The 2024 Comstock Odyssey Relay will be held on June 1st. This is a relay from Carson City, Nevada’s Capital City, to Reno. This is a relay from Virginia City, the home of the famous Comstock Lode mining boom of the 1860’s and 1870’s, to Reno. This event joins the RTO in progress for the last 6 legs of the RTO.

Please be aware that in order to have a safe and orderly event, we need for every runner and team to comply with the rules of the event. The future of these relays will be in jeopardy if people do not follow the rules. Some of the Critical Rules can be found here. A team may be disqualified for failing to comply with the rules.

If you prefer to pay for your team by check or cash, please complete and send or drop off this form and include your check/cash to our office.

Your team will be running Leg 31 through Leg 36 on the Reno-Tahoe Odyssey course. This is approximately 30 miles. You will start in Virginia City. This is Exchange Point No. 30 of the RTO course which is the end of Leg 30 and the beginning of Leg 31. You will finish at the Finish Line Festival in Reno.

The maximum number of runners that you can have on your team is six (6). For six (6) person teams each runner will run one (1) leg. For three (3) person teams each runner will run two (2) legs. For two (2) person teams each runner will run three (3) legs. You set up your runner line-up for your team. You should run in the order of your line-up. Race178 does not need to receive your line-up.

The race will be capped at 25 teams. 


Registration Prices

$250 flat fee regardless of whether you have a 6, 3 or 2 person team

Prize is awarded to the top team.


Key Deadlines for Teams:

  • April 1, 2024: Shirt size guarantee and last time to change team name
  • May 15, 2024: Online registration will be closed. After this date, any runner changes need to be sent to kelly@race178.com with a signed waiver brought to Team Check-in.

Captain’s swag:

We will continue our tradition of providing each captain with something special. Each captain will receive an official Comstock Odyssey Relay captain’s pilsner glass along with a ticket for a complimentary lunch at the Finish Line Festival.


What everyone gets for signing up:

  • High quality, attractive and very comfortable technical race shirt (mens and womens sizes).
  • High quality and attractive race bag of some sort (examples from the past include utility / grocery bag, drawstring bag and lunch bag).
  • Unique finisher’s medal only for Comstock runners.
  • Finish Line Festival with delicious food and cold brews for sale along with music and a variety of vendors. This is a very lively scene where runners hang out and swap stories about the adventures that they just experienced and the accomplishment that they just achieved!
  • A complimentary beer for every runner! Be sure to finish by 4 p.m. when our beer vendors are in full beer pouring mode.

Critical Rules

Critical Rules you need to know before the race


Thank you in advance for your consideration and cooperation.