Draft:Jackpot Ultra Running Festival

The Jackpot Ultra Running Festival is an ultrarunning event held annually since 2014 at Cornerstone Park in Henderson, Nevada. This festival features 6, 12, 24, and 48 hour races, along with standard 50-mile and 100-mile races. It also hosts the USA Track & Field (USATF) 100-Mile Road National Championship, as well for the other respective distances.

The event starts at 8:00am Friday the second week of Febuary through Sunday at 2pm for the final 100 mile cutoff.

History and Organization
Jackpot Ultrarunning Festival was founded by Beyond Limits Running, and is known for a "festive atmosphere" which includes entertainment and live music from local performers of Las Vegas. They are also known for their "Jackpot" prize money pool. Prize money historically has not been often offered in ultrarunning.

In 2022 Aravaipa Running took over the event.

Steep Life Media collaborted with Aravaipa Running to provide live coverage of the event, including pre-race question and answer sessions with elite runners and race day coverage for the 48 hour event.

Short Course
The 100-Mile Road National Championship is ran on a USATF certified "short course" or "long courseof 1.17078 miles (1.8842 kilometer) on 95% hard surface with 36 feet of gain per loop, at a max elevation of 1,905 feet.

Long Course
A secondary option for runners is to race on the long loop of 2.35 miles, with a total elevation gain of 72 feet per loop, at a max elevation of 1,912 feet.

Prize Money
The Jackpot Ultra Running Festival offers equal prize money for the top male and female finishers in the 100-Mile USATF National Championship in a $4,000 prize purse. The prize distribution is as follows:


 * 1st Place: $1,200
 * 2nd Place: $500
 * 3rd Place: $300

Course Records
== Winners of the USATF 100-Mile National Championship == The USATF 100-Mile National Championship has taken place at Jackpot Ultras since 2019.