Sat, Aug 29, 2026
Shasta Lake, CA
This one is genuinely unusual: the course crosses Shasta Dam in the dark. You run at night, which changes everything about how a road race feels, and the dam itself is a striking place to be on foot. Glow sticks are part of it, and there is music along the way.
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Going by the 2025 results, this is a decent-sized field, and the spread of finish times is wide, so this is a mostly recreational race rather than one for club runners.
2 Miles · 2025 results
Top 3: Jackson Poburko (9:57) · Noah Gaddy (10:05) · Isaiah Larceval (10:35)
The Moonlight Madness has been held every year since at least 2015. That is as far back as RunSignup's records for this race go, so it may well be older.
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How we calculate these stats: RunSesh calculates these figures from the most recent published results of past editions, sourced from RunSignup. We show aggregates only: field size, winning and median times, and the cutoff. We never publish individual finisher tables. Last updated Jul 27, 2026.
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Almost certainly not. Half the 2 Miles field finished slower than 19:43, and the last recorded finisher came in around 39:54, so there is a long tail of runners behind the middle of the pack. Most fields are far slower than people expect.
A field of 331 is big enough that you will have company at your pace without feeling lost in a crowd. There is no qualifying time, and the finish-time spread above shows how varied the field really is. If it is your first 2 Miles, that spread matters more than the winner's time.
The 2 Miles winner ran 9:57 while the median finisher took 19:43. That spread points to a broad, mostly recreational field rather than a race dominated by club runners.
