May 10, 2026

Pay Your Race Entry in Monero: Private, Self-Custodial, and Discounted at the Malad Valley Marathon

Privacy is the only feature of money you do not realize you are missing until you need it. Monero is the largest privacy-by-default cryptocurrency on the market, and it is now a checkout option for any distance at the Malad Valley Marathon.

Why a marathon accepts Monero

For the runner: pay for your race without leaving a permanent on-chain record tying your wallet to your real-world identity. Your training plan, your race history, and your finances are not anyone else’s business.

For us: Monero settles fast, fees are predictable, and we get paid in money that no chargeback can claw back. There is no processor between you and the race. We point you at our subaddress, you send, your spot is locked once the transaction confirms.

How to pay

  1. Pick your distance.
  2. Choose Monero at the payment step.
  3. Scan the QR with your wallet (Cake Wallet, Monerujo, Feather, the official GUI, Edge, anything that handles a monero: URI with integrated payment ID).
  4. Send the exact amount shown. The checkout watches for the transaction and confirms your registration after the first confirmation.
  5. Receipt arrives within a minute of confirmation.

We run our own view-only wallet on a self-hosted node. No third party sees the transaction, and the only thing tied to your registration on our side is your name, your emergency contact, and the integrated payment ID for that specific entry.

First full marathon to take Monero?

We have searched and cannot find a single full marathon in the United States that has accepted Monero as a native checkout option before now. We are claiming the title until someone shows us an older one. If you know of an earlier race, please write in and we will update this post and link to them.

The crypto discount

Paying in Monero gets you the same crypto discount applied to any other crypto payment, stackable with the skip-shirt $10 and the open RUNTHEVALLEY coupon for $5 off. See our pricing breakdown.

What we promise

  • No KYC beyond the standard race waiver (name, emergency contact, age, distance).
  • No logs tying wallet addresses to runner records beyond what is required to confirm payment.
  • No on-selling of your registration data, ever.
  • If the price shifts between when checkout shows the quote and when your transaction confirms, we honor the quoted amount.

Register with Monero

Pick your distance, choose Monero at checkout, scan, send. Race day is Saturday, September 12, 2026 in Malad City, Idaho.

Private money, public miles.

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