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El Dorado Ranch in Yucaipa
More information will be available soon! Course is 4.16 miles in length!


Runners will not be charged until permits are officially approved.

The Wrath Of Krampus

’Twas the Night of Krampus

’Twas the night of Krampus, when all through the course,
Not a runner was resting, of course not—of course.
The loops had been measured with merciless care,
In hopes that pure grit soon would fill the cold air.

The runners were pacing, legs heavy with dread,
While visions of quitting crept into each head.
With headlamps askew and resolve hanging thin,
They whispered, “One more lap… just one more, then.”

When out on the trail there arose such a sound,
A scraping of hooves as darkness came round.
Away to the switchbacks I shuffled with fright,
To see what emerged in the pale moonlight.

The glow of red eyes and the clank of a chain,
Revealed Krampus himself—here to judge joy and pain.
He sneered at the weak and the voices that plead,
For this was a race where resolve is decreed.

“Now QUITTERS are naughty,” he roared with a grin,
“They bargain with comfort, they fold from within.
They whine about blisters, the cold, and the night—
To the coal sack with them! They’re done with this fight.”

“But WINNERS are nice,” he growled low and slow,
“They suffer, they grind, they refuse to say no.
They stand when they’re broken, they rise when they fall,
Last person still moving—that’s winning it all.”

Lap after lap as the hours dragged on,
The trail claimed the tired, one by one they were gone.
The bell tolled its judgment, the drops came in waves,
As Krampus took notes of the strong and the brave.

At last one stood tall as the sun cracked the sky,
With mud on their legs and fire in their eye.
Krampus laughed loud as he vanished from sight,
“Remember,” he echoed, “true winners endure the night.”

So if you toe the line where the dark meets the ice,
Know quitting is naughty… but winning is nice.

Route

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