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We are thrilled to announce that All Conditions Gear is the presenting sponsor of Bachelor Ascent, taking place at Mt Bachelor this September! To celebrate, join us and ACG on Saturday, January 31st at FootZone - Bend shop for a Bachelor Ascent kickoff party and race entry pre-sale.
Welcome to the Siuslaw Dunes! These beautiful and challenging point to point runs offer fun early season 50K, 20 mile and 12K races that traverse a wild tapestry of coastal terrain, including ancient open sand dunes with “tree islands”, old growth rainforest, stream fords and remote ocean beaches. The races are staged at historic Honeyman State Park, just south of old town Florence, Oregon, offering camping, lakeside charm and our gateway to the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. There is no other running event like this anywhere— we are overjoyed to offer this truly special, one-of-a-kind race opportunity!
Welcome to The Big Alta! This event is the latest collaborative trail racing experience from Freetrail and Daybreak Racing, located in trail-famous Marin County, California! With every step, these thoughtfully crafted single-loop courses provide an unforgettably scenic trail race experience.
Welcome to Gorge Waterfalls, offering scenic 100K, 50K and 30K trail running races through the heart of the iconic Columbia River Gorge. Gorge Waterfalls provides one of the preeminent trail race experiences in the Pacific Northwest, home to some of the greatest trail running terrain in the entire United States.
Welcome to the Tillamook Burn Trail Run™, featuring three beautiful and challenging trail races of 50 miles, 50K! The Burn' is a festive Pacific NW springtime trail running tradition, staged at historic Reehers Camp in the lush and rugged Tillamook State Forest halfway between Portland and the Oregon Coast. Prepare for rumbling waterfalls, brisk stream crossings and a million shades of green, as brilliant spring foliage, fiddleheads and blossoms line every inch of the course.
Join us for some morning relaxed miles, starting and finishing at Proud Mary Cafe, on two classic four-park 4.6 mile or 6.5 mile loops. Check out the route and join the Daybreak Racing Run Club on Strava. Stay afterward for a swag raffle and a complimentary coffee from our Aussie friends at Proud Mary, and connect with your fellow Daybreak Run Club friends!
We’ll break up the Hood Hundred course into three segments over three days. No-host camping all along the course corridor. Check out the main Hood Hundred page for additional details and registraiton!
Join us for some morning relaxed miles, starting and finishing at Proud Mary Cafe, on two classic four-park 4.6 mile or 6.5 mile loops. Check out the route and join the Daybreak Racing Run Club on Strava. Stay afterward for a swag raffle and a complimentary coffee from our Aussie friends at Proud Mary, and connect with your fellow Daybreak Run Club friends!
Come explore the trails of Wy’east Trailfest with the Race Directors! We’ll have a few loop options available for everyone to choose from for some shared miles with friends!
Welcome to Hood Hundred, a 100 mile mountain trail run on much of Mt. Hood’s most diverse and scenic terrain! Featuring an incredibly well-supported and very crew accessible lollipop-loop style course with 17,300’ of ascent and 17,300’ descent, Hood Hundred provides a truly epic mountain trail endurance challenge.
Wy'east Trailfest presented by Speedland is a celebration of mountain trail running featuring Mt. Hood’s illustrious alpine terrain. With dynamic and challenging point-to-point 50 Miile & 50K, as well as wicked fun 28K & 14K mountain courses that reach Oregon’s rooftop at 8000’, plus scenic Half Marathon & 8K (5 miler) races for those looking for a more approachable trail experience! The Kids Race rounds out the weekend in exciting fashion! Whether racing, volunteering or spectating, join us up high on Wy'east (the native ancestral name for Mt. Hood) for the Pacific NW’s rowdiest mountain trail race experience.
Help us hike in empty water jugs 5 miles on the Lakes Trail to Coldwater Creek aid station, where we'll fill and treat drinking water for this aid station. We meet at Coldwater Boatlaunch at 9AM, hike in, fill jugs, hike back out. Super fun and scenic!
Welcome to a majestic backcountry rising from the ashes of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. With its sapphire lakes, rugged, toothy peaks and wildflower-blanketed slopes, the Mt. Margaret Backcountry on the northern blast zone side of the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument provides an unforgettably unique, remote and beautiful trail race experience. The power and resilience of Mother Nature is truly on full display here in the backcountry.
Bachelor Ascent is a volcanic alpine running celebration featuring Mt. Bachelor’s famous scenery, rugged terrain and mountain hospitality. Race day features three insanely scenic and challenging loop courses of 50K, 28K, 16K and a straight up Vertical Ascent 5K, with each race ascending to the the 9000’ summit of Mt. Bachelor!
Join us for some morning relaxed miles, starting and finishing at Proud Mary Cafe. Check out the route and join the Daybreak Racing Run Club on Strava. Stay afterward for a swag raffle and a complimentary coffee from our Aussie friends at Proud Mary, and connect with your fellow Daybreak Run Club friends!
Welcome to the Perpetua Coast trail runs, set in the vibrant coastal village of Yachats, Oregon (say YAH-hots) and the Cape Perpetua National Scenic Area! The event features incredibly scenic 50K, 20 mile and half marathon courses with everything the Oregon Coast has to offer. From cozy beach town charm, rocky shoreline bluffs, sandy beaches, epic headland vistas and moss-draped old growth rainforest, the captivating sense of discovery at Perpetua Coast will keep you coming back for years to come.
Welcome to the Rogue Gorge, offering incredibly beautiful and challenging Half Marathon & 12K trail races as well as a point-to-point, downriver 50 miler & 50k, all entirely along the iconic Upper Rogue Wild & Scenic River in the Southern Oregon Cascades! The Rogue Gorge Trail and Upper Rogue River Trail (a National Recreation Trail) provide miles of enchanting singletrack trails through the most vibrant fall foliage unmatched anywhere in Oregon, hugging tightly to the old growth forested bluffs above the famous river as it churns its way through collapsed lava tube chasms, cascading waterfalls and underground tunnels. We love hosting this event on the awe-inspiring Upper Rogue River!
We are thrilled to share these new courses across the iconic Columbia River Gorge! With a purely point-to-point 25K race and mostly point-to-point 50K, world class scenery, fall colors and epic views, Thunder River doesn’t cease to amaze. Each race course travels along the iconic Pacific Crest Trail and Gorge 400 trail before cruising under the Bridge of the Gods into the town of Cascade Locks. Both races conclude with a trail loop around Thunder Island surrounded by the mighty Columbia River, culminating with the finish at Marine Park. We simply can’t think of a better way to close out our event season!
Join us for some morning relaxed miles, starting and finishing at Proud Mary Cafe. Check out the route and join the Daybreak Racing Run Club on Strava. Stay afterward for a swag raffle and a complimentary coffee from our Aussie friends at Proud Mary, and connect with your fellow Daybreak Run Club friends!
Come join us for our inaugural end of season wrap up party, celebrating the hard work and dedication of the many people involved. This is a fun connection and a great way to spend a little time reflecting on the season past as well as put your eyes toward 2027!
Join us at Territory Run Co. home base for some good old fashioned holiday themed group running. Scavenger hunt, ugly sweaters, raffle prizes, and friends make for a fine December morning!
Join us for some morning relaxed miles, starting and finishing at Proud Mary Cafe. We’ll do our classic neighborhood loop, connecting 4 city parks and community stairs. Check out the route and join the Daybreak Racing Run Club on Strava. Stay afterward for a swag raffle and a complimentary coffee from our Aussie friends at Proud Mary, and connect with your fellow Daybreak Run Club friends!
Join us on an old school adventure through the Tillamook Forest. We’ll have a shorter run and a longer run option, and the same lovely bonfire vibes that have made Tillamook Burn one of our most popular events. Bring a potluck item to share with your fellow trail enthusiasts after the run!
We are thrilled to share these new courses across the iconic Columbia River Gorge! With a purely point-to-point 25K race and mostly point-to-point 50K, world class scenery, fall colors and epic views, Thunder River doesn’t cease to amaze. Each race course travels along the iconic Pacific Crest Trail and Gorge 400 trail before cruising under the Bridge of the Gods into the town of Cascade Locks. Both races conclude with a trail loop around Thunder Island surrounded by the mighty Columbia River, culminating with the finish at Marine Park. We simply can’t think of a better way to close out our event season!
Join us as we tackle trail work on the stunningly beautiful Upper Rogue River Trail! Come join your fellow trail runner and we strive to protect our public lands!
Join us as we tackle trail work on the stunningly beautiful Upper Rogue River Trail! Come join your fellow trail runner and we strive to protect our public lands!
We are thrilled to host the Cloud Cap mountain runs on Mt. Hood’s wild and historic northern slopes! These “all-terrain” courses include mountain marathon and half marathon loop courses on trails and primitive forest roads through the Cloud Cap-Tilly Jane Historic District.
Staged at the charming and quaint Cooper Spur Ski Area, both courses showcases many of the mountain’s most iconic and historic sites. Exquisite views abound of the volcano’s ever-present summit, flanked by Cooper Spur and Polallie Canyon to the south, the Langille Crags and Eliot Canyon to the north and of course the massive icefalls of Mt. Hood’s largest glacier, the mighty Eliot, making this a truly awe-inspiring, one-of-a-kind mountain race experience!
Join us as we tackle trail work on the stunningly beautiful Upper Rogue River Trail! Come join your fellow trail runner and we strive to protect our public lands!
Join us as we tackle trail work on the stunningly beautiful Upper Rogue River Trail! Come join your fellow trail runner and we strive to protect our public lands!
Come join the Race Directors for a course preview run and hang out sesh! Swimming opportunities at Coldwater Lake for a post-run soak!
Welcome to the Cape Mountain Trail Runs! These 50K, 25K and 10K loop courses soar high above the Pacific Ocean on one of the Oregon Coast’s defining headlands, Cape Mountain. Just 15 minutes north of Florence, the mountain’s hidden gem trail network offers miles and miles of exceptional singletrack through moss-draped old growth rainforest, enchanting creek canyons, and rare coastal headland meadows.
Join us as we tackle trail work on the stunningly beautiful Upper Rogue River Trail! Come join your fellow trail runner and we strive to protect our public lands!
Join us as we tackle trail work on the stunningly beautiful Upper Rogue River Trail! Come join your fellow trail runner and we strive to protect our public lands!
Join us at Mountain Shop and grab your bib for Tillamook Burn and take advantge of some discounts to get those last minute race items!
Join us as we tackle trail work on the stunningly beautiful Upper Rogue River Trail! Come join your fellow trail runner and we strive to protect our public lands!
Join us as we tackle trail work on the stunningly beautiful Upper Rogue River Trail! Come join your fellow trail runner and we strive to protect our public lands!
Come check out the course with the Race Directors from Daybreak Racing and event sponsor Speedland!
Come check out the course with the Race Directors from Daybreak Racing!
Welcome to the Siuslaw Dunes! These beautiful and challenging point to point runs offer fun early season 50K, 20 mile and 12K races that traverse a wild tapestry of coastal terrain, including ancient open sand dunes with “tree islands”, old growth rainforest, stream fords and remote ocean beaches. The races are staged at historic Honeyman State Park, just south of old town Florence, Oregon, offering camping, lakeside charm and our gateway to the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. There is no other running event like this anywhere— we are overjoyed to offer this truly special, one-of-a-kind race opportunity!
Join our friends at Freetrail to preview the upcoming second iteration of The Big Alta!
Join us at Territory Run Co. home base for some good old fashioned holiday themed group running. Scavenger hunt, ugly sweaters, raffle prizes, friends and a post-run rally at Occidental Brewing make for a fine December morning!
Join us and Wy’east Trailfest presenting sponsor Salomon for a shoe demo and course preview group run! Meet us at Mt. Hood Meadows main parking area in front of the ski lodge to try on some shoes for the group run. We’ll review our route options then head out!
Sunday, July 7, 2024
9:00 AM meet up
Mt. Hood Meadows main parking area (map)
There will be two Salomon trail running shoe demo options, the Genesis and Thundercross!
Please RSVP below. You do not have to be registered for Wy’east Trailfest to join the preview, but we hope you will! We will send out an info email to those who’ve RSVP’d with full details a day or two prior to the group run :)
Join us and Backcountry Rise presenting sponsor NIKE TRAIL for a shoe demo and Backcountry Rise course preview! Meet us at Coldwater Lake Picnic Area to try on some shoes for the group run. We’ll review our two route options then head out!
There will be two run distances:
Run Option 1: the classic 12 mile clockwise loop around Coldwater Lake (most of the Backcountry Rise Half Marathon).
Run Option 2: a 17.5ish mile loop around Coldwater Lake that does an out n back up toward Coldwater Peak (much of the B Rise 20 miler). This route option will turn around to complete the Coldwater Lake loop once they hit snow.
Please RSVP below. (You do not have to be registered for Backcountry Rise to join the preview, but we hope you will!)
Join us and our sponsor CRAFT for a shoe demo and Wy’east Trailfest course preview with David Laney at Mt. Hood Meadows! Meet us in the big parking lot in front of the main ski lodge to try on some CRAFT shoes for the group run. We’ll review our route then head out! The distance and route will be TBD based on snowmelt and may likely be limited to the lower elevation trails, common for early July.
CRAFT shoe models available are the Nordlite Ultra and Craft Pro Endurance Trail.
Please RSVP below. (You do not have to be registered for Wy’east Trailfest to join the preview, but we hope you will!)
We will be hosting a trail work day on the Backcountry Rise course right at the event venue! Volunteers are welcome to CAMP WITH US in the Field Camp at Mt. St. Helens Science & Learning Center on Saturday (June 25th) night before the work day. There is no fee to park or camp if you are volunteering Sunday!
Trail work activities will involve cutting overgrown brush and grasses away from the 3/4 mile long Elk Bench Trail, as well as raking the trail tread of forest debris, then hike out on the same trail.
For the work day, bring a sense of adventure, a lunch, water, as well as work gloves, eye protection, hardhat or bike helmet, long pants, long sleeve top and sturdy boots/shoes. Volunteers are welcome to bring their own loppers, pruning saw and other hand tools as well.
All trail work volunteers earn credits toward Daybreak race registration fees.
Please RSVP below and we will send out an email with all the details!
We will be hosting two days of trail work on the Rogue Gorge course! Volunteers are welcome to join either day or both days. Trail work activities will involve hiking two miles on mostly flat and rolling trail to cut overgrown brush away from the trail, as well as raking the trail tread of forest debris, then hike out two miles on the same mostly flat and rolling trail.
Bring a sense of adventure, a lunch, water, as well as work gloves, eye protection, long pants, long sleeve top and sturdy boots/shoes. Volunteers are welcome to bring their own loppers, pruning saw and other hand tools. All trail work volunteers earn credits toward Daybreak race registration fees.
Join us for a fun day touring the Siuslaw Dunes 50K and 20 miler course!
RSVP by clicking the button below. Limited to 20 people!
ROUTE DESCRIPTION: Run options include a lollipop loop 9 miler or shorter out n back options from where we’ll start at Tahkenitch Creek Trailhead. We’ll run along forested dirt singletrack trails, sandy trails, and of course some open sand dune sections. We will pause periodically at landmarks and trail junctions to allow for regrouping.
EQUIPMENT: Come prepared for any type of weather-- A running jacket, hat, gloves and hydration. Water will be available midway for fill ups.
LOCATION: Tahkenitch Creek Trailhead parking area.
MAP: We will bring paper map copies of the route options. Go to the Siuslaw Dunes 50K race webpage to download the 50K gpx file for your navigation app, or to print/save the official course map if desired.
Trail work opportunities are coming back! We have been given permission from the Forest Service to host a fun day of trail work and stewardship along Coldwater Lake along the Backcountry Rise course. Whether you’re a mountain biker, trail runner, hiker, trail work veteran or first-timer, we welcome you!
ADVENTURE BEGINS AT DAYBREAK.
