California · Riverside
Nanny Goat
Nanny Goat runs 100 laps of a flat, 1-mile dirt-and-grass loop on the Sexton family's private horse ranch in Riverside, California — orange groves overhead, horses nearby, a stocked aid station every lap. The 2026 edition is the 17th annual, placing the founding around 2010. There is no elevation, no navigation, no technical terrain; the challenge is purely mental repetition and pacing. Sub-30-hour finishers earn a buckle; sub-24-hour earns a special buckle. The 100-miler runs alongside 3-, 6-, 12-, and 24-hour events on Memorial Day weekend.
The numbers
Race statistics
- Distance
- 100 mi
- Vertical gain
- 3,000 ft
- Course
- Loop
- Unique miles
- 1 mi
- Entry fee
- $245
- Lottery
- No
- Avg finishers
- 29
30 ft / mi
100 mi loop
per year
◈ From the runners