VIRTUAL RUN – Sacred Mountain Run

20221223
2022-01-01

Jan 01, 2022 at 12:00 AM

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Flagstaff AZ, 86001

USA

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Entry Fee $40
(Lowest or Early Registration)

Entry Fee 2 $70
(Highest or Late Registration)

Prize Money: no

Distance(s):

200M

Type: Ultra

Percent of the course on un-paved trails: 0%

First Year of the Event: 2021

Description:

Distance
200 mile run in 6 weeks.

Handmade awards
$40 jewelry awards : earrings, bracelet, or necklace made from turquoise, jet, shell, and sterling silver stamped with your bib number.
$70 jewelry awards : earrings, bracelet, or necklace made from turquoise, jet, shell, and sterling silver stamped with your bib number.

What is Sacred Mountains?
The Navajo traditional boundaries of the Dinetah are marked by four sacred peaks. They are Blanca Peak to the East near Alamosa, CO, Mount Taylor to the South near Grants, NM, the San Francisco Peaks to the West near Flagstaff, AZ, and Hesperus Peak to the North near Durango, CO.
Culturally the four directions been used as guidance to find signs of life in the first world, evolving by stories of the becoming of Navajo Dine’ people in todays 4th world the land marks of the mountains become the sacred peaks and by Dine’ name in culture used in prayer ceremonies.

Why of the event, Sacred Mtns
The journey of the challenge is yet to be discovered. To be connected or to reconnect with oneself to continue to move forward in life, positively helping yourself with the medicine of running, biking or hiking. In the duration of the 6 weeks of this challenge the sacred mountains will help oneself journey through virtual ascent up the teachings of the mountains.

Ascent
Ascending 20,000 feet in 6 weeks.Strava group
Find and join our strava club group “Virtual Sacred Mtn Run Moccasin Running”.
Participates can upload your weekly results at end of each week.