Trail Running calendar near Santa Maria 2025-2026

Back On The Ranch Trail Run takes place in Los Olivos, California, on October 3–4, 2025. This trail-running event offers a range of endurance formats: 3-hour, 6-hour, 12-hour, 24-hour, and 48-hour options, allowing participants to choose their challenge level over the weekend. Details and registrati..

Spooner's Cove Trail Run took place at Montana de Oro State Park’s Spooner’s Cove in Los Osos, California. The event offered multiple distances: 8K, 13K, 25K (two loops of the 13K plus Hazard Peak, with the 50K by looping again), 37K, and 50K, featuring significant elevation gains up to about 6,400..

The Santa Cruz Island Eco-Extreme Trail Half Marathon is a challenging 13.3-mile trail race held on Santa Cruz Island in Channel Islands National Park, California. Organized by the Ventura County Sheriff's Search and Rescue Upper Ojai Team, this rugged course features steep hills, creek crossings, a..

Rancho Ramble Trail Run takes place at Santa Margarita Ranch in Santa Margarita, California (5995 W Pozo Road). The event offers Trail 50K, Trail 21K, and Trail 10K, showcasing classic Central Coast scenery: rolling grassy hills, wide-open cow pastures, and oak-lined arroyos. While not overtly mount..

Last One Standing at Bradley, California, is a unique endurance running event held at Smith Ranch featuring a 4.18-mile loop on dirt trails and ranch roads with 464 feet of elevation gain. Participants run the loop every hour and must finish within the hour to continue; those who fail are eliminated..

Tierra Redonda Mountain Trail Run takes place at Smith Ranch in Bradley, California, on November 14–16, 2025. The event offers 48-hour, 24-hour, and 20K, 10K, and 5K races on a 100% dirt, single-track loop course across 5km and 10km routes, with the longer formats using repeated 10km loops. Expect v..

The Island View Endurance Run, held in Goleta, California near Lompoc, is a challenging trail running event featuring distances of 25km, 50km, 100km, and 100 miles. The course is primarily on trails and fire roads, offering stunning views of the Central Coast and the Channel Islands. Runners face si..

La Cuesta Ranch Trail Run takes place at La Cuesta Ranch, just outside San Luis Obispo, California, along Loomis Road. It features three distances—10 km, 20 km, and 30 km—run as one, two, or three loops on 100% dirt trail and ranch roads. The start/finish is at the historic ranch barn.The course is..

Elevate's 12 Hour Race takes place at the First Baptist / VCA campus in Santa Maria, California. The format centers on a closed-loop course with each 12-hour lap measuring 1 mile, while the 5k is three loops of about 1.036 miles each. The event creates a campus-friendly, community atmosphere, with o..

The Santa Barbara Nine Trails is a trail running event held in Santa Barbara, California, featuring two distance options: 35 miles and 17 miles. Organized by AllWeDoIsRun, the race takes place on scenic trails along the California Central Coast, offering runners a challenging and picturesque course...

Coyote Two Moon takes place in the Los Padres National Forest near Ojai, California. The event offers multiple distance options: 100 miles, 100K (roughly 62 miles), 55 miles, 55K (34 miles), 30K (about 18 miles), and 10K (about 6.5 miles); a brand-new 50K distance is also noted. The course features..

The Born to Run Ultra Marathon Extravaganza is a premier trail running event held in Los Olivos, California. Scheduled for May 16, 2026, it offers a variety of race distances including 10, 20, 30, and 100 miles, as well as multi-day options spanning 3 and 4 days. The event is part of a series of tra..