THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PLEASE CONTACT TEAM@TCTRUNS.COM FOR A ROLLOVER, TRANSFER CREDIT, OR REFUND. THANKS!
| Date: | Saturday, September 20, 2025 |
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| Location: | Almaden Quicksilver County Park Hacienda Entrance 21785 Almaden Rd San Jose, CA 95120 |
| Race Distances: | MARATHON |
| Start Time: | 8:00 AM All Distances. 9-hour time limit |
About the Race
This Marathon race starts at the Hacienda Entrance of Almaden Quicksilver Park and will take you up to the top of the exclusive Mt. Umunhum. You will then race back to the bottom. A tour-de-force of one of the Bay Area’s giants with over 5,515 feet of elevation!
| VOLUNTEER NOW | Volunteers are needed to help with aid stations. Everyone who helps out gets a free future race! |
REGISTRATION
| DISTANCE | Registration Fee | 9/28/24 RACE DAY REGISTRATION |
| Marathon | $100 | $110 |
- Active military & first responders receive a 15% discount. Please email team@tctruns.com to process your registration discount.
- Entry fees are non-refundable, but the full registration amount (minus processing fees) may be transferred to another future TCTRuns by contacting team@tctruns.com at least 24 hours before the scheduled event.
- Runners may purchase a Troy’s California Trail Runs sport-tek technical fabric shirt during the registration process, or at the event supply permitting. All shirts are gender-specific and come in sizes ranging from ladies XS all the way to mens XXL and youth sizes S to XL.
| REGISTER ONLINE | Online registration is available through the evening before the race. |
| REGISTER AT RACE | Race day registration is available beginning at 7:00 AM. |
Schedule
- 7:00 AM — Registration/Sign-In/Bib-Pick Up Opens
- 7:45 AM — Trail briefing
- 8:00 AM — Race Start
Please arrive early as we expect a full event.
Course Information & Maps
The course is Point to Point. Courses will be marked with single solid PINK color ribbons tied to clothespins, ORANGE cones, signs & gypsum.
Toilets are available at the start/finish line and all aid stations. They are first-come first-served, so please be respectful of other runners waiting for and needing to use the toilets.
Safeway and Starbucks are available at: 4950 Almaden Expy, San Jose, CA 95118
Safeway opens at 5AM. Starbucks opens at 6AM.
Please pay attention at all road crossings. Look both ways and be aware of cars.
Marathon (5pm overall cutoff, 9 Hour Time Limit)
https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2630519
- Course Ascent: 5,515 feet.
- Race Bibs: Runners will have black-numbered bibs on a yellow background.
- Course Ribbons:
- Follow pink ribbons up to Woods Parking Lot Aid Station (Mile 5.3, Toilet Available).
- ATTENTION No Pink Ribbons for 1.8 Miles on the Barlow Trail from Mile 8.2 to Mile 9.9.
- At Mile 8.2, starting at the bottom of the Barlow Trail for 1.8 miles on a dirt road, a very steep climb up for 1.8 miles to Mile 9.9, there will be NO RIBBONS until reaching Aid Station 2 at the top of the Barlow Trail.
- Then Follow pink ribbons out to the Mt. Umunhum & Barlow Trail Intersection Aid Station (Mile 9.9, Toilet Available).
- No pink ribbons to the Umunhum Turnaround, but signs at 3 miles from Finish.
- Aid/Water Available
- Hacienda Parking Lot Start (Mile 0.0, 8:00am, Toilet Available)
- Aid Station 1: Woods Parking Lot Aid Station (Mile 5.3, Cutoff 9:30am, Toilet Available)
- Aid Station 2: Mt. Umunhum & Barlow Trail Water Stop (Mile 9.9, Cutoff 11:00am), Toilet Available)
- Aid Station 3: Mt. Umunhum (Mile 13.35, 12:30pm cut off, Toilet Available).
- RETURNING
- Aid Station 2: Mt. Umunhum & Barlow Trail Water Stop (Mile 16, Cutoff 2PM), Toilet Available)
- Aid Station 1: Woods Parking Lot Aid Station (Mile 21, Cutoff 330PM, Toilet Available)
- Hacienda Finish Line: (Mile 26, 5PM, Toilet Available)