SCHEDULE OF RACES – A marathon and half marathon will be completed each day, Thursday through Sunday.  All races begin at 8:30 a.m., except for Sunday (New Mexico), which starts at 8:00 a.m.  Sundown (or 5:30) is the course limit. The final marathoners typically finish between 4:00-5:00 p.m.  Each day will begin and end in one of the four states: Thursday will feature a marathon beginning and ending in Arizona; Friday is Utah.  Saturday will be Colorado, while Sunday will begin and end in New Mexico.

There will be a single-day marathon and half – Four Corners Marathon & Half – staged on Sunday the 7th, with a cap of 100 runners.

Sunday will also include a 7:00 a.m. early start for runners who need that extra time, primarily for travel purposes.  Runners who are competing for overall awards or are doing the Four Corners Marathon & Half (single-state event), must do the 8:00 a.m. start

There is also a 2-mile Community Fun Run on Saturday at 10:00 a.m.  There is no fee or awards for this noncompetitive event.

LOCATION – The Four Corners Quad Keyah (“Four Lands” in the Navajo language) will be staged at the Four Corners Monument near Teec Nos Pos, Arizona on the Navajo Nation.

PACKET PICK-UP – Below is listed the schedule for the opening of the park gate and race start times for each day.

Packet pick-up occurs at the park fee booth as you enter the park.  Runners will pay their park entry fee on their first day, and will receive a swag item or two – along with a light breakfast bite – each morning when they enter.

Thursday: 7:00 a.m. – park opening (for 8:30 a.m. start)

Friday & Saturday:  7:30 a.m. park opening (for 8:30 start)

Sunday:  6:30 opening (for 7:00 a.m. start, for early travelers) (Competitive runners and Single-day runners must start at 8:00 a.m.

COURSE – [Courses for the races are subject to change, based upon the discretion of park officials, race organizers and the weather.]

Each day’s race will begin and end in a unique state each day –  Arizona (Thursday), Utah (Friday), Colorado (Saturday) and New Mexico (Sunday).  This format offers runners a chance to complete four marathons or half marathons in four states in four days.  Runners will experience each state every day, but the designated state for each day is where you will begin and end.  Runners may choose to compete on a trail or a one-mile paved option each day. The routes consist of a variety of terrain and scenery, and offer runners a variety of experiences.

The Arizona and New Mexico trail routes will utilize a 5.25 mile trail/dirt road course, which runners will complete five times; half runners do two laps and out-and-back to Ray’s A.S.   Utah will feature a 3.75 mile loop course, including some challenging singletrack in the beautiful surrounding canyons.  Colorado will have a scenic and very runnable 5.25 mile trail course that runners will complete five times; half runners do two laps and a shorter final loop.  The Colorado loop will take you to the San Juan River.

The loop nature of the events will allow runners to have regular access to their personal kit and to course support – food, medical support and live music.

AWARDS & GEAR – All finishers receive a unique finisher’s medal for each race, depicting the state they completed that day.  Runners receive a variety of swag throughout the event, including long-sleeve performance t-shirt and a variety of items including a drawstring bag, event poster, pint and sticker.  All four-state finishers will also receive a beautiful Quad Keyah Christmas ornament on Sunday.  Runners will also have their choice of unique posters from the Navajo Code Talker poster series.

There are overall awards for marathon and half marathon road series runners.  Runners who wish to compete for awards must complete the trail course each day. The road event is noncompetitive and runners in the road event are not in the mix for awards.