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San Diego Ultra Running Friends - SURF

The "go to" community for all things ultra & trail running in San Diego County. Membership is only $45/year - Join today via our website!

SURF is the mission-driven community resource for ultra running and trail running in San Diego. SURF is a non-profit organization committed to serving the needs of the San Diego trail and ultra running community. SURF is dedicated to fostering positive growth in the community through education, athlete engagement, local race support, and trail maintenance. Whether you’re fast or slow, younger or o

lder, if you love to run long and on trails or just starting to run, you’ll want to join the SURF community! We embrace the diversity of people and running goals in our membership and hope you'll consider joining. MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS:
- Exclusive discounts from affiliated sponsors
- Exclusive discounts at affiliated local ultra-running races
- Exclusive access to SURF Facebook private group
- Ultra-running guidance from a community of some the best and most legendary ultra-runners in the Country
- Annual celebrations and group runs
- SURF members are insured by RRCA during SURF organized races and training runs
- Club merchandise, to include a FREE technical shirt with the SURF logo

Membership fees provide support for TrailFit in keeping trails clear for running and races throughout the County. Your fees also provide affiliated Race Directors support with training runs and race-day volunteers. RACE DIRECTORS:
- RDs get special promotion of their race by joining SURF, plus other support. Contact us at [email protected] to learn more.

03/29/2026

Post long run picnic made better with good people. We had a blast supporting the training run! Congrats to everyone who ran the 25 miles or any distance, and good luck to all at the race on May 1.

03/05/2026

TrailFit is already making huge progress across a wide variety of trails this spring season, including:

PCT near Dale's Kitchen

PCT near Burnt Rancheria

PCT near Garnet Peak

PCT near Penny Pines

Boucher Trail at Palomar Mountain

Outings have so far been led by Ken Bonus and TrailFit Crew Leaders Doug Gillingham and Tom Cross.

You can sign up for trail work outings with our TrailFit Crew Leaders at the link in our bio, including an event on the 29th with led by TrailFit Crew Leader Jon Good.

You can also report downed trees or other obstructions to us anytime!

Shoutout for all their support.

02/15/2026

Giving love to runners at The Ranch 50k, an and .trail v-day collab. ❤️💗🎈

01/28/2026

HUGE success for TrailFit! Thanks to the efforts of TrailFit volunteers and TrailFit crew leaders Kevin Cadieux and Ken Bonus, roughly 7.5 miles of the historic Secret Canyon trail are now clear!

For those that aren't familiar with the former challenges of this trail: It is a beast to maintain. Runners and hikers would typically have to bushwack for large portions of it, plus climb over fallen trees and push through poison oak and pokey plants at every turn. It was an adventure worth the difficulty, but at many points, it wasn't exactly runnable. It's hard to access, meaning maintenance requires hiking ALL of the equipment in and out, plus a day's supplies. Good thing ultra runners are super fit to volunteer!

Thanks to SURF members and volunteers like you! Come enjoy it on 2/7/2026 with SURF, or anytime!

01/14/2026

Congratulations to our final San Diego Ultra Slam finishers of 2025! They ran all four races in one year: and ABC 50!

Sarah Haworth
Ozzie Terriquez
Sue Lanz
and Scott Herndon!

12/19/2025

Our inaugural Lunatic Loop run was the most perfect race day! SURF runners took on 12 hours or 6 hours of winding, hilly singletrack with views of Mt. Woodson, Cuyamaca Peak, and the Pacific.

Our biggest thanks to SURF Member Pat Meskell , his wife Debbie, RD Evan Goodwin, and all of the volunteers and runners for making this an epic first year. We hope to see YOU registered for Lunatic Loop in December 2026, come enjoy food, views, friends, and a chill time!

Results will be posted this weekend to UltraSignUp, but we know we have some big course records already! In the 6 hour, Erin Cartaya ran 24 miles with 5k+ of gain, and Riley Roberston ran 33 miles with 7k+ of vert. In the 12 hour, Parker Stinnett hit 50 miles and 10k+ of vert and Mitzi Reel ran 32 miles with 7k of vert!

12/16/2025

Cheers to for funding our work! We’re honored to be part of their Two For The Trails program - an initiative that donates up to $2 million annually to help protect, preserve, and maintain local trails and outdoor spaces. This grant will help us continue our TrailFit mission of ensuring trails in our local mountains remain accessible for all, including the Secret Canyon trail, which we have new volunteer dates in January, so please check those out at the link in our bio!

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10/29/2025

We are excited to announce a new SURF-member only race... Lunatic Loop!

This 6 & 12 hour race will take place on December 13th and will be limited to 50 runners. Only currently active SURF members can participate.

Not a member yet and want to run? Sign up at the link in our bio and email [email protected]. Your annual membership donation funds trail maintenance in our local mountains, including along the PCT, and support of small, local races.

Huge thanks to longtime SURF member Patrick Meskell for making this possible.

10/22/2025

Give some love to our most recent San Diego Ultra Slam finishers in Fall 2025!

Joseph Harter
Sergio Flores
Myles Magallanes

They completed the PCT 50, San Diego 100, Noble Canyon 50k, and the Cuyamaca 100k all in one 12-month period! Learn more at our website.

10/13/2025

Your TrailFit Crew Leaders met this weekend to prepare for the 2025-2026 trail work season... and beyond! We look relaxed because we ARE. We feel so confident in what we can do going forward.

If you weren't aware, many beloved local mountain trails are maintained by TrailFit through SURF's funds. Without us, miles and miles of trails would become unpassable.

We talked about how we can continue to be stewards of the mountain trails under the tutelage of Ken Bonus. Each of these trail crew leaders will be able to lead trail improvement adventures with YOU!

What we need from you going forward, whether you are a SURF member or not:
1) Report trails on Mt Laguna, PCT, and Cuyamaca that need improvement (downed trees, overgrown, etc), you can email SURF [email protected]
2) Volunteer! There's a reason trail and ultrarunners are good at trail volunteering: y'all are great at endurance and willing to hike out for miles to fix a trail. More dates will be added to the surf website, BUT if you know someone in this photo, you can reach out to them directly. :)

09/30/2025

Our TrailFit fall season is kicking off! Your annual membership supports trail upkeep in both Cuyamaca Rancho State Park and on Mt. Laguna, especially the PCT. Sign up to volunteer on our trails by clicking the link in our bio, and join SURF to help support our efforts financially.

We also have exciting member-only events coming up soon so stay tuned!

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Escondido, CA
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https://sdultrarunning.com/

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