June 13th, 2026. Shuttles depart: 545 am. Start: 7am

We are excited to be Trail Sisters approved for the 39th annual MRTR.

The race begins at Carmen Reservoir and runs 31 miles along the beautiful McKenzie River. Runners must take the shuttle to the start from the McKenzie Community Track, no spectators at the start. Runners are required to check in at the McKenzie Community Track before boarding the shuttle on race morning.

Refer to Ultrasignup and our Facebook page for race detail updates. Questions? Email us at racedirector.mrtr@gmail.com.

Willl be updated as the race approaches.

If you are interested in becoming involved in trail maintenance anywhere in the region, check out Cascade Volunteers for additional information on trainings, groups, locations, and times.

Registration

General registration for the McKenzie River Trail Race will open January 1st, 2026 and will close June 1st, 2026. The registration fee is $115. You can register via UltraSignup.

Priority Registration

Priority registration runs from beginning of December 2025 – December 31st, 2025. Priority registration is available to 2025 volunteers; an email will be sent with a link to register. If you have a priority registration and you do not confirm your registration by December 31st, your spot will be released to open registration.

Cancellations

If you cannot run, please cancel your registration through UltraSignUp or by emailing the RD’s at racedirector.mrtr@gmail.com to allow wait-listed runners the opportunity to run. We are able to provide a 50% refund for cancellations received before April 15th 2025. If you need to cancel due to a pregnancy or pregnancy related reason, please contact us at racedirector.mrtr@gmail.com to find a solution that works for you.

Volunteer

Local pre-race packet pick up will be Wednesday June 10th at Coldfire Brewing, 263 Mill Street, in Eugene, 5pm to 7pm.

Friday June 12th before the race and Saturday morning packet pick up will be at the McKenzie Community Track and Field, 51326 Blue River Drive in Blue River/Vida. Friday packet pick up starts at 4pm. Saturday starts at 445am, ends at 530am.

There will be no packet pick up at the start line.

Shuttles

Shuttling to the start is required due to the road closure to the start line at Carmen Reservoir. The Shuttles will leave the McKenzie Community Track early early on Saturday morning. The last shuttle will drive off at 0545, plan to arrive at least 15 minutes earlier to park and run to the bus. Earlier if you plan to use the bathroom, drop a drop bag, etc.

There will be return shuttles from the finish line to the Track.

Due to anticipated winter trail damage, we will not know the exact course until closer to race day. The exact course will be emailed out the week before race day. The map can be found here.

There will be aid every 4-6 miles.  Aid stations will be stocked with Tailwind, Gu gels, and Spring gels (courtesy of Run Hub Northwest!). In addition, you can expect water, a variety of sodas (ginger ale, coca cola, etc), and other Ultra style snacks, for example: chips, candy, cookies, fruit, and crackers. We do our best to supply a variety of healthy, unhealthy, salty, sweet, savory, gluten free, vegan, vegetarian, and meat options throughout the aid stations. Not all aid station are stocked exactly the same.

This is a cupless event. Bring your own cup. Cups are not provided at the aid stations.

Drop bags will be transported from the McKenzie Community Track to the Trail Bridge aid station (halfway) and back to the Track.

You can leave warm ups at the start line for transport back to the finish line. The finish line is on the course across from the Ranger Station.

Timed cut offs will be at Carmen (aid 2), Trail Bridge (aid 3), Deer Creek (aid 4) and Buck Bridge (aid 5). To respect our volunteers’ time and for your safety, we need to keep this race to 8 hours from start to finish and an average pace of 15:15 per mile (fifteen-ish minutes per mile).