Please join us on Bald Head Island, NC for our Cape Fear Marathon & Half on Sunday, October 18! Features a 10 AM start so competitors can make a day trip, enjoying the ferry across the Cape Fear River from Southport.
Presented by @mounttocoast (All four winners receive complimentary shoes!)
Hosted by us, @adventurecorps
Official Charitable Partner: @bhiconservancy
Finish line Party hosted by @julessaltygrubislandpub
The 40/40 NOW Guidebooks - a collaboration between @chriskostman@jamazee and Kevin Fung - have been mailed to all 40/40 adventurers! Watch your postal mailboxes!
“40/40 NOW: Creating Balance in an Ultra World” begins May 13 and we invite you to join us for the 40 days concluding on the June 21 Summer Solstice for an adventure in life:
• Daily 40-minute cardio session and daily 40-minute strength / flexibility / movement session. (One in the AM and one in the PM.)
• Ten 4-Day Personal Challenges
• Screen-Free Sundays (8 hours of tech-free bliss)
• A printed Guidebook and Journal for tracking your 40/40 NOW Path
• Daily email with an inspiring quote, nutrition tip or recipe, and a link to an interesting talk or short read.
• A private Strava Club to bring everyone together. (Sharing details of actual Activities is not mandatory, and there is no “leaderboard” nor results.)
• Video call on the Summer Solstice so we can all connect and share stories and insights from across the globe.
It’s 40 Days and 40 Nights to Celebrate the Summer Solstice as your Best Self!
Join us on the 40/40 NOW Path: Register Now! (See our Linktree in our bio for the link.)
(Please register ASAP as we need to mail you the 40/40 NOW Guidebook!)
Borrego Springs, CA: @adventurecorps – organizers of the world-famous Badwater® 135 Ultramarathon from Death Valley to Mt. Whitney in July – hosts the Badwater® Salton Sea 81-Mile Ultramarathon annually in April. First held in 2013, this thirteenth edition – presented by ultrarunning-focused shoe company @mounttocoast – will take place this weekend on Saturday-Sunday, April 18-19, 2026 on a course stretching across Imperial and San Diego Counties.
This remarkable event challenges teams of two or three ultrarunners – running together as duos or trios for the duration, NOT in a relay – to tackle an unimaginable traverse of Southern California deserts and mountains. The race begins at 600am Sunday morning on the shore of the Salton Sea and concludes up to 28 hours later high atop Palomar Mountain. Each team of runners is accompanied by a personal support team which tends to all their needs.
This year 73 runners – comprising 34 two- or three-person teams – will compete, representing nineteen US states and representing Austria, Brazil, France, Portugal, South Korea, Taiwan, United Kingdom, and the USA. There are 54 men and 19 women, 17 race veterans and 56 rookies. The age range is from 22 to 64.
Good luck to the runners and support crews, and thank you to our race staff and local partners!
📸 Photo from the 2025 race by Badwater legend Ian Parker.
Join us April 25 - May 10 for Badwater 267 VR Elite: Sixteen days of the World’s Toughest Virtual Race: Run 267 miles (430km) outdoors, tracked by GPS and while participating in a private Strava Club. Register at RunSignUp.com or use our Link In Bio!
Things are heating up on Bald Head Island. 🏝️
Did you know this last weekend Bald Head Island hosted one of North Carolina’s most challenging endurance races?
Each year, athletes take on the Badwater Cape Fear Ultramarathon, navigating miles of sand, trail, and maritime forest in one of the most distinctive landscapes on our coast.
Bald Head Island continues to be a place where lifestyle and experience intersect in ways you don’t always expect.
📍 Bald Head Island, North Carolina
It was a super ultra mega busy day today, getting everybody checked in for Badwater Cape Fear tomorrow, but your Race Director @chriskostman managed to grab a few shots of with some of the great people here on Bald Head Island for our “(B)east Coast Badwater,” now in its 12th year!
#BadwaterCapeFear
#UltraRunning
#BaldHeadIsland
The BADWATER® Cape Fear ID is back. And this time, it's going ultra.
On March 21, 2026, runners will take on either 50km or 51 miles along one of the most spectacular stretches of coastline in America. It starts with twelve miles through the car-free maritime forest trails of Bald Head Island, then hits the wide-open Atlantic beach all the way between Cape Fear and Fort Fisher.
It's dramatic. It's wild. It's the kind of race that becomes an annual pilgrimage. And we think it deserves an ID that matches the moment.
The Special Edition BADWATER® Cape Fear ID is here. Grab yours—link in our bio!
@badwaterhq@cape.fear.life@adventurecorps
The Badwater® 135 is one of the best known ultra races on the running calendar. Feared and revered in equal measure, few road races are quite so iconic, or take in such a broad range of landscapes, terrain or climates.
Having been the Presenting Sponsor in 2025, we were proud to see 23.2% of Badwater® 135 runners choose to race in Mount to Coast shoes. This year we return as Title Sponsor of the Badwater® 135, and remain Presenting Sponsor of Badwater® Cape Fear, Badwater® Salton Sea, and the Cape Fear Marathon & Half. We continue to serve as the Official Shoe of Badwater®, providing shoes to support every entrant in the Badwater® 135 and awarding pairs to winners across the race series.
If a Badwater® race is on your calendar this year, we’ll see you on the start line.
Photo by @ethanjsphotography
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How will you Chase The Horizon in 2026?
Jan 1-31: Badwater 267 VR
31-day, 267mi (430km) epic challenge to start the New Year off right! Run, bike, and/or swim wherever you live, indoors or out!
March 21: Badwater Cape Fear
Bald Head Island, NC
50km or 51.4 miles at legendary Cape Fear.
April 18-19: Badwater Salton Sea
Borrego Springs, CA
81mi (130km) team ultra: enter as a duo or trio and run together on a low-to-high route reminiscent of Badwater 135 from the Salton Sea to the summit of Palomar Mountain!
April 25 - May 10: Badwater 267 VR Elite
Sixteen days of the World’s Toughest Virtual Race: Run 267 miles (430km) outdoors, tracked by GPS and while participating in a private Strava Club.
40/40 NOW: May 13 - June 21:
40 Days to Celebrate the Summer Solstice as your Best Self.
July 27-29: Badwater 135
Death Valley and Lone Pine, CA
135mi (217km)
Applications accepted Jan 2-16 ONLY for the World’s Toughest Foot Race.
October 18: Cape Fear Marathon & Half
Bald Head Island, NC
Run 26.2 or 13.1 miles at legendary Cape Fear. (Complete this race AND Badwater Cape Fear in the same year, and earn the Cape Fear Cup and a special award!)
Hit our Link in Bio or go straight to RunSignUp to register!
LAST CALL! Our January 1-31 Badwater 267 VR is the ultimate way to start your new year off right! Covering 267 miles, or 430 km - an average of 8.7 miles / 14km per day - for the 31 days of January, is no small feat, but it lays the foundation for an incredible New Year! Put some Badwater into your life every day!
Hit our Link In Bio or RunSignUp.com to register today! (Besides the running division, there is also a multi-sport division!) Reg closes January 4, but don’t wait!
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#VirtualRace
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