2027 Stupid-Cheap Registration!
Yes. Yes, we are! We are doing stupid-cheap yet again!
We hope you have dried out from the rain-soaked 2026 edition. Hopefully.
Our results are up! The free photos are out! (New this year: You can auto-generate a reel for social media.) Race reviews are coming in. And the Race Director's Recap is up along with a prize for some special people. Yeah, that's plural this year.
But—this is important—next year we are moving (for one year only) to September 26 to avoid a conflict with the Jewish Holy Days (Assuming we get all our permits and yada, yada, yada). Mark that day down in your best pencil!
And we are doing it for the Stupid-Cheap®©™ price of just $45! Yes, you read that right:
FORTY-FIVE FLIPPIN' DOLLARS!
Woo hoooooo!!!!!
That's right: You get the race, the medal, the shirt, the music, the massages, the food, and world-class, can't-be-beat, volunteers that would make Norman Rockwell burst with pride. And me. Hollering from the start line when the microphone fails me. Again.
All for a lousy 45 clams.
Why sell entries for such a Stupid-Cheap®©™ price?
Two reasons:
Those that register a full year in advance do so because they love the race, and that means they'll tell their friends about it. We're not shy about this: Word of mouth has always been our best marketing!! (OK, fine, it's just about our only marketing.) And it was, this year, the very basis of the Race Director's Prize.
We know that the best laid plans of mice and runners often slip in the mud, and that many of you won't be able to make it. Some will be hurt, injured or ill. Or pregnant. Or have work conflicts. Or told there's a wedding for your second cousin twice removed that you're not allowed to miss because otherwise you sleep on the couch. The one in the storage locker. But you'd rather race through the forest! Will you make it to the start line? It is, as always, like legalized gambling!
Stupid-Cheap®©™ comes with a coupla big, fat bewhiskered caveats, naturally:
It assumes we get our permits from the various municipalities; and
There is, as always, a no-refund, no-exchange policy. Those no-shows are baked into the Stupid-Cheap®©™ price. So, if we gave refunds, or allowed deferrals or exchanges, we would have to charge more. And we would also have to find a volunteer to track deferrals and transfers from year to year. Blech. We elect to go with the Keep it Simple theory. Which goes hand-in-hand with Keep it Cheap.
Registration is open for just three days! Roughly. Because I'm not 100% certain when this email goes through the intertubes via one of our sensational volunteers. We will shut it all down on Saturday the 17th at 11:59 p.m.
Don't. Screw. This. Up.
The rush to register is akin to Han Solo trying to do the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs! Yeah, that is fast. (And you thought trail running was risky?)
If you blow past this stupid-cheap early registration we will re-open on April 22, 2027, Earth Day, at an early-bird rate that's higher. Just not Stupid-Cheap®©™! Stupid-cheap is a big discount off regular cheap!
Once again, the registration link is here. Tell your family! Tell your friends! Tell your… oh hell, I gotta get back to my real job...
And we once again thank our wonderful sponsors from this past year's ridiculously successful race, without whom you would all be paying far more in registration fees: