Trail Running calendar near St. Louis 2026-2027

Challenge yourself on the trails at West Tyson County Park. The Double Chubb offers a 50K, 25K, 8M run, and a new 25K rucking event where you carry 20 pounds. Aid stations are plentiful, but remember your own bottle for this cup free race.

Experience the scenic Pork Chop Loop in St. Charles on a half marathon course featuring the Katy Trail and Busch Greenway. Runners enjoy a mix of paved and gravel paths followed by a unique beer and bacon finish line celebration.

A multi-distance trail event in Wildwood, Missouri, offering ultra, marathon, 25K, ruck, a night 50K, and a free kids mile across April 10–12, 2026, with sustainability measures and a partnership with the Trail Mix Fund.

Join the Green Park Viking Dash in Saint Louis for a 5k or 1 mile run starting at Green Park Lutheran School. Finishers receive medals and top performers across various age groups earn individual awards.

This spring event in Queeny Park offers four distances on rolling gravel trails, including a ruck division. Participants receive a finisher's medal, t-shirt, and professional timing. Top finishers in each age group receive awards.

A three day trail stage race near St. Louis with roughly 21 mile, 26 mile and 25K stages across Greensfelder and Rockwoods trails. Each day features technical singletrack, notable elevation gain and limited aid station coverage.

Forest single-track races at Berryman Campground on May 16, 2026, offering marathon and 50 mile options, ITRA points, and an RRCA Missouri championship for the marathon. Aid stations are cupless and runners carry their own reusable cup.

Test your endurance at Pere Marquette State Park with technical trail races through rugged Illinois bluffs. Choose from 12.5k, 25k, or 50k distances in solo or buddy divisions.

Test your limits at Horseshoe Lake State Park with an escalating weight endurance event. Complete multiple loops of a five mile course where the load increases every time until only one person is left.

Test your teamwork at the Meramec Adventure Ranch with a nine mile obstacle course featuring over 50 challenges. Navigate mud and water while carrying a team egg or enjoy the shorter two mile fun run for all ages.

Test your endurance at Missouri Freedom Camp in this last runner standing event. Complete a 4.16 mile loop every hour on a course featuring woods and creek crossings to benefit military veterans and law enforcement.

A team-based trail relay in Saint Louis covering 82 miles, offered in six-person and three-person formats with staffed transition zones, on-course support, and post-race refreshments.

Baby Shippey is a trail event at Beaumont Reservation in High Ridge Missouri featuring a rugged half marathon and a steep 10K with substantial climbing. Courses include rocky traverses, narrow switchbacks, and aid stations around mile three..

An all-night trail event at Indian Camp Creek Park offering a 10K and 6 hour and 9 hour timed loop ultras. The course is an approx 6.7 mile loop of fields and wooded singletrack with on site aid and a cup free policy.

Experience a unique trail run through the vineyards of Hermann Missouri. Navigate through rows of grape vines and enjoy a downhill finish followed by a wine slushy at the historic Adam Puchta Winery.

This off-road trail run in Queeny Park offers a roughly four-mile course. The event is known for its post-race party with free bagels and beer, plus a unique long-sleeve tech shirt.

Test your endurance at the Watershed Nature Center with a timed run on a scenic one mile loop. Complete as many laps as possible before the midnight finish in this small field event featuring both running and rucking divisions.

A team relay on the Ozark Trail combining trail running, mountain biking and paddling around Steelville and Leasburg, Missouri. Teams of two cover distinct run, bike and paddle legs with proceeds benefiting the Ozark Trail Association.

Hit the shady trails of Queeny Park for this Labor Day weekend event featuring a 5k, 10k, half marathon, and a 10k ruck. All finishers receive a custom medal and backpack, with age group awards for top performers. It's a shared, fully marke..

Experience the natural beauty of the Weldon Spring Conservation Area with these trail races along the Missouri River bluffs. Choose from three distances featuring the scenic Lewis and Clark loops.