100-Mile World Record Holder Zach Bitter Makes Jackpot Debut & American 48-Hour Record Holder Marisa Lizak Returns
The 8th Annual Jackpot Ultra Running Festival, Sin City’s premier endurance running event, returns to Cornerstone Park in Southern Nevada April 23-26, 2021 with the most diversified field in the festival’s history.
For the 4th straight year, Jackpot will again feature the USATF’s 100-Mile Road National Championship race, along with 6/12/24/48/72-hour races, a standard 100-mile race and a 50-mile race. All runners will run on short loop USATF certified courses around a majestic 31-acre bird sanctuary. The USATF Championship race, along with the 48 & 72-hour races, start at 8:00 AM PST on Friday, April 23rd, with all other races starting at 8:00 AM PST on Saturday, April 24th.
“Camille Herron joined the USATF 100-Mile Road National Championship field today. She is a Comrades Champion, 50K-100K-24hr World Champion and holds 5 World Records. We are also thrilled to welcome wheelchair adaptive athlete, Julia Beckley, to the Jackpot family. Julia will be gunning to earn her first 100-Mile Buckle.” – Ken Rubeli