Serengeti Trail Races - Erda, Utah - Running

The Serengeti Trail Races is a Running race in Erda, Utah consisting of a Half Marathon Trail Run and Marathon Trail Run and 10K Trail Run and 5K Trail Run.

Tooele County is home to the Serengeti/Oquirrh Wave trail system, situated at the feet of the Oquirrh Mountains. These courses will appeal to the beginner and experienced trail runner alike. You will traverse semi-technical atv trails; take in sweeping views of the Tooele Valley, Great Salt Lake, and distant Stansbury Mountain Range; and enjoy the beauty and solitude of getting off the asphalt and onto the dirt. The marathon course will take you on a 13.1 mile clock-wise loop through the Serengeti/Oquirrh Wave trail system, which will then be repeated in the opposite direction (counter-clock-wise), netting you around 4,100 ft of vertical gain. This fun, challenging course will take you northeast/east 1.5 miles and 650 ft up to a broad shelf at the base of the northern Oquirrh Mountains. After continuing south another half mile, you will descend 0.8 miles and 400 ft through some beautiful, wooded single-track. At about mile 3, you will visit the first aid station. You'll continue south/southeast along a rolling pole line road for another three miles. At the mouth of Flood Canyon (mile 6) you'll pass through the green gate and continue southeast for another 1.25 miles, where you'll turn east, heading toward the mouth of Pass Canyon. At mile 7.5 (high point of the course at 5,470 ft) you'll head west along some single-track, covering 1.5 miles and dropping 500 ft. At mile 9.3, you'll link up with the Churchwood Dr road where you'll head north for another mile, arriving at the second aid station (mile 10.3). You'll then proceed 0.4 miles west, then north through 2.4 miles of rollers to the finish line. Refuel, rehydrate, and head back out and do it all again in the opposite direction!