Trail Running calendar near Kirksville 2025-2026

The Royal Oaks Sunrise Trail Race, held in Kirksville, Missouri, offers a scenic off-road running experience on Northeast Missouri’s premier trail system. Participants can choose between a 10K run or a 3-mile walk, both starting and ending at the Royal Oaks Trailhead in the Big Creek Conservation Ar..

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 course featuring paved bike paths, roads, crushed gravel, and trails, with minimal elevation gain. The r..

The FLATS Trail Half Marathon in Kirksville, Missouri, is a scenic 13.1-mile point-to-point race along the shores of Forest Lake. The course features a mix of hills, rocks, roots, fast singletrack, and water crossings, offering a moderately challenging trail run with beautiful fall foliage views. Ru..

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

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..