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The 72 Mile Tahoe Midnight Express 2025

Sat, Oct 18

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South Lake Tahoe

The 72 Mile Tahoe Midnight Express will start from the Expo on Saturday night at 9:00pm, and end at the same place on Lakeside Beach with the Marathoners. You will travel counter-clockwise around Lake Tahoe.

The 72 Mile Tahoe Midnight  Express 2025
The 72 Mile Tahoe Midnight  Express 2025

Time & Location

Oct 18, 2025, 9:00 PM – Oct 19, 2025, 3:00 PM

South Lake Tahoe, Lakeside Beach, 4081 Lakeshore Blvd, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150, USA

About the event

There is an 18-hour time limit with official  timing ending at 3:00pm on Sunday. There will be an orientation meeting TBA on Saturday  where you will pick up your runners singlet,  t-shirt and race bib. Earlier starts can be arranged to accommodate the 3PM finish line closing.


Nine, ten, and eleven hour finishers should start closer to mid-night so you have the marathon aid stations to aid you for your last 26 miles and you do not arrive at the finish line before the finish line is ready to celebrate your finish.

(see time line for details).


The first 48 miles will be unsupported (until mile 2 of the Lake Tahoe Marathon), meaning all runners will need to provide their own support vehicle and crew. Support vehicle-person will be allowed to support up to 3 runners maximum. The first few miles will have streetlights as you go through Round Hill and Zephyr Cove. The course is on the road with…

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