Description
🌕🐺 THE COYOTE IS BACK, BABY! 🐺🌕 with a new distance!!!
Mark your lunar calendars and start charging your headlamps—we’re howling at the moon again in 2026, and yes... it’s happening on a FULL MOON WEEKEND. Because why suffer in the daylight when you can suffer under celestial drama?
We’re keeping some of the old classics (like pain and questionable decisions) and adding some spicy new twists. If you're thinking, "Should I train for this?" the answer is: you should’ve started yesterday. Ask questions later, just start running uphill and don’t stop until you hit 6,200 feet.
Welcome back to Coyote Two Moon—featuring a buffet of suffering for all appetites:
100mi
100K
55mi
55K
30K
10K
(Yes, we even have a “fun run” if you're into that sort of thing.)
🎢 Want numbers? How about:
100 milers: ~26,000 ft. of climbing (that's Everest... if Everest had tacos and sarcasm)
100K: ~17,000 ft. of gain (your quads will file a complaint)
55mi: ~15,000 ft. of climb (leg day? Every day.)
View on CalTopo
⏱ Cutoffs? 42 hours. That’s nearly two full Netflix seasons’ worth of trail time. No excuses, especially if you're one of those “Coyote FourPlay” alumni who claim to like this stuff.
🏔 Location: The stunning Los Padres National Forest in Ojai, CA. It's beautiful. It’s brutal. It’s basically trail running Disneyland with more dirt and fewer churros.
🧠 BUT WAIT—only 150 spots total for all distances combined. That’s right. This thing could sell out faster than you can say "Duct Tape My Ankles."
🚨 Thinking of tackling the 100-miler? You’ll need to prove your mountain cred. That means a 100K with 10,000+ feet of vert under your belt. For the 100k you must have run a trail 50k with minimum 8,000ft of climbing. No vert, no entry.
💥 Fun Fact: In 2020, 5 out of 7 finishers got into Hardrock. Translation: These odds are better than Vegas. (But don’t quote us on that.)
So lace ‘em up, mark your calendar, and prepare to howl at the moon with us in 2026.
It’s going to be wild, weird, and absolutely wonderful.
🌕🐾 Coyote Two Moon: Come for the trails, stay for the altitude hallucinations.
Course
🎉 Get ready for an epic weekend of Type-2 fun, questionable life choices, and absolutely stunning trails! 🎉
🗓 Friday, May 1st The Madness Begins!
At 5:00 PM sharp, we’ll be launching the brave (possibly slightly unhinged) souls taking on the 100M and 100K distances. That’s right we’re starting you on Friday evening, so you’ll have the entire weekend to conquer this beast of a course. No excuses. Pack your snacks, your headlamps, and your sense of humor you’re goanna need all three.
🗓 Saturday, May 2nd — The Vertical Party
Set your alarms (or just stay awake from Friday who needs sleep anyway?), because at 6:00 AM, the 55-mile crew will hit the trails. You’ll enjoy (and by enjoy we mean question your life decisions) a delightful 14,583 feet of elevation gain. That’s like climbing a mountain… several times.
Then at 8:00 AM, the 55K runners get to join the fun with a slightly more "chill" 7,713 feet of gain and some of the most jaw-dropping views this side of the Milky Way. You're basically trail running and sightseeing who says multitasking isn’t fun?
🗓 Sunday, May 4th — The Fast & the Fabulous
We wrap up the weekend with a bang! At 8:00 AM, it’s time for the sub-ultra distance runners to throw down on the 30K and 10K courses. This is your moment to run fast, feel fancy, and finish before brunch. Whether you're looking to PR or just show off your new trail shoes, this is your race.
📍 IMPORTANT: Know Your Course, or Prepare to Star in Your Own Wilderness Documentary 🌲🧭
Listen up, trail warriors! It's absolutely critical that you know the flow of your race as in, where you’re going, when you're going there, and how not to end up in a neighboring zip code. We’ve put a ridiculous amount of effort into making sure you don’t get lost (seriously, like... we had meetings about it).
Here’s how we’ve got your back:
• 🔀 Turn-by-turn directions so detailed they’d make Google Maps jealous.
• 🎗 Color-coded ribbons for each distance follow your color, not someone else’s unless you're into bonus miles.
• 🪧 Clear signage at every intersection designed to be seen, even through your trail-runner tunnel vision at mile 72.
Bottom line: Know your route like you know your favorite aid station snack. Study it. Memorize it. Whisper sweet nothings to it if that helps. Because we’ve done everything but run the race for you.
Now go out there, follow your color, trust the signs, and try not to become a trail legend for all the wrong reasons. 😅
Event Cancelation Disclaimer
🌀 Disclaimer Time – AKA “The Universe Has the Final Say” 🌀
Here at Coyote Two Moon, we’re charging forward with optimism, trail shoes laced, snacks packed, and headlamps at the ready — fully planning for this event to go off as scheduled. We’re manifesting good weather, happy legs, and zero weird surprises.
BUT and this is a big ol’ trail-runner-sized but we all know life can be as unpredictable as your stomach at mile 80. So, it’s important to understand that things can change.
Unforeseen challenges (wild weather, forest issues, angry squirrels, or global shenanigans) might force us to adjust. That could mean:
• A course change
• A time shift
• A reroute that adds “bonus adventure”
• Or, in the most extreme case, cancellation of the event entirely
👑 The Race Director reserves the right to make any and all adjustments if needed, in order to keep you safe, sane(ish), and smiling through the miles.
By signing up, you're agreeing to roll with the punches, adapt like a trail ninja, and remember that this is all part of the glorious, gritty, unpredictable magic of ultrarunning.
Thanks for your flexibility, your good vibes, and you’re understanding.
Refunds, Transfers, Deferrals
Important Note from the Desk of Harsh but Loving Race Policies:
No matter what unfolds rain, snow, alien invasion, or your cousin’s last-minute wedding in Ohio (Ojai is ok) there are absolutely, positively, 100% no refunds or transfers. Not even if Mercury is in retrograde or if you suddenly decide trail running is overrated, and goat yoga is your new path.
We know life happens. We really do. But organizing an event like this is like trying to herd caffeinated mountain goats through a lightning storm time consuming, expensive, and slightly ridiculous. So once you hit that glorious “Register” button, you're in. You’ve committed. Blood pact style. (Okay, not really, but close.)
Can’t make it? Deep sighs all around. But don’t despair at the sole discretion of the Race Director (a mysterious being who operates somewhere between mortal trail runner and omniscient logistics wizard), you may be allowed to defer your entry to next year’s event. That’s a "maybe," not a guarantee, so no promises.
So please, pretty please, with electrolytes on top: do not email, message, send smoke signals, or write carrier pigeon letters asking for a refund or transfer. We will read them while eating snacks and gently shaking our heads.
Thanks for understanding — and for being awesome humans. Now lace up, hydrate, and prepare for glory!
Event's current local time: 8:33 AM PT
