Umstead 100 Mile Endurance Run

09/14/2026

SORRY FOR LONG POST -- ok, 2 more days🙆You will want to have the website and this page displayed before 8pm on Wednesday. I will be giving a play-by-play on when tokens are available and how many are still left. Not all 265 will be dropped at 8pm (will announce later). As long as I say there are still some available, keep trying. You have 8 minutes to fill out the form-plenty of time. Check the info link on the website that tells you everything you will need to enter. Be prepared. After 8 minutes and the form has not been submitted, it will be considered abandoned and will be re-added to the available list. This will be done at regular intervals which I will announce here. You can click on the register button on the website any time after 7pm that puts you on the landing page. That is where you need to be at 8. There will be a countdown clock to tell you when to register. The tokens are taken in seconds (seriously). On the landing page you must enter your email and the number displayed before you hit REGISTER. If you jump the gun, you have to go back and reenter that again. When all 265 forms are complete you will get a registration closed message - usually takes 30-45 minutes (seriously). You will get a pop-up message when you complete the form, and an email verification afterwards.
PLEASE REMEMBER - if you are not in the first 265, The second chance lottery will open Friday at midnight and will remain open til Saturday at 6pm. 50 winners will be notified by or on Sept 30.
PLEASE read registration section of the website. 99% of your questions will be answered there. If you have something unusual you can message me here. The RD is NOT on facebook, so if I cannot answer it, make take a little longer :)
Looking forward to seeing your happy faces on April 3
Ben

09/10/2026

If you go to the website, you will see there i a registration button there. It will take you to the landing page (but not to a registration form yet). Practice all you want. Click the green registration button any time after 7pm on Wednesday to see the countdown clock when we say GO. There is also a link to all the registration items you will need to enter so you can have all your info ready ahead of time. Keep watching this spot for more info.

09/09/2026

Most of all, please read the registration info on the website. All your questions should be answered there. IF there is something important, use contact links on the website. Thanks !

For your entry fee you receive: race support, a race t-shirt or a race hat, a finisher memento, a 100 Mile finisher certificate, and a Friday night spaghetti dinner for you and one crew member.

09/09/2026

7 Days til registration ! We will have more info in coming days to help you with the process.

08/20/2026

4 weeks til registration 😲

08/11/2026

From Rhonda:
Superintendent Scott Letchworth has asked me to get out the word about a DNCR survey. The Park service is asking for our help in getting responses to their Summer Visitor Survey to ensure they have enough data to turn over to NC State to calculate State Parks local economic impact.

The park staff would be grateful if you filled out the survey. Please feel free to use your last visit to Umstead for your answers and to pass this on to any of your friends who visit the park.



Here is the link to the survey.

08/11/2026

Reminder - deadline for applications for the BNMA award is August 28.

07/31/2026

47 days until registration 😱 Are you starting training yet 😆 We will be posting more info as we get closer. Most of your questions should be answered on our website umstead100.org. Also reminder to Active duty military, if you are interested in the lottery for a free entry for 2027, info about the Blake Norwood memorial award is linked in the featured section above.

07/08/2026

Blake Norwood Memorial Award
Blake Norwood was the founder of the Umstead 100 Mile Endurance Run, Race Director for 20 years until his retirement in 2014, and a retired Army Colonel who served with regular and reserve Army units. His vision to have an ultra which would encourage new runners to adopt the sport has resulted in the Umstead 100 becoming one of the most recognized hundred mile runs in the ultrarunning community.

In honor of Blake's commitment to the U.S. Armed Services, the North Carolina Ultra Running Association established the Blake Norwood Memorial Awards (BNMA).

For each Umstead 100 we'll randomly select 2 male and 2 female active duty members of the Armed Forces. Those selected will get a free race entry and all the good bits surrounding that.

Additional info and how to apply:

Blake Norwood was the founder of the Umstead 100 Mile Endurance Run, Race Director for 20 years until his retirement in 2014, and a retired Army Colonel who served with regular and reserve Army units. His vision to have an ultra which would encourage new runners to adopt the sport has resulted in th...

05/21/2026

From our dear friend and Race Weekend Registration Coordinator Linda Banks:

You know that thing someone said to you on the trail that you've never forgotten?

Or the words you kept repeating in your head when the wheels were coming off, and you still had miles to go?

I’m working on a project called Trail Truths, a small keepsake book of trail wisdom, mantras, moments, and lessons from the trail running community.

I’d really love input from this group because the Umstead 100 family has the stories, especially the ones that surface in the middle of the night when you're tired and just trying to get to the next aid station.

This is not a contest, and I’m not looking for perfect writing. It can be inspiring, funny, practical, messy, or one of those “you’re never gonna believe this happened” stories.

Give me the mantras, the advice, the aid station moments, the weird little moments, the words someone said when you needed them most, and the stories you’ve probably told a hundred times but never written down.

Your Trail Truth may have come from Umstead, another race, a training run, a volunteer shift, a pacer, a friend, or someone whose name you never even got.

If the trail taught you something that stayed with you, I’d love to read it.

Ways to share:

Comment on this Facebook post

Google Form: https://forms.gle/Tu8hyrGfoYMDTBoc6

Email: [email protected]

DM on Instagram:

I will personally read every submission. If something you share feels like a good fit for the book, I’ll reach out before anything goes to print.

Thank you for helping me shape this into something that reflects the heart of the Umstead 100 family.

Linda