***11/9/24 Race Cancelled ***
Unfortunately, the fire still burns in Cleveland National Forest. El Cariso Village took a lot of damage, thankfully no lives were lost. Though we have some containment, as I expected, the Forest Service is keeping the trails closed. What I did not expect was what we just learned: The Forest Service has issu
***11/9/24 Race Cancelled ***
Unfortunately, the fire still burns in Cleveland National Forest. El Cariso Village took a lot of damage, thankfully no lives were lost. Though we have some containment, as I expected, the Forest Service is keeping the trails closed. What I did not expect was what we just learned: The Forest Service has issued a blanket closure across Trabuco District in its entirety. For now, this closure eliminates devising a new route any time in the near future. We regret to say that the Saddleback Marathon in November is cancelled. Our prayers are with the residents and everyone fighting the fires and also the Santiago hand crew involved in the rollover accident last night on the 241! ❤️💔❤️
California's premiere trail marathon was first run in the Saddleback Mountains of the Cleveland National Forest in 1988. An annual event for nearly three decades, it was cancelled in 2018 (#HolyFire)on its 30th anniversary. We were back in 2019, re-routed, and then cancelled by the pandemic in 2020 and back again in 2023, again re-routed.
California's premiere trail marathon was first run in the Saddleback Mountains of the Cleveland National Forest in 1988. An annual event for nearly three decades, it was cancelled in 2018 (#HolyFire)on its 30th anniversary. We were back in 2019, re-routed, and then cancelled by the pandemic in 2020 and back again in 2023, again re-routed. This year, 2024, were hoping to return to our original route but it is looking very likely that some of the trails will not be ready. Therefore, we will be modifying it some, same Start/Finish with some paved campground road, dirt truck trail and single track trails as usual. We promise it will be just as daunting. Elevation gain is significant (approximately 4,000') for the longer distances (not so much so for the 5k).
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