Where to start
Your first hundred
16 approachable hundred-milers — lower vert, runnable loops and out-and-backs, and the highest sub-24 finish rates we can point to.
There is no easy hundred. But some are kinder than others, and the kind ones share a profile: not much climbing, a course you loop or retrace so a drop bag is never far, and a finish-rate history that says the cutoffs are humane.
This list is built from data, not opinion — ranked by elevation gain and, where we have it, the share of runners who break 24 hours. What it can’t know is you. Heat, altitude, footing, and your own training make “easy” personal; a flat Florida hundred in August is its own kind of hard. Read each race page, then decide.
Long Haul
WSLakeland, Florida · Jan 16, 2027
Ocean State Ultra
West Greenwich, Rhode Island · Aug 29, 2026
Rocky Raccoon
WSHuntsville, Texas · Feb 6, 2027
Lean Horse
Custer, South Dakota · Jul 31, 2026
Daytona
Jacksonville Beach, Florida · Dec 12, 2026
Badger
Belleville, Wisconsin · Aug 1, 2026
Blackbeard's Revenge
Corolla, North Carolina · Mar 20, 2027
Beast of Burden Summer
Lockport, New York · Aug 15, 2026
Space Pirate
Cape Canaveral, Florida · Feb 20, 2027
Frozen:H3
Bethera, South Carolina · Jan 8, 2027
Brazos Bend
WSNeedville, Texas · Dec 5, 2026
Miami 100
Palmetto Bay, Florida · Sep 26, 2026
Pine Creek Challenge
Wellsboro, Pennsylvania · Sep 12, 2026
Pistol
Alcoa, Tennessee · Mar 13, 2027
Vero Beach Octopus Ultra
Vero Beach, Florida · Jul 11, 2026
Tesla Hertz
Rocky Point, New York · Oct 9, 2026
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