Suggested Qualifying Times and Cutoffs:
The Moab Trail Marathon and Half Marathon are considered challenging courses and not recommended for beginners or those who are inexperienced. It is a trail run, not a walk. There are sections where you are “out there” in the ‘wilds of canyon county’ for long distances. If you don’t have experience hiking long distances or running marathons, or if you plan on walking all or most of the course, do not enter this race!
We suggest the following qualifying times for a road or ‘easy’ trail race:
Finished a marathon under 5.5 hours.
Finished a half marathon under 3 hours.
And/Or
Finished a trail race over 10 miles in the top 70% of the field.
We don’t want to deter anyone interested in participating, but we also don’t want to put our crew or any participants at risk. Cutoff times are posted below, as a guide, but NOTE: Cutoff times may change and we may cut you off anywhere along the course at anytime depending on either weather or if our medical staff deems it necessary. If we cut you off please don’t argue or complain; it is for your safety and our crew’s sanity and safety. We do want to see everyone succeed. We hope to maintain our high finish rate and our 100% safety record. Thanks for understanding.
We suggest the following qualifying times for a road or ‘easy’ trail race:
Finished a half marathon under 3 hours.
And/Or
Finished a trail race over 10 miles in the top 75% of the field.
Finish Cutoffs: To be eligible for finishers mug or medal.
Cutoffs: You have the listed amount of time to get to listed locations:
1⁄2 & Marathon: Mile 9.7, aid station #2 (Spring): 4 hours from your start time.
Marathon: Mile 13.3, aid station #3 (Rock): 5 hours from your start time.
Marathon: Mile 17.3, aid station #4 (Taz): 6.5 hours from your start time.
Marathon: Mile 21.3, Jackson cutoff (Amasa & Jackson): 6.75 hours from your start time.
*Note that you must leave the aid station and be on course within these times.
*If you miss the cutoff, you will either: catch a ride by race staff, be short-coursed, or walk along the side of the dirt road
directly to the finish; depending.
*Marathoners at aid station #5 (Amasa), mile 20.6– you may be required to take (by foot or 4×4) a short-cut to the finish
that is a less exposed route, if medical staff deem safer for you, regardless of your pace.
Finish Cutoffs: To be eligible for finishers medal:
Half Marathon: finish under 6.5 hrs
Marathon: finish under 9 hrs
10K: finish under 4 hrs