Vero Beach Octopus Ultra - Skunk Ape Night Run - The Trident
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Vero Beach Octopus Ultra
The Octopus Ultra is a race born out of 2020 and the year of the cancelled races. Like most fine Ultras, the Octopus originated in the RD's garage...the summer of 2020 in South Florida. After running out and back 8 times, for 100 miles (and 33 hours), the first Octopus Ultra was in the books...0 finishers in the 32 hour limit, but 2 finishers overall. The idea behind the Octopus race is to have a centralized location, a base station, with 8 Octo-Arms out and back. The Vero Beach Octopus allows the new Ultra runners to complete their first Ultra completing Octo-Arm one (A1) and two (2); a 50k by completing A1, A2 and A3; and a 50 mile Ultra by finishing A1, A2, A3 and A4. Add A5 and you get a 100K. Finishing all 8 Octo-Arms within 32 hours earns you the esteemed and well earned Octopus Buckle. Be ready to be wowed by the beauty and challenged by the elements and landscaping of the Vero Beach Octopus Ultra.
Skunk Ape Night Run
This is a classic Florida race that covers almost all of the terrains Florida has to offer. From pasture lanes, mug, dirt roads, single track trails on the Florida Trail, some hills, to sugar sand, fire berms, and more!
You’ll be listening to the drone of frogs from all over, hoots from the owls, calls from birds, buzzing of bugs, and the yips of coyotes in the distance. Part of that sound and also silence, will make you wonder if “just that sound” was from something else... perhaps, the Skunk Ape.
You’ll be listening to the drone of frogs from all over, hoots from the owls, calls from birds, buzzing of bugs, and the yips of coyotes in the distance. Part of that sound and also silence, will make you wonder if “just that sound” was from something else... perhaps, the Skunk Ape.
The Trident
The 5th Annual Trident Trail Race Series returns on Saturday, July 29th, 2023, at HIGH NOON! For our fifth year, we are bringing you 5 races to choose from!
1. Our original Trident Trail Half Marathon that starts at high noon! Same misery, same 4 hour cutoff! It’s the OG race that so many of you love to hate and hate to love!
2. The Trident Twilight Half Marathon! The same version of the day Trident, but it starts at 7 p.m. with a 11 p.m. cutoff! This one is going to be a party! A festival of suffering, a party in the scrub! Wear your brightest and most outrageous running attire!
3. The “Pequeña Cresta - the “little ridge” - our newest offering! Think of it as The Ridge to Nowhere’s little sister! Same format, just half as long, half as miserable!
4. The Ridge to Nowhere - the truly grueling 12 Hour, 40 mile elimination race! Our inaugural running of this race proved it is one of the toughest and most challenging races in Florida and beyond. With a dismal 35% finishers rate, this one’s not for the weekend warrior. No qualifying races required, but please be aware of what you’re signing up for. This isn’t so much a running race as it is a survival event.
5. IMMOLATION - a gargantuan challenge for only the most hardcore and badass endurance junkies and ultra runners! This is a 24 hour, 80 mile festival of suffering in the same elimination format as the Ridge to Nowhere and the Pequeña Cresta. Run one 3.3 mile Trident loop per hour for 24 hours. Sounds easy enough, right? There’ll be 10 randomly selected elimination rounds, and a “second chance” phoenix coin issued to all runners making it past the 12 hour mark that they may redeem for a second chance if they are facing elimination. It’s a noon to noon party at the Ridge!
1. Our original Trident Trail Half Marathon that starts at high noon! Same misery, same 4 hour cutoff! It’s the OG race that so many of you love to hate and hate to love!
2. The Trident Twilight Half Marathon! The same version of the day Trident, but it starts at 7 p.m. with a 11 p.m. cutoff! This one is going to be a party! A festival of suffering, a party in the scrub! Wear your brightest and most outrageous running attire!
3. The “Pequeña Cresta - the “little ridge” - our newest offering! Think of it as The Ridge to Nowhere’s little sister! Same format, just half as long, half as miserable!
4. The Ridge to Nowhere - the truly grueling 12 Hour, 40 mile elimination race! Our inaugural running of this race proved it is one of the toughest and most challenging races in Florida and beyond. With a dismal 35% finishers rate, this one’s not for the weekend warrior. No qualifying races required, but please be aware of what you’re signing up for. This isn’t so much a running race as it is a survival event.
5. IMMOLATION - a gargantuan challenge for only the most hardcore and badass endurance junkies and ultra runners! This is a 24 hour, 80 mile festival of suffering in the same elimination format as the Ridge to Nowhere and the Pequeña Cresta. Run one 3.3 mile Trident loop per hour for 24 hours. Sounds easy enough, right? There’ll be 10 randomly selected elimination rounds, and a “second chance” phoenix coin issued to all runners making it past the 12 hour mark that they may redeem for a second chance if they are facing elimination. It’s a noon to noon party at the Ridge!