Trail Running calendar near Lewistown 2025-2026

The Temptation 200 Ultras, held annually at Sand Ridge State Forest in Forest City, Illinois, is a challenging ultramarathon event celebrating its 7th anniversary in 2025. The race offers multiple distances: a grueling 200K, a 50K, and a "Not At All Tempted" 10K, all set on a demanding forest course..

The Big Horse Vineyards 5K, hosted by Gut Check Fitness in Lewistown, Illinois, is a unique trail and mud run featuring natural obstacles like hills, hollers, streams, ponds, and an epic slip-n-slide. Set on the scenic grounds of Big Horse Vineyards, this event offers a fun and challenging experienc..

The Broken Anvil Backyard Ultra is a challenging endurance running event held in West Point, Iowa, at Pollmiller Lake Park. Participants run repetitive 4.167-mile loops on a mixed-surface course featuring paved paths, gravel, and trails with minimal elevation change. The race tests physical and ment..

The Farmdale Trail Run, held October 11-12, 2025, takes place at Farmdale Reservoir near East Peoria, Illinois. This premier trail event offers multiple distances: 10K, half marathon, 30-mile, 50-mile, and 100-mile ultras. The course features miles of single-track trails, service roads, and open pra..

The Geode Challenge Races, held annually at Geode State Park in Danville, Iowa, offer trail running events of 5K, 12K, and 25K distances. The courses feature diverse terrain including dirt and single-track trails, rocky sections, gravel, sand, grass, road segments, hills, and a creek crossing, with..

Tom Sawyer's Trial by Trail is a 10K trail race held in Hannibal, Missouri, known as America’s Hometown. The course features a mix of technical single track, double-wide dirt paths, and scenic paved walking trails within the Sodalis Nature Preserve. Runners face 900 feet of elevation gain, including..

The McNotagain Fall Trail Run takes place at McNaughton Park in Pekin, Illinois, known for its scenic, flat terrain in Central Illinois. The event offers multiple race distances including 3.5, 10, 30, and 50 miles, all run on a 10-mile loop course that is run in reverse direction compared to the spr..

Potawatomi Trail Runs, held in McNaughton Park, Pekin, Illinois, is a challenging trail running event featuring distances from 10 miles up to 200 miles. The course is a 10-mile loop of mostly single-track dirt trails with prairies, creek crossings, and rolling hills, offering about 1,500 feet of ele..