EASTERN STATES 100: THE TRAIL CONTINUES
Franchises are hard. Is this the 9th installment? Or the 10th? Who’s counting? This isn’t a sequel. It’s not a reboot. It’s definitely not a spinoff.
But it is the fourth straight feature with the same gritty, trail-hardened team—and the chemistry is still there. The course is still brutal. The script still calls for suffering. And yes, it’s still canon. 
2025 is our soft reset—a “re-do” from last year’s weather-related box office flop (shoutout to Tropical Storm Debby a.k.a. Debby Downer 
). We’re picking up where we meant to leave off.
The 2025 Eastern States 100 Handbook is now live (and also distributed on race weekend in print!). Think of it as the director’s cut—remastered, re-edited, and reloaded. The core storyline remains unchanged:
103 miles. 20,000 feet of climb. Zero mercy.
No need to tear down a perfectly painful franchise when the formula still delivers.
Coming August 2025. Rated R for Ridiculous Elevation and Trail Violence.
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