Vermont 100 Endurance Race

06/07/2026

Your call: Pass out on a rock-hard folding table after VT100, or get a great night's sleep with Saatva!

The VT100 is excited to welcome Saatva as our 2026 Restorative Sleep Partner and official Gold Level Sponsor.

Saatva makes luxury handcrafted mattresses, bedding, and furniture at a comfortable price - and they will be giving us two beds to award, as well as giving a discount code to all runners!

Rest up and and we'll see you all very soon at Silver Hill this July! ... Keep calm and dream on.

Image: VT100 legend John Geesler sprawled out on a wooden folding table immediately after finishing his 28th VT100, with the Saatva logo below. For fun, we've added another picture of John running strong through the Sound of Music hill on the VT100 course, and made it appear like he's dreaming about the experience. Photo credits: Patrick Caron and Ben Kimball.

06/05/2026

Let's talk pacers!

Do you need help finding a pacer for the 2026 Vermont 100?

Or do you want to help pace a "random" VT100 runner?

The VT100 has a form for both requests on our website: https://vermont100.com/race-details/ -crew. Look under the headlines "find a pacer" and "find a runner". We'll take your info and try to help match you as best we can!

As a reminder, 100-mile and 100-kilometer runners may have pacers after their second pass through aid station Camp 10 Bear. This is ~ mile 70 for the 100-mile runners and ~ mile 32 for the 100-kilometer runners. Only runners over the age of 60 may have a pacer for the entire race.

Happy trails and see you all at Silver Hill soon!

Photo: A 2025 VT100 runner and their pacers nearing the finish line, all smiles! Credit: Judith Gibson-Okunieff

06/04/2026

👀 it’s a great race for a great cause! Just sayin 😅

Register HERE: https://runsignup.com/Race/VT/Brownsville/Vermont50

Our races benefits Vermont Adaptive Ski & Sports

06/03/2026

😆👍 It’s Global Running Day! So let’s celebrate all the people, places, ages, abilities, reasons, and more why running’s always the best! We can’t wait to see all y’all coming to Silver Hill in July … and some of you as soon as tonight for our .second fueling webinar! No matter what, we’re always wishing everyone everywhere health + happy trails! 🏃‍♀️🏃🏻🏃🏼‍♂️🐎

Photos: 8 snaps by and of VT100 runners enjoying the course over the last few years — crossing the finish line, holding hands, cruising, hugging, chugging, guiding, hiking, and trotting with riders and horses! Let’s goooooooooo! 👏👏

06/02/2026

Reminder! Endurance Nutrition chat with Neversecond tomorrow (Wednesday, June 3rd) at 6:30pm ET. All are welcome. Register for free: 3ee5b1eb-e6c7-46c4-8f73-1ef83bd70c82@1c069872-2352-4b23-aac8-a16b317984f8" rel="ugc" target="_blank">https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/3ee5b1eb-e6c7-46c4-8f73-1ef83bd70c82@1c069872-2352-4b23-aac8-a16b317984f8

We're stoked to be partnering with Neversecond again this year as a 2026 VT100 Silver Level Sponsor … And even more thrilled that they are willing to share their nutritional knowledge with each of you! We'll be joined by Rachel Frey of Neversecond as she discusses endurance fueling: Key fueling strategies, what to expect on course, and the science behind the products.

In other news: If you missed the VT100 Athlete Q&A Panel we hosted on May 17, the recording (and passcode) is available here: https://vermont100.com/webinars/

05/26/2026

Sometimes, there is a little in running! 😆 We’re thrilled to welcome back to the 2026 Vermont 100, this year as a Platinum Level Event Sponsor! 👏 Casella will be helping us keep Vermont green by providing dedicated dumpsters, bins, totes, and transport needs for trash 🚮 recycling ♻️ and composting 🌱. Their support lowers our overhead and ensures we can direct more funds to our beneficiary so that more people of all abilities and means can enjoy the outdoors and grow their confidence 🌻. Thank you, Casella, and we’ll see you all at Silver in July!

Image: The Casella logo in front of a photo from Silver Hill, featuring black-eyed susans reaching into the sunlight in front of the pond nearby where runners and crew camp out.

05/19/2026

Runners! Our latest runner email went out last Friday (5/15), covering a lot — including sharing a blog post we wrote with an excerpt from Chuck Petersen's book "Running Just for the Health of It". Chuck (pictured) is a 10x finisher of the VT100, racing between 1991-2006, and he graciously gave us his permission to publish his words about being part of the early days of the event.

If you didn't yet, please check out the full runner email at the link below. We send these emails to help you have the best chance at success in your training and on race day. There are notes about qualifier and volunteer requirements; course changes; live timing; awards; parking & camping; a $35 athlete fundraising challenge to support Vermont Adaptive; and info on our upcoming nutrition panel happening 6/3 with silver sponsor ! + More!

https://us17.campaign-archive.com/?u=2307d35787be9945a5f6250a7&id=a30c199d1e

Photos: (1) Chuck and his friend Joe running the Vermont 100 together in 1995. (2) Joe and Chuck at the start of the Vermont 100. Year unknown. (3) The cover of Chuck’s book.

05/17/2026

Don't forget to tune in to our VT100 Athlete Panel Q&A at 5PM EST ***TONIGHT***. We're exactly 2 months from race day! This Q&A is the perfect way to help you prepare for success.

Join (for free) at our LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/vermont100 🌳

Ask your VT100 questions and hear advice, tips, and stories from experienced VT100 folks. Among the panelist, we have 100k and 100-mile finishers, front of the pack finishers and those who chased cut-offs, as well as folks who have crewed, paced, and volunteered. No matter who you are - someone on this panel will represent your experience, and we'll have answers for ya!


Photo by Ben Kimball: A racer running on a rolling gravel road on the Vermont 100 course, with a red farmhouse in the distance.

05/13/2026

It’s the little things that make the Vermont 100 truly special, and behind all the magic are the people who make it happen. Volunteers like you make the Vermont 100 a huge success! 🫶

If you haven’t already, please consider or encouraging your friends, family, and running buddies to sign up to help.

Go to 👉 vermont100.com/volunteer/ or 📧 email our amazing 2026 Volunteer Coordinator, Sam Farnsworth ([email protected]) to tell him how you would like to be involved.

Right now, our biggest needs are for folks to help with Thursday and Friday’s tasks, early Saturday morning parking (2:30-4:00am 🥱), and Sunday and Monday’s clean-up.

A more detailed look at some of the assignments we need help with is below:

✅ Site Set Up
Wed 9AM-1PM
Thu 9AM-1PM, 1-6PM
Fri 9AM-130PM, 1-6PM

🥘 Dinner
Friday 330-7PM

🚧 Traffic Control/Parking
Fri 10AM-2PM, 2-7PM
Sat 230-4AM

🧹 Cleanup/Teardown
Sun 9AM-1PM
Mon TBD

🚌 Shuttle Drivers
Sat 9AM-1PM, 1-6PM, 6PM-12A
Sun 12-6AM

♻️ Trash/Recycle/Compost
Fri 4-7PM
Sun 10AM-3PM

👋 What Ever You Need Me To Do
Fri 9AM-1PM, 1-430PM, 4-7PM
Sat 230-7AM, 7AM-1PM, 6PM-12AM
Sun 12-5AM, 5-10AM, 10AM—2PM
Mon 9AM-1PM

Thank you!

Photos: A volunteer helping with site setup at the big top tent; and another volunteer taking a quick break to smile for the camera. Credit for both to .

05/06/2026

The Vermont 100 is a longtime friend of and fundraiser for Vermont Adaptive Ski & Sports, a non-profit that empowers people of all abilities through inclusive sports and recreational programming, regardless of ability to pay.

Over the winter, some special VT100 runners joined Vermont Adaptive athletes for a weekend of skiing and snowshoeing at Pico Mountain. Read about the impact that this experience with had on one our runners from our Team Run 2 Empower:

Earlier this year, several of Vermont 100’s Team Run 2 Empower team members made a special trip to The Turtle Ridge Center at Pico Mountain for a day of adventuring on the ski slopes and out on the snowshoe trails with a group of visually impaired and blind athletes from Vermont Adaptive Ski & Spo...