Papa Murphy's Pizza was at the finish.When i finished, tables were loaded with boxes of pizza.All kinds. Spoke to one of the volunteers at the coke trailer and saw Great Harvest sandwiches, pumpkin bread along with other bread was avail. Even made a PBJ from the coke trailer. Aid Stations thank you! Look forward to seeing what next year will bring.

Hi Gina - I think it is nice you are offering a free entry to those who DNF'd in the 50 miler due to getting lost. However, in my case, I chose to not DNF (although it crossed my mind several times), but to finish the race, albeit in 9 hours instead of what should have been closer to 7 and with 67 miles ridden (I did get lost 3x, one of which was my fault I think - right after AID 7, I missed the right turn in to the singletrack and kept riding down the dirt road). It seems that you are favoring those who dropped out over those of us who chose to stick it out and finish the #$%^& race! :) I know that I can't be the only one.... Anyway, I hope that TRP takes the comments in this blog to heart and turns this race in to a high caliber event.

Below are a few ideas that I think are really important. Some of these are repeats from others on this site but I hope to add to the constructive feedback.

1. Start the race with some more uphill to spread the pack out iinstead of funneling in to a tricky descent so quickly.
2. Have course marshalls at critical turns.
3. Investigate better ways to mark the course (many good suggestions have given on this topic).
4. Have a good map with distances.
5. Equip the aid stations with more product than you think might be needed. I disagree with a previous poster who said that anything other than water is a bonus. If you say Hammer product and supplies will be there, there should be enough for everyone.
6. Equip the aid station volunteers with good information about the next section of trail and accurate mileage to next aid at the very least.
7. Big Gatorade coolers are a must. Seeing all that plastic was really discouraging from an environmental perspective.

Thanks for listening and to all those who volunteered. I appreciate all the efforts that went in to making the race happen and I know it must be a challenge to pull off an event like this. I think the course was awesome (even the "add-on" miles I did were on fun trail!) and some of the best riding I have done in a race. It was super tough and not for the faint of heart. If you guys tighten things up a bit, which is very doable in my opinion, you will have a premier event on your hands.

Robin McGee

Thanks Gina! You, Bob and Guy and all the volunteers put on an incredible event and the 50 miler was a great experience for my first race (albeit super tough!). I can't wait for next year and hope the Butte 50/100 is around for years to come! I hope you are able to get back on your bike soon! - Tyler Brummer

I don't know what happened to you. If you could share this with us, then we can use your comments to make better improvements for the 5th Annual Butte 100. We really need all the feedback positive and negitive. That's the only way that we can do a better job. I am not very sure if you have an idea of how much money it is to pull this race off and please keep in mind that the volunteers use there money at times to get the Aid Stations stocked. Hopefully with making some money we will be able to use that to purchase ideas that will only improve the race. I hope you will come back next year, that way you can see what improvements that we have made. Have a nice day

What happened? Please be specific. I am guessing they will "bother" next year given all the positive feedback from the majority of the people. This is a non profit organization and most proceeds goes towards making the event better and keeping the trails open and maintained. That is a much bigger task then most realize (I suspect). ...o/o