North Lakeshore New Year’s Trail Challenge

North Lakeshore New Year's Trail Challenge is held in Marble Falls, Texas, on January 1, 2027, with every format starting together at 10:00 a.m. The trail program runs from a 100K ultramarathon (62 miles) through a 50K (31 miles), a 25K (15.5 miles) and a trail half marathon (13.1 miles), and two shorter road-style options fill out the day with a 10K (6.2 miles) and a 5K run/walk (3.1 miles). No elevation figures are published for the courses.

Six distances on one start line is a rare thing, and it means a training group can spend the same day out together at very different levels. If the 100K or the 50K is your target, arrive with months of trail-specific volume behind you, a nutrition plan you have already rehearsed and a headlamp habit, since a 10:00 a.m. start puts the back of the ultra field into darkness. The 25K and the half suit a runner moving from road to trail for the first time.