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Heartland 50

Name: Heartland 50
Start: 2025-05-03
End: 2025-05-03
Location: Cassoday

Cassoday, United States • 3 May 2025

The Heartland 50 is an ultramarathon event held in Cassoday, Kansas, featuring a 50-mile, 50K, and 25K race on backcountry gravel roads with minimal paved surfaces. The course offers scenic views of the Flint Hills tallgrass prairie and is suitable for both first-time and experienced ultrarunners, with a generous 15-hour cutoff. All finishers receive a tri-blend shirt and a finisher’s award, with special swag for the 10th-year 50-mile finishers. The event emphasizes safety, environmental responsibility, and race rules, with aid stations along the course and restrictions on crew vehicles and pets. The race promotes camaraderie and challenge amidst Kansas’s beautiful landscape. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.

United States Kansas Cassoday

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50 mi

50 Miler

50 km

50k

25 km

25k

Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.

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