See it before you sign up for it

The race's 2026 video, made for the race by Aaron Peterson Studios and linked from the race's home page.

1h 04m

An hour with a runner who has finished Snowdrop many times, on why this race in particular came to matter to her, and on finishing last, walking instead of running, and a DNF not meaning you do not belong.

9 min

Pulled by the medical team near the 30K mark of the 2025 race with 20K of climbing still ahead, after altitude, a rolled ankle, lost hydration and cramping. Talks through what he changed in the year after.

1h 04m

"the OVERALL champion of the 2026 Eastern States 100 mile (the first woman in history to do so), as well as the first woman to break 24 hours - running 23:09:48 on the challenging Pennsylvania course!"

The race's founder on how he built the Speedgoat 50K and what changed when UTMB took it into the World Series.

1h 31m

"This week on Cultra, we're digging into a brutal Eastern States 100 ... Eastern States delivered the kind of race that separates the merely enthusiastic from the completely unreasonable. With hot conditions pushing the DNF rate to roughly 54.5%."

A return to the race after dropping at mile 54 in 2014, linked by the race itself: "The last time I ran this race was in 2014. That day did not go as planned as I dropped at mile 54."

23 min

"Sights and sounds along a hundred mile trail run in Pennsylvania."

6 min

"I started at 5:00 AM and finished 32 hours, 54 minutes later ... Two sunrises. Endless climbs. River and stream crossings. And somewhere around midnight, I crossed a chest-deep river using a rope in the dark."

A Green Number holder came back to Comrades after 31 years away, at 72, and finished the 2026 Up Run in 10:24:53.

At 74, an American runner finished the 2026 Up Run in 10:43:23 and became the oldest woman ever to finish the race. She started running at 42.

20 min

A twenty minute documentary following two runners through the 2026 race, from Jerome to Heritage Square.

A running club's long practical guide: the pace you need from each start time, what is on the table at each aid station, boat times, hotels, and the awards for five, ten, fifteen and twenty finishes.

32 min

A mid-pack runner films the 2026 race, the year fire turned the loop into an out and back to Hyak and home again. The clearest look there is at what the 2026 course was actually like.

1h 04m

The race's own 2026 briefing, with a timestamped index: "Friday pickup 7:01 ... Trail and Course Updates: 14:30 ... AS2 Bonnell Flats 16:15 ... AS14 Barrens 17:55 ... Runner Tracking: 20:25 ... Medical: 35:55".

A finisher's account of the 2026 race, including the fire and the course change the day before the start.

51 min

A full account of the 2026 50K from the day before the race to the finish, with a shakeout run on the summit that doubles as a look at the course, and honest low points on the climbs.

10 min

A mid pack runner's day at the 2026 race, cut together by his crew. Fourteen laps: twelve on the trail and two on the night road. If you want to know what the switch at nine in the evening actually feels like, this is it.

Jake Kilgore's own recap and analysis of his DNF during his DC Peaks 100 test run: heat, hydration, and a fueling plan that did not work as intended.

1h 03m

Jazmine Lowther, who won the 50K in 2024, on setting a goal for this course whether you are at the front, the middle or the back of the field. Recorded for the race's own pre-race webinar series.

1h 08m

An hour-long walkthrough of the 50K course by trail runner and coach Elena Horton, recorded for the race's own pre-race webinar series and linked from the Speedgoat schedule page. Also covers how Running Stones and the UTMB Index work.

Results and a short account of the 27th running of the race.

6h 50m

The last hours of the 2026 race, up to the 7pm cutoff.

7h 13m

Saturday morning of the 2026 race, the second day for most of the field.

7h 05m

Live coverage of the 2026 race from Purgatory to the finish line.