Trail Running calendar near Lewistown 2025-2026

The Temptation 200 Ultras, held in Sand Ridge State Forest near 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. The course consists of multiple loops throu..

The Big Horse Vineyards 5K, hosted by Gut Check Fitness in Lewistown, Illinois, is a unique trail and mud run featuring natural obstacles such as hills, hollers, streams, ponds, and an epic slip-n-slide. This challenging yet fun course encourages participants of all ages and abilities to keep pushin..

The Broken Anvil Backyard Ultra is a challenging endurance running event held in West Point, Iowa, at South Park and Pollmiller Lake Campgrounds. Participants run repetitive 4.167-mile loops on a mixed-surface course featuring paved bike paths, roads, crushed gravel, and trails, with minimal elevati..

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..

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

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..

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..