Gulf Coast Backyard Ultra, Matagorda Marathon, Half-Marathon, 10K & 5K
February 13 - 14, 2027
Two days on the Texas coast, a last-one-standing backyard ultra on Saturday and a marathon, half, 10K, and 5K on Sunday, all on the same flat, fast course where the Colorado River meets the Gulf.
Run on packed sand, rock levee, and open beach at Matagorda Bay, where the only hill you'll climb all weekend is the Gulf wind. Expect long horizons, a few thousand migrating birds, and, for the backyard runners, a sunrise you earned the hard way.
Whether you want your first trail 5K or you want to still be running when the sun comes up twice, there's a distance for you.