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Name: Louisville Lovin' The Hills
Start: 2026-05-23
End: 2026-05-23
Location: Brooks

Brooks, United States • 23 May 2026

Louisville Lovin' the Hills May 23, 2026

Louisville Lovin' the Hills is a trail running event in Fairdale, KY that offers multiple distances on single track forest trails. The course is composed of interconnected trail segments. The Red and Orange section forms the 6 mile course. Additional segments including Blue, Yost, and Purple Heart compose the 15 mile course. Adding Siltstone and Scott's Gap to those segments creates the full 50K.

Distances

50K
15 Miler
6 Miler

The event was postponed from February 7, 2026 to May 23, 2026 due to weather. The start and finish area is located in a campground. Training runs are held in January in the weeks leading up to the race; exact dates are announced later. Packet pickup and a pasta dinner are organized in advance at a local outdoor retailer, with an additional packet pickup at the race start area on race morning. After the event runners gather indoors at the start finish area where soup and post race refreshments are provided. Prizes are donated by the event sponsor Quest Outdoors and each finisher receives a wooden medal. Extra items such as neck gaiters are distributed to early registrants in the 50K and 15 mile fields. Registration closes May 20, 2026. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.

United States Kentucky Brooks

Race information

Website Registration

50 km

50k

15 mi

15 Miler

6 mi

6 Miler

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

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