Adventure Club - Sedona Canyons 125

A crew of Charlotte-based friends and East Coast endurance runners ventured West to the deserts of Arizona to take on the Sedona Canyons 125 put on by Aravaipa Running (along with Cocodona 250, Bradshaw Butte 100, Mingus Traverse 80, Flagstaff Crest 39).

Runners: Matt King, Joe "Little Joe" Santangelo, Jenny Coombes, and Drew Coombes
Pacers/Crew: Jeff Longo and Jeremy Grimm

The group had a few goals heading into the event:
A) Experience this world famous race together
B) Run through the beautiful Arizona desert from Jerome through Sedona, to Flagstaff
C) Push themselves beyond their limits
D) Find a hidden HPM sticker in Heritage Square
E) FINISH!

Check the pics and stats below to see how they did!

Stats and Snippets

  • 128.6 - Total Miles
  • Finish Times - All 4 finished!
  • Shared time and stories with elite runners - Michael Versteeg, Jeff Browning, Andy Glaze amongst others
  • "Rock Salad" - Phrase to describe the trail
  • Hallucinations - A subdivision of houses and full playground in the middle of the Coconino Forest (and Joe speaking in tongues)
  • Sleeping:
    • 4hrs in crew vehicles or chairs/cots at Aid Stations
    • 39mins over the course of 3 dirt naps
    • 12mins sleepwalking
  • Nutrition:
    • 20 - Number of meatballs eaten (10 pre nap / 10 post nap)
    • 8 - Number of bowls of chili eaten
    • 7 - Number of cheeseburgers eaten
    • Unspeakable = Number of mushrooms eaten
  • 2 - Number of times barred owls scared Joe into thinking he was being attacked by chimpanzees 
  • 1 - Number of times Joe slid off the mountain almost to his death
  • 1 - HPM sticker found in Heritage Square (finish line in downtown Flagstaff) by Drew Coombes