Race Information


About the Race

The Cape Cod Trail Race is an all-trail event hosted by the Falmouth Running Club and located in the scenic Frances A. Crane Wildlife Management Area.

Register online for the 2024 trail race here: https://raceroster.com/events/2024/83700/cape-cod-trail-race

2024 Distances

  • 10K
  • 20K
  • 30K

Link to Course Description

Cheap & Green!

  • We are trying to keep this race affordable and environmentally friendly
  • This is a cup-less race! Please bring your own cup/water bottle for aid stations and before/after the race
  • No hats, shirts, or medals.  But they’ll be something—perhaps a cool water bottle or coffee mug
  • Finisher prizes will be quirky and homemade
  • Leave No Trace! No littering of any type, of course!

Other Important Information

  • This is a USATF sanctioned race and has a permit from the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife
  • Parking available near the start/finish area. Parking is tight. Please carpool if possible
  • The parking lot is bumpy and often muddy; go slow! 
  • Please notify race officials if you leave the course or do not finish your registered distance
  • Every effort is made to clearly mark the course. But if you get off course, you must return to where you left the course to continue. There will be no race time adjustments for travel off course
  • On single track trails, please step aside to allow runners to pass
  • Be chill! Even the fastest and most competitive trail runners are know for their patience when waiting to get by other runners and their humor in the face of wrong turns, stumbles, and sometimes falls.
  • If wearing headphones, be sure to keep the volume low enough to hear other runners or other people (bikers, hikers) on the course
  • Please wear race bibs on the front of your shirt or shorts to help the timers
  • Pets cannot accompany runners on course
  • For more information, please contact us at info@capecodtrailrace.com