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November 12th Day & Night Trail run - Cottonwood Valley

Please join us for our inaugural Daytime AND Moonlight Madness trail run

in Cottonwood Valley!!

Offering 10k, 1/2 marathon, and 30k distances.

(5k distance offered only during the moonlight race.)

For this exciting and unique event you have the option of running the daytime race, distance of your choice, starting at 9AM, the Moonlight distance of your choice, starting at 6PM,

you can be a trail champion and run BOTH of them! We will have something special for those of you who run both events, including a very nice lunch if you choose to hang out with us at the start/finish base camp for the afternoon. If you sign up for both, you can change to whatever distances you feel like on the day of the event.

Participants will receive a sweet Desert Dash tech shirt, a medal (actually a signature Desert Dash woodle), and all will be entered in our raffle for some cool stuff from our generous sponsors.

REGISTER HERE

Course and race info:

The trails for this race are mainly singletrack mountain biking trails with some dirt powerline road sections incorporated into the 1/2 marathon and 30k courses. All courses are well-defined but these are not paths, there is no pavement, there are no streetlights nor other lighting for the nighttime races aside from any light provided by the full moon. That being said, for the nighttime run headlamps ARE required as it can get pretty dark out there in the desert. All courses will be well marked with both ribbon markers for day and reflective markers for night.

We have a very firm belief that true trail runners are explorers at heart, and minimalists in many ways. Our aid stations are at the half-way point of the 10k and half distances. They are self-serve, meaning BRING A HYDRATION SYSTEM. There will NOT be people out on the course to hand you little cups of water every 2 miles. The aid stations will have plenty of Hammer nutrition products for you as well as some sweet and salty snacks and fruit. Also please be conscientious about trash, leaving any out in the desert is not acceptable.

5k & 10k Course Map:

The 5k course consists of running this loop once. (Just a reminder, we are only offering the 5k distance during the moonlight run.) The 10k course will be 2 laps of this 5k loop.

5k elevation gain: 407'

10k elevation gain: 814'

1/2 marathon and 30k Course Map:

The half marathon course is pictured below. The 30k course will start with one loop of the 5k followed by the half marathon course and then another loop of the 5k.

1/2 marathon elevation gain/loss: 1540/1521

30k elevation gain/loss: 2354/2335

Click here for a map to Cottonwood Valley

Directions to Cottonwood Valley:

From the junction of the NV159 (Red Rock) and NV160, drive on the NV160 (towards Pahrump),5.7 miles to dirt parking area on left. We'll have Desert Dash event signs on NV160 as you near the turn off. Please use the link to the map above for further reference.

For photos of the beautiful Cottonwood Valley and some of the trails, click here.

PACKET PICKUP:

Rock Running Company will host packet pickup at their new Henderson store on Friday, November 11, from 1p-5p. Make sure to take a look around the store for any last minute items you might need for our race or anything on your wish list for future running adventures. They've got all your running necessities and will treat you right!

Red Rock Running Company (click link for a map)

120 South Green Valley Parkway, Henderson, NV 89012

Located near the District, on the Whole Foods side, directly across from Settebello Pizzeria.

Packet pickup will be available onsite on race day at the start/finish area beginning at 7:30a.

Desert Dash is a huge fan of The German Shepherd Rescue Las Vegas. Our very own sweet mascot, Century, came from the rescue. We collect dog food donations and/or monetary donations at all of our events if you wish to donate. GSRLV and Desert Dash thank you!

Check out the very cool SOMbands below..these are reflective wristbands that SOMbands generously offered for our raffle giveaway.

remind us that we can overcome life's most challenging obstacles by changing our state of mind

You could be a lucky winner!