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The 2026 race will be held on Saturday, October 24th. This is a change from our normal Sunday run. Keep an eye on our website for schedule details.
The schedule will be out soon, keep an eye on the web site and details here. We will start the individual ultra distances at 0700, Saturday. Relay teams and the half-marathon will follow. Packet pickup will be the day before at the venue and race morning for individual 50 mile or 50km runners. All others others must get packets on Friday.
All courses are a loop on mostly unpaved fire roads through central Pennsylvania's scenic Rothrock State Forest during peak foliage season. The 50 mile and 50 km are together for the first 19 miles. Ultramarathons, there are support vehicle and drop bag options. Stocked, staffed aid stations are available to all participants at aid stations every 2.9 to 5.6 miles along the course. Team Relay: The 50M relay course uses the aid stations as runner transition points. Relay teams must select and provide a specific runner rotation order, rotating to the next runner at each transition point, and maintain that same order through the race. ALL teams must provide ONE team vehicle to transport runners to transition points where the batons are exchanged. No exceptions. Individual Categories: Individual runners are male, female, or non-binary. Age-wise, if you are over 40 on race day, you are eligible for the masters category; otherwise you are in the open age category. Choose some combination of this during registration. Relay Categories: Likewise, teams are male, female, non-binary, or mixed. Age-wise, if you are over 40 on race day, you are eligible for the masters category; otherwise you are in the open age category. All runners must fit in the same category to be eligible for that category, e.g. 8 guys aged 39 are a men's male team. Seven guys and a woman over 40 are in the mixed masters category.
The races take place on mostly unpaved roads in Rothrock State Forest. About the last 5 miles of the 50 miler is on pavement, downhill. All distances begin and end with 0.6 miles of pavement. The terrain includes uphill, level, and downhill grades, with shaded and open segments and some overlook vistas. The 50M loop course takes in Whipple Dam State Park, Alan Seeger Natural Area, Penn-Roosevelt State Park, Colyer Lake, and Bear Meadows Natural Area. Total Elevation Gain: 5,485 ft for the 50 miler.
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Oct 24, 2026
Distance — 80.5K
Type — Running
07:00
$150.00
Oct 24, 2026
Distance — 50K
Type — Running
07:30
$125.00
Oct 24, 2026
Distance — 2 Per Relay
Type — Running
08:00
$170.00
Oct 24, 2026
Distance — 3 Per Relay
Type — Running
08:00
$255.00
Oct 24, 2026
Distance — 4 Per Relay
Type — Running
08:00
$340.00
Oct 24, 2026
Distance — 5 Per Relay
Type — Running
08:00
$425.00
Oct 24, 2026
Distance — 6 Per Relay
Type — Running
08:00
$510.00
Oct 24, 2026
Distance — 7 Per Relay
Type — Running
08:00
$595.00
Oct 24, 2026
Distance — 8 Per Relay
Type — Running
08:00
$680.00
Oct 24, 2026
Distance — 21.1K
Type — Running
10:00
$50.00
These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for October in Boalsburg.
Learn more about the host city, Boalsburg.
Boalsburg is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Harris Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States, with a small portion of its northwest corner extending into College Township. It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,722 at the 2010 census. The village claims to be the birthplace of Memorial Day. However, that claim was brought into question by Bellware and Gardiner in their book, The Genesis of the Memorial Day Holiday in America, in 2014. In their book, Bellware and Gardiner point out that the Boalsburg story was first published in 1904, forty years after the fact with no indication that General Logan drew inspiration from any activities in Boalsburg and no evidence that it started the holiday.
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