“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.” — Albert Camus
Summer Night Trail Half Marathon
Limited to several hundred runners, this race also requires you to wear a headlamp out on the course at Indianapolis’s Eagle Creek Trail, which starts off as single-track but widens to dirt and gravel double-track trails after a half-mile or so.
July 13, 2024 • Indianapolis, IN
Winter Night Trail Run Half Marathon
The winter installment of Indianapolis’s summer night run. The race directors describe the race as Brutally Awesome as the course is through a park normally closed after hours.
January 6, 2024 • Indianapolis, IN
Davis Moonlight Run Half Marathon
Run along the neighborhood streets of this city in Northern California’s Sacramento Valley, this race features a 7:00 PM start with two waves: runners who expect to take less than (and longer than) 3 hours to finish.
July 13, 2024 • Davis, CA
Tromptown Run Half Marathon
With a loop route that unfolds along the country roads here in the foothills of central New York, this race is run in conjunction with the annual Tioughnioga Firemen’s Fair and features a starting time of 5:45 PM.
September 22, 2024 • DeRuyter, NY
Tread Nightly Half Marathon
Run along the challenging hills and trails that surround the U.S. National Whitewater Center near Charlotte, N.C., this race offers a perspective you can only see when you’re wearing a headlamp at night.
September 22, 2024 • Charlotte, NC
Area 13.1 Half Marathon
Nicknamed the “Alien Half” thanks to its nighttime running and the glow-in-the-dark gear organizers hand out before the start, this race gets started just as the sun is going down, and requires you to wear a headlamp to navigate the out-and-back course along the Chattahoochee River.
August 17, 2024 • Roswell, GA
E.T. Full Moon Midnight Half Marathon
Run through a tiny town about two and a half hours north of Las Vegas, this race takes runners on a midnight run through the desert along some of the most active hotbeds of “extraterrestrial” activity in the U.S.
August 18, 2024 • Rachel, NV
Twilight Red Rock Half Marathon
Lying just outside the city but still a world removed from the pulsating neon lights, glitz and glamour of the Las Vegas Strip, the Calico Hills of Nevada’s Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area beckon the hundreds of runners who make their way out here each year.
October 19, 2024 • Las Vegas, NV
Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas Half Marathon
With a full, half and a 10K, this Rock ‘n’ Roll race takes more than 20,000 runners each year past many of the casinos that Glitter Gulch is known for, like the Bellagio, the Venetian, Caesars Palace, the Flamingo, the Mirage, Treasure Island and the Wynn.
February 23, 2024 • Las Vegas, NV
