calendar_today 27 Mar, 2027 – 28 Mar, 2027
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sell $29.99 – $109.99
A million reasons to run! Join us for the Bluebonnet Trail Run, where nature's most spectacular display of millions of Texas bluebonnets provides the backdrop for an unforgettable running experience. Set against the stunning shores of Lake Travis at Turkey Bend Recreation Area, this event offers something for everyone - from serious trail runners to families looking for outdoor fun.
Choose your adventure:
Course Records:
Your registration directly supports HKRS Cedar Park. After deducting event expenses, net proceeds from the Bluebonnet Trail Race will be donated to HKRS Cedar Park. These funds will support youth running programs in Cedar Park, including equipment, registration assistance for families in need, and program development. Your participation helps ensure every child has the opportunity to participate in healthy, active lifestyle programs - building confidence, friendships, and lifelong healthy habits.
You can also donate directly to HKRS Cedar Park here
Limited financial resources, lack of access to youth sports programs, social isolation, and barriers to healthy lifestyle activities are just some of the challenges young people face in accessing running programs. Through HKRS Cedar Park's 5-week fall and spring running series, and having a supportive community presence, HKRS Cedar Park helps kids build confidence, develop healthy habits, and overcome obstacles to active living. HKRS Cedar Park is part of a nationally recognized organization. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit it offers registration assistance to ensure all children can participate regardless of their family's financial situation, and anyone can access their programs including families new to running. All of their programs are welcoming, inclusive, and tailored to each individual child's age and ability level. Your money helps to do this.
Note: Due to the seasonal nature of bluebonnets, this event is scheduled during peak bloom time. Trail conditions are weather-dependent, and routes may be adjusted to protect natural areas.
The Bluebonnet Trail Run is managed and organized by Fit Foundation volunteers in aid of Healthy Kids Running Series Cedar Park youth programs.
Register today and secure your spot for this unique Texas Hill Country experience!
Rucking is covering ground with a loaded pack. Same course as the half marathon, same start, same finish line, same cutoff. The only difference is what you are carrying and who you are racing.
Ruckers are scored as their own division with their own results and their own awards. You are not competing against the runners and they are not competing against you.
A loaded pack on a trail is harder than the same distance on your feet, and most people go out too quick. A few things that help:
By the time The Gauntlet reaches Marble Falls, the bluebonnets are out and the hill country is doing the one week of the year it puts on a show for. The course is not interested. Same rules as every stop on the circuit: 4 miles at 15:00 pace to open, then the ground shifts under you every eight hours until The Wall locks at 7 miles and 8:34 pace, on the hour, for as long as you can answer the bell.
Spring gives back the daylight the opener took, and charges for it. Warm afternoons, cold nights, and enough wind moving through the hills to make the same loop feel like two different courses depending on when you run it. The scenery is the best on the circuit. It stops mattering somewhere around hour 20.
This is the stop where the field sorts itself out. Runners who found their limit at Canyon of the Eagles come back knowing exactly what The Wall costs and how much of themselves it takes just to reach it. Everyone else finds out here, in the dark, with a loop that got longer three times since they felt fresh.
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4 → 7 MI
The Ramp
The loop grows three times before it locks. You do not get the easy version back.
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8 HRS
Between Escalations
Long enough to settle in. Short enough that settling in is a mistake.
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176 MI
Just To Reach The Wall
Nobody arrives at hour 33 fresh. That is the entire point of it.
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1
Sole Survivor
One title, one name. Everyone else is recorded with their yard count.
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Same bell every hour. Different race underneath it.
| Hours | Loop | Pace | Running total |
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| 1 to 8 | 4.0 mi | 15:00 /mi | 32 mi |
| 9 to 16 | 5.0 mi | 12:00 /mi | 72 mi |
| 17 to 24 | 6.0 mi | 10:00 /mi | 120 mi |
| 25 to 32 | 7.0 mi | 8:34 /mi | 176 mi |
| 33+ | 7.0 mi | 8:34 /mi | +7 every hour |
Everyone who reaches The Wall has already run 176 miles through three different versions of this race. From there it stops being a race and becomes a question of who can keep finding 8:34 with less and less left to find it with.
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Ran the opener
You already know what the 6 mile block does to a body that has been out there sixteen hours. The question is whether knowing it makes you patient early or makes you flinch.
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First Gauntlet
The opening hours will feel too easy, and that is the trap. Bank the easy loops without spending anything. The race you are training for does not start until hour 17.
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01 · Opener
Canyon of the Eagles
New Year's Day, Burnet
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02 · You are here
Bluebonnet Trail Run
Spring, Marble Falls
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03
Labor Day Challenge
Labor Day weekend
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04 · Finale
Fields of Gold
October, Marble Falls
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Three stops left after this one, and the board only remembers who was last to stop.
Enter The Gauntlet →Mar 27, 2027
Distance — Last One Standing (Gauntlet)
Type — Running
12:00
$99.00
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09:00
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Type — Running
09:00
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Distance — 10K
Type — Running
09:00
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These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for March in Marble Falls.
Learn more about the host city, Marble Falls.
Marble Falls is a city in Burnet County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city population was 7,037. The 2024 population was estimated to be 9,413. Lake Marble Falls is part of the Highland Lakes on the Colorado River, the largest chain of lakes in Texas. Marble Falls was founded by Adam Rankin Johnson in 1887, a former Indian fighter and Confederate general.
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