Jackpot Ultra Running Festival

Jackpot Ultra Running Festival is held at Cornerstone Park in Paradise, Nevada, on February 19-20, 2027. Friday's 8:00 a.m. gun sends off the 100-miler, its separate USATF division and the 48-hour; Saturday brings the 50-miler along with the 24-, 12- and 6-hour formats, also at 8:00 a.m. The park sits close to the Las Vegas Strip and the airport, and holds a lake with a bird sanctuary, walking paths, sports fields and picnic areas.

Timed and looped racing is mostly a management problem: you are never far from your crew or your drop bag, and how disciplined you are in the opening hours decides how the closing ones go. A 100-mile build usually means several months of high volume with back-to-back long runs, while the 6-hour is a gentler way to find out what racing against a clock feels like before you commit to a longer one.