Monument Valley Ultra

Yaateeh runners! Welcome to the MV Ultra weekend! REGISTRATION – Online registration for the 50-Mile Race, 50K Race, and Half Marathon is now open through March 1 or until the events are sold out. The caps are 300 for the half, 100 for the 50-mile and 200 for the 50K at the NavajoYES website: www.navajoyes.org If there are still open slots, on-site registration will be held on Friday evening and Saturday morning. Contact Jim at 608.201.8175 if you have a group of five or larger. Your registration includes professional timing, a light pre-race breakfast, race poster, on-course support (including energy gels, sweet and salty snacks, fresh fruit plus medical support and portajohns), performance shirt, overall and age-group awards, finisher’s award and post-race food. All proceeds benefit community health and wellness programs on the Navajo Nation. LOCATION – Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park is located 23 miles northeast of Kayenta, Arizona and 20 miles south of Mexican Hat, Utah. The park straddles the Arizona/Utah border, and the races all start and finish in Arizona. PACKET PICK-UP – Packet pick-up, late registration and a light breakfast will be available at the Start Line on Saturday morning. RACES – The 50-mile race is capped at 100 runners. The course begins and ends in Arizona, and includes several miles in the backcountry of the Valley on some very scenic rarely seen routes. The 50K race is capped at 200 runners. The very scenic Half Marathon course near Sentinel Mesa is capped at 300 runners. The route is primarily dirt doubletrack. The Wildcat Trail Fun Run is a four-mile trail fun run, which will be open to the general public. WEATHER – The average March high temp in MV is 60, with an average low of 37. The weather in the high desert is variable, of course, and early spring weather, wind, rain are possible, as are much more mild conditions. RACE DINNER – You do not want to miss the Friday night pre-race dinner…….