Machete Trail Madness 100K
Welcome to Machete Trail Madness, home of the toughest Ultramarathons is California and why we allow the longest cut off times of probably any Ultras out there. Come challenge yourself, if you want an easy race this is not the place, but it is many people's favorite ultra. For April 12, 2025, we have 100k, 50k and 10k. Our community is the best, friendly and supportive, where your family can join you for camping to support you and enjoy beautiful Lake Perris.
Course:
10 Mile + Loop with 2,300 feet of elevation gain per lap, it's a tough course, it is Machete Trail Madness after all. Beautiful views of the lake and surrounding areas to make up for the Funishment, 50% of the course is fast and runnable; 6 Laps for 100k and 3 laps for the 50k, for the 10k it will be out and back.
The Machete Madness Experience:
This is a unique experience as it is more of a mental challenge, but you get to interact more with other runners since you are doing laps and running with each other, definitely a more interactive experience as you get to encourage and push each other to the finish line, your family and friends also gets to see you more often and you can pack lighter as you will have the chance to reload your nutrition and hydration at each lap you complete by setting up your own Aid Station/Campground and even if you are not camping you will use the campground as your transition are to refuel, we will also have Aid station on mile 5.
Camping:
Add camping to your registration to secure your spot. Campground will be available Thursday after 2:00 PM, checkout Sunday at noon. Come and enjoy the beautiful views of the Lake and surrounding mountains.
Cutoff times:
You will have 15 hours for 50k and 24 Hours for 100k. Headlamps Mandatory as it will be dark when we start and for most doing 100k it will be dark when they finish.
Parking:
If you are not camping you will need to pay for your day pass using the app YODOL as no one will be at entrance to pay for day pass early in the morning, come as early as you like after 4:00 AM, race will start sharply at 6:00 AM.
More bang for your bucks:
In addition you will get free professional photos taken by the best; The Ultra Photographer Ignacio Saldana Jr., at no additional cost to you! By far the most bang for your buck of any race out there, the Machete Madness Experience, not just a race. The vision we have for our events is for people to make this the full Machete Madness experience, not just a race to show up and leave in a rush. We live a life that's always on the go, take a moment to smell the Roses.
No REFUNDS or last-minute transfers:
We won’t allow any same day registrations or transfers. It will sell- out, register today.
Questions:
You can message us at machetemadnessllc@yahoo.com, text 310-508-9916 or via any of our social media outlets.
Event's current local time: 7:38 AM PT