoes and vests, LEKI poles, and more from our retail partner Alpenglow Sports. Our friends from Salomon will be there with a demo set of their most popular trail models and LEKI USA will also join the party with plenty of demo poles. Additionally, all participants will receive ample freebies from sponsoring brands.

We will break participants into 4-5 groups, based on rough expected finishing pace. Each group will be led by leaders and the group will remain as a unit for the entirety of the run. This is a “no-drop” run and the goal is training AND friendly camaraderie.

The group will meet at 7am at the far end of the Village (our traditional start line) where you can enjoy a light breakfast and fresh cup of coffee, compliments of our friends at Coffeebar. If you don't need food, you are welcome to come a little after 830am. The group will then break into pace groups before enjoying one pseudo-lap on the course beginning at 9am. We will all then celebrate together over food and adult beverages!

For those of you who have dietary constraints, we’ve got you covered with gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan options available. Registrations are non-refundable, regardless of issue, so please make sure you can make it before signing up.