Four Corners Quad Keyah

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FOUR CORNERS QUAD KEYAH MARATHON SERIES Four Corners Monument Thursday December 3 - Sunday December 6, 2026 Welcome to the Four Corners Quad Keyah! SCHEDULE OF RACES – A marathon and half marathon will be completed each day, Thursday through Sunday. All races begin at 8:30 a.m., except for Sunday (New Mexico), which starts at 8:00 a.m. Sundown (or 5:30) is the course limit. The final marathoners typically finish between 4:00-5:00 p.m. Each day will begin and end in one of the four states: Thursday will feature a marathon beginning and ending in Arizona; Friday is Utah. Saturday will be Colorado, while Sunday will begin and end in New Mexico. There will be a single-day marathon and half – Four Corners Marathon & Half – staged on Sunday the 6th, with a cap of 100 runners. Sunday will also include a 7:00 a.m. early start for runners who need that extra time, primarily for travel purposes. Runners who are competing for overall awards or are doing the Four Corners Marathon & Half (single-state event), must do the 8:00 a.m. start There is also a 2-mile Community Fun Run on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. There is no fee or awards for this noncompetitive event. All marathon and half marathon races are timed by Rocky Mountain Timing. LOCATION: The Four Corners Quad Keyah (“Four Lands” in the Navajo language) will be staged at the Four Corners Monument near Teec Nos Pos, Arizona on the Navajo Nation. The closest airports are Cortez, Colorado (CEZ, 40 minutes), Durango, Colorado (DGO, two hours), Farmington, New Mexico (FMN, one hour) and Albuquerque, New Mexico (ABQ). Four Corners Monument is approximately four hours from Albuquerque or Flagstaff, two hours from Durango, six hours from Las Vegas and eight hours from Denver. REGISTRATION – Online registration for the Marathon and Half Marathon is now open through Wednesday of race week. (The registration cap is 150 four-day series runners, with 10 charity bibs available.) Registration will close at 12 noon on Wednesday, December 2. Your registration includes on-course support (including fluids, Honey Stinger products, fresh fruit, and sweet and salty snacks.), race swag, entertainment throughout the weekend and post-race food each day. All proceeds benefit youth adventure and community wellness programs on the Navajo Nation. PACKET PICK-UP – Below is listed the schedule for the opening of the park gate and race start times for each day. Packet pick-up occurs at the park fee booth as you enter the park. Runners will pay their park entry fee on their first day, and will receive a swag item or two – along with a light breakfast bite – each morning when they enter. Thursday: 7:00 a.m. – park opening (for 8:30 a.m. start) Friday & Saturday: 7:30 a.m. park opening (for 8:30 start) Sunday: 6:30 opening (for 7:00 a.m. start, for early travelers) (Competitive runners and Single-day runners must start at 8:00 a.m. BAGGAGE DROP – There will be a bag drop at a safe, dry location at the Monument Aid Station, where runners may drop or retrieve bags as they need throughout the day. Runners will also have access to their vehicle throughout the day. COURSE – [Courses for the races are subject to change, based upon the discretion of park officials, race organizers and the weather.] Each day’s race will begin and end in a unique state each day - Arizona (Thursday), Utah (Friday), Colorado (Saturday) and New Mexico (Sunday). This format offers runners a chance to complete four marathons or half marathons in four states in four days. Runners will experience each state every day, but the designated state for each day is where you will begin and end. Runners may choose to compete on a trail or a one-mile paved option each day. The routes consist of a variety of terrain and scenery, and offer runners a variety of experiences. The Arizona and New Mexico trail routes will utilize a 5.25 mile trail/dirt road course, which runners will complete five times; half runners do two laps and out-and-back to Ray’s A. S. Utah will feature a 5.25 mile loop course, including some challenging singletrack in the beautiful surrounding canyons. Runners will experience the San Juan River on each loop. Colorado will have a scenic and very runnable 5.25 mile trail course that runners will complete five times; half runners do two laps and a shorter final loop. The Colorado loop will take you to the San Juan River. The loop nature of the events will allow runners to have regular access to their personal kit and to.

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