Pioneer Ultra Races

The Red Monster is waiting.

Choose your line: 25K or 50 Mile.

Run through the Red River Gorge on a course built to be rugged, beautiful, and hard enough to stick with you long after you cross the finish.

The 25K packs 3,000+ feet of climbing.

The 50 Mile takes it much further — roughly 12,000 feet of elevation gain through some of the most unforgiving terrain in Kentucky.

This isn’t about chasing an easy finish.

It’s about showing up, getting uncomfortable, and seeing what you’ve got.

Register at PioneerUltraRaces.com.

And while you’re signing up, please consider donating to the Red River Gorge Climbers’ Coalition. We may be runners, not climbers, but we share this place — and protecting it takes all of us.

Run wild. Do good. Leave it better.

Pioneer Ultra Races is proud to partner with rrgcc —the Red River Gorge Climbers’ Coalition—in a shared commitment to protecting the Red, caring for the land, and preserving public access.

We don’t have to be climbers to understand why that work matters. Climbers on the walls and runners on the trails experience the Gorge differently, but we share the same landscape, benefit from the same access, and carry the same responsibility to protect it.
RRGCC owns and maintains more than 1,800 acres throughout the Gorge while protecting climbing access, conserving land, and building sustainable infrastructure for future generations.

Red Monster is our chance to run hard and give something back. If you’re registering, please consider adding a donation to RRGCC. Every contribution helps protect the place that gives all of us room to explore.
Run wild. Do good. Leave it better than we found it.
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Register today for either distance! Come have fun with us at the gorge!

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