To be honest I heard what a great race this was. There were unique features like the start time at midnight, how peaceful it is was, the beautiful sky etc. However, our first 14 miles was unmanned, no volunteers. The water was warm at 2 rest areas and the heed at the 7 mile turn around I heard was disgusting and don't drink it. There were volunteers for the second half as this was a two time out and back. They were awesome as was the race director. The bus to the start was flawless. I finished so late there wasn't any food left.

I enjoyed everything about this ultra. It started at midnight. It was a beautifully peaceful night. Cattle sleeping in the ditches of the open range, was disconcerting, but thankfully there were no cowbells and I heard no wise-guy comments from the handful of spectators. The moon was full and the sky was full of stars. I saw no extraterrestrials. At 71, I guess I wasn't a good enough specimen to abduct. Being that time of night and running about 110 miles north of Las Vegas escaped the heat and made for pleasant running. There were a few long climbs on the paved highway course, but I would give it only about a 5 out of 10 in degree of difficulty. The
spectators were mainly the volunteers, who were especially friendly and helpful, and the people who completed the shorter companion races -- 5k, 10k, half-marathon, and marathon.

I enjoyed everything about this ultra. It started at midnight. It was a beautifully peaceful night. Cattle sleeping in the ditches of the open range, was disconcerting, but thankfully there were no cowbells and I heard no wise-guy comments from the handful of spectators. The moon was full and the sky was full of stars. I saw no extraterrestrials. At 71, I guess I wasn't a good enough specimen to abduct. Being that time of night and running about 110 miles north of Las Vegas escaped the heat and made for pleasant running. There were a few long climbs on the paved highway course, but I would give it only about a 5 out of 10 in degree of difficulty. The
spectators were mainly the volunteers, who were especially friendly and helpful, and the people who completed the shorter companion races -- 5k, 10k, half-marathon, and marathon.

I enjoyed everything about this ultra. It started at midnight. It was a beautifully peaceful night. Cattle sleeping in the ditches of the open range, but thankfully there were no cowbells and I heard no wise guy comments from a handful of spectators. The moon was full and the sky was full of stars. n the ditches Full moon, sky full of stars. Being that time of night and running about 110 miles north of Las Vegas escaped the heat and made for pleasant running. There were a few long climbs on the paved highway course, but I would give it only about a 5 out of 10 in degree of difficulty. The
spectators were mainly the volunteers, who were especially friendly and helpful, and the people who completed the shorter companion races -- 5k, 10k, half-marathon, and marathon.

I ran the 26.2 in 2019 and it was fun and we had a beautiful moonlit night. It's an alien/UFO/Area 51 theme on the Extra Terrestrial Hwy adjacent to Area 51. The cowbell starts the point-to-point race at midnight. Well organized and the volunteers were awesome with aid stations every 3 miles. Runners are nice, fun and many dress up in alien gear. Weather was perfect at about 60 degrees, clear, full moon, lots of stars. It's a smaller race with 70-100 marathoners and 50 or so 51K'ers. A couple hundred more runners do the 5k, 10K or 13.1. You climb from 4500 ft. to 5600 ft. in the first 13 miles and then it's downhill from there. I bonked at the peak and want to go back next year to kick that races ace. I rode the 2.5 hour bus ride there and back ($30 extra), but you can drive yourself if you want. I'll go back but will find a way to sleep in the daytime beforehand…and will bring tunes (no radio stations there). It was a cool break from the traditional 26.2. Glad I did it.

The 2017 race had pretty bad weather. Because of the rain, the full moon was completely covered by clouds and the desert was DARK. I was cold and wet most of the race. The only sound was that of coyotes...definitely creepy. The volunteers were awesome, though. The end was strange. Everyone talked about great food at the end. All I saw were warm cans of soda and some sad cinnamon rolls. I'm at least glad to check Nevada off my list.

The sky was overcast and it rained part of the race, so 2017 was probably not the best year to run it. There's something magical about seeing a string of runners lights stretching miles ahead of you into the night. Did the 51k and by the time I reached the finish line most if not all of the food was gone. That was disappointing considering the race finishes at an inn, but well recovered after getting back to Vegas.

It was held in the desert on the Extraterrestrial Highway a 2 1/2 hour bus ride northwest of Las Vegas. There was a full moon, which was completely hidden by clouds, as it rained all night long. The race started at midnight. With no lights other than people's headlamps and personal lights and glow sticks, it was DARK! I discovered that I need to be able to see the road ahead in order to run at a decent race pace. There were 100 finishers in 2017, so I was pretty lonely most of the race.There were porta-potties, water stops, and mile markers, but because it was pitch black, you couldn't tell they were there until you were right on top. The hardest part of the race was seeing the finish line at mile 20, and having to run 3 miles out, turn around, then run 3 more miles back to finish. Luckily there was a volunteer at the turn-around point writing down the numbers of people who legitimately completed the last out and back. I'm glad I ran this race, but it was definitely my weirdest one.