Javelina Jundred
2026 Javelina Jundred
Javelina Jundred 100 Mile · 100 Mile
Waitlist only
As of this research (~71 days before race day, August 2026), UltraSignup shows all three distances (100 Miler, 100K, Jackass 31K) as sold out with a waitlist available. Registration for the 2026 edition opened January 1, 2026, first-come-first-served (no lottery); waitlisted runners offered a spot have 72 hours to confirm before the invite passes on, and are not charged until they confirm.
Race dateOctober 31 to November 1, 2026
Duration2 days
Start6:00am
Whenin 15 days
First held2003
Who's going to Javelina Jundred?
Free. You can start with nothing.
Free, and always will be. NavRun makes money from race-day planning for runners who want it, never from this.
Ultras change constantly, sometimes the morning of. Always confirm with the race director and the official website before you rely on anything here.
Distance
100 Mile
Climb
6,296 ft
Descent
not checked yet
High point
2,486 ft
Time limit
30:00:00
Aid stations
21
Started
not checked yet
Finished
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Finish rate
not checked yet
The course
Where it goes
multi-loop · 21 aid stations · rust marks a stop your crew can reach
A washing-machine multi-loop 100 miler: one 22.3-mile loop via the Escondido Trail followed by four 19.45-mile loops on the Pemberton, Shallmo and Cinch Trails, all clockwise from Javelina Jeadquarters, all through the same four-station sequence (JQ, Coyote Camp, Jackass Junction, Rattlesnake Ranch) every lap; only the final leg back into JQ differs by loop (Escondido on loop 1, Pemberton/Cinch on loops 2-5). The 2026 Javelina Jundred 100 Mile is a Western States 100 qualifier for the 2027 lottery (finish under 30 hours to be lottery-eligible) and a Western States 100 Golden Ticket race: the top 2 men and top 2 women automatically qualify for the 2026 Western States 100, with the bid sliding to 3rd, 4th, then 5th place if a higher finisher is already entered in WSER or declines (no lower than 5th accepted).
Computed total: 22.3 + 4(19.45) = 100.1 miles, against a published headline of "100 Miles". Elevation gain (+6,296 ft) and high/low points (2,486 ft / 1,623 ft) are the race's own published Key Stats; no elevation LOSS figure is published and none is computed here (no GPX was found to derive it from, unlike Western States).
The race
What this one is
A costumed, Halloween-weekend 100 mile (plus 100K and 31K) trail run on a roughly 20-mile loop of the Pemberton Trail system in McDowell Mountain Regional Park near Fountain Hills, Arizona, run out of a single desert basecamp ("Javelina Jeadquarters") that runners, crew and campers share for the whole weekend. Billed by its own organizers as "the original costumed 100 mile trail run party."
Founded in 2003 by Phoenix ultrarunner Geri Kilgariff as a joking idea with running partner Anthony "Woofie" Humpage while running the Pemberton Trail; Kilgariff expected maybe 50 entrants and got 180. The race was won that first year by Stephanie Ehret, one of the first 100-mile races won by a woman. Directed by James and Rodger Wrublik for several years, then by Jamil Coury starting in 2008; Coury founded Aravaipa Running in 2009, which has organized Javelina ever since.
Getting in
Getting in
Entry, lottery and what the race asks of you before race day.
- Lottery
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No
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- Lottery opens
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not checked yet
- Lottery draw
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not checked yet
- Field cap
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1000
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- Registration
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UltraSignup
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- Qualifying
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No qualifying standard to ENTER the 100 Mile: registration is first-come-first-served, opens January 1, no time standard or prior race required.
- Minimum age
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18
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- Transfers
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No
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- Deferrals
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No
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Running, crewing, pacing or still deciding
How NavRun helps with Javelina Jundred
Thirty hours.
You are running it
You reach Javelina Jeadquarters, mile 80.7, before its 6:00am cutoff, and you already knew that this morning.
An arrival time for all 19 stations, worked out from your own training.
Start free →
You are pacing
You are at Javelina Jeadquarters, mile 61.2, warm and fed, and you know you have 39 miles ahead of you.
The same sheet says when they reach you.
You are deciding
You find out Javelina Jundred is months of work away, not years, and you go and get the qualifier.
Put in a race you have already run. NavRun shows you where this one sits from where you are.
No account needed →
Crew access, pacers and drop bags
The rules that shape your day
Anything marked "not checked yet" is a gap in what we hold, never a no from the race.
- Crew allowed
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Yes
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- Vehicles per runner
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1
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- Pacers
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Yes, from mile 61.20
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- Muling
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Not allowed
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- Drop bags
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Yes
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- Cupless
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Yes
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- Course marking
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Fully Marked
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- Night running
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Yes
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- Dogs
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Not allowed
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- Headphones
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not checked yet
- Crew rules
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Crewing is allowed ONLY at Javelina Jeadquarters (the start/finish); there is no crew access anywhere else on the loop, so crews never drive between aid stations -- they see their runner roughly every 20 miles by staying at JQ. Crews may set up pop-up canopies (10x10 recommended) in designated crew areas outside the camping zones, reserved in advance during registration for a $100 fee (one crew space per runner registration, up to ~4 runners sharing a canopy recommended). Aid station food and drink at JQ is for runners and pacers only. Two Community Crew Spaces are set aside at JQ for runners who could not secure a reserved crew space. No pets anywhere on site. The event is R-rated (explicit music, risque costumes; frontal nudity not permitted).
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- Pacer rules
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One pacer at a time (multiple pacers may be used across the race, swapped only at JQ). Pacers must be human and on foot -- no pets, no bicycles, no muling or carrying the runner's gear/supplies. Pacers can only be picked up and dropped off at Javelina Jeadquarters, so every pacer must be prepared to complete a full ~19.45-mile loop; no exceptions. Pacers are allowed starting after 3 loops (61.2 miles) OR at sunset, whichever comes first: a runner leaving JQ at 5:00 PM or later to start loop 3 may take a pacer from that loop, even before the 61.2-mile mark. All pacers must sign a waiver and wear a designated pacer bib.
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- Drop bag rules
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Two drop bag locations: one at Javelina Jeadquarters (accessible after every loop) and one remote bag at Jackass Junction, which is transported out before the first wave start and returned to JQ by 12:00 PM Sunday. Bags should be labeled with name, bib number and aid station location; waterproof bags/containers recommended; large duffel bags, suitcases or coolers will not be transported to Jackass Junction.
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- Cutoff philosophy
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Two waves start 30 minutes apart (6:00 AM sub-24-hour-eligible wave, 6:30 AM wave); every cutoff is enforced against YOUR OWN wave's gun time, not a fixed clock time, so a Wave 2 runner's cutoffs all fall exactly 30 minutes later than the times shown here for Wave 1. The race publishes only two gates for the whole 100.1-mile distance: you must start your 5th and final loop (80.65 miles in) within 24 hours of your own wave start, and you must finish within 30 hours of your own wave start. No published intermediate cutoffs exist for starting loops 2, 3 or 4. Finishing within 24 hours of your own wave start (independent of the loop-5 gate, though numerically coincident with it) earns the larger sub-24-hour buckle instead of the standard finisher buckle.
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Aid stations
Every stop, and what you get there
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| Mile |
Station |
Cutoff |
Crew access |
Bag |
Pacer |
Med |
To next |
| 0.00 |
Javelina Jeadquarters
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? |
● |
● |
○ |
? |
2.95 |
| 2.95 |
Coyote Camp
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? |
○ |
○ |
○ |
? |
6.50 |
| 9.45 |
Jackass Junction
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? |
○ |
● |
○ |
? |
6.25 |
| 15.70 |
Rattlesnake Ranch
|
? |
○ |
○ |
○ |
? |
6.60 |
| 22.30 |
Javelina Jeadquarters
|
? |
● |
● |
○ |
? |
2.95 |
| 25.25 |
Coyote Camp
|
? |
○ |
○ |
? |
? |
6.50 |
| 31.75 |
Jackass Junction
|
? |
○ |
● |
? |
? |
6.25 |
| 38.00 |
Rattlesnake Ranch
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? |
○ |
? |
? |
? |
3.75 |
| 41.75 |
Javelina Jeadquarters
|
? |
● |
● |
? |
? |
2.95 |
| 44.70 |
Coyote Camp
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? |
○ |
○ |
? |
? |
6.50 |
| 51.20 |
Jackass Junction
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? |
○ |
● |
? |
? |
6.25 |
| 57.45 |
Rattlesnake Ranch
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? |
○ |
? |
? |
? |
3.75 |
| 61.20 |
Javelina Jeadquarters
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? |
● |
● |
● |
? |
2.95 |
| 64.15 |
Coyote Camp
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? |
○ |
○ |
? |
? |
6.50 |
| 70.65 |
Jackass Junction
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? |
○ |
● |
? |
? |
6.25 |
| 76.90 |
Rattlesnake Ranch
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? |
○ |
? |
? |
? |
3.75 |
| 80.65 |
Javelina Jeadquarters
|
6:00am |
● |
● |
? |
? |
2.95 |
| 83.60 |
Coyote Camp
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? |
○ |
○ |
? |
? |
6.50 |
| 90.10 |
Jackass Junction
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? |
○ |
● |
? |
? |
6.25 |
| 96.35 |
Rattlesnake Ranch
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? |
○ |
? |
? |
? |
3.75 |
| 100.10 |
Javelina Jeadquarters
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12:00pm |
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? |
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Driving your crew
Getting your people there
1 stop with directions the race published.
Javelina Jeadquarters
mile 0.00
shuttle
Parking. 16300 McDowell Mountain Park Drive, Fort McDowell, AZ 85264. General parking is along the main park road; the Four Peaks Lot/JQ lot itself is restricted to RVs and valid camp-permit vehicles. $7/vehicle/day park entry fee, with one vehicle's entry included in race registration.
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What it looks like out there
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