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In this week’s What’s Up in Ultra, we list upcoming races by region, including events in California, Indiana, Tennessee and New Jersey. You can view all 38 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: Marin Ultra Challenge (Sausalito, CA)
The Marin Ultra Challenge (50-mile and 50k) showcases some of California’s best trails. Both races begin on the black sands of Rodeo Beach before taking runners into the scenic Marin Headlands, up Mt. Tamalpais and through a canopy of redwoods in Muir Woods. While the course is incredibly scenic with ocean views that go on for miles, participants can also expect plenty of climbing and descending with 11,000 feet of elevation gain in the 50-miler and over 6,300 feet in the 50k. Read more.
Other West Events:
Pacific
- Homer Epic (Homer, AK)
- Griffith Park Trail (Los Angeles, CA)
- Chanoko Trail Runs (Rocklin, CA)
- Siuslaw Dunes Trail Run (Florence, OR)
Mountain
- Labor of Love (Las Vegas, NV)
Featured: Tombstone Trail Run (Valparaiso, IN)
The Tombstone 50k kicks off Saturday in Sunset Hill Farm Country Park in Valparaiso, Indiana. Participants will attempt to tackle five 10k loops, with each loop featuring close to 400 feet of elevation gain and the famous “rollercoaster” hills. All runners will receive a limited-edition t-shirt, cowboy hat and 4-ounce stainless steel cup, with 50k finishers also awarded a special belt buckle. The welcoming event is hosted by Crazy Legs Race Series with their goal to promote “races in the Northwest Indiana region through the development and management of new and existing races.” Read more.
Other Midwest Events:
- Miola Madness – Spring into Daylight Savings (Paola, KS)
- Racing for Daylight (Waynesville, MO)
Featured: Stump Jump 50K (Chattanooga, TN)
The 23rd annual Stump Jump 50k takes place atop Signal Mountain and Walden Ridge, just 20 minutes outside of downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee. The popular race is known for its amazing volunteers, great local trail running community and scenic single-track trails that feature some of the best scenery in the Cumberland Plateau region including streams, waterfalls and dazzling panoramas of the Tennessee River Gorge. Participants have 10 hours to navigate over 5,000 feet of elevation gain and descent. Read more.
Other South Events:
Southwest
- Mesquite Canyon (Waddell, AZ)
- Antelope Canyon Ultras (Page, AZ)
- Chili Pepper Series (Las Cruces, NM)
- Prickly Pear (San Antonio, TX)
- Crazy Desert Trail Race (San Angelo, TX)
- Great Springs Trail Race – Austin (Del Valle, TX)
- The Great Root Trail Race (Dallas, TX)
Southeast
- Delano Park (Decatur, AL)
- Death by 5k Little Rock (North Little Rock, AR)
- Save the Daylight 24 (Englewood, FL)
- Florida Death Race (Lee, FL)
- Land between the Lakes (Grand Rivers, KY)
- Geaux Wild Ultra (Doyline, LA)
- Seneca Greenway Trail Marathon & 50K (Gaithersburg, MD)
- MST (Mountains To Sea) (Durham, NC)
- Fisher Farm 50k (Davidson, NC)
- Perennial: A Time-Based Endurance Run (Belmont, NC)
- Peyton’s Wild and Wacky Ultra 10x5K (Mount Pleasant, SC)
- No Man’s 50K (Triangle, VA)
- Crooked Road 24 Hour Ultra (Rocky Mount, VA)
- Conquer The Wall Endurance Challenge (Williamson, WV)
Featured: Squatchapple (West Orange, NJ)
Put on by the Sassquad, who throw epic “trail parties” in New York and New Jersey to celebrate every runner, hiker and mile, the Squatchapple 50-miler and 50k are popular community races held at South Mountain Reservation in West Orange, New Jersey. Entrants will run a combination of three different loops to achieve the distances that they registered for. The 50-mile race features 5,790 feet of elevation gain, while the 50k measures around 3,860 feet. Since 2018, the Sassquad has raised over $17,000 for the South Mountain Reservation Conservancy. Read more.
Other Northeast Events:
- Lenape Trail Run (Newark, NJ)
- Livingston Oval Ultra (Livingston, NJ)
