USARA Adventure Race National Championships
About this race
For more than 25 years, the annual USARA Adventure Race National Championships have seen some of the best teams from across the nation come together to compete in a non-stop, 30-hour adventure race. Many of these teams have to push the boundaries of human endurance and teamwork just to finish. Winning requires extreme willpower, mastery across disciplines, and sometime a little luck.
When the race ends, teams come together for an evening meal. We announce the national champions, crown the winners of the national points series, and celebrate the amazing adventure racing community.
The 2026 race is limited to teams of four in three divisions: mixed gender, all-women, all-men. There is not a separate masters division, though the top masters teams from across all divisions will be recognized.
Race check-in will be Thursday, October 22, 2026. The 30-hour race will start Friday morning, October 23, 2026, and end Saturday afternoon, October 24, 2026.
Priority registration opens January 1, 2026. Eligible teams will receive a link by email. Open registration begins February 1, 2026. You can find the most up-to-date information on the event at the USARA website.
REFUND POLICY:
The RunSignUp processing fee will be deducted from any and all refunds. A racer who withdraws within one week of registering will receive a full refund, less processing fees. A racer who withdraws more than one week after registering will receive a refund pursuant to the following scale:
Before 6/1/26: Entry fee less $50 and RSU processing fee
From 6/1/26 through 7/31/26: Entry fee less $100 and RSU processing fee
From 8/1/26 through 8/31/25: Entry fee less $200 and RSU processing fee
From and after 9/1/26: No refund
A racer can transfer their entry to another racer at no charge. Contact nationals@usara.com to request a refund or transfer of entry.
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Adventure race
USARA National Championships - 2026
Each team member should register separately; please do not register multiple members at once.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 6 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Bend, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 7:30 AM and sets at 6:08 PM local time (PDT) in Bend on October 23, 2026 — 10h 38m of daylight.
Course
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 20 Bend events
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