Shenandoah Epic Adventure Race
- Date Sat 12th April 2025 - Sun 13th April 2025
- Location Bentonville, Virginia
- Price $326.50 - $352.75
- Races 4 races
- Distances Ultra
Event summary
Get ready for the Shenandoah Epic Adventure Race, taking place from April 12 to April 13, 2025, in the stunning landscapes of Bentonville, Virginia. Celebrating its 14th year, this exhilarating 24-hour adventure race invites both seasoned competitors and enthusiastic newcomers to tackle an unforgettable combination of trekking, biking, paddling, and navigation across the beautiful Shenandoah Valley and Massanutten Mountain Range.
With registration opening on October 1, 2024, participants can look forward to an exciting twist for this year's event: an extended course time of 30 hours! This change allows more teams, especially those in the middle and back of the pack, to fully experience the breathtaking journey. The winning teams are still expected to complete the course in around 22-24 hours, showcasing the race's challenging nature. As one of the longest-running 24-hour events on the East Coast, the Shenandoah Epic is sure to sell out quickly, so mark your calendars and prepare for an adventure of a lifetime!
With registration opening on October 1, 2024, participants can look forward to an exciting twist for this year's event: an extended course time of 30 hours! This change allows more teams, especially those in the middle and back of the pack, to fully experience the breathtaking journey. The winning teams are still expected to complete the course in around 22-24 hours, showcasing the race's challenging nature. As one of the longest-running 24-hour events on the East Coast, the Shenandoah Epic is sure to sell out quickly, so mark your calendars and prepare for an adventure of a lifetime!
Organiser's Description
Preparations are underway for the Adventure Enablers 2025 running of the Shenandoah Epic 24-hour adventure race. The race is in its 14th year and is located in Bentonville, Virginia. The adventure race will start on April 12, 2025. Registration opens to all experienced and budding adventure racers on October 1, 2024.
The Shenandoah Epic is one of the longest-running 24-hour events on the East Coast of the US and usually sells out at 300 participants. Adventure racers can expect an exciting adventure filled with trekking, biking, paddling, and navigating through the Shenandoah Valley and Massanutten Mountain Range.
Each year, we try to have some sort of twist in the Epic. This year is no different, said Race Director Mark Harris. As with most adventure races, teams will not know the exact course until the day of the race. Harris noted, For 2025, we will be extending the time the course stays open to 30 hours. The goal is to allow the middle and back of the pack teams to experience the whole course. We still expect the winning time to fall in the range of 22-24 hours. This approach to course design is much more in line with European and Oceania region-style courses, where there is more of a journey along the route, allowing all teams to experience the whole course rather than having numerous optional checkpoints to equalize faster teams as they traverse the course, as we normally see in US-style courses.
We will likely sell out again in 2025, Harris added. The Shenandoah Epic has proven to be a hugely popular, must-do event.
The Shenandoah Epic is one of the longest-running 24-hour events on the East Coast of the US and usually sells out at 300 participants. Adventure racers can expect an exciting adventure filled with trekking, biking, paddling, and navigating through the Shenandoah Valley and Massanutten Mountain Range.
Each year, we try to have some sort of twist in the Epic. This year is no different, said Race Director Mark Harris. As with most adventure races, teams will not know the exact course until the day of the race. Harris noted, For 2025, we will be extending the time the course stays open to 30 hours. The goal is to allow the middle and back of the pack teams to experience the whole course. We still expect the winning time to fall in the range of 22-24 hours. This approach to course design is much more in line with European and Oceania region-style courses, where there is more of a journey along the route, allowing all teams to experience the whole course rather than having numerous optional checkpoints to equalize faster teams as they traverse the course, as we normally see in US-style courses.
We will likely sell out again in 2025, Harris added. The Shenandoah Epic has proven to be a hugely popular, must-do event.
Races
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Soloist
Incl. $17.75 Fee & T-Shirt
Sat 12th April 2025 (8:00AM EDT)
$352.75
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2-Person Team (Per Person)
Incl. $16.50 Fee & T-Shirt
Sat 12th April 2025 (8:00AM EDT)
$326.50
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3-Person Team (Per Person)
Incl. $16.50 Fee & T-Shirt
Sat 12th April 2025 (8:00AM EDT)
$326.50
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4-Person Team (Per Person)
Incl. $16.50 Fee & T-Shirt
Sat 12th April 2025 (8:00AM EDT)
$326.50
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