Burning River Endurance Runs and Relay

🎉 2026 will mark the 20th Anniversary of the Burning River Endurance Runs & Relay – an exciting 100M, 50M, and Marathon solo run and 100M relay in Northeast Ohio. The race travels through several of the region’s most scenic areas, including the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and the Summit Metro Parks.

• 100M – Out and Back from Cuyahoga Falls to Silver Springs Park and back
  • 2:00am Early Start – 32 hour cutoff
  • 4:00am Start – 30 hour cutoff
  • Participants who start early are eligible for Age Group Awards but not Overall Awards (Warning: If you are faster than 16 min./mile, aid stations will not be open). Participants who start at 4:00am are eligible for Overall and Age Group Awards. 
• 50M – Point to Point from Cuyahoga Falls to Silver Springs Park
  • 5:30am Start – 15 hour cutoff
• Back Half 50M – Point to Point from Silver Springs Park to Cuyahoga Falls
  • 4:00pm Start – 18 hour cutoff
  • Participants who are also pacing can start with their 100M – eligible for Age Group Awards but not Overall Awards.
• Marathon – Point to Point from Oak Hill to Silver Springs Park
  • 6:30am Start – 14 hour cutoff
  • 8:30am Start – 12 hour cutoff
  • Overall winners must start at 6:30am.
• 8 Person Relay – Out and Back course, same as the 100M event
  • 7:00am start – 27 hour cutoff

The Burning River 100 is a Western States qualifier and the 3rd leg of the Midwest Grand Slam of Ultrarunning.