A pack of elite women traverse the Black Canyon 100k course. Photo Howie Stern

What’s Up in Ultra This Weekend — February 8

Drew Dinan 02/05/2025

In this week’s What’s Up in Ultra, we list upcoming races by region, including the first Western States Golden Ticket race of 2025 in Arizona, a hilly timed event in Kansas City and a flat, fast, and likely muddy 50k in Maryland.

You can view all 22 of this weekend’s races in the UltraRunning Magazine race calendar. If you’re a race director and would like your event to be featured on the calendar, register here.

Featured: Black Canyon Ultras (Mayer, AZ)

Top ultrarunners will gather in Mayer, Arizona, this weekend as they attempt to win coveted Golden Tickets into the 2025 Western States Endurance Run. The top three male and female finishers in the 100k race will be awarded automatic entry into ultrarunning’s premier event this June. In addition to Saturday’s 100k race, Black Canyon Ultra also offers a 50k distance on Sunday. Read more.

Other West Events:

Pacific

Coyote Wall Trail Races (White Salmon, WA)
BURT 100 (Bainbridge Island, WA)
Giro di Fremont (Fremont, CA)
West Seattle Beach Run – Fat Ass (Seattle, WA)

Mountain

Running Up for Air – Grandeur Peak Challenge (Salt Lake City, UT)

Featured: Los Lobos Six Hour Challenge (Kansas City, KS)

The Los Lobos Six Hour Challenge takes runners on a 3-mile loop course through Kansas City’s Wyandotte County Lake Park. Each loop features a whopping 700+ plus feet of elevation gain, meaning that to complete a 50k runners will have to navigate close to 8,000 feet of climbing and descending. For their efforts, participants will be rewarded with local pizza and cold brews at the finish. Read more.

Featured: The Algonquin 50K (Pocomoke City, MD)

Held in the Chesapeake Forest and Pocomoke State Forest on Maryland’s Delmarva Peninsula, the Algonquin 50K is an ideal race for runners looking to tackle their first ultra or attempting to set a PR on a flat and fast course. Now in its ninth year, the popular event’s mission is to “promote, maintain, and increase trails on Delmarva.” Read more.

Other South Events:

Southwest

Rocky 50 (Huntsville, TX)
Outlaw 100 Oklahoma (Wilburton, OK)
Jackalope Jam (Cat Springs, TX)
North Texas Ultra (Jacksboro, TX)

Southeast

Mill Stone 50K (Fort Mill, SC)
Gone Loco (Athens, TN)
The Sparrow (Flowery Branch, GA)
Louisville’s Lovin’ the Hills (Louisville, KY)
Sun Up to Sun Down 50K (Virginia Beach, VA)

No events this weekend.

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Drew Dinan

Drew Dinan traded the tropics of the Florida Keys for the trails of Bend, OR. Once living the Jimmy Buffett lifestyle, working on fishing boats and owning only a single pair of flip flops, he now has way too many running shoes in his closet and never hears the end of it from his loving wife. He is on a constant quest to find the best happy hours, likes to complain when it’s cold outside, and one day hopes to travel the country writing reviews on chicken wings.