Valley and Victory 14 Hour Ultra

Valley and Victory 14 Hour Ultra takes place in Decatur, Texas, on October 24, 2026. It is a timed ultra rather than a set distance: you have 14 hours from the 8:00 a.m. start, and you can enter as an individual or as part of a team.

Fourteen hours is long enough that strategy counts for more than speed. Most runners do best with an early rhythm that feels too easy — a run-walk pattern adopted from the first hour, rather than one forced on you later by fatigue, holds a steady pace far longer. Plan your fueling in advance and eat on a schedule instead of by appetite, which fades as the day goes on. The team option lets you split the clock and makes this a reasonable first taste of ultra racing; going solo, a four-month build with weekly long runs of three hours or more is the minimum.