Trail Running calendar near Helen 2025-2026

The Smoky Mountain Relay is a challenging team running event held in the scenic Pisgah National Forest near Brevard, North Carolina. Covering over 200 miles across 36 legs, teams of 6, 9, or 12 runners navigate a marked course featuring rugged mountain terrain and beautiful Western North Carolina sc..

Feral Mtn 100M/50M is an inaugural ultramarathon from Coyote Ugly Racing set in Ellijay, Georgia. The event offers two distances, run across three sections of national forest, totaling about 104 miles with roughly 21,000 feet of elevation gain for the 100-mile course and about 10,000 feet for the 50..

Cruel Jewel 100 is a 104-mile ultramarathon set in the Chattahoochee National Forest of the North Georgia Mountains, with the 100‑mile start/finish at Camp Morganton near Blue Ridge, GA. The course comprises about 92 miles of trails and 12 miles of mountain roads, featuring 20 aid stations and rough..

The Cruel Jewel 50 is a challenging 57.5-mile point-to-point trail race held in the scenic Chattahoochee National Forest in the North Georgia Mountains. Starting in Blairsville and finishing in Blue Ridge, the course features 50 miles of trails and 7.5 miles of mountain roads, with 10 aid stations a..

The Dirty Spokes Haw Creek Park Trail Run is an annual event held at Haw Creek Park in Cumming, Georgia. It offers two race distances: 6.4 miles and 3.35 miles, both run on a scenic, well-groomed trail system featuring rolling hills, single and double track, and some technical, twisty sections. The..

The Cottonmouth 8 Mile & Beerlay is a unique and lively running event held at Lakewood Nature Preserve in Greenville, SC. Participants can run solo or as part of a relay team of 2-4 people, completing four 2-mile laps on a scenic, grassy trail featuring rolling hills and wildlife. Before each lap, r..

The Longest Day is a unique endurance race held at Lakewood Nature Preserve in Greenville, South Carolina, featuring distances of 13.1 miles, 26.2 miles, 50k, 50 miles, and the challenging 100k. Participants race from sunrise to sunset on a 2-mile loop trail through 120 acres of forest, grass paths,..