This coming year brings several changes to the Wasatch 100!
Our next race date is September 05 and 06, 2025.
The volunteer meeting will be Tuesday the 2nd of September at the Sugar House Park (Lakeside Pavilion) The meeting will be at 18:30.
At this meeting we’ll be discussing the changes. The course is a bit different due to construction at Upper Big Water necessitating a change to Elbow Fork.
In 2024 we contracted with a company to provide runner tracking and times. For many decades the aid station teams take the times and transmit that data to a central location (Net Control) where the data is provided to runners and crews. We learned a lot, and decided to move to a hybrid system.
We’re going back to having the aid stations take times, and transmit them to our central system at Net Control. Aid stations will be able to send times via packet radio (ham) or over the internet via Telnet. For the internet connection, some aid stations will have cell network coverage, or some aid stations are bringing in satellite internet connections. Its very exciting. At the worst we’d take times over phone or voice radio (ham). The runner’s bibs will have a timing chip and the finish line will be fully automated in taking the times.
IMPORTANT: We have undertaken a major rewrite of the back-end system in 2025. There will be several syntax or operational changes that will be disclosed in August 2025. One major change is that aid stations will be represented by numbers, rather than letters. Please check back here in mid-August for more information and take the time to practice before the event.
Update as of 20 August 2025 – We have announced the system in an email to the radio leads. If you haven’t heard from me on this topic, please email me. – Mike at Net Control
We’re excited to help keep track of our runners and ensuring their safety. Packet radio and voice radio will be used as it has in the past.
Runner lists will be sent by email to all of the aid station captains and lead radio operators well before the race. DNS lists will be available on the packet system after the start.
The race itself starts 0500 on the 5th of September.
Note that PEAK node on Ensign should not be used this year. There is an issue on the UHF side.
Please check out your radio and TNC gear and let us know if you have any questions at [email protected]
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